92-kD type IV collagenase mediates invasion of human cytotrophoblasts - PubMed (original) (raw)

92-kD type IV collagenase mediates invasion of human cytotrophoblasts

C L Librach et al. J Cell Biol. 1991 Apr.

Abstract

The specialized interaction between embryonic and maternal tissues is unique to mammalian development. This interaction begins with invasion of the uterus by the first differentiated embryonic cells, the trophoblasts, and culminates in formation of the placenta. The transient tumor-like behavior of cytotrophoblasts, which peaks early in pregnancy, is developmentally regulated. Likewise, in culture only early-gestation human cytotrophoblasts invade a basement membrane-like substrate. These invasive cells synthesize both metalloproteinases and urokinase-type plasminogen activator. Metalloproteinase inhibitors and a function-perturbing antibody specific for the 92-kD type IV collagen-degrading metalloproteinase completely inhibited cytotrophoblast invasion, whereas inhibitors of the plasminogen activator system had only a partial (20-40%) inhibitory effect. We conclude that the 92-kD type IV collagenase is critical for cytotrophoblast invasion.

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