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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

In Situ Zymography and Localization of Bright Green Fluorescent Gelatinase Activity in Tissue Sections.

Michele M Castro, Raouf A Khalil

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Michele M CastroDepartment of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Raouf A KhalilVascular Surgery Research Laboratories, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. raouf_khalil@hms.harvard.edu.

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Vascular Mechanisms of Hypertension-in-PregnancyR01HL147889 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHALIL, RAOUF A · 2020 to 2022
$2.2M
Vascular Mechanisms of Hypertension-in-PregnancyR56HL147889 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHALIL, RAOUF A · 2019 to 2019
$647k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL147889NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL147889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ zymography is an efficient and low-cost technique to detect the activity of the gelatinases matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in various tissues from humans and experimental animal models. This technique also shows the precise localization of gelatinases in large or small tissues and in cells. It is a one-day technique that uses a dye-quenched fluorescent gelatin (Dq-gelatin). The Dq-gelatin is loaded into tissue sections and upon its interaction with local active gelatinases, it is proteolyzed into highly fluorescent peptides that emit bright green fluorescence, thus reflecting the level of activity and localization of the gelatinases. Combined with other biochemical techniques in tissue homogenates and fractions, the in situ zymography provides a fluorescence microscopy and digital imaging technique to assess the subcellular localization and the role of gelatinases in tissue remodeling in health and disease.

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Enzyme AssaysGelatinasesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsFluorescenceGelatinHumansPeptidesTissuesGelatinGelatinasesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPeptidesExtracellular matrixGelatinMatrix metalloproteinasesRemodelingVascular

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