Inactivation of human tumor cell pro-urokinase by granulocyte elastase

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research : Gann
N Kanayama, T Terao

Abstract

Supernatant obtained from granulocytes stimulated in the presence of cytochalasin B by the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-norleucyl-leucyl-phenylalanyl-norleucyl-tyrosyl- lysine displayed an inhibitory effect on the plasmin-dependent conversion of tumor urokinase-type plasminogen activator proenzyme (pro-uPA) to the active form of uPA. Moreover, the supernatant was also found to inhibit the fibrinolytic activity of human vulva (A431) and breast (MCF7) carcinoma cell lines, which contain large amounts of pro-uPA, by 87% and 96%, respectively. By using eglin C (elastase inhibitor) and a monoclonal antibody to elastase (proteolytic activity blocker of the enzyme), elastase was identified as the key enzyme of the supernatant in these phenomena. Purified elastase converted pro-uPA to an enzymatically inactive molecule composed of two polypeptide chains of Mr = 33,000 and 22,000 linked to each other by a disulfide bond. Elastase-containing granulocytes were identified by immunohistochemistry techniques in the tissues of squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of uterus. The cells were found close to the tumor cells and in the stroma surrounding the tumor nests. By immunohistochemical staining, uPA was also found in the tumor cells. ...Continue Reading

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