title: MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in the cord blood of premature infants developing BPD.
abstract: We investigated matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) levels in the cord blood of 29 premature infants who were <30 weeks gestation. One, 8, and 14 infants developed severe, moderate and mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), respectively, and 6 did not. MMP-9 and TIMP-1 levels in the cord blood were determined by ELISA. MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratios in the cord blood of infants who developed severe or moderate BPD (n = 9) were significantly higher than those who developed mild BPD or did not develop BPD (n = 20; P = 0.015). Multivariate linear regressions demonstrated that MMP-9 levels and MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratios in the cord blood of the premature infants correlated with the oxygen supplementation period (r = 0.58, P = 0.003 and r = 0.41, P = 0.030, respectively). The MMP-9 levels and MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratios correlated with the severity of maternal chorioamnionitis (both trend P = 0.006). The MMP-9 levels and MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratios in the cord blood may be related to the pathogenesis and severity of BPD and maternal chorioamnionitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinnosuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichiyama
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeba
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9