Up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in human myometrium during labour: a cytokine-mediated process in uterine smooth muscle cells.
Mol Hum Reprod
; 6(1): 96-102, 2000 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-10611267
ABSTRACT
The pregnant uterus undergoes dramatic changes of tissue remodelling during the labour and post-partum period. We studied the production of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), as a major contributor of tissue remodelling, in human myometrium at parturition. The regulation of proMMP-9 by interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) was also investigated in human myometrial smooth muscle cells. MMP-9 was present in myometrial smooth muscle cells, interstitial fibroblasts and inflammatory cells. The gelatinolytic activities of proMMP-9 in myometrium increased dramatically during labour. IL-1beta and TNF-alpha induced proMMP-9 in myometrial smooth muscle cells, but these effects did not seem to be mediated by protein kinase C. On the other hand, neither 17beta-oestradiol nor progesterone itself affected proMMP-9 production in myometrial smooth muscle cells. Moreover, progesterone, which is known as a physiological suppressor of MMP-9 in other species, did not decrease the IL-1beta- and TNF-alpha-induced production of proMMP-9. These results suggest that IL-1beta and TNF-alpha are effective up-regulators of proMMP-9 in the tissue remodelling of human myometrium during labour.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Uterus
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Labor, Obstetric
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Interleukin-1
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
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Muscle, Smooth
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Myometrium
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Mol Hum Reprod
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article