title: [Focalized matrix proteolysis and inflammation].
abstract: The zinc metalloproteinases (MMPs or matrixins) are capable of damaging most of the constituents of the extra-cellular matrix and the basement membrane. The matrix proteolysis is the result of an imbalance both in the turnover of these constituants and in the ratio of the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) versus metalloproteinases. After a brief description of the nature and structure of MMPs and TIMPs, this article reports on recent progress concerning the intra and extra-cellular activation mechanisms of proenzymes (proMMPs) which bring into play a series of proteolytic activations involving different proteinase families. Two points are stressed: 1) the main sites of focalized matrix proteolysis regulation, illustrated in the cellular interaction of inflammation, and 2) the wide phenotypic variety of MMPs and TIMPs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'enzymologie, CHU, Grenoble.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trocmé
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zaoui
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polack
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadjian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000201:enzymology*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases
vernacular_title: Protéolyse matricielle, protéolyse focalisée et inflammation.