Abstract |
In multiple sclerosis (MS), the matrix metalloprotease ( MMP) gelatinase B/ MMP-9 and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM)-1 have both been implicated in trans-endothelial infiltration of leucocytes into the brain, but their functional connection has not yet been investigated. We investigated the expression of gelatinase B and PECAM-1 in post mortem brains of MS patients by immunohistochemistry. Because increased soluble PECAM-1 serum levels have been observed in MS patients, we also tested in vitro whether this could be due to cleavage of PECAM-1 by gelatinase B or matrilysin-1/ MMP-7. Constitutive expression of PECAM-1 was found on brain endothelial cells, whilst in active MS lesions cell-bound PECAM-1 was highly up-regulated on foamy macrophages in perivascular infiltrates and co-localized with gelatinase B. However, human THP-1 monocyte-bound or soluble recombinant PECAM-1 were both resistant to proteolytic cleavage by gelatinase B or matrilysin-1 in vitro, as demonstrated by Western blot analysis and flow cytometry. These results suggest that PECAM-1 and gelatinase B may complement each other during the transmigration of the blood-brain barrier by mononuclear cells.
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Authors | I Nelissen, D Gveric, J M van Noort, M L Cuzner, G Opdenakker |
Journal | Neuropathology and applied neurobiology
(Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol)
Vol. 32
Issue 1
Pg. 15-22
(Feb 2006)
ISSN: 0305-1846 [Print] England |
PMID | 16409549
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
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Topics |
- Blotting, Western
- Brain
(blood supply, metabolism, pathology)
- Cell Movement
(physiology)
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelial Cells
(metabolism)
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
(metabolism)
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
(metabolism)
- Multiple Sclerosis
(metabolism, pathology)
- Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
(metabolism)
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