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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 127, Issue 8, Pages 1992-2000Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700801
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It is well known that curcumin, a dietary pigment from the plant Curcuma longa, inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in different cell lines at concentrations ranging from 10 to 150 mu(M) (3.7-55 mu g/ml). In this study, we show that curcumin at low concentrations (0.2-1 mu g/ml) also has an anti proliferative effect when applied in combination with UVA or visible light. We demonstrate that such a treatment induces apoptosis in human skin keratinocytes represented by the increase of fragmented cell nuclei, release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, activation of caspases-9 and -8, and inhibition of NF-kappa B activity. Furthermore, inhibition of extracellular regulated kinases 1/2 and protein kinase B was found to ensure the proapoptotic effect. Additionally, the EGFR, an upstream regulator of both kinases, was inhibited indicating that apoptosis is induced by blocking survival- and proliferation -associated signal cascades at the receptor level. In summary, these findings suggest a new therapeutic concept for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases by combining topical curcumin with UVA or visible light. In particular, the latter avoids the use of carcinogenic irradiation that is part of regular phototherapy.
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