Expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) in c-Fos-induced osteosarcomas and chondrosarcomas is restricted to a subset of cells of the osteo-/chondrogenic lineage

The interstitial collagenases have been suggested to play a critical role in bone formation, remodeling, and cancerogenesis. We have previously shown that during mouse development expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) is restricted to bone and cartilage (Gack et al., 1995; Tuckermann et al., 2000) an...

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Published inDifferentiation (London) Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 49 - 57
Main Authors Tuckermann, Jan Peter, Vallon, Rüdiger, Gack, Sabine, Grigoriadis, Agamemnon E., Porte, Dominique, Lutz, Arne, Wagner, Erwin F., Schmidt, Jörg, Angel, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Wien Elsevier B.V 01.12.2001
Blackwell Wissenschafts‐Verlag
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Summary:The interstitial collagenases have been suggested to play a critical role in bone formation, remodeling, and cancerogenesis. We have previously shown that during mouse development expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) is restricted to bone and cartilage (Gack et al., 1995; Tuckermann et al., 2000) and is affected in mice with altered c-Fos and Cbfa-1 expression (Gack et al., 1994; Porte et al., 1999). In this study, using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) techniques, we have identified cells of the osteoblastic lineage to be the origin of strongly enhanced levels of MMP-13 transcripts in c-fos-induced osteosarcomas. Expression in these cells is further increased in c-fos/c-jun double transgenic mice and paralleled by Cbfa-1 expression. Similarly, in spontaneous and radiation-induced osteosarcomas, both c-Fos and MMP-13 proteins are detectable, suggesting that overexpression of both genes is a characteristic feature of osteosarcomas of different origin. We also observed high levels of MMP-13 in c-Fos-induced chondrosarcomas. In osteoblast-like cells and in cells of late chondrocyte differentiation such as hypertrophic chondrocytes, high levels of MMP-13 transcripts were found. In contrast, in anaplastic areas of the tumors representing highly proliferating chondrocytes, no MMP-13 expression is detectable, suggesting that in addition to Fos/AP-1, bone-specific transcription factors are responsible for restricted expression of collagenase-3/MMP-13 in a specific subset of cells of bone and cartilage in physiology and pathology.
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ISSN:0301-4681
1432-0436
DOI:10.1046/j.1432-0436.2001.690105.x