title: The in vivo expression of the collagenolytic matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, -8, -13, and -14) and matrilysin (MMP-7) in adult and localized juvenile periodontitis.
abstract: Periodontal inflammation is characterized by irreversible degradation of periodontal ligament collagen fibers leading to loss of tooth attachment. Cultured gingival keratinocytes and fibroblasts express, in vitro, various matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) which can degrade fibrillar collagens. We hypothesized that several MMPs are also synthesized in vivo by sulcular epithelium, and analyzed the collagenolytic MMPs (MMP-2, -8, -13, and -14) and matrilysin (MMP-7) in gingival tissue specimens and gingival crevicular fluid from adult and localized juvenile periodontitis patients by in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and Western immunoblotting. MMP-2, -7, -8, and -13 were expressed in gingival sulcular epithelium. MMP-7 and -13 were also located in fibroblasts and macrophages, and MMP-8 in neutrophils. MMP-8- and -13-positive cells/mm2 were higher in periodontitis gingiva when compared with healthy control tissue (p < 0.01). In periodontal diseases, gingival sulcular epithelium expresses several, rather than a single, collagenolytic MMPs, and this proteolytic cascade is evidently responsible for the tissue destruction characteristic of adult and juvenile periodontitis.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki University, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tervahartiala
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pirilä
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceponis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maisi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tuter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kallio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Törnwall
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Konttinen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sorsa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000201:enzymology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017364:Collagenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005881:Gingiva / Q000201:enzymology; D005883:Gingival Crevicular Fluid / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D053509:Matrix Metalloproteinase 13; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000201:enzymology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D017364:Collagenases; C507079:MMP13 protein, human; D053509:Matrix Metalloproteinase 13; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8