PMID- 17116747 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070205 LR - 20220309 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Jan TI - A pivotal role of matrix metalloproteinase-3 activity in dopaminergic neuronal degeneration via microglial activation. PG - 179-87 AB - Recent studies have demonstrated that activated microglia play an important role in dopamine (DA) neuronal degeneration in Parkinson disease (PD) by generating NADPH-oxidase (NADPHO)-derived superoxide. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie microglial activation in DA cell death are still disputed. We report here that matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) was newly induced and activated in stressed DA cells, and the active form of MMP-3 (actMMP-3) was released into the medium. The released actMMP-3, as well as catalytically active recombinant MMP-3 (cMMP-3) led to microglial activation and superoxide generation in microglia and enhanced DA cell death. cMMP-3 caused DA cell death in mesencephalic neuron-glia mixed culture of wild-type (WT) mice, but this was attenuated in the culture of NADPHO subunit null mice (gp91(phox-/-)), suggesting that NADPHO mediated the cMMP-3-induced microglial production of superoxide and DA cell death. Furthermore, in the N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-injected animal model of PD, nigrostriatal DA neuronal degeneration, microglial activation, and superoxide generation were largely attenuated in MMP-3-/- mice. These results indicate that actMMP-3 released from stressed DA neurons is responsible for microglial activation and generation of NADPHO-derived superoxide and eventually enhances nigrostriatal DA neuronal degeneration. Our results could lead to a novel therapeutic approach to PD. FAU - Kim, Yoon Seong AU - Kim YS AD - Burke Medical Research Institute, and Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA. FAU - Choi, Dong Hee AU - Choi DH FAU - Block, Michelle L AU - Block ML FAU - Lorenzl, Stefan AU - Lorenzl S FAU - Yang, Lichuan AU - Yang L FAU - Kim, Youn Jung AU - Kim YJ FAU - Sugama, Shuei AU - Sugama S FAU - Cho, Byung Pil AU - Cho BP FAU - Hwang, Onyou AU - Hwang O FAU - Browne, Susan E AU - Browne SE FAU - Kim, Soo Yul AU - Kim SY FAU - Hong, Jau-Shyong AU - Hong JS FAU - Beal, M Flint AU - Beal MF FAU - Joh, Tong H AU - Joh TH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20061120 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 9P21XSP91P (1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) RN - EC 1.6.3.- (Cybb protein, mouse) RN - EC 1.6.3.- (NADPH Oxidase 2) RN - EC 1.6.3.- (NADPH Oxidases) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine/administration & dosage MH - Animals MH - Cell Death MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/*metabolism MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Microglia/*metabolism MH - NADPH Oxidase 2 MH - NADPH Oxidases/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Neurons/*metabolism/pathology MH - Parkinson Disease/enzymology/metabolism/pathology EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00 MHDA- 2007/02/06 09:00 CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00 PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/02/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez] AID - fj.06-5865com [pii] AID - 10.1096/fj.06-5865com [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2007 Jan;21(1):179-87. doi: 10.1096/fj.06-5865com. Epub 2006 Nov 20.