Increased concentration of tissue-degrading matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitor in complicated diverticular disease
Autor: | Marie-Louise Ivarsson, Lena Holmdahl, Lars Börjesson, Anders Rosemar |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
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Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Colon Biopsy Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Matrix metalloproteinase Diverticulitis Colonic Extracellular matrix Fibrosis medicine Humans Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology Proteolytic enzymes Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases Colonic wall Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Immunohistochemistry Matrix Metalloproteinases Complicated diverticular disease Disease Progression Female business Biomarkers |
Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology. 42(2) |
ISSN: | 0036-5521 |
Popis: | Complicated diverticular disease is associated with extensive structural changes of the colonic wall. Turnover of extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a pivotal role in this process. Proteolytic enzymes, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), are capable of degrading most components of ECM. Their activity is regulated by inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Disturbances of the MMP-TIMP balance can cause tissue degradation or fibrosis. The aim of this study was to assess the concentration and distribution of MMPs and TIMPs in colonic biopsies.Twenty-seven patients who had undergone sigmoid colectomy were included in the study. Full-thickness biopsies from affected and non-affected parts of each resected specimen were collected. Expressions of the proteins MMP-1, -2, -3, -9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 were quantified by ELISA and localized by immunohistochemistry.The concentrations of MMP-1, MMP-2 and TIMP-1 were significantly higher in affected tissue than concentrations in non-affected tissue (MMP-1 p=0.005, MMP-2 p=0.0003 and TIMP-1 p0.0001). In affected segments in general, there was an increased expression in the entire bowel wall, predominantly for MMP-2, MMP-3 and TIMP-1.Concentrations of MMP-1, MMP-2 and TIMP-1 were increased in intestinal segments affected by complicated diverticular disease and distributed throughout the entire bowel wall, which may explain the structural changes. |
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