Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.24.17 (MMP-3)
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Cortical neurons deprived of serum undergo apoptosis that is sensitive to inhibitors of macromolecule synthesis. Proteomic analysis revealed differential expression of 49 proteins in cortical neurons 8 h after serum deprivation. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3), a pro-apoptotic protein in various cancer cells, was increased during serum deprivation-induced apoptosis (SDIA), but not during necrosis induced by excitotoxicity or oxidative stress. Levels of TIMP-3 were markedly increased in degenerating motor neurons in a transgenic model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The TIMP-3 expression was accompanied by increase in Fas-FADD interaction, activated caspase-8, and caspase-3 during SDIA and in vulnerable spinal cord of the ALS mouse. SDIA and activation of the Fas pathway were prevented by addition of an active MMP-3. Timp-3 deletion by RNA interference attenuated SDIA in N2a cells. These findings provide evidence that TIMP-3 is an upstream mediator of neuronal apoptosis and likely contributes to neuronal loss in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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PMID:Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) expression is increased during serum deprivation-induced neuronal apoptosis in vitro and in the G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a potential modulator of Fas-mediated apoptosis. 1831 97