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A potential key mechanism in ascending aortic aneurysm development: Detection of a linear relationship between MMP-14/TIMP-2 ratio and active MMP-2.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Elevated matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) tissue levels have been associated with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (aTAA). As MMP-2 activation is controlled by interactions among matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14), a tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and Pro-MMP-2 in cell culture, this activation process might also play a role in aTAA. METHODS:Via gelatin zymography we analyzed tissue levels of MMP-2 isoforms (Pro-MMP-2, active MMP-2, total MMP-2) and via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA,) MMP-14,TIMP-2 and total MMP-2 tissue levels in N = 42 patients with aTAA. As controls, MMP-14 and TIMP-2 aortic tissue levels in N = 9 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery were measured via ELISA, and levels of MMP-2 isoforms in N = 11 patients via gelatin zymography. RESULTS:Active MMP-2 was significantly higher in aTAA than in controls. Patients with aTAA exhibited significantly lower Pro-MMP-2 and TIMP-2 levels. Total MMP-2 and MMP-14 did not differ significantly between groups. Regression analysis revealed a linear relationship between TIMP-2 and the MMP-14/TIMP-2 ratio, as well as active MMP-2 in aTAA. Aneurysmatic tissue can be accurately distinguished from control aortic tissue (AUC = 1) by analyzing the active MMP-2/Pro-MMP-2 ratio with a cutoff value of 0.11, whereas MMP-14 and TIMP-2 roles are negligible in ROC analysis. CONCLUSION:A larger amount of MMP-2 is activated in aTAA than in control aortic tissue-a factor that seems to be a central process in aneurysm development. When active MMP-2 exceeds 10% compared to Pro-MMP-2, we conclude that it originates from aneurysmatic tissue, which we regard as a starting point for further studies of aTAA biomarkers. The tissue's MMP-14/TIMP-2 ratio may regulate the degree of Pro-MMP-2 activation as a determining factor, while the enzymatic activities of MMP-14 and TIMP-2 do not seem to play a key role in aneurysm development.

SUBMITTER: Schmitt R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386481 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A potential key mechanism in ascending aortic aneurysm development: Detection of a linear relationship between MMP-14/TIMP-2 ratio and active MMP-2.

Schmitt Ramona R   Tscheuschler Anke A   Laschinski Philipp P   Uffelmann Xenia X   Discher Philipp P   Fuchs Jana J   Kreibich Maximilian M   Peyronnet Remi R   Kari Fabian A FA  

PloS one 20190222 2


<h4>Objectives</h4>Elevated matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) tissue levels have been associated with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (aTAA). As MMP-2 activation is controlled by interactions among matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14), a tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and Pro-MMP-2 in cell culture, this activation process might also play a role in aTAA.<h4>Methods</h4>Via gelatin zymography we analyzed tissue levels of MMP-2 isoforms (Pro-MMP-2, active MMP-2, total MMP-2)  ...[more]

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