PMID- 10217399 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990601 LR - 20190621 IS - 0014-5793 (Print) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 448 IP - 1 DP - 1999 Apr 1 TI - Reprogramming of TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 expression profiles in brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes in response to proinflammatory cytokines. PG - 9-14 AB - Cytokine-dependent regulation of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) expression provides an important mechanism for controlling the activity of matrix metalloproteinases. We present data indicating that during inflammatory processes TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 may be involved in the proteolytic remodeling of subendothelial basement membrane of the brain microvascular system, a key step during leukocyte migration into the brain perivascular tissue. In brain endothelial cells the expression of TIMP-1 is dramatically up-regulated by major proinflammatory cytokines, with the combination of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) exhibiting the strongest synergistic stimulation. Simultaneously, IL-1beta/TNF alpha almost completely blocks TIMP-3 expression. Both synergistic effects are dose-dependent within the concentration range 0.05-5 ng/ml of both cytokines and correlate with the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase, an endothelial cell activation marker. Down-regulation of TIMP-3 expression is also detected in astrocytes treated with TNF alpha or IFN-gamma whereas oncostatin M as well as TNF alpha up-regulate TIMP-1 mRNA level. We propose that the cytokine-modified balance between TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 expression provides a potential mechanism involved in the regulation of microvascular basement membrane proteolysis. FAU - Bugno, M AU - Bugno M AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. marcinb@arches.uga.edu FAU - Witek, B AU - Witek B FAU - Bereta, J AU - Bereta J FAU - Bereta, M AU - Bereta M FAU - Edwards, D R AU - Edwards DR FAU - Kordula, T AU - Kordula T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (OSM protein, human) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 106956-32-5 (Oncostatin M) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (NOS2 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/cytology/drug effects/enzymology MH - Brain/cytology/enzymology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/cytology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/pharmacology MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-1/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II MH - Oncostatin M MH - Peptides/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/*genetics MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3/*genetics MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics EDAT- 1999/04/27 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/27 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/27 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-5793(99)00323-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00323-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 1999 Apr 1;448(1):9-14. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00323-3.