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. 2018 Mar:234:34-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Jan 25.

Biophysical evidence for differential gallated green tea catechins binding to membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase and its interactors

Djahida Djerir  1 , Mustapha Iddir  1 , Steve Bourgault  2 , Sylvie Lamy  1 , Borhane Annabi  3
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Biophysical evidence for differential gallated green tea catechins binding to membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase and its interactors

Djahida Djerir et al. Biophys Chem. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is a transmembrane MMP which triggers intracellular signaling and regulates extracellular matrix proteolysis, two functions that are critical for tumor-associated angiogenesis and inflammation. While green tea catechins, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), are considered very effective in preventing MT1-MMP-mediated functions, lack of structure-function studies and evidence regarding their direct interaction with MT1-MMP-mediated biological activities remain. Here, we assessed the impact in both cellular and biophysical assays of four ungallated catechins along with their gallated counterparts on MT1-MMP-mediated functions and molecular binding partners. Concanavalin-A (ConA) was used to trigger MT1-MMP-mediated proMMP-2 activation, expression of MT1-MMP and of endoplasmic reticulum stress biomarker GRP78 in U87 glioblastoma cells. We found that ConA-mediated MT1-MMP induction was inhibited by EGCG and catechin gallate (CG), that GRP78 induction was inhibited by EGCG, CG, and gallocatechin gallate (GCG), whereas proMMP-2 activation was inhibited by EGCG and GCG. Surface plasmon resonance was used to assess direct interaction between catechins and MT1-MMP interactors. We found that gallated catechins interacted better than their ungallated analogs with MT1-MMP as well as with MT1-MMP binding partners MMP-2, TIMP-2, MTCBP-1 and LRP1-clusterIV. Overall, current structure-function evidence supports a role for the galloyl moiety in both direct and indirect interactions of green tea catechins with MT1-MMP-mediated oncogenic processes.

Keywords: Catechins; Green tea; MT1-MMP; Polyphenols; Surface plasmon resonance.

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