PMID- 18560439 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081017 LR - 20080924 IS - 1559-7016 (Electronic) IS - 0271-678X (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 10 DP - 2008 Oct TI - Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases protect blood-brain barrier disruption in focal cerebral ischemia. PG - 1674-85 LID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.59 [doi] AB - Enhanced matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can cause vasogenic edema and hemorrhagic transformation after cerebral ischemia, and affect the extent of ischemic injury. We hypothesized that the endogenous MMP inhibitors, tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMPs), were essential to protect against blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption after ischemia by regulating the activities of MMPs. We confirmed the transition of MMP-2 and MMP-9, and the TIMPs family after 30 mins of middle cerebral artery occlusion, and elucidated the function of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in focal ischemia, using TIMP-1(-/-) and TIMP-2(-/-) mice. TIMP-1 mRNA expression was gradually increased until 24 h after reperfusion. In TIMP-1(-/-) mice, MMP-9 protein expression and gelatinolytic activity were significantly more augmented after cerebral ischemia than those in WT mice, and were accompanied by exacerbated BBB disruption, neuronal apoptosis, and ischemic injury. In contrast, TIMP-2 gene deletion mice exhibited no significant difference in MMP expressions and the degree of ischemic injury despite an increased Evans blue leakage. These results suggest that TIMP-1 inhibits MMP-9 activity and can play a neuroprotective role in cerebral ischemia. FAU - Fujimoto, Motoaki AU - Fujimoto M AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Takagi, Yasushi AU - Takagi Y FAU - Aoki, Tomohiro AU - Aoki T FAU - Hayase, Makoto AU - Hayase M FAU - Marumo, Takeshi AU - Marumo T FAU - Gomi, Masanori AU - Gomi M FAU - Nishimura, Masaki AU - Nishimura M FAU - Kataoka, Hiroharu AU - Kataoka H FAU - Hashimoto, Nobuo AU - Hashimoto N FAU - Nozaki, Kazuhiko AU - Nozaki K LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20080618 PL - United States TA - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab JT - Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism JID - 8112566 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 127497-59-0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/*physiology MH - Brain/*blood supply/metabolism/pathology MH - Brain Ischemia/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neurons/pathology/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Tight Junctions/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/*genetics/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2/*genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2008/06/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/10/18 09:00 CRDT- 2008/06/19 09:00 PHST- 2008/06/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/10/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/06/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - jcbfm200859 [pii] AID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.59 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2008 Oct;28(10):1674-85. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.59. Epub 2008 Jun 18.