1. Plasmin Triggers Rapid Contraction and Degradation of Fibroblast-Populated Collagen Lattices 
George D. Pins, Maura E. Collins-Pavao, Livingston Van De Water, Martin L. Yarmush, Jeffrey R. Morgan 
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 
Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages (April 2000)
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2. Figure 1
Plasmin enhances the contraction of collagen lattices seeded with dermal fibroblasts. (a) A typical time course of contraction of fibroblast-populated collagen lattices with varying concentrations of plasmin. Plasmin was added 48 h after casting. (b) Appearance of contracted lattices 24 h after the addition of plasmin. Control lattices are approximately 17–20 mm in diameter.
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3. Figure 2
Serum concentration and time of plasmin addition affect the ability of dermal fibroblasts to contract collagen lattices. Typical time courses of contraction for collagen lattices cast with medium containing a final concentration of 1% (a, b, c), 5% (d, e, f), or 10% FBS (g, h, i). At indicated time points, different concentrations of plasmin were added to the lattice medium.
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4. Figure 3
Plasmin-mediated degradation of collagen lattices. Collagen lattices were made with 3H labeled type I collagen, treated with plasmin or conditioned medium, and analyzed for radioactivity released into the medium. In (a), the total amount of radioactivity in the medium was measured after fibroblast-populated collagen lattices were treated with plasmin for 24 h. In (b), the total radioactivity in the medium was analyzed after acellular lattices were treated for 24 h with conditioned medium from fibroblast-populated collagen lattices. All lattice experiments were conducted in duplicate or triplicate. Error bars represent standard deviations.
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5. Figure 4
Plasmin cleaves MMP-1 secreted by fibroblasts. Aliquots of DMEM with 0.3% FBS treated with 0.48 U per ml (1000 nM) of plasmin (Cont) and conditioned medium samples (CM) from fibroblast-populated collagen lattices treated with 0.0 or 0.48 U per ml (1000 nM) of plasmin were analyzed by Western blot using antibodies against MMP-1. Arrows indicate the location of the MMP-1 bands (52, 40, and 23 kDa).
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6. Figure 5
Aprotinin and TIMP-1 inhibit enhanced contraction of collagen lattices. Appearance of collagen lattices 24 h after simultaneous treatment with different concentrations of plasmin and (a) aprotinin [0.0 μg per well (–) or 10 μg per well (3.1–3.9 μM) (+)] or (b) TIMP-1. Control lattices are approximately 7–10 mm in diameter.
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7. Figure 6
TIMP-1 inhibits degradation of collagen lattices. Lattices were made with radiolabeled collagen, treated with plasmin and TIMP-1 or conditioned medium, and analyzed for radioactivity released into the medium. (a) The total amount of radioactivity in the medium of fibroblast-populated collagen lattices was measured after treating them with indicated concentrations of plasmin and TIMP-1 for 24 h. In (b), collagen lattices lacking cells were treated with conditioned medium from fibroblast-populated collagen lattices containing different concentrations of plasmin and TIMP-1, and radioactivity released into the lattice medium was measured after 24h. All lattice experiments were conducted in triplicate. Error bars represent standard deviations. (An asterisk * indicates a significant difference between groups, p ≤ 0.05, one-tailed Student's t test.)
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