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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
During development, mRNA for matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) is found associated with cartilage undergoing hypertrophy, suggesting that this collagenase plays a role in cell enlargement and/or cartilage calcification. Using chondrocytes from prehypertrophic cartilage of chick embryo sternae, we have examined the relationship between MMP-13 expression and the transition to hypertrophy. When hypertrophy was induced by serum-free culture with ascorbate and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), MMP-13 mRNA levels paralleled those for type X collagen. Chondrocytes from the caudal, nonhypertrophying portion of chick sternae expressed neither type X collagen nor MMP-13, confirming that MMP-13 mRNA is a marker for hypertrophy. Zymography with conditioned medium yielded a proteinase band at 59 kDa, which was absent in nonhypertrophic chondrocytes. A polyclonal antibody raised against chick MMP-13 reacted with the 59-kDa protein, confirming that it is MMP-13. Although mRNA for MMP-13 peaked at days 4-5 of culture, only low levels of MMP-13 activity were present, and the activity increased gradually in parallel with later increases in MMP-2. These results suggest that MMP-13 is activated by MMP-2 during chondrocyte maturation, and that the combination of both proteinases is required to prepare cartilage matrix for subsequent calcification, before endochondral ossification.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0730-2312
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
678-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Cartilage, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Chondrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Collagenases, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Culture Media, Serum-Free, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Hypertrophy, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Matrix Metalloproteinase 13, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Matrix Metalloproteinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Sternum, pubmed-meshheading:10771523-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
MMP-13 is induced during chondrocyte hypertrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.