J Korean Med Sci.
2003 Dec;18(6):821-827. 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.6.821.
Lung Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Correlates with Cigarette Smoking and Obstruction of Airflow
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea. pulmoks@hallym.or.kr
- 2Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Korea.
- 3Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea.
- 4Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 1086738
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2003.18.6.821
Abstract
- Cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor for obstruction of airflow in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) or an imbalance between MMPs and their inhibitors, the tissue inhibitors of MMP (TIMPs), is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of COPD. We investigated whether the MMPs expression or the imbalance between MMPs and TIMP-1 is associated with the amount of cigarette smoking and the FEV1 value, in the lung parenchyma of 26 subjects (6 non-smokers and 20 cigarette smokers). First, we performed zymographic analysis to identify the profile of the MMPs, which revealed gelatinolytic bands mainly equivalent to MMP-9 in the smokers. We then measured, using enzyme immunoassay, the concentrations of MMP-9 and its inhibitor, TIMP-1. Correlation analysis revealed that both the MMP-9 concentrations and the molar ratios of MMP-9 to TIMP-1 (MMP-9/TIMP-1) were correlated with the amount of cigarette smoking. Furthermore, MMP-9 concentrations were inversely correlated with FEV1. In conclusion, this study shows that MMP-9 expression in human lung parenchyma is associated with cigarette smoking and also with the obstruction of airflow, suggesting that MMP-9 may play a role in the pathogenesis of the cigarette smoke-induced obstruction of airflow known as the characteristic of COPD.
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