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Inhibition of Tissue Factor Gene Activation in Cultured Endothelial Cells by Curcumin

Suppression of Activation of Transcription Factors Egr-1, AP-1, and NF-{kappa}B

Usha R. Pendurthi; J. Todd Williams; ; L. Vijaya Mohan Rao

From the Departments of Medical Specialties and Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Texas.

Correspondence to Usha R. Pendurthi, PhD, Department of Medical Specialties, UT Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75710. E-mail usha{at}uthct.edu

Abstract Binding of plasma factor VII(a) to tissue factor (TF) initiates the coagulation cascade. In health, TF is not expressed in endothelial cells. However, endothelial cells express TF in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor-{alpha} (TNF{alpha}), and other biological stimuli. TF expression by endothelial cells is implicated in thrombotic disorders in patients with a variety of clinical disorders. In the present study, we demonstrate that curcumin (diferulolylmethane), a known anticarcinogenic and anti-inflammatory agent, inhibited phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), LPS, TNF{alpha}, and thrombin-induced TF activity and TF gene transcription in human endothelial cells. The present data show that curcumin prevented the activation of c-Rel/p65, which is essential for TF gene activation in endothelial cells, by impairing the proteolytic degradation inhibitor protein, I{kappa}B{alpha}. The data also show that curcumin downregulated AP-1 binding activity. The present studies are the first to demonstrate that PMA, but not LPS, TNF{alpha}, and thrombin, induced Egr-1 binding to the second serum-responsive region (SRR-2) of TF promoter and that curcumin inhibited the PMA-induced Egr-1 binding to SRR-2. Overall, the data suggest that the anticarcinogenic and anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin may be related to its ability to inhibit cellular gene expression regulated by transcription factors NF-{kappa}B, AP-1, and Egr-1.


Key Words: tissue factor • transcription factors • endothelium • curcumin




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