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Augmented membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP):MMP-2 messenger RNA ratio in gastric carcinomas with poor prognosis.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Caenazzo, C. Onisto, Maurizio Sartor, Luigi Scalerta, Romano Giraldo, Alejandro Nitti, Donato Garbisa, Spiridione |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | The activation of zymogen and the amount of proteinase and its inhibition are important in determining the eventual activity of matrix-degrading enzymes involved in tumor aggressiveness. To evaluate a gene complement leading to matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2; Mr 72,000 gelatinase) activity, membrane type 1 MMP (MT1-MMP), urokinase-type plasminogen activator, MMP-2, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 transcriptional levels were measured in gastric carcinoma biopsies. Comparative tumor:normal tissue reverse transcription-PCR in a cohort of 25 patients revealed up to a 10-fold difference in the expression of MT1-MMP, a metalloproteinase that has been proposed as a membrane receptor activator of MMP-2; a 1-unit increment resulted in a 30% risk to survival. A 20% risk also resulted from a 1-unit increment in the MT1-MMP: MMP-2 ratio, which showed differences of up to 15-fold. Instead, the expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator, which trips off a cascade ending in the activation of MMP-2, as well as the expression of MMP-2 itself and its inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2, lacked correlation with patient follow-up. Zymography revealed MMP-2 activities that were often in conflict with the transcription results and also with follow-up. The results suggest the evaluation of MT1-MMP and/or MT1-MMP:MMP-2 transcription as a new preoperative molecular-level prognostic factor for gastric carcinoma. |
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| PubMed reference number | 9748137 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Issue Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/clincanres/4/9/2179.full.pdf |
| Journal | Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |