Matrix metalloproteinase 13 mediates nitric oxide activation of endothelial cell migration

Autor: José M. López-Novoa, Mónica Martínez-Moreno, Carlos Zaragoza, Alberto Álvarez-Barrientos, Esther López-Rivera, Santiago Lamas, Jose L. Rodrigo, Alicia Rodríguez-Barbero, Tania R. Lizarbe, Ana Patricia Fernández
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102:3685-3690
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408217102
Popis: To explore the mechanisms by which NO elicits endothelial cell (EC) migration we used murine and bovine aortic ECs in an in vitro wound-healing model. We found that exogenous or endogenous NO stimulated EC migration. Moreover, migration was significantly delayed in ECs derived from endothelial NO synthase-deficient mice compared with WT murine aortic EC. To assess the contribution of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-13 to NO-mediated EC migration, we used RNA interference to silence MMP-13 expression in ECs. Migration was delayed in cells in which MMP-13 was silenced. In untreated cells MMP-13 was localized to caveolae, forming a complex with caveolin-1. Stimulation with NO disrupted this complex and significantly increased extracellular MMP-13 abundance, leading to collagen breakdown. Our findings show that MMP-13 is an important effector of NO-activated endothelial migration.
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