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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a new principle for assessment of the activity of proteolytic enzymes of all classes and show the application of this principle for the quantitative assay of bacterial collagenase and human matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Central to this new principle is the presence of a proenzyme that can be activated into an active enzyme by a single proteolytic event. The regular activation sequence in the proenzyme is replaced using protein engineering by an artificial sequence recognized by the proteinase to be determined. The latter can act as an activator for the newly engineered proenzyme. In the present paper a simple colorimetric assay for the determination for MMPs is described based on this principle. With the aid of protein engineering, a modified pro-urokinase has been prepared in which the activation sequence normally recognized by plasmin (Pro-Arg-Phe-Lys upward arrowIle-Ile-Gly-Gly) has been replaced by a sequence expected to be recognized and hydrolysed by many MMPs (Arg-Pro-Leu-Gly upward arrowIle-Ile-Gly-Gly). The active urokinase resulting from activation of the modified pro-urokinase by a MMP could be measured either directly, using a specific chromogenic peptide substrate for urokinase, or indirectly via urokinase-catalysed plasminogen activation. The response of the assay to equal molar quantities of active MMPs decreases in the order MMP-2>MMP-9>MMP-1>MMP-3>MMP-7. The detection limit for MMP-9 was below 15 pM, corresponding to 3. 75x10(-15) mol per assay. Using the assay, increased MMP activity was detected in synovial tissue extracts from rheumatoid arthritis patients compared with those from osteoarthritis patients, and in stomach tumour extracts as compared with normal stomach tissue extracts.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Collagenases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Extracellular Matrix Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Metalloendopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protease Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/saruplase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
323 ( Pt 3)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
603-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
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