title: Degradation of decorin by matrix metalloproteinases: identification of the cleavage sites, kinetic analyses and transforming growth factor-beta1 release.
abstract: Decorin (DCN) is a ubiquitous proteoglycan comprised of a core protein attached to a single dermatan/chondroitin sulphate glycosaminoglycan chain. It may play a role in regulation of collagen fibrillogenesis and function as a reservoir of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in the extracellular milieu. We have examined the susceptibility of DCN to five different matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs): MMP-1 (tissue collagenase), MMP-2 (gelatinase A), MMP-3 (stromelysin 1), MMP-7 (matrilysin) and MMP-9 (gelatinase B). MMP-2 and MMP-3 digest DCN into seven major fragments in a similar pattern. The N-terminal sequence of the two fragments generated by MMP-2 and MMP-3 is Leu211-Lys-Gly-Leu-Asn, but that of the others is Asp1-Glu-Ala-Ser-Gly. MMP-7 cleaves DCN into three major fragments which have the N-termini Asp1-Glu-Ala-Ser-Gly, Glu2-Ala-Ser-Gly-Ile and Leu244-His-Leu-Asp-Asn. Activities of MMP-1 and MMP-9 against DCN are negligible. The values of Km for the MMPs capable of degrading DCN are very similar (10-12 microM), but the kcat/Km value for MMP-7 (30.5 microM-1.h-1) is 4.5-fold higher than those for MMP-2 and MMP-3. Incubation of a DCN-TGF-beta1 complex with MMP-2, -3 or -7 results in release of TGF-beta1 from the complex. These data indicate proteolytic degradation of DCN by MMP-2, MMP-3 and MMP-7, and suggest the possibility that, under pathophysiological conditions, the digestion by the MMPs may induce tissue reactions mediated by TGF-beta1 released from DCN in the connective tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Immunology and Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pierschbacher
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D058575:Decorin; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C546878:DCN protein, human; D058575:Decorin; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases