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CYTOKINE
卷 37, 期 1, 页码 76-83出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.02.020
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UVB; IL-18; NCTC 2544 keratinocyte cell line; NF-kappa B; curcumin; PDTC
In the present study, we investigated the implication of NF-KB in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-18 by human keratinocytes stimulated by UVB. We demonstrated that NCTC 2544 keratinocyte cell line irradiated by UVB enhanced the IL-18 mRNA and protein secretion under its bioactive form. Overexpression of IL-18 by UVB irradiation was accompanied by NF-KB transcription factor activation using specific IL-18 gene sequence corresponding to NF-KB DNA binding site. The relationship between these transcription factors and IL-18 expression was confirmed using curcumin and PDTC, two inhibitors of NF-KB. Our results show that UVB and curcumin or PDTC co-treatment led to a down-regulation of IL-18 expression associated with an inhibition of NF-KB DNA binding. Hence, our results demonstrated that this transcription factor is implicated in biologically active IL-18 production by human keratinocytes irradiated by UVB. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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