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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
The interstitial collagenases have been suggested to play a critical role in bone formation, remodeling, and cancerogenesis. We have previously shown that during mouse development expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) is restricted to bone and cartilage (Gack et al., 1995; Tuckermann et al., 2000) and is affected in mice with altered c-Fos and Cbfa-1 expression (Gack et al., 1994; Porte et al., 1999). In this study, using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) techniques, we have identified cells of the osteoblastic lineage to be the origin of strongly enhanced levels of MMP-13 transcripts in c-fos-induced osteosarcomas. Expression in these cells is further increased in c-fos/c-jun double transgenic mice and paralleled by Cbfa-1 expression. Similarly, in spontaneous and radiation-induced osteosarcomas, both c-Fos and MMP-13 proteins are detectable, suggesting that overexpression of both genes is a characteristic feature of osteosarcomas of different origin. We also observed high levels of MMP-13 in c-Fos-induced chondrosarcomas. In osteoblast-like cells and in cells of late chondrocyte differentiation such as hypertrophic chondrocytes, high levels of MMP-13 transcripts were found. In contrast, in anaplastic areas of the tumors representing highly proliferating chondrocytes, no MMP-13 expression is detectable, suggesting that in addition to Fos/AP-1, bone-specific transcription factors are responsible for restricted expression of collagenase-3/MMP-13 in a specific subset of cells of bone and cartilage in physiology and pathology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0301-4681
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) in c-fos-induced osteosarcomas and chondrosarcomas is restricted to a subset of cells of the osteo-/chondrogenic lineage.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Signal Transduction and Growth Control, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't