[Zymography--method for quantitation of activity on gelatinase A (pro-MMP-2, 72 kDa) and gelatinase B (pro-MMP-9, 92 kDa) in serum of patients with breast cancer]

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Izabela Sliwowska,Zygmunt Kopczy?ski,Izabela Sliwowska,Zygmunt Kopczy?ski,

Zymography is an electrophoretic method for measuring proteolytic activity. The method is based on polyacrylamide gels impregnated with a protein substrate (gelatin, casein), which is degraded by the proteases. It is already widely used for research on extracellular matrix degrading enzymes, in particular the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the zymography used to estimate gelatinase A (pro-MMP-2, 72 kDa) and gelatinase B (pro-MMP-9, 92 kDa) in serum of women with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted on the serum of 90 female with breast cancer aged 32-85 years (average 57.2 year) and in a group of 30 women with benign breast diseases aged 34-87 years (average 55.4 year). RESULTS: The results showed significantly higher activity ofgelatinase A and gelatinase B in the group of women with breast cancer that in the control group. The activity of gelatinase A was over 0.48 AU/ml in 50 women (55.6%) and gelatinase B in 46 women in this group (51.1%). Further analysis showed a strong correlation between activity of gelatinase A and B and advance stage of breast cancer, lymph node status, and tumour burden. An elevated activity of gelatinases in patients with breast cancer confirms the role of these enzymes in the development of such tumours. There was no significant difference in the gelatinases activity between the serum samples from patients with breast cancer and those from women with benign breast diseases. The diagnostic sensitivity of this procedure used to estimate gelatinase A and gelatinase B activity carried out 56% and 51%, and the diagnostic specificity 75% and 77%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Zymography is a simple, sensitive, and functional assay for analysing proteolytic activity of gelatinase A and gelatinase B. The diagnostic accuracy of gelatinases evaluation is limited by the lack of sensitivity and specificity in early stage of the disease and in differentiation of breast cancer from benign diseases. Measuring their activity in serum breast cancer patients indicates the patient's clinical condition. A good correlation between serum activity of gelatinases and the prognostic factors suggest its usefulness as a marker both in the follow-up and in the prognosis of breast cancer patients.

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Journal: Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)

VOLUME: 60

Page Numbers: 241-7

Journal Abbreviation: Wiad. Lek.

ISSN: 0043-5147

DAY: 29

MONTH: 10

YEAR: 2007

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