Review Article

New Strategies for the Next Generation of Matrix-Metalloproteinase Inhibitors: Selectively Targeting Membrane-Anchored MMPs with Therapeutic Antibodies

Table 1

Substrates for membrane-bound MMPs.

Gene/Name latent activeSubstrates

MMP-14 (MT1-MMP)66,00056,000Collagen I, II, III [34, 35], and IV [36ā€“38], Gelatin, cartilage aggrecan, perlecan, fibronectin, vitronectin, nidogen, laminin, pro-TNF [34, 35]; proMMP-2 [39]; proMMP-13 [40]; Galectin-3; MCP-3 [41]; SDF [42]; cell surface CD44 [43]; tTG [44].
Type I transmembrane MMPsMMP-15 (MT2-MMP)72,00060,000Gelatin; fibronectin; tenascin; nidogen; aggrecan; perlecan and laminin [35]; tTG [44]; proTNF [35]; LRP (CD91) [45]; CXCL12 [46]; proMMP-2 [47].
MMP-16 (MT3-MMP)64,00052,000Native Collagen III, 2(I) collagen chain; cartilage proteoglycan; gelatin; casein; fibronectin; vitronectin; laminin-1; transferring; 1-proteinase inhibitor and 2-macroglobulin [48, 49]; tTG [44]; proMMP-2 [50].
MMP-24 (MT5-MMP)63,00045,000Fibronectin; Proteoglycans and cadherins [51, 52]; Gelatin; proMMP-2 and -9 [53, 54]; KISS-1 [55].

GPI-anchored MMPsMMP-17 (MT4-MMP)57,00053,000Gelatin [56]; alpha2-macroglobulin; ADAMTS-4; low density lipoprotein receptor related protein [57]; Fibrin/Fibrinogen; pro-TNF-alpha cleaved by mouse MMP-17 [58].
MMP-25 (MT6-MMP)56,000Collagen IV; Gelatin; Fibrin/Fibrinogen [59, 60]; Fibronectin; laminin-1, alpha2-macroglobulin; ADAMTS-4; Chondroitin and dermatan sulfate proteoglycan; alpha1 proteinase inhibitor; urokinase plasminogen activator receptor, Galectin-3 [57].

Type II transmembrane MMPsMMP-2343,900?Unknown.

: relative molecular mass.