Role of matrix metalloproteinases in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Annie Pardo, Sandra Cabrera, Mariel Maldonado, Moisés Selman, Annie Pardo, Sandra Cabrera, Mariel Maldonado, Moisés Selman

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and devastating lung disorder of unknown origin, with very poor prognosis and no effective treatment. The disease is characterized by abnormal activation of alveolar epithelial cells, which secrete numerous mediators involved in the expansion of the fibroblast population, its differentiation to myofibroblasts, and in the exaggerated accumulation of extracellular matrix provoking the loss of lung architecture. Among the excessively produced mediators are several matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) which may contribute to modify the lung microenvironment by various mechanisms. Thus, these enzymes can not only degrade all the components of the extracellular matrix, but they are also able to release, cleave and activate a wide range of growth factors, cytokines, chemokines and cell surface receptors affecting numerous cell functions including adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, recruiting and transmigration, and apoptosis. Therefore, dysregulated expression of MMPs may have profound impact on the biopathological mechanisms implicated in the development of IPF. This review focuses on the current and emerging evidence regarding the role of MMPs on the fibrotic processes in IPF as well as in mouse models of lung fibrosis.

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Putative roles of some MMPs in pulmonary fibrosis. In activated alveolar epithelial cells, MMP-7 cleaves osteopontin and potentiates its function which in turn upregulates and activates MMP-7. In this profibrotic cross-talk, osteopontin upregulates the expression of ECM proteins. MMP-19 co-localizes and co-regulates with COX2 which end product, prostaglandin E2, is a potent suppressor of fibroblast proliferation and collagen production. Deficiency of MMP-19 in fibroblasts results in the upregulation of several profibrotic genes and pathways that provoke an increase of fibroblast migration and proliferation and a decrease of these processes in epithelial cells. Upregulation of MMP-1 in alveolar epithelial cells represses mitochondrial respiration and oxidative stress, while promotes cell proliferation, migration, and HIF-1α expression, and induces an anti-apoptotic phenotype. MMP3 induces EMT, and MMP9 is upregulated by TGF β in Thy-1 negative fibroblasts which in turn activates this growth factor. OPN = osteopontin; COX2 = cyclooxygenase 2; ECM = extracellular matrix; EMT = epithelial to mesenchymal transition

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