MT1-matrix metalloproteinase directs arterial wall invasion and neointima formation by vascular smooth muscle cells

Sergey Filippov, Gerald C Koenig, Tae-Hwa Chun, Kevin B Hotary, Ichiro Ota, Thomas H Bugge, Joseph D Roberts, William P Fay, Henning Birkedal-Hansen, Kenn Holmbeck, Farideh Sabeh, Edward D Allen, Stephen J Weiss

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    Abstract

    During pathologic vessel remodeling, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) embedded within the collagen-rich matrix of the artery wall mobilize uncharacterized proteolytic systems to infiltrate the subendothelial space and generate neointimal lesions. Although the VSMC-derived serine proteinases, plasminogen activator and plasminogen, the cysteine proteinases, cathepsins L, S, and K, and the matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 have each been linked to pathologic matrix-remodeling states in vitro and in vivo, the role that these or other proteinases play in allowing VSMCs to negotiate the three-dimensional (3-D) cross-linked extracellular matrix of the arterial wall remains undefined. Herein, we demonstrate that VSMCs proteolytically remodel and invade collagenous barriers independently of plasmin, cathepsins L, S, or K, MMP-2, or MMP-9. Instead, we identify the membrane-anchored matrix metalloproteinase, MT1-MMP, as the key pericellular collagenolysin that controls the ability of VSMCs to degrade and infiltrate 3-D barriers of interstitial collagen, including the arterial wall. Furthermore, genetic deletion of the proteinase affords mice with a protected status against neointimal hyperplasia and lumen narrowing in vivo. These studies suggest that therapeutic interventions designed to target MT1-MMP could prove beneficial in a range of human vascular disease states associated with the destructive remodeling of the vessel wall extracellular matrix.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalThe Journal of Experimental Medicine
    Volume202
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)663-71
    Number of pages9
    ISSN0022-1007
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Sept 2005

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Apoptosis/physiology
    • Arteries/metabolism
    • Cell Movement/physiology
    • Cloning, Molecular
    • Collagen/metabolism
    • Extracellular Matrix/metabolism
    • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
    • Gene Transfer Techniques
    • In Situ Nick-End Labeling
    • Male
    • Matrix Metalloproteinase 14
    • Matrix Metalloproteinases/genetics
    • Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated
    • Mice
    • Mice, Mutant Strains
    • Microscopy, Electron
    • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
    • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
    • Vascular Diseases/metabolism

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