Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration.
Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy in lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS) is characterized by a loss of elastic fibers and fibrosis. Chronic inflammation is thought to be responsible for the histological change but the mechanism underlying elastic fiber degradation remains unclear. Given that matrix...
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| author | Kazuki Sugimoto Takayuki Nakamura Takuya Tokunaga Yusuke Uehara Tatsuya Okada Takuya Taniwaki Toru Fujimoto Hiroshi Mizuta |
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| description | Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy in lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS) is characterized by a loss of elastic fibers and fibrosis. Chronic inflammation is thought to be responsible for the histological change but the mechanism underlying elastic fiber degradation remains unclear. Given that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 have elastolytic activity and are partly regulated by inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6, in this study, we investigated whether MMPs mediate LF degeneration using 52 LF samples obtained during lumbar surgery, including 31 LSCS and 21 control specimens. We confirmed by histological analysis that the LSCS samples exhibited severe degenerative changes compared with the controls. We found that MMP-2 was upregulated in LF tissue from patients with LSCS at the mRNA and protein levels, whereas MMP-9 expression did not differ between the two groups. The MMP-2 level was positively correlated with LF thickness and negatively correlated with the area occupied by elastic fibers. IL-6 mRNA expression was also increased in LF tissue from patients with LSCS and positively correlated with that of MMP-2. Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3, a component of the IL-6 signaling pathway, was activated in hypertrophied LF tissues. Our in vitro experiments using fibroblasts from LF tissue revealed that IL-6 increased MMP-2 expression, secretion, and activation via induction of STAT3 signaling, and this effect was reversed by STAT3 inhibitor treatment. Moreover, elastin degradation was promoted by IL-6 stimulation in LF fibroblast culture medium. These results indicate that MMP-2 induction by IL-6/STAT3 signaling in LF fibroblasts can degrade elastic fibers, leading to LF degeneration in LSCS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf162fee8d43458f97b6bdf51c466c082022-12-22T02:17:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01138e020087210.1371/journal.pone.0200872Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration.Kazuki SugimotoTakayuki NakamuraTakuya TokunagaYusuke UeharaTatsuya OkadaTakuya TaniwakiToru FujimotoHiroshi MizutaLigamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy in lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS) is characterized by a loss of elastic fibers and fibrosis. Chronic inflammation is thought to be responsible for the histological change but the mechanism underlying elastic fiber degradation remains unclear. Given that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 have elastolytic activity and are partly regulated by inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6, in this study, we investigated whether MMPs mediate LF degeneration using 52 LF samples obtained during lumbar surgery, including 31 LSCS and 21 control specimens. We confirmed by histological analysis that the LSCS samples exhibited severe degenerative changes compared with the controls. We found that MMP-2 was upregulated in LF tissue from patients with LSCS at the mRNA and protein levels, whereas MMP-9 expression did not differ between the two groups. The MMP-2 level was positively correlated with LF thickness and negatively correlated with the area occupied by elastic fibers. IL-6 mRNA expression was also increased in LF tissue from patients with LSCS and positively correlated with that of MMP-2. Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3, a component of the IL-6 signaling pathway, was activated in hypertrophied LF tissues. Our in vitro experiments using fibroblasts from LF tissue revealed that IL-6 increased MMP-2 expression, secretion, and activation via induction of STAT3 signaling, and this effect was reversed by STAT3 inhibitor treatment. Moreover, elastin degradation was promoted by IL-6 stimulation in LF fibroblast culture medium. These results indicate that MMP-2 induction by IL-6/STAT3 signaling in LF fibroblasts can degrade elastic fibers, leading to LF degeneration in LSCS.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070248?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Kazuki Sugimoto Takayuki Nakamura Takuya Tokunaga Yusuke Uehara Tatsuya Okada Takuya Taniwaki Toru Fujimoto Hiroshi Mizuta Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. PLoS ONE |
| title | Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. |
| title_full | Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. |
| title_fullStr | Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. |
| title_short | Matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration. |
| title_sort | matrix metalloproteinase promotes elastic fiber degradation in ligamentum flavum degeneration |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070248?pdf=render |
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