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Temporal expression of the matrix metalloproteinase MMP-2 correlates with fibronectin immunoreactivity during the development of the vascular system in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane
Authors:DOMENICO RIBATTI  BEATRICE NICO  ANGELO VACCA  MONICA IURLARO  LUISA RONCALI
Affiliation:Institute of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy;Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
Abstract:In this study we have examined in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (ChAM) the expression of the matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) and have correlated this parameter with the expansion of the ChAM vasculature and with the expression of 3 extracellular matrix components (fibronectin, laminin and type IV collagen), which differentially modulate angiogenesis. In the early phases of ChAM development, between d 6 and d 8 of incubation, when the increase of the ChAM vasculature is maximal, higher values of MMP-2 and, respectively, of fibronectin immunoreactive area, are detectable. These results indicate that MMP-2 activity and fibronectin expression are 2 strictly related components of angiogenesis occurring in vivo.
Keywords:Angiogenesis    metalloproteinase 2
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