PMID- 2553780 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19891204 LR - 20220317 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 5 DP - 1989 Nov TI - Synovial procollagenase activation by human mast cell tryptase dependence upon matrix metalloproteinase 3 activation. PG - 1657-62 AB - Mast cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the matrix degradation observed in the cartilaginous and osseous structures of the rheumatoid joint. We previously reported that human mast cell tryptase, a 134-kD granule-associated neutral protease, is present in rheumatoid synovium and can activate collagenase in crude culture medium in vitro. the present study attempts to depict the precise mechanism of this activation. To express full activation of latent collagenase, matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) or stromelysin, can be activated by tryptase in a time and dose-dependent manner. Tryptase was not capable of generating active collagenase in the crude media from cultured rheumatoid synoviocytes depleted of proMMP-3 by immunoadsorption. In addition, the function of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) was not altered by tryptase, and SDS-PAGE analysis revealed no degradation of TIMP by tryptase. The tryptase dependent activation of synoviocyte procollagenase thereby appears to be entirely dependent upon its ability to activate proMMP-3. FAU - Gruber, B L AU - Gruber BL AD - Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Veterans Administration, Northport, New York 11768. FAU - Marchese, M J AU - Marchese MJ FAU - Suzuki, K AU - Suzuki K FAU - Schwartz, L B AU - Schwartz LB FAU - Okada, Y AU - Okada Y FAU - Nagase, H AU - Nagase H FAU - Ramamurthy, N S AU - Ramamurthy NS LA - eng GR - AI-20487/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AR-39189/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - DEO3987/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Enzyme Precursors) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases) RN - 9007-34-5 (Collagen) RN - EC 3.4.- (Peptide Hydrolases) RN - EC 3.4.- (tosylarginine methyl ester hydrolase) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Collagenases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (procollagenase) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.3 (Microbial Collagenase) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Collagen/metabolism MH - *Collagenases MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Precursors/*metabolism MH - Glycoproteins/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Mast Cells/*enzymology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 MH - Metalloendopeptidases/*metabolism MH - Microbial Collagenase/*metabolism MH - Peptide Hydrolases/*pharmacology MH - Synovial Membrane/*enzymology MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases PMC - PMC304033 EDAT- 1989/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1989/11/01 00:01 PMCR- 1989/11/01 CRDT- 1989/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1989/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1989/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1989/11/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1989/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1172/JCI114344 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 1989 Nov;84(5):1657-62. doi: 10.1172/JCI114344.