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Yokota, H. et al.

Yokota, Kumata, Taketaba, Kobayashi, Moue, Taniyama, Hirayama, Kagawa, Itoh, Fujita, Nakade, Yuasa,

High expression of 92 kDa type IV collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-9) in canine mammary adenocarcinoma.

The 92 kDa type VI collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)) activities on zymography assay were found to be 1-6 times higher in benign tumor breast tissues of 12 canines and 4-26 times higher in adenocarcinoma breast tissues of nine canines than that of control tissues, respectively. A full-length canine MMP-9 cDNA was cloned from the adenocarcinoma tissue by reverse transcription-PCR and 5'- and 3'-RACE. The isolated cDNA contained an open reading frame coding for a polypeptide of 704 amino acids. The predicted protein sequence displayed extensive similarity to that of known MMP-9s and contained a putative signal sequence, a propeptide, an active site with three zinc-binding histidine residues, a calcium-binding domain, a hemopexin region, and three key cysteine residues. Western blotting using MMP-9-specific antibodies prepared against the peptide corresponding to Arg(642)-Asp(704) of canine MMP-9 and Northern blotting using a MMP-9-specific cDNA fragment as a probe confirmed that MMP-9 (the 92 kDa protein band) was highly expressed in canine mammary adenocarcinoma tissues. Higher levels of MMP-9 activity were found in the sera of canines with mammary adenocarcinoma. The results indicated that MMP-9 plays an important role in the progression of a canine mammary tumor and that assay of serum MMP-9 is helpful for early diagnosis as progress of adenocarcinoma.[1]

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High expression of 92 kDa type IV collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-9) in canine mammary adenocarcinoma. Yokota, H., Kumata, T., Taketaba, S., Kobayashi, T., Moue, H., Taniyama, H., Hirayama, K., Kagawa, Y., Itoh, N., Fujita, O., Nakade, T., Yuasa, A. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2001) [Pubmed]

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