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The effect of the anabolic steroid, stanozolol, on the production of procollagenase by human synovial and skin fibroblasts in vitro.

The ability of the anabolic steroid, stanozolol, to stimulate procollagenase production by human synovial and skin fibroblasts was examined in an in vitro assay system. Stanozolol is used therapeutically to treat a variety of connective tissue and vascular disorders and its clinical effects suggest that it can modulate connective tissue breakdown. The results showed that stanozolol was capable, in a dose dependent manner, of significantly stimulating procollagenase production by skin fibroblasts. However, in three synovial fibroblast lines no evidence was found of increased collagenase production following treatment with stanozolol; although the synovial fibroblasts secreted significantly increased amounts of procollagenase in response to IL-1. These results may shed some light on the mechanism of action in vivo of stanozolol in the treatment of connective tissue disorders.

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Early decrease in suture line breaking strength. The effect of proposed collagenase inhibition.

Rats were subjected to end-to-end intestinal anastomosis. Breaking strength with the sutures in place, i.e., suture-holding capacity, was measured in different groups immediately after suture and after 24 h. The synthetic kallikrein-plasmin inhibitor S-2441, the inhibitor of plasminogen activation tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron), and the metalloprotease inhibitor tiopronin (Thiola), were studied regarding their effect on breaking strength of the intestinal anastomoses. There was a marked decrease in breaking strength at 24 h in the controls. This decrease was diminished by all of the substances tested. Their effect was probably due to an inhibition of collagenase.

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