Autocrine control of collagenase synthesis by synovial fibroblasts

✍ Scribed by Constance E. Brinckerhoff; Teresa I. Mitchell

• Book ID: 102886337
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 942 KB
• Volume: 136
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9541
• DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041360109

✦ Synopsis

New Hampshire 0.3756 Fibroblasts respond to exogenous stimuli, such as Interleukin 1, phorbol esters, or crystals of monosodium urate monohydrate, by synthesizing and secreting large quantities of collagenase. Here we show that addition of exogenous stimuli results in the production of an autologous protein that is, itself, capable of inducing collagenase. This autocrine has been partially purified. Activity resides in a protein(s) with a pl of 5 or 8 and with M r of -15K. Conversely, conditioned medium taken from unstimulated cultures contains an inhibitor of collagenase synthesis. This protein, which has a M r -20-25k by HPLC gel filtration antagonizes collagenase synthesis induced by phorbol esters, exogenous II 1, and the autologous inducer. We conclude that synovial fibroblasts regulate collagenase synthesis via an autocrine mechanism that includes the synthesis of both an inducer and inhibitor. Both proteins are active at nanomolar amounts and may function as polypeptide hormones in regulating collagenase synthesis and, hence, connective tissue remodeling.