title: Cloning and expression of guinea pig TIMP-2. Expression in normal and hyperoxic lung injury.
abstract: Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play a key regulatory role in extracellular matrix remodeling. By screening a lung library with a human TIMP-2 cDNA probe, we have isolated the cDNA corresponding to guinea pig TIMP-2. The 3.5-kb cDNA presents an open reading frame that predicts a protein of 220 amino acids showing 97.2, 96.8, 97.2, and 77.3% overall identity with human, mouse, rat, and chicken TIMP-2, respectively. Guinea pig TIMP-2 cDNA was expressed in CHO-K1 cells, showing a protein with the expected molecular weight and activity. Northern blot analysis revealed TIMP-2 expression in brain, kidney, intestine, spleen, heart, and lung. Transforming growth factor-beta downregulated TIMP-2 mRNA in guinea pig lung fibroblasts, whereas a variety of other stimuli showed no effect. In normal and hyperoxia-exposed lungs, TIMP-2 mRNA was mainly localized in alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells. No quantitative differences were found by Northern blot. These results confirm that TIMP-2 is highly conserved in mammals and largely expressed in lungs.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico DF 14000, Mexico.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meléndez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bingle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pardo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D016466:CHO Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000032:analysis; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018496:Hyperoxia / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2; D018093:Gelatinases