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Curcumin suppresses phorbol ester-induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression by inhibiting the PKC to MAPK signaling pathways in human astroglioma cells

  • Moon Sook Woo
  • , Soo Hyun Jung
  • , So Young Kim
  • , Jin Won Hyun
  • , Kwang Ho Ko
  • , Won Ki Kim
  • , Hee Sun Kim

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Abstract

The aberrant expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is implicated in the invasion and angiogenesis process of brain tumor. This study has investigated the effects of curcumin on MMP-9 expression in human astroglioma cell lines. Curcumin significantly inhibited the MMP-9 enzymatic activity and protein expression that was induced by PMA. The inhibitory effect of curcumin on MMP-9 expression correlates with the decreased MMP-9 mRNA level and the suppression of MMP-9 promoter activity. The curcumin-mediated inhibition of MMP-9 gene expression appears to occur via NF-κB and AP-1 because their DNA binding activities were suppressed by curcumin. Furthermore, curcumin strongly repressed the PMA-induced phosphorylation of ERK, JNK, and p38 MAP kinase, which were dependent on the PKC pathway. Therefore, the inhibition of MMP-9 expression by curcumin might have therapeutic potential for controlling the growth and invasiveness of brain tumor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1017-1025
Number of pages9
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume335
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Oct 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant to H.S. Kim (02-PJ2-PG10-21403-0001) from the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, and in part by a grant from Neurobiology Research Program (M10412000042-04N1200-04210) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • AP-1
  • Astroglioma
  • Curcumin
  • Gene expression
  • MAP kinase
  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9
  • NF-κB
  • PKC
  • Signal transduction

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