PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K Warstat
AU  - T Pap
AU  - G Klein
AU  - S Gay
AU  - W K Aicher
TI  - Co-activation of synovial fibroblasts by laminin-111 and transforming growth factor-β induces expression of matrix metalloproteinases 3 and 10 independently of nuclear factor-κB
AID  - 10.1136/ard.2007.073809
DP  - 2008 Apr 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 559--562
VI  - 67
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/67/4/559.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/67/4/559.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis2008 Apr 01; 67
AB  - We showed previously that the attachment of synovial fibroblasts to laminin (LM)-111 in the presence of transforming growth factor-β induces significant expression of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3. Here we go on to investigate the regulation of additional MMPs and their specific tissue inhibitors of matrix proteases (TIMPs). Changes in steady-state mRNA levels encoding TIMPs and MMPs were investigated by quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Production of MMPs was monitored by a multiplexed immunoarray. Signal transduction pathways were studied by immunoblotting. Attachment of synovial fibroblasts to LM-111 in the presence of transforming growth factor-β induced significant increases in MMP-3 mRNA (12.35-fold, p<0.001) and protein (mean 62 ng/ml, sixfold, p<0.008) and in expression of MMP-10 mRNA (11.68-fold, p<0.05) and protein (54 ng/ml, 20-fold, p⩾0.02). All other TIMPs and MMPs investigated failed to show this LM-111-facilitated transforming growth factor-β response. No phosphorylation of nuclear factor-κB was observed. We conclude that co-stimulation of synovial fibroblasts by LM-111 together with transforming growth factor-β suffices to induce significant expression of MMP-3 and MMP-10 by synovial fibroblasts and that this induction is independent of nuclear factor-κB phosphorylation.