“…GM6001 (Chemicon, Temecula, CA) is another broad spectrum hydroxamate MMPI with reported IC 50 values as follows: MMP-1, 0.4 nM; MMP-2, 0.5 nM; MMP-3, 27 nM; MMP-8, 0.1 nM; and MMP-9, 0.2 nM. We also used two other hydroxamate inhibitors, the compound 6A (Hanessian et al, 2001), and the S34237 (Chollet et al, 2002), chemically modified at the P 1 , P 1 0, and P 2 0 sites to enhance their specificity for MMP-9 and MMP-2, respectively. Enzymatic assays with purified proteinases using the MMP-9 inhibitor (MMP-9I) yielded the following IC 50 values: MMP-1, 104 nM; MMP-2, 0.7 nM; MMP-3, 0.7 nM; MMP-9, 0.0025 nM; and MMP-13, 12 nM.…”