PMID- 17299802 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070727 LR - 20131121 IS - 0021-9541 (Print) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 212 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Jul TI - Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans lipopolysaccharide regulates matrix metalloproteinase, tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase, and plasminogen activator production by human gingival fibroblasts: a potential role in connective tissue destruction. PG - 189-94 AB - Fibroblasts, a major constituent of gingival connective tissue, can produce immunoregulatory cytokines and proteolytic enzymes that may contribute to tissue destruction. In this study, we evaluated the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs), and plasminogen activators by gingival fibroblasts stimulated with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) produced by periodontopathogens, including Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. In addition, changes in the expression and phosphorylation state of fibroblast intracellular signaling proteins induced by A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS were characterized using antibody microarrays. We showed that A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS induced the production of a 50 kDa plasminogen activator, MMP-2 and, to a lesser extent, MMP-3 by fibroblasts. The stimulation of fibroblasts with A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS also resulted in the overproduction of TIMP-1, but had no effect on the production of TIMP-2. Comparable responses were also obtained with Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum LPS. The results of the microarray analyses showed that A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS induced changes in the phosphorylation state and expression of gingival fibroblast intracellular signaling proteins. More specifically, they suggested that A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS may induce both Jun N-terminus protein-serine kinases (JNK) and mitogen-activated protein-serine kinase p38 alpha (p38alpha MAPK) pathway activation, leading to increased activator protein-1 (AP-1) and nuclear factor kappa-B (NFkappaB) activities, which in turn can stimulate MMP-2, MMP-3, TIMP-1, and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) expression. This may contribute to periodontal connective tissue destruction. FAU - Bodet, Charles AU - Bodet C AD - Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Buccale, Faculte de Medecine Dentaire, Universite Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Andrian, Elisoa AU - Andrian E FAU - Tanabe, Shin-Ichi AU - Tanabe S FAU - Grenier, Daniel AU - Grenier D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.21.73 (Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) SB - IM MH - Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Connective Tissue Diseases/metabolism MH - Fibroblasts/drug effects/metabolism MH - Fusobacterium nucleatum/metabolism MH - Gingiva/cytology MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*pharmacology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Porphyromonas gingivalis/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases/*metabolism MH - Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2007/02/15 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/28 09:00 CRDT- 2007/02/15 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/28 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.21018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2007 Jul;212(1):189-94. doi: 10.1002/jcp.21018.