PMID- 14511330 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031205 LR - 20220317 IS - 0953-816X (Print) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 6 DP - 2003 Sep TI - Neuronal activity-dependent increase of net matrix metalloproteinase activity is associated with MMP-9 neurotoxicity after kainate. PG - 1507-17 AB - Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and the tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) are emerging as important modulators of brain physiopathology. Dramatic changes in the expression of MMPs and TIMPs occur during excitotoxic/neuroinflammatory processes. However, only the measurement of net protease activity is relevant physiologically, and the functional consequences of MMP/TIMP ratio modifications in the brain remain elusive. In order to assess MMP activity and effects in brain tissue, we combined in vivo and organotypic culture models of kainate (KA)-induced excitotoxicity to provoke selective neuronal death and neuroinflammation in the hippocampus. Using in situ zymography, we show that KA-induced excitotoxic seizures in rats increase net MMP activity in hippocampal neurons 8 h after seizures, before their death, and that this increase is neuronal activity-dependent. Three days after KA, proteolytic activity increases in blood vessels and reactive glial cells of vulnerable areas, in relation with neuroinflammation. At 7 and 15 days, proteolysis remains high in blood vessels whereas it is reduced in glia. In organotypic hippocampal cultures, which lack blood cell-mediated inflammation and extrinsic connections, a broad-spectrum inhibitor of MMPs (MMPI), but also a selective MMP-9 inhibitor, protect hippocampal neurons against KA-induced excitotoxicity. Moreover, recombinant MMP-9, but not MMP-2, induces selective pyramidal cell death in these cultures and KA-induced neuronal activity exacerbates the neuronal death promoting effects of MMP-9. These data strongly implicate MMPs, and MMP-9 in particular, in both excitotoxic neuronal damage and subsequent neuroinflammatory processes, and suggest that selective MMPIs could be therapeutically relevant in related neurological disorders. FAU - Jourquin, Jerome AU - Jourquin J AD - Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie, CNRS FRE 2533. IFR Jean Roche. Universite de la Mediterranee. Faculte de Medecine de Marseille, 27 Bd. Jean Moulin 13385, Marseille cedex 05, France. FAU - Tremblay, Evelyne AU - Tremblay E FAU - Decanis, Nadege AU - Decanis N FAU - Charton, Gerard AU - Charton G FAU - Hanessian, Stephen AU - Hanessian S FAU - Chollet, Anne-Marie AU - Chollet AM FAU - Le Diguardher, Thierry AU - Le Diguardher T FAU - Khrestchatisky, Michel AU - Khrestchatisky M FAU - Rivera, Santiago AU - Rivera S LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Antigens, Surface) RN - 0 (Avian Proteins) RN - 0 (Blood Proteins) RN - 0 (Bsg protein, Gallus gallus) RN - 0 (Bsg protein, rat) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists) RN - 0 (GABA Modulators) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Phenanthrolines) RN - 0 (Phenylmercury Compounds) RN - 0 (Protease Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 136894-56-9 (Basigin) RN - 3550-44-5 (4-aminophenylmercury chloride) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) RN - Q3JTX2Q7TU (Diazepam) RN - SIV03811UC (Kainic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antigens, CD MH - *Antigens, Neoplasm MH - *Antigens, Surface MH - *Avian Proteins MH - Basigin MH - *Blood Proteins MH - Blood Vessels/metabolism MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Diazepam/pharmacology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Interactions MH - Encephalitis/*enzymology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/*toxicity MH - GABA Modulators/pharmacology MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Kainic Acid/*toxicity MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/*metabolism MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism MH - Neuroglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - Neurons/*drug effects/enzymology MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Phenanthrolines/pharmacology MH - Phenylmercury Compounds/pharmacology MH - Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Seizures/chemically induced/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/pharmacology EDAT- 2003/09/27 05:00 MHDA- 2003/12/06 05:00 CRDT- 2003/09/27 05:00 PHST- 2003/09/27 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/12/06 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/09/27 05:00 [entrez] AID - 2876 [pii] AID - 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02876.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 2003 Sep;18(6):1507-17. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02876.x.