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Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 expression is not regulated by norgestimate or norelgestromin.

Steroid hormones regulate endometrial expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors. Synthetic progestins are widely used in oral contraceptives and for hormone replacement therapy. To assess whether the synthetic progestins norgestimate and its derivative norelgestromin (17-deacetylnorgestimate) modulate the expression of MMPs, Ishikawa endometrial cancer cells were separately treated with 17 beta-estradiol, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, norgestimate and norelgestromin. Culture supernatants were assayed for MMPs 2, 3 and 9, and for tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMP-1 and TIMP-2) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). No marked modulation of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 expression was observed upon incubation of the cells with the synthetic progestins. By ELISA, neither MMP-3 or MMP-9 nor TIMP-1 immunoreactivity was detected. Interestingly, TIMP-2 expression was down-regulated by 17 beta-estradiol and 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone.[1]

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  1. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 expression is not regulated by norgestimate or norelgestromin. Prifti, S., Lelle, I., Zhong, G., Strowitzki, T., Rabe, T. Gynecol. Endocrinol. (2004) [Pubmed]
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