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Metalloprotease Gene Diminishes the Ability of Leukocytes to Disseminate through Extracellular Matrix1
Departments of
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033
Meprins are metalloendopeptidases expressed by leukocytes in the lamina propria of the human inflamed bowel, that degrade extracellular matrix proteins in vitro implicating them in leukocyte transmigration events. The aims of these studies were to 1) examine the expression of meprins in the mouse mesenteric lymph node, 2) determine whether macrophages express meprins, and 3) determine whether deletion of the meprin 
gene (Mep-1) mitigated the ability of leukocytes to disseminate through extracellular matrix in vitro. These studies show that meprin 
and are expressed in leukocytes of the mouse mesenteric lymph node, and meprin , but not , decreased during intestinal inflammation. Deletion of Mep-1 gene decreased the ability of leukocytes to migrate through matrigel compared with wild-type leukocytes. Meprin , but not , was detected in cortical and medullary macrophages of the lymph node. Thus overall, meprin is expressed by leukocytes in the draining lymph node of the intestine, regardless of the inflammatory status of the animal, and is likely to contribute to leukocyte transmigration events important to intestinal immune responses. Thus, the expression of meprins by leukocytes of the intestinal immune system may have important implications for diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases, which are aggravated by leukocyte infiltration.
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