The role of the activated form of matrix metalloproteinase‐2 in urothelial cancer

Kanda, Kazuya; Takahashi, Masayuki; Murakami, Y.; Kanayama, Hiro‐omi; Kagawa, Shunsuke

doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00734.x

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“…brain, breast, gastric, ovarian and urothelial cancers has been associated with a poor prognosis. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] The association of elevated MMP-2 levels in colorectal tumor tissue with advanced tumor stage has been reported previously, 32,33 but it has not been definitely proven that high MMP-2 expression predicts poor patient outcome. Our results regarding MMP-2 expression in tumor epithelium and tumor stroma suggest that MMP-2 may well have a role as a prognostic marker of the survival of colon cancer patients.…”

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Prognostic significance of matrix metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐7 and ‐13 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐3 and ‐4 in colorectal cancer

Hilska

Roberts

Collan

et al. 2007

Intl Journal of Cancer

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Strong expression of many matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been related to poor survival of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. The expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) has been associated with both a beneficial and a poor outcome and there is thus a need to further clarify the significance of MMPs and TIMPs in CRC. The prognostic significance of 4 MMPs and TIMPs in CRC was evaluated. Formalinfixed, paraffin-embedded tissue arrayed samples of 351 patients with primary colon or rectal cancer of Dukes' stages A-D were selected for immunohistochemical staining of MMP-1, -2, -7 and -13, and TIMP-1, -2, -3 and -4. High expression of MMP-2 in the malignant epithelium as well as in the surrounding stroma was associated with reduced survival of colon cancer patients. Strong epithelial and stromal cytoplasmic staining of TIMP-3 was associated with a longer survival in rectal cancer patients, and here the interobserver variation for evaluating the degree of staining was lower than for epithelial staining. Strong stromal cytoplasmic staining of TIMP-4 predicted longer survival of rectal cancer patients. Multivariate analysis showed that stromal cytoplasmic TIMP-3 staining was the only marker of independent prognostic value. MMP-2 might be a useful prognostic marker in colon cancer, and TIMP-3 and TIMP-4 in rectal cancer, but the findings associated with stromal staining should be interpreted with some caution. Different biologic behavior or different genetic development may explain the differences between colon and rectal cancers regarding the expression of MMP-2, TIMP-3 and TIMP-4. ' 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Key words: colorectal cancer; matrix metalloproteinases; tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases; prognosis; survival Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a large family of zincdependent neutral endopeptidases that play an important role in the degradation of all matrix components crucial for malignant tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. 1,2 Metalloproteinases are inhibited by tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) which are secreted proteins. These bioactive substances are specific inhibitors of MMPs that bind to enzymatically active MMPs at a 1:1 molar stoichiometry thus inhibiting proteolysis. 3 The role of TIMPs for the homeostasis of the extracellular matrix is critical and may inhibit or stimulate tumorigenesis. 4 Many studies have shown that the expression of several MMPs is enhanced in a number of malignancies, including colorectal cancer (CRC), but the relation between the expression of MMPs and overall patient survival is not clear. 5,6 Enhanced expression of MMP-1, -7 and -13 has been reported to be associated with metastasis and poor survival of patients with CRC. 7-9 Tissue concentrations of MMP-1, MMP-2 and TIMP-1 are increased in CRC compared to healthy colorectal tissue. This has been related to the role of these endogenous substances in cancer progression. 2 Healthy tissue may contain high levels of TIMP-2 10 and the levels of TIMP-3 mRNA are regionally increased in moderately and poorl...

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Prognostic significance of matrix metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐7 and ‐13 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐3 and ‐4 in colorectal cancer

Hilska

Roberts

Collan

et al. 2007

Intl Journal of Cancer

133

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“…In urothelial cell carcinoma, in common with most disease processes, the most widely documented MMPs are the gelatinases (MMPs 2 and 9), which have been shown to correlate with increasing tumour grade using techniques such as quantitative zymography (Davies et al, 1993;Kanda et al, 2000). MMP-2 expression was significantly higher in muscle invasive disease when analysed by semi quantitative RT -PCR (Kanayama et al, 1998;Xu et al, 2002) and immunohistochemistry (Sumi et al, 2003).…”

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“…The evidence implicating MMPs in the progression and metastasis of visceral malignant disease is extensive and compelling. In urothelial carcinoma several of the well characterised MMPs, including MMP-2, MMP-9 and MT1-MMP , demonstrate increased expression and activity (Raghavan et al, 1990;Davies et al, 1993;Kanda et al, 2000;Hara et al, 2001).…”

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Comprehensive profiling and localisation of the matrix metalloproteinases in urothelial carcinoma

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The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are endopeptidases which break down the extracellular matrix and regulate cytokine and growth factor activity. Several MMPs have been implicated in the promotion of invasion and metastasis in a broad range of tumours including urothelial carcinoma. In this study, RNA from 132 normal bladder and urothelial carcinoma specimens was profiled for each of the 24 human MMPs, the four endogenous tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) and several key growth factors and their receptors using quantitative real time RT -PCR. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) of RNA from 22 tumour and 11 normal frozen sections was performed allowing accurate RNA extraction from either stromal or epithelial compartments. This study confirms the over expression in bladder tumour tissue of well-documented MMPs and highlights a range of MMPs which have not previously been implicated in the development of urothelial cancer. In summary, MMP-2, MT1-MMP and the previously unreported MMP-28 were very highly expressed in tumour samples while MMPs 1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19 and 23 were highly expressed. There was a significant positive correlation between transcript expression and tumour grade for MMPs 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 28 (Po0.001). At the same confidence interval, TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 also correlated with increasing tumour grade. LCM revealed that most highly expressed MMPs are located primarily within the stromal compartment except MMP-13 which localised to the epithelial compartment. This work forms the basis for further functional studies, which will help to confirm the MMPs as potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets in early bladder cancer.

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“…[29][30][31][32] We did not find a correlation between matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression, as measured by immunohistochemical analysis, and the grade of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (grading data not shown).…”

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Metalloproteinase-2 expression correlates with aggressiveness of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas

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Matrix metalloproteinases compose a family of enzymes involved in degradation of the extracellular matrix. Tumor cells must penetrate the basement membrane and traverse the extracellular matrix in order to invade surrounding structures and metastasize to distant sites. Gelatinases, particularly gelatinase A (matrix metalloproteinase-2), demonstrate degradative activity against components of the basement membrane and may be involved in the progression of in situ squamous cell carcinoma lesions. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 overexpression has been correlated with tumor invasiveness and metastasis in a wide variety of cancer types, including squamous cell carcinoma arising on mucous membranes. However, correlation between matrix metalloproteinase-2 overexpression and the spread and prognosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma has not been characterized in the literature at present. In this study, we used immunohistochemical techniques to examine the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in 10 actinic keratosis, 15 in situ, 13 invasive, 13 primary (with documented metastatic disease), 11 metastatic, and 8 recurrent squamous cell carcinoma cases. We found that while the average staining intensity (scale 0-3 þ , 3 þ being strongest) of actinic keratosis and in situ lesions was not statistically significant (0.87-1.3 and 0.75-1.4, respectively), the average staining intensity of invasive squamous cell carcinomas (1.6-2.5) was significantly greater than that of actinic keratosis and in situ lesions. Likewise, while the average staining intensity of primary squamous cell carcinomas and metastatic squamous cell carcinomas was not found to be statistically significant (3.1-3.5 and 3.1-3.8, respectively), the average staining intensity of these lesions was significantly higher than that of invasive lesions. We also found that the intensity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 staining correlates with cellular atypia, inflammation, neovascularization, and the invasive tumor front, as well as tumor aggressiveness, and may play a role in the pathogenesis, invasion, and metastasis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

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The role of the activated form of matrix metalloproteinase‐2 in urothelial cancer

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Prognostic significance of matrix metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐7 and ‐13 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐3 and ‐4 in colorectal cancer

Prognostic significance of matrix metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐7 and ‐13 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases‐1, ‐2, ‐3 and ‐4 in colorectal cancer

Comprehensive profiling and localisation of the matrix metalloproteinases in urothelial carcinoma

Metalloproteinase-2 expression correlates with aggressiveness of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas

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