Ask about this productRelated genes to: MMP20 antibody
- Gene:
- MMP20 NIH gene
- Name:
- matrix metallopeptidase 20
- Previous symbol:
- -
- Synonyms:
- -
- Chromosome:
- 11q22.2
- Locus Type:
- gene with protein product
- Date approved:
- 1999-07-23
- Date modifiied:
- 2014-11-19
- Gene:
- MMP25 NIH gene
- Name:
- matrix metallopeptidase 25
- Previous symbol:
- MMPL1, MMP20
- Synonyms:
- MT6-MMP
- Chromosome:
- 16p13.3
- Locus Type:
- gene with protein product
- Date approved:
- 2000-12-13
- Date modifiied:
- 2015-09-03
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- Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression and function are highly context dependent, varying across physiological and pathological conditions. We previously documented the expression profiles of select MMPs in the ischemic brains of young male rodents. However, aging is a major risk factor for stroke in humans and is associated with vasculature alterations, increased oxidative stress, and elevated inflammation. In addition, sex differences have been reported in stroke incidence and severity. Despite this, the effects of age, sex, and species on brain MMP gene expression after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) has not been systematically examined. Therefore, we investigated how age, sex, and species influence the mRNA expression of all known MMPs (22 total) in the brain following cerebral I/R. Moderate-to-severe neurological deficits were induced by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) followed by reperfusion in young and aged male and female C57BL/6 mice and in young male Sprague-Dawley rats. Brain tissue from the ipsilateral (ischemic) hemisphere was collected on post-MCAO day 1, and MMP mRNA levels were quantified by real-time PCR and expressed as fold change relative to the sham control group. Across species, MMP-3, MMP-8, MMP-12, MMP-13, MMP-19, MMP-20, and MMP-27 were upregulated in both rats and mice. Species-specific increases were also observed: MMP-1, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-14, MMP-21, and MMP-25 were upregulated only in rats, whereas MMP-10 was upregulated only in mice. The most strongly upregulated MMPs were MMP-12 in rats and MMP-3, MMP-10, and MMP-12 in mice. By contrast, MMP-15 and MMP-17 were downregulated in both species, whereas MMP-23 and MMP-24 were downregulated only in rats and mice, respectively. Within mice, MMP-3, MMP-10, MMP-12, MMP-19, MMP-20, and MMP-21 increased in both sexes and age groups, except for MMP-19 in aged males and MMP-21 in young males. MMP-14 increased only in females (young and aged), whereas MMP-27 increased only in males (young and aged). Notably, MMP-3, MMP-10, and MMP-12 were the three most highly upregulated MMPs in both male and female mice regardless of age. Overall MMP mRNA expression levels were higher in aged male mice and lower in aged female mice relative to sex-matched young mice. Among all MMPs examined, MMP-12 showed the most marked upregulation across species and, within mice, across age groups and sexes. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that brain MMP gene expression after cerebral I/R is modulated by age, sex, and species, underscoring the importance of incorporating these biological variables when targeting MMPs individually or in combination in preclinical rodent stroke models. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2026/02/26
Challa Siva ReddyBaker Isidra MVinayagam VisheshJackson Samantha NKhan NabeehaMada Sahil ReddyUnnam PavaniFornal Casimir AKlopfenstein Jeffrey DVeeravalli Krishna Kumar - Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma is a malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality. The MMP family plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. However, the mechanistic value of the MMP family as a therapeutic target and prognostic biomarker in HNSC has not been fully elucidated. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2023/03/20
Liu MaohuaHuang LijuanLiu YunlingYang SenRao YongChen XiaoNie MinhaiLiu Xuqian - Breast cancer (BRCA) is the most common cancer in the world, of which incidence rate and mortality are the highest in women. Being responsible for the remodeling and degradation of extracellular matrix proteins, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been regarded as one of the most important protease family related to tumorigenesis. It has been demonstrated that MMPs play crucial roles in some tumor invasion and metastasis. However, the potential roles of MMPs in tumorigenesis and progression of BRCA and its subtype remain elusive. Herein, we conducted a systematic study on MMPs a series of database-based retrospective analysis, including TCGA, R Studio, GEPIA, Kaplan-Meier Plotter, cBioPortal, STRING, GeneMANIA and TIMER. As a result, many MMP family members were differentially expressed in patients with BRCA, e.g., the expressions of MMP1, MMP9, MMP11 and MMP13 were up-regulated, whereas the expression levels of MMP19 and MMP28 were down-regulated. MMP9, MMP12, MMP15 and MMP27 were significantly correlated with the clinical stages of BRCA, implying their important roles in the occurrence and development of BRCA. In addition, the survival analysis indicated that different expression pattern of MMPs exhibited distinct outcomes in patient with BRCA, e.g., patients with high expression of MMP2, MMP8, MMP16, MMP17, MMP19, MMP20, MMP21, MMP24, MMP25, MMP26 and MMP27 had a prolonged survival time, while the others (MMP1, MMP7, MMP9, MMP12 and MMP15) exhibited poor prognosis. Subsequent functional and network analysis revealed MMPs were mainly correlated with parathyroid hormone synthesis and secretion pathway, collagen metabolism, and their effect on the activities of serine hydrolase, serine peptidase and aminopeptidase. Notably, our analysis showed that the expression of MMPs was significantly correlated with the infiltration of various immune cells in BRCA, including CD8+T cells, CD4+T cells, macrophages, neutrophils, B cells, and dendritic cells, suggesting the close correlations between MMPs and immune functions. In short, our study disclosed MMPs play multiple biological roles in the development of BRCA, MMP1 and MMP9 might be used as independent prognostic markers and potential therapeutic targets for diagnosis and treatment for patients with BRCA. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2022/01/06
Cheng TianyiChen PeiyingChen JingyiDeng YingtongHuang Chen - We are interested in two aspects of a given type of metastatic breast cancer: which potentially cancer-relevant genes are expressed and which factors determine invasiveness. Using reverse transcription real-time PCR, we detected gene expression of 26 matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, including those of MMP-12, MMP-16 variant 2, MMP-19, MMP-20, MMP-21, MMP-23, MMP-24, MMP-25, MMP-25 variant 2, MMP-L1, MMP-26, MMP-27, and MMP-28, in contrast to the 13 MMPs detected until now in these cells. We found that MMP genes are expressed at widely different levels in these cells, over five orders of magnitude. After individual siRNA-induced depletions, we found that six additional species of cancer cell MMPs promote invasiveness in MDA-MB-231 cells: MMP-3, MMP-11, MMP-12, MMP-17, MMP-19, and MMP-23, thus raising the total to 12 endogenous MMPs which do so in these cells. The data support the conclusion that some cancer cell MMPs, although expressed at low levels, are needed for cancer trait in MDA-MB-231 cells, and that several endogenous MMPs play non-redundant roles in this process. The mRNA level of MMP-11, but not of other MMPs, rose substantially following individual siRNA-targeted depletion of cancer cell MMP-17 mRNA, while no MMP mRNA increased appreciably after degradation of other MMP mRNAs. This supports the conclusion that MMP-17 may be a member of an intracellular signaling pathway which downregulates MMP-11 mRNA. - Source: PubMed
Hegedüs LucaCho HyojinXie XianEliceiri George L - Endogenous activation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) in human fetal membranes is hypothesized to contribute to membrane weakening leading to early rupture and is also involved in the initiation of labor. Our laboratory and several others have studied the source and action of some of these MMPs. The objective of this study is to document the expression pattern of most of the MMPs cloned and sequenced so far in amniochorion during preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM), at term not in labor and during term labor. - Source: PubMed
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