PMID- 23871604 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140408 LR - 20220223 IS - 1875-9777 (Electronic) IS - 1934-5909 (Print) IS - 1875-9777 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Sep 5 TI - A role for matrix metalloproteinases in regulating mammary stem cell function via the Wnt signaling pathway. PG - 300-13 LID - S1934-5909(13)00263-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.stem.2013.06.005 [doi] AB - The microenvironment provides cues that control the behavior of epithelial stem and progenitor cells. Here, we identify matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP3) as a regulator of Wnt signaling and mammary stem cell (MaSC) activity. We show that MMP3 overexpression promotes hyperplastic epithelial growth, surprisingly, in a nonproteolytic manner via its hemopexin (HPX) domain. We demonstrate that MMP3-HPX specifically binds and inactivates Wnt5b, a noncanonical Wnt ligand that inhibits canonical Wnt signaling and mammary epithelial outgrowth in vivo. Indeed, transplants overexpressing MMP3 display increased canonical Wnt signaling, demonstrating that MMP3 is an extracellular regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway. MMP3-deficient mice exhibit decreased MaSC populations and diminished mammary-reconstituting activity, whereas MMP3 overexpression elevates MaSC function, indicating that MMP3 is necessary for the maintenance of MaSCs. Our study reveals a mechanism by a microenvironmental protease that regulates Wnt signaling and impacts adult epithelial stem cell function. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kessenbrock, Kai AU - Kessenbrock K AD - Department of Anatomy and Biomedical Sciences Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. FAU - Dijkgraaf, Gerrit J P AU - Dijkgraaf GJ FAU - Lawson, Devon A AU - Lawson DA FAU - Littlepage, Laurie E AU - Littlepage LE FAU - Shahi, Payam AU - Shahi P FAU - Pieper, Ursula AU - Pieper U FAU - Werb, Zena AU - Werb Z LA - eng GR - K99 CA181490/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 CA181490/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA057621/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA108462/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130718 PL - United States TA - Cell Stem Cell JT - Cell stem cell JID - 101311472 RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (Wnt Proteins) RN - 0 (Wnt5b protein, mouse) RN - 9013-71-2 (Hemopexin) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM CIN - Cell Stem Cell. 2013 Sep 5;13(3):259-60. PMID: 24012364 MH - Adult Stem Cells/*physiology MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cellular Microenvironment MH - Epithelium/*physiology MH - Extracellular Matrix/metabolism MH - Hemopexin/metabolism MH - Mammary Glands, Animal/*cytology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred Strains MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Protein Binding MH - Repressor Proteins/metabolism MH - Transgenes/genetics MH - Up-Regulation MH - Wnt Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Wnt Signaling Pathway/genetics PMC - PMC3769456 MID - NIHMS494573 EDAT- 2013/07/23 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/09 06:00 PMCR- 2014/09/05 CRDT- 2013/07/23 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/06/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/09/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1934-5909(13)00263-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.stem.2013.06.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Stem Cell. 2013 Sep 5;13(3):300-13. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.06.005. Epub 2013 Jul 18.