TY - JOUR
T1 - Modified profile of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 production by human fallopian tube epithelial cells after infection in vitro with neisseria gonorrhoeae
AU - Rodas, Paula I.
AU - Pérez, Doris
AU - Jauffret, Claudia
AU - González, Yaquelin
AU - Carreño, Carolina
AU - Tapia, Cecilia V.
AU - Osorio, Eduardo
AU - Velasquez, Luis A.
AU - Christodoulides, Myron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Epithelial shedding and scarring of fallopian tube mucosa are the main consequences of sexually transmitted Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection and probably involve an imbalance of host extracellular matrix components and their regulators such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In the current study, primary human fallopian tube epithelial cells were infected with N. gonorrhoeae, and MMP patterns were examined. Gonococcal infection induced a significant increase in secreted MMP-9 and an accumulation of cytoplasmic MMP-2 over time, but no significant MMP-3 or MMP-8 production was observed. Thus, MMP-9 in particular could play a role in tubal scarring in response to gonococcal infection.
AB - Epithelial shedding and scarring of fallopian tube mucosa are the main consequences of sexually transmitted Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection and probably involve an imbalance of host extracellular matrix components and their regulators such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In the current study, primary human fallopian tube epithelial cells were infected with N. gonorrhoeae, and MMP patterns were examined. Gonococcal infection induced a significant increase in secreted MMP-9 and an accumulation of cytoplasmic MMP-2 over time, but no significant MMP-3 or MMP-8 production was observed. Thus, MMP-9 in particular could play a role in tubal scarring in response to gonococcal infection.
KW - Extracellular matrix
KW - Human Fallopian tube epithelial cells
KW - Matrix metalloproteinases
KW - Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiw568
DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiw568
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019855824
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 215
SP - 452
EP - 455
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 3
ER -