J. Pharm. Pharmacogn. Res., vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 586-593, May-Jun 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56499/jppres23.1937_12.3.586
Original article
Colchicine modulates TIMP1, MMP1, and pMAP4 expression to enhance extracellular matrix degradation in 3T3 fibroblast-mediated myocardial infarction
[Colchicina modula la expresión de TIMP1, MMP1 y pMAP4 para potenciar la degradación de la matriz extracelular en el infarto de miocardio mediado por fibroblastos 3T3]
Saskia Dyah Handari1,2,3*, Mohammad Saifur Rahman3, Djanggan Sargowo4, Aulanni’am Aulanni’am5, Bayu Lestari6, Delvac Oceandy6
1Doctoral Program of Medical Science, Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
2Medical Faculty, Ciputra University Surabaya, Indonesia.
3Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
4Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
5Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
6Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
*E-mail: saskia.handari@ub.ac.id, saskiahandari@outlook.com
Abstract
Context: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), cardiac cells release many cytokines and proteolytic enzymes that regulate the extracellular matrix (ECM), including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), and phosphorylated microtubule-associated protein 4 (Phospho/pMAP4).
Aims: To analyze the role of colchicine in ECM regulation post-ischemic in cell line culture towards MMPs, TIMPs, and pMAP4.
Methods: This in vitro experimental study was conducted on the 3T3 fibroblast cell line subjected to hypoxic conditions (CoCl2 treatment) and compared with 3T3 cells experiencing hypoxia/ischemic and colchicine treatment. MMP-1, TIMP-1, and pMAP4 expression were measured using flow cytometry. Data analysis was performed using One-Way ANOVA with a 95% confidence level.
Results: Treatment with colchicine in the 3T3 fibroblast cell culture regulated the extracellular matrix by increasing TIMP-1 expression and reducing MMP-1 and pMAP4 expression (p<0.0001) following ischemic conditions induced by CoCl2.
Conclusions: Colchicine effectively mitigates ECM degradation by enhancing TIMP-1 expression and inhibiting MMP-1 activity and pMAP4 expression post-ischemic conditions.
Keywords: cell line; colchicine; extracellular matrix; ischemia.

Resumen
Contexto: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares son una de las principales causas de mortalidad en todo el mundo. Tras un infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM), las células cardiacas liberan muchas citocinas y enzimas proteolíticas que regulan la matriz extracelular (MEC), incluidas las metaloproteinasas de matriz (MMP), los inhibidores tisulares de las metaloproteinasas (TIMP) y la proteína 4 fosforilada asociada a microtúbulos (Phospho/pMAP4).
Objetivos: Analizar el papel de la colchicina en la regulación de la MEC post-isquémica en cultivos de líneas celulares en relación con las MMPs, TIMPs y pMAP4.
Métodos: Este estudio experimental in vitro se realizó en la línea celular de fibroblastos 3T3 sometida a condiciones de hipoxia (tratamiento con CoCl2) y se comparó con células 3T3 que experimentaron hipoxia/isquemia y tratamiento con colchicina. La expresión de MMP-1, TIMP-1 y pMAP4 se midió mediante citometría de flujo. El análisis de los datos se realizó mediante ANOVA unidireccional con un nivel de confianza del 95%.
Resultados: El tratamiento con colchicina en el cultivo celular de fibroblastos 3T3 reguló la matriz extracelular aumentando la expresión de TIMP-1 y reduciendo la expresión de MMP-1 y pMAP4 (p<0,0001) tras condiciones isquémicas inducidas por CoCl2.
Conclusiones: La colchicina mitiga eficazmente la degradación de la MEC aumentando la expresión de TIMP-1 e inhibiendo la actividad de MMP-1 y la expresión de pMAP4 tras condiciones de isquemia.
Palabras Clave: línea celular; colchicina; matriz extracelular; isquemia.

Citation Format: Dyah Handari S, Saifur Rohman M, Sargowo D, Aulanni’am A, Lestari B, Oceandy D (2024) Colchicine modulates TIMP1, MMP1, and pMAP4 expression to enhance extracellular matrix degradation in 3T3 fibroblast-mediated myocardial infarction. J Pharm Pharmacogn Res 12(3): 586–593. https://doi.org/10.56499/jppres23.1937_12.3.586
References
Asgharnezhad G, Mohammadi S, Mehrab Mohseni M, Mousavi-Niri N, Naseroleslami M (2023) Human amniotic membrane mesenchymal stem cells-derived conditioned medium alleviates myocardial fibrosis. Pers Med J 8: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.22034/pmj.2023.2007838.1007
Avcioglu G, Özbek Ipteç B, Akcan G, Görgün B, Fidan K, Carhan A, Yilmaz G, Kozaci LD (2020) Effects of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 on TNF-α induced inflammation in human chondrocytes and SW1353 cells: a possible role for toll-like receptors. Mol Cell Biochem 464: 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-019-03655-z
Bouabdallaoui N, Tardif J-C (2021) Colchicine in the management of acute and chronic coronary artery disease. Curr Cardiol Rep 23: 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-021-01560-w
Brunton-O'Sullivan MM, Holley AS, Hally KE, Kristono GA, Harding SA, Larsen PD (2021) A combined biomarker approach for characterising extracellular matrix profiles in acute myocardial infarction. Sci Rep 11: 12705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92108-z
Cabral-Pacheco GA, Garza-Veloz I, Castruita-De la Rosa C, Ramirez-Acuña JM, Perez-Romero BA, Guerrero-Rodriguez JF, Martinez-Avila N, Martinez-Fierro ML (2020) The Roles of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in human diseases. Int J Mol Sci 21: 9739. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21249739
Caporizzo MA, Chen CY, Prosser BL (2019) Cardiac microtubules in health and heart disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 244: 1255–1272. https://doi.org/10.1177/1535370219868960
D'Amario D, Cappetta D, Cappannoli L, Princi G, Migliaro S, Diana G, Chouchane K, Borovac JA, Restivo A, Arcudi A, De Angelis A, Vergallo R, Montone RA, Galli M, Liuzzo G, Crea F (2021) Colchicine in ischemic heart disease: the good, the bad and the ugly. Clin Res Cardiol 110: 1531–1542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-021-01828-9
Eyyupkoca F, Eyerci N, Altintas MS, Felekoglu MA, Biter HI, Hidayet S, Sivri S, Demirtas B, Ates OF (2022) The relationship between extracellular volume compartments and matrix metalloproteinases-2 in left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. [Portuguese]. Arq Bras Cardiol 119: 946–957. https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20220061
Forkosh E, Kenig A, Ilan Y (2020) Introducing variability in targeting the microtubules: Review of current mechanisms and future directions in colchicine therapy. Pharmacol Res Perspect 8: e00616. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.616
Hu J, Chu Z, Han J, Zhang Q, Zhang D, Dang Y, Ren J, Chan HC, Zhang J, Huang Y (2014) Phosphorylation-dependent mitochondrial translocation of MAP4 is an early step in hypoxia-induced apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. Cell Death Dis 5: e1424–e1424. https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2014.369
Jung JJ, Razavian M, Kim HY, Ye Y, Golestani R, Toczek J, Zhang J, Sadeghi MM (2016) Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, doxycycline and progression of calcific aortic valve disease in hyperlipidemic mice. Sci Rep 6: 32659. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32659
Li L, Zhang Q, Lei X, Huang Y, Hu J (2020) MAP4 as a new candidate in cardiovascular disease. Front Physiol 11: 1044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.01044
Li L, Zhang Q, Zhang X, Zhang J, Wang X, Ren J, Jia J, Zhang D, Jiang X, Zhang J, Mei H, Chen B, Hu J, Huang Y (2018) Microtubule associated protein 4 phosphorylation leads to pathological cardiac remodeling in mice. EBioMedicine 37: 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.10.017
Lindsey ML (2004) MMP induction and inhibition in myocardial infarction. Heart Fail Rev 9: 7–19. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HREV.0000011390.44039.b7
Lindsey ML, Brunt KR, Kirk JA, Kleinbongard P, Calvert JW, de Castro Brás LE, DeLeon-Pennell KY, Del Re DP, Frangogiannis NG, Frantz S, Gumina RJ, Halade GV, Jones SP, Ritchie RH, Spinale FG, Thorp EB, Ripplinger CM, Kassiri Z (2021) Guidelines for in vivo mouse models of myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 321: H1056–H1073. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00459.2021
Lindsey ML, Iyer RP, Jung M, DeLeon-Pennell KY, Ma Y (2016) Matrix metalloproteinases as input and output signals for post-myocardial infarction remodeling. J Mol Cell Cardiol 91: 134–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.12.018
Liu Y, Xu S, Zu T, Li F, Sang S, Liu C, An Y, Mi B, Orgill DP, Murphy GF, Lian CG (2019) Reversal of TET-mediated 5-hmC loss in hypoxic fibroblasts by ascorbic acid. Lab Invest 99: 1193–1202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41374-019-0235-8
Lukács E, Magyari B, Tóth L, Petrási Z, Repa I, Koller A, Horváth I (2012) Overview of large animal myocardial infarction models (review). Acta Physiol Hung 99: 365–381. https://doi.org/10.1556/APhysiol.99.2012.4.1
Mewton N, Roubille F, Bresson D, Prieur C, Bouleti C, Bochaton T, Ivanes F, Dubreuil O, Biere L, Hayek A, Derimay F, Akodad M, Alos B, Haider L, El Jonhy N, Daw R, De Bourguignon C, Dhelens C, Finet G, Bonnefoy-Cudraz E, Bidaux G, Boutitie F, Maucort-Boulch D, Croisille P, Rioufol G, Prunier F, Angoulvant D (2021) Effect of colchicine on myocardial injury in acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 144: 859–869. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056177
Moore L, Fan D, Basu R, Kandalam V, Kassiri Z (2012) Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in heart failure. Heart Fail Rev 17: 693–706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-011-9266-y
Nielsen SH, Mouton AJ, DeLeon-Pennell KY, Genovese F, Karsdal M, Lindsey ML (2019) Understanding cardiac extracellular matrix remodeling to develop biomarkers of myocardial infarction outcomes. Matrix Biol 75–76: 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2017.12.001
Parsons CJ, Bradford BU, Pan CQ, Cheung E, Schauer M, Knorr A, Krebs B, Kraft S, Zahn S, Brocks B, Feirt N, Mei B, Cho MS, Ramamoorthi R, Roldan G, Ng P, Lum P, Hirth-Dietrich C, Tomkinson A, Brenner DA (2004) Antifibrotic effects of a tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 antibody on established liver fibrosis in rats. Hepatology 40: 1106–1115. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.20425
Peruzzi G, Femnou L, Gil-Krzewska A, Borrego F, Weck J, Krzewski K, Coligan JE (2013) Membrane-type 6 matrix metalloproteinase regulates the activation-induced downmodulation of CD16 in human primary NK cells. J Immunol 191: 1883–1894. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1300313
Phatharajaree W, Phrommintikul A, Chattipakorn N (2007) Matrix metalloproteinases and myocardial infarction. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 23:727–733. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70818-8
Ray A, Shakya A, Ray BK (2005) Inflammation-responsive transcription factors SAF-1 and c-Jun/c-Fos promote canine MMP-1 gene expression. Biochim Biophys Acta 1732: 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbaexp.2005.11.004
Salari N, Morddarvanjoghi F, Abdolmaleki A, Rasoulpoor S, Khaleghi AA, Hezarkhani LA, Shohaimi S, Mohammadi M (2023) The global prevalence of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 23: 206. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03231-w
Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, Simoons ML, Chaitman BR, White HD; the Writing Group on behalf of the Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2012) Third universal definition of myocardial infarction. Nat Rev Cardiol 9: 620–633. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2012.122
Ushakov A, Ivanchenko V, Gagarina A (2020) Regulation of myocardial extracellular matrix dynamic changes in myocardial infarction and postinfarct remodeling. Curr Cardiol Rev 16: 11–24. https://doi.org/10.2174/1573403X15666190509090832
Vanhoutte D, Schellings M, Pinto Y, Heymans S (2006) Relevance of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors after myocardial infarction: A temporal and spatial window. Cardiovasc Res 69: 604–613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.10.002
Veldhuizen J, Chavan R, Moghadas B, Park JG, Kodibagkar VD, Migrino RQ, Nikkhah M (2022) Cardiac ischemia on-a-chip to investigate cellular and molecular response of myocardial tissue under hypoxia. Biomaterials 281: 121336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121336
Vu TVA, Lorizio D, Vuerich R, Lippi M, Nascimento DS, Zacchigna S (2022) Extracellular matrix-based approaches in cardiac regeneration: Challenges and opportunities. Int J Mol Sci 23: 15783. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232415783
Yiqin Y, Meilin X, Jie X, Keping Z (2009) Aspirin inhibits MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression and activity through PPARα/γ and TIMP-1-mediated mechanisms in cultured mouse celiac macrophages. Inflammation 32: 233–241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-009-9125-3
Zhang Q, Wang L, Wang S, Cheng H, Xu L, Pei G, Wang Y, Fu C, Jiang Y, He C, Wei Q (2022) Signaling pathways and targeted therapy for myocardial infarction. Signal Transduct Target Ther 7: 78. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-022-00925-z
Zhao C, Moreno-Nieves U, Di Battista JA, Fernandes MJ, Touaibia M, Bourgoin SG (2015) Chemical hypoxia brings to light altered autocrine sphingosine-1-phosphate signalling in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts. Mediators of Inflamm 2015: 436525. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/436525
© 2024 Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research