Matrix Metalloproteinase Dependent Cleavage of Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Pathogenesis of CNS Dysfunction with HIV and Methamphetamine

Title:Matrix Metalloproteinase Dependent Cleavage of Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Pathogenesis of CNS Dysfunction with HIV and Methamphetamine

Volume: 10 Issue: 5

Author(s): Katherine Conant, Seung T. Lim, Brad Randall and Kathleen A. Maguire-Zeiss

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Keywords: Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), synapse, neuron, microglial cell, adhesion, cell adhesion molecule (CAM), methamphetamine, CNS, HAND, SNARE.

Abstract: Physiologically appropriate levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are likely important to varied aspects of CNS function. In particular, these enzymes may contribute to neuronal activity dependent synaptic plasticity and to cell mobility in processes including stem cell migration and immune surveillance. Levels of MMPs may, however, be substantially increased in the setting of HIV infection with methamphetamine abuse. Elevated MMP levels might in turn influence integrity of the blood brain barrier, as has been demonstrated in published work. Herein we suggest that elevated levels of MMPs can also contribute to microglial activation as well as neuronal and synaptic injury through a mechanism that involves cleavage of specific cell and synaptic adhesion molecules.

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Conant Katherine, T. Lim Seung, Randall Brad and A. Maguire-Zeiss Kathleen, Matrix Metalloproteinase Dependent Cleavage of Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Pathogenesis of CNS Dysfunction with HIV and Methamphetamine, Current HIV Research 2012; 10 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016212802138733