PMID- 24279124 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131218 LR - 20161128 IS - 0018-2052 (Print) IS - 0018-2052 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Induction of Timp1 in smooth muscle cells during development of abdominal aortic aneurysms. PG - 63-7 AB - Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is known to develop mainly by the increased diameter of aorta through metalloproteinases (MMPs). Although activities of MMPs are tightly regulated by the presence of tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMPs) and imbalances between MMPs and TIMPs may serve to fragility of arterial wall, little is known about TIMPs behavior in aneurysmal formation. Here, we utilized a murine experimental AAA model, and found that by immunohistochemical analysis, Timp1 as and Timp1 mRNA levels was also revealed in aortic tissue in AAA by RT-PCR. In cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha significantly activated both Mmp9 and Timp1 expression, and they were blocked by Jun kinase inhibitor (SP600125) in a dose-dependent manner. Interestingly, a proteasome inhibitor (MG132), which is known as an agent for inhibition of the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB), significantly inhibited the TNF-alpha-induced expression of Timp1, whereas MG132, which also works as an activator of c-Jun/AP-1 pathway, strongly increased Mmp9. Taken together, inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-alpha, may simultaneously induce MMPs and TIMPs for the remodeling of the medial layer, leading to the increased diameter of the aorta, the aneurysm. FAU - Bumdelger, Batmunkh AU - Bumdelger B AD - Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. FAU - Kokubo, Hiroki AU - Kokubo H FAU - Kamata, Ryo AU - Kamata R FAU - Fujii, Masayuki AU - Fujii M FAU - Ishida, Mari AU - Ishida M FAU - Ishida, Takafumi AU - Ishida T FAU - Yoshizumi, Masao AU - Yoshizumi M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Japan TA - Hiroshima J Med Sci JT - Hiroshima journal of medical sciences JID - 0421060 RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Timp1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Mmp9 protein, mouse) RN - M4I0D6VV5M (Calcium Chloride) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aorta, Abdominal/metabolism MH - Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/chemically induced/genetics/*metabolism MH - Calcium Chloride MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 2013/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/19 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/19 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Hiroshima J Med Sci. 2013 Sep;62(3):63-7.