Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in some endocrine organs and their tumors

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Tatsuo Tomita
Kazushi Iwata
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[1] University of Kansas Medical Center,Department of Pathology
[2] Fuji Chemical Industries,undefined
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Endocrine Pathology | 1999年 / 10卷
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Matrix metalloproteinases; tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases; islet cell tumors; medullary thyroid carcinomas; pituitary adenomas; parathyroids;
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are single-chain zinc-containing metalloenzymes. The MMP gene family currently includes more than 19 endopeptidases. Both MMP-2 and 9 are widely expressed by many stromal and endothelial cells. Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) form complexes with MMPs, which in turn inhibit active MMPs. MMP and TIMP homeostasis has been implicated in many aspects of both physiological and pathological processes. The latter include tumor invasion and metastasis. Although ductal adenocarcinomas of pancreas were immunocytochemically faintly stained for MMPs and TIMPs, normal pancreatic islets in the normal adjacent pancreas were found to be strongly stained for MMPs and TIMPs. Five kinds of islet cell tumors, including insulinomas, gastrinomas, glucagonomas, pancreatic polypeptide- (PP) omas, and nonfunctioning islet cell tumor, were stained for MMPs and TIMPs. The tumor cells were relatively weakly stained for MMPs and TIMPs compared to normal islets. Similarly, weaker staining for MMPs and TIME’s was noted for medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTCs) and pituitary adenomas. There was no correlation between immunostaining intensity of protein hormones and MMPs and TIMPs. However parathyroid hyperplasia, adenoma, and carcinoma that stained for MMPs and TIMPs were weaker, which paralleled the weaker immunostaining for parathyroid hormone and chromogranin. This weaker staining for MMPs and TIMPs in endocrine tumors may imply a less significant role of tumor invasion and metastasis by MMP and TIMP homeostasis. At present, immunocytochemical staining for MMPs and TIMPs may well be used as new markers for neuroendocrine cells and their tumors.
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