PMID- 23733191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130927 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 288 IP - 28 DP - 2013 Jul 12 TI - Non-destructive and selective imaging of the functionally active, pro-invasive membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) enzyme in cancer cells. PG - 20568-80 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.471508 [doi] AB - Proteolytic activity of cell surface-associated MT1-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) (MMP-14) is directly related to cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. MT1-MMP is regulated as a proteinase by activation and conversion of the latent proenzyme into the active enzyme, and also via inhibition by tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) and self-proteolysis. MT1-MMP is also regulated as a membrane protein through its internalization and recycling. Routine immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, reverse transcription-PCR, and immunoblotting methodologies do not allow quantitative imaging and assessment of the cell-surface levels of the active, TIMP-free MT1-MMP enzyme. Here, we developed a fluorescent reporter prototype that targets the cellular active MT1-MMP enzyme alone. The reporter (MP-3653) represents a liposome tagged with a fluorochrome and functionalized with a PEG chain spacer linked to an inhibitory hydroxamate warhead. Our studies using the MP-3653 reporter and its inactive derivative demonstrated that MP-3653 can be efficiently used not only to visualize the trafficking of MT1-MMP through the cell compartment, but also to quantify the femtomolar range amounts of the cell surface-associated active MT1-MMP enzyme in multiple cancer cell types, including breast carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, and melanoma. Thus, the levels of the naturally expressed, fully functional, active cellular MT1-MMP enzyme are roughly equal to 1 x 10(5) molecules/cell, whereas these levels are in a 1 x 10(6) range in the cells with the enforced MT1-MMP expression. We suggest that the reporter we developed will contribute to the laboratory studies of MT1-MMP and then, ultimately, to the design of novel, more efficient prognostic approaches and personalized cancer therapies. FAU - Remacle, Albert G AU - Remacle AG AD - Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. FAU - Shiryaev, Sergey A AU - Shiryaev SA FAU - Golubkov, Vladislav S AU - Golubkov VS FAU - Freskos, John N AU - Freskos JN FAU - Brown, Michael A AU - Brown MA FAU - Karwa, Amolkumar S AU - Karwa AS FAU - Naik, Arati D AU - Naik AD FAU - Howard, Carol P AU - Howard CP FAU - Sympson, Carolyn J AU - Sympson CJ FAU - Strongin, Alex Y AU - Strongin AY LA - eng GR - R01DE022757/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DE022757/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA083017/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA83017/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA157328/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA157328/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130603 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Alexa594) RN - 0 (Fluoresceins) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 127497-59-0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2) RN - 3301-79-9 (6-carboxyfluorescein) RN - EC 3.4.24.80 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 14) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Fluoresceins/chemistry MH - Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Liposomes/chemistry/metabolism MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 14/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Molecular Imaging/*methods MH - Mutation MH - Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Optical Imaging/*methods MH - Organic Chemicals/chemistry MH - Protein Binding MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/genetics/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3711321 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast Cancer OT - Cancer Biology OT - Drug Delivery OT - Enzyme Inhibitors OT - Hydroxamate Inhibitors OT - Imaging OT - Liposomes OT - MT1-MMP OT - Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) OT - Protease Inhibitor EDAT- 2013/06/05 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/12 CRDT- 2013/06/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)45625-X [pii] AID - M113.471508 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.471508 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 12;288(28):20568-80. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.471508. Epub 2013 Jun 3.