PMID- 12702469 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030618 LR - 20141120 IS - 0003-3898 (Print) IS - 0003-3898 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 2 DP - 2003 Mar-Apr TI - [Matrix metalloproteinases and atherosclerosis. Therapeutic aspects]. PG - 147-58 AB - Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a key role in the physiology of connective tissue development, morphogenesis and wound healing, but their unregulated activity has been implicated in numerous disease processes including arthritis, tumor cell metastasis and atherosclerosis. MMP family consists of at least 20 members; MMPs are produced by the different cell types (vascular smooth muscle cells, monocytes, endothelial cells) involved in the atheromatous plaque formation and participate to extracellular matrix remodelling and cell infiltration or migration. Since excessive tissue remodelling and increased matrix metalloproteinase activity have been demonstrated during atherosclerotic lesion progression (including plaque disruption), MMPs represent a potential target for therapeutic intervention to modify vascular pathology, by restoring the MMP/TIMP physiological equilibrium. This review highlights the structures of MMPs and their physiological inhibitors, the Tissue Inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs), and describes the current developments in pharmacological MMP inhibition. FAU - Beaudeux, J-L AU - Beaudeux JL AD - Service de biochimie C, Group hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, AP-HP, 47-83 boulevard de l'hopital, 75651 Paris cedex 13. jean-louis.beaudeux@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr FAU - Giral, P AU - Giral P FAU - Bruckert, E AU - Bruckert E FAU - Foglietti, M-J AU - Foglietti MJ FAU - Chapman, M J AU - Chapman MJ LA - fre PT - Comparative Study PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Review TT - Metalloproteases matricielles et atherosclerose. Perspectives therapeutiques. PL - France TA - Ann Biol Clin (Paris) JT - Annales de biologie clinique JID - 2984690R RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (Hypolipidemic Agents) RN - 0 (Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Thiophenes) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases) RN - 10T6626FRK (prinomastat) RN - 127497-59-0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2) RN - 47E5O17Y3R (Phenylalanine) RN - BK349F52C9 (batimastat) RN - D5EQV23TDS (marimastat) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) RN - N12000U13O (Doxycycline) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use MH - Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Aortic Diseases/blood/drug therapy/physiopathology/prevention & control MH - Arteriosclerosis/blood/*drug therapy/enzymology/prevention & control MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Coronary Artery Disease/drug therapy/physiopathology/prevention & control MH - Doxycycline/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Hydroxamic Acids/therapeutic use MH - Hyperlipidemias/complications MH - Hypolipidemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - *Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/blood/genetics/*physiology MH - Metalloendopeptidases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - *Organic Chemicals MH - Phenylalanine/*analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Prospective Studies MH - Rats MH - Risk Factors MH - Thiophenes/therapeutic use MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/blood/physiology MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2/physiology MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3/blood/physiology MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases/blood/metabolism/*physiology/*therapeutic use RF - 60 EDAT- 2003/04/19 05:00 MHDA- 2003/06/19 05:00 CRDT- 2003/04/19 05:00 PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/06/19 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2003 Mar-Apr;61(2):147-58.