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Title: UVA-mediated down-regulation of MMP-2 and MT1-MMP coincides with impaired angiogenic phenotype of human dermal endothelial cells

Journal Article · · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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  1. CNRS UMR 6198, IFR 53 Biomolecules, Faculty of Medicine, 51, rue Cognacq Jay, Reims 51100 (France)
  2. EA 3796, IFR53 'Biomolecules', Faculty of Medicine, Reims (France)
  3. CNRS UMR 6142, IFR53 'Biomolecules', Faculty of Medicine, Reims (France)
  4. EA2087, North Hospital, Amiens (France)

UVA irradiation, dose-dependently (5-20 J/cm{sup 2}), was shown to impair the morphogenic differentiation of human microvascular endothelial cells (HMECs) on Matrigel. Parallely, UVA down-regulated the expression of MMP-2 and MT1-MMP, both at the protein and the mRNA levels. On the contrary, the production of MMP-1 and TIMP-1 by HMECs increased following UVA treatment. The inhibitory effect of UVA on MMP expression and pseudotubes formation was mediated by UVA-generated singlet oxygen ({sup 1}O{sub 2}). The contribution of MT1-MMP, but not TIMP-1, to the regulation of HMECs' angiogenic phenotype following UVA irradiation was suggested using elastin-derived peptides and TIMP-1 blocking antibody, respectively.

OSTI ID:
20854327
Journal Information:
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 345, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.115; PII: S0006-291X(06)00856-4; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English