Induction of matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression in breast carcinoma cells by a soluble factor from fibroblasts.
Induction of matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression in breast carcinoma cells by a soluble factor from fibroblasts.
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通过成纤维细胞的可溶性因子诱导乳腺癌细胞中基质金属蛋白酶 9 的表达。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00053892
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Muschel,RJ
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作者:
Himelstein,BP;Muschel,RJ
Tumor-stromal interactions appear to play an important role in the induction of metalloproteinase expression in malignant tumors. We describe a tissue culture system in which expression of MMP-9 (gelatinase B or the 92 kDa type IV collagenase/gelatinase) was induced by co-cultivation of fibroblasts with breast cancer cell lines. While neither the breast cancer cells nor the normal rat embryo fibroblasts made MMP-9 alone in culture, human MMP-9 was made in the co-cultures. The MMP-9 was secreted in a latent form. The induction occurred at least in part through increases in the MMP-9 mRNA levels in the breast cancer cells. These increases did not appear to require protein synthesis. Conditioned medium from the fibroblasts could duplicate the induction of MMP-9 in the breast cancer cell lines. The active factor in the medium was inactivated by heat or by trypsin suggesting that it was a protein. This protein was in the size range of 30–100 kDa. Thus, fibroblasts could secrete a factor which was able to regulate the expression of MMP-9 in breast cancer cells.