Abstract
The A549 cells, non-small cell lung cancer cell line from human, were resistant to interferon (IFN)-α treatment. The IFN-α-treated A549 cells showed increase in protein expression levels of NF-κB and COX-2. IFN-α induced NF-κB binding activity within 30 min and this increased binding activity was markedly suppressed with inclusion of curcumin. Curcumin also inhibited IFN-α-induced COX-2 expression in A549 cells. Within 10 min, IFN-α rapidly induced the binding activity of a γ-32P-labeled consensus GAS oligonucleotide probe, which was profoundly reversed by curcumin. Taken together, IFN-α-induced activations of NF-κB and COX-2 were inhibited by the addition of curcumin in A549 cells.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 313-318 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 334 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 26 Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Curcumin
- Cyclooxygenase-2
- Interferon-α
- NF-κB
- Non-small cell lung cancer