PMID- 19969080 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100712 LR - 20131121 IS - 1569-1802 (Electronic) IS - 0945-053X (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Apr TI - Imbalance between matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases in hypertensive vascular remodeling. PG - 194-201 LID - 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.11.005 [doi] AB - Structural vascular changes in two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) hypertension may result from increased matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 activity. MMP-2 activation is regulated by other MMPs, including transmembrane-MMPs, and by tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs). We have investigated the localization of MMP-2, -9, -14, and TIMPs 1-4 in hypertensive aortas and measured their levels by zymography/Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Gelatinolytic activity was assayed in tissues by in situ zymography. Sham-operated and 2K-1C hypertensive rats were treated with doxycycline (or vehicle) for 8 weeks, and the systolic blood pressure was monitored weekly. Doxycycline attenuated 2K-1C hypertension (165 + or - 11.7 mmHg versus 213 + or - 7.9 mm Hg in hypertensive controls, P<0.01), and completely prevented increase in the thicknesses of the media and the intima in 2K-1C animals (P<0.01). Increased amounts of MMP-2, -9, and -14 were found in hypertensive aortas, as well as enhanced gelatinolytic activity. A gradient in the localization of MMP-2, -9, and -14 was found, with increased amounts detected in the intima, at sites with higher gelatinolytic activity. Doxycycline attenuated hypertension induced increases in all the 3 investigated MMPs in both the media and the intima (all P<0.05), but it did not change the amounts of TIMPs 1-4 (P>0.05). Therefore, an imbalance between increased amounts of MMPs at the tissue level without a corresponding increase in the quantities of TIMPs, particularly in the intima and inner media layers, appears to account for the increased proteolytic activity found in 2K-1C hypertension-induced maladaptive vascular remodeling. CI - Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Castro, Michele M AU - Castro MM AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. FAU - Rizzi, Elen AU - Rizzi E FAU - Prado, Cibele M AU - Prado CM FAU - Rossi, Marcos A AU - Rossi MA FAU - Tanus-Santos, Jose E AU - Tanus-Santos JE FAU - Gerlach, Raquel Fernanda AU - Gerlach RF LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091205 PL - Netherlands TA - Matrix Biol JT - Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology JID - 9432592 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) RN - N12000U13O (Doxycycline) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aorta/metabolism/pathology MH - Blood Pressure/physiology MH - Blotting, Western MH - Doxycycline/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism MH - Hypertension/embryology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/*metabolism MH - Organ Size/physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases/*metabolism MH - Tunica Intima/metabolism/ultrastructure EDAT- 2009/12/09 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/14 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/09 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/12/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/14 06:00 [medline] AID - S0945-053X(09)00185-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.11.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Matrix Biol. 2010 Apr;29(3):194-201. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.11.005. Epub 2009 Dec 5.