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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Tissue degradation and invasion are hallmarks of the metastatic phenotype. While several extracellular matrix components can be digested by proteases, degradation of interstitial collagen is selectively initiated by collagenase. It is obvious that inhibitors of collagenase activity would be extremely useful in preventing tissue destruction and tumor cell invasion and thus prove invaluable therapeutic agents. We describe here the possible development of such inhibitors through the use of the principle of complementary hydropathy. A peptide was deduced from the nucleotide sequence complementary to that coding for the region in interstitial collagen surrounding the bond between Gly775 and Ile776 which is cleaved by the enzyme. Labeled collagen binds specifically and quantitatively to this peptide. A polyclonal mouse serum raised against this peptide recognized purified human collagenase, was able to immunoprecipitate collagenase from cultured human keratinocyte supernatants and was effective in inhibiting collagenolytic activity with a K(iapp) = 0.3 microM.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13763-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Collagen binding site in collagenase can be determined using the concept of sense-antisense peptide interactions.
pubmed:affiliation
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't