title: Matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2, MMP-7 and MMP-9 in denervated human muscle.
abstract: Proteolytic enzyme expression was studied by matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) immunoreactivity (-IR) in muscle biopsies from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) and chronic axonal neuropathies (CANP). In normal muscle MMP-2-, MMP-7-, and MMP-9-IR was localized at neuromuscular junctions, in vessels and nerve branches. ALS biopsies of clinically non-affected muscles revealed neither MMP-2, -7-IR nor MMP-9-IR in atrophied myofibers. ALS-affected biopsies revealed MMP-9-IR, and to lesser extent MMP-2- and MMP-7-IR at normal sized and atrophied myofibers. Biopsies of SMA showed MMP-9- and MMP-7-IR at normal sized and atrophic myofibers, while MMP-2-IR was undetectable. In CANP MMP-9-IR was found at normal sized and atrophied myofibers. Distinct expression patterns of MMPs may thus reflect different stages of muscle denervation atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Schoser
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blottner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000201:enzymology; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000378:metabolism*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000201:enzymology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9