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. 1993 Mar;37(3):592–594. doi: 10.1128/aac.37.3.592

Doxycycline in the protection of serum alpha-1-antitrypsin from human neutrophil collagenase and gelatinase.

T Sorsa 1, O Lindy 1, Y T Konttinen 1, K Suomalainen 1, T Ingman 1, H Saari 1, S Halinen 1, H M Lee 1, L M Golub 1, J Hall 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC187711  PMID: 8384819

Abstract

The concentration of doxycycline required to inhibit 50% (50% inhibitory concentration for serpinase activity) of alpha-1-antitrypsin degradation by purified neutrophil collagenase was found to be approximately 20 microM, a value similar to the 50% inhibitory concentration of doxycycline required to inhibit collagen degradation by neutrophil collagenase. Doxycycline also efficiently inhibited phorbol myristate acetate-triggered neutrophil-mediated degradation of alpha-1-antitrypsin. This suggests that doxycycline can protect alpha-1-antitrypsin from collagenase and gelatinase in the presence of other proteases and biologically active molecules that are released by triggered neutrophils. The protection of a body's alpha-1-antitrypsin shield from serpinolytic activity of collagenase and matrix metallproteinases can result in inhibition of serine proteases such as neutrophil elastase. Tetracyclines may thus protect matrix constituents from a wider spectrum of neutral proteases than previously recognized, not just from the matrix metalloproteinases collagenase and gelatinase.

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