PMID- 28461705 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180702 LR - 20180702 IS - 1804-7521 (Electronic) IS - 1213-8118 (Linking) VI - 161 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Sep TI - Higher levels of matrix metalloproteinase-3 in patients with RA reflect disease activity and structural damage. PG - 296-302 LID - 10.5507/bp.2017.015 [doi] AB - AIMS: To evaluate the serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) as a potential marker of disease activity and joint damage in 92 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared to 24 osteoarthritis (OA) patients and 26 healthy controls. METHODS: The concentrations of MMP-3 were measured by ELISA using the commercial kit AESKULISA DF MMP-3 (AESKU.Diagnostics, Germany) and compared with other laboratory parameters routinely used to assess the disease status, clinical score (DAS28) and radiographic stage in the group of RA patients. RESULTS: The mean serum concentrations of MMP-3 were 199.1 +/- 160 ng/mL in RA patients, 113.9 +/- 96.9 ng/mL in OA patients and 48.3 +/- 19.2 in healthy controls. The differences were highly significant: RA patients and healthy controls (P<0.0001), RA and OA patients (P=0.008) as well as between OA patients and controls (P=0.009). MMP-3 concentrations were further compared with other laboratory parameters and clinical and structural damage data. There were correlations between MMP-3 and CRP (r=0.304, P<0.01), DAS28 (r=0.301, P<0.05), levels of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (r=0.241, P<0.05), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r=0.200, P=0.059) and radiographic disease stage (r=0.197, P=0.063). CONCLUSION: These results demonstrated that measurement of MMP-3 could become a marker of disease activity in RA patients. FAU - Skacelova, Martina AU - Skacelova M AD - Department of Internal Medicine III - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Hermanova, Zuzana AU - Hermanova Z AD - Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Horak, Pavel AU - Horak P AD - Department of Internal Medicine III - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Ahmed, Kazi AU - Ahmed K AD - Department of Internal Medicine III - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Langova, Katerina AU - Langova K AD - Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170426 PL - Czech Republic TA - Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub JT - Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia JID - 101140142 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 9009-79-4 (Rheumatoid Factor) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnostic imaging/*enzymology/*pathology/physiopathology MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Blood Sedimentation MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Disease Progression MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/*blood MH - Middle Aged MH - Osteoarthritis/diagnostic imaging/*enzymology/*pathology/physiopathology MH - Predictive Value of Tests MH - Radiography MH - Rheumatoid Factor/blood OTO - NOTNLM OT - disease activity OT - matrix metalloproteinase-3 OT - rheumatoid arthritis EDAT- 2017/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/03 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/03 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.5507/bp.2017.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2017 Sep;161(3):296-302. doi: 10.5507/bp.2017.015. Epub 2017 Apr 26.