PMID- 16085117 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051228 LR - 20061115 IS - 0369-8114 (Print) IS - 0369-8114 (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 7 DP - 2005 Sep TI - Fibronectin type II (FnII)-like modules regulate gelatinase A activity. PG - 405-10 AB - Gelatinase A, a member of the matrix metalloproteinase family, contains three fibronectin type II (FnII)-like modules that are inserted within its catalytic domain. These FnII modules, defined as exosites, play an essential role in targeting the enzyme to matrix macromolecules, a process which can down-regulate membrane-type metalloproteinase-driven progelatinase A activation. The exosite/substrate-directed gelatinase inhibitors has been proposed as an alternative approach to disappointing active site-directed inhibitors, to control gelatinase A activity. In preliminary experiments, we evidenced that long-chain unsaturated fatty acids could bind preferentially to the first FnII module of gelatinase A. This interaction inhibits the activity of this enzyme towards proteins (type I gelatin and collagen) and an octapeptide substrate, with K(i) in the micromolar range. Since gelatinase A-catalyzed matrix proteolysis might display a positive or negative influence (depending on the substrate cleaved), the design of exosite-specific compounds for noncatalytic targeting of gelatinase A would necessitate an extensive degradomic analysis. FAU - Hornebeck, W AU - Hornebeck W AD - Laboratoire de Biochimie, CNRS UMR 6198, IFR 53 Biomolecules, Universite de Reims-Champagne, Reims, France. william.hornebeck@univ-remis.fr FAU - Bellon, G AU - Bellon G FAU - Emonard, H AU - Emonard H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20050122 PL - France TA - Pathol Biol (Paris) JT - Pathologie-biologie JID - 0265365 RN - 0 (Fibronectins) RN - 127497-59-0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Motifs MH - Fibronectins/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2/metabolism RF - 57 EDAT- 2005/08/09 09:00 MHDA- 2005/12/29 09:00 CRDT- 2005/08/09 09:00 PHST- 2004/11/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/08/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/12/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/08/09 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0369-8114(04)00304-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.patbio.2004.12.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pathol Biol (Paris). 2005 Sep;53(7):405-10. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2004.12.015. Epub 2005 Jan 22.