Treatment of glioma cells with the Rho-kinase (ROK) inhibitor Y27632, or with EGCg, a green tea catechin with anti-MMP and anti-angiogenesis activities, antagonized both RhoA- and MT1-MMP-induced CD44 shedding.
In the present review, we discuss the role of MMP14 in glioma progression as well as the mechanisms of MMP14 regulation in the context of future therapeutic manipulations.
Microglial MT1-MMP in turn activates glioma-derived pro-MMP-2 and promotes glioma expansion, as shown in an ex vivo model using MT1-MMP-deficient brain tissue and a microglia depletion paradigm.
We demonstrated, however, that in vitro in cell-free system and in cultured human colon carcinoma LoVo, fibrosarcoma HT1080 and glioma U251 cells membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) cleaves both the PA83 precursor and the PA63 mature protein.
Biodistribution of the radiolabeled MMP-14-binding peptide or substrate-binding peptide was determined in mice bearing orthotopic patient-derived xenograft (PDX) glioma tumors by PET imaging.
This study found that atorvastatin reduced the pro-tumorigenic effects of microglia on glioma migration and invasion by reducing the microglial expression of membrane type 1 metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP).
Screening of a large panel of glioma samples increasing histological grade demonstrated frequencies of CD133(+) cells which correlated with high expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and of membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP).
Thus our data indicate that inhibition of MMP14 expression in tumors in combination with glioma virotherapy could be effectively utilized to suppress angiogenesis and neovascularization of glioma tumors by decreasing production of pro-angiogenic factors.
We have tested the hypothesis that deregulated expression of gelatinase-A or B, or an activator of gelatinase-A, MT1-MMP, may contribute directly to human gliomas by quantifying the expression of these MMPs in 46 brain tumour specimens and seven control tissues.
The present study describes a functional link between the expression of MT1-MMP and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in human glioma U251 xenografts in athymic mice.
These results suggest that up-regulation of Ang2, MMP-2, MT1-MMP, and LN 5 gamma 2 is associated with the invasiveness displayed by human gliomas and that induction of these molecules by Ang2 may be essential for glioma invasion.
We used multiple PDX GBM models and established glioma cell lines to characterize expression and subcellular localization of MMP14 after TMZ treatment.
Transfection of miR-150-5p or miR-133a mimics into glioma cell lines reduced MT1-MMP expression and MMP-2 activation by these cells, and cell proliferation and invasion/migration were also suppressed by it.
The present study describes a functional link between the expression of MT1-MMP and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in human glioma U251 xenografts in athymic mice.
Our results show that versican released from glioma promotes tumor expansion through glioma-associated microglial/macrophage TLR2 signaling and subsequent expression of MT1-MMP.