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- Title
Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases blocks lethal hepatitis and apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor and allows safe antitumor therapy.
- Authors
Wielockx, Ben; Lannoy, Katrien; Shapiro, Steven D.; Itoh, Takeshi; Itohara, Shigeyoshi; Vandekerckhove, Joel; Libert, Claude
- Abstract
Acute and fulminant liver failure induced by viral hepatitis, alcohol or other hepatotoxic drugs, are associated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production. In a mouse model of lethal hepatitis induced by TNF, apoptosis and necrosis of hepatocytes, but also lethality, hypothermia and influx of leukocytes into the liver, are prevented by a broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor, BB-94. Mice deficient in MMP-2, MMP-3 or MMP-9 had lower levels of apoptosis and necrosis of hepatocytes, and better survival. We found induction of MMP-9 activity and fibronectin degradation. Our findings suggest that several MMPs play a critical role in acute, fulminant hepatitis by degrading the extracellular matrix and allowing massive leukocyte influx in the liver. BB-94 also prevented lethality in TNF/interferon-γ therapy in tumor-bearing mice. A broad-spectrum MMP inhibitor may be potentially useful for the treatment of patients with acute and perhaps chronic liver failure, and in cancer therapies using inflammatory cytokines.
- Subjects
LIVER diseases; APOPTOSIS; CANCER relapse; HYPOTHERMIA; NECROSIS; INTERFERONS; FIBRONECTINS; EXTRACELLULAR matrix
- Publication
Nature Medicine, 2001, Vol 7, Issue 11, p1202
- ISSN
1078-8956
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nm1101-1202