Curcumin Suppresses the Induction of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase by Blocking the Janus-activated Kinase-Protein Kinase C delta-STAT1 Signaling Pathway in Interferon-gamma-stimulated Murine Dendritic Cellsopen access
- Authors
- Jeong, Young-Il; Kim, Sang Woo; Jung, In Duk; Lee, Jun Sik; Chang, Jeong Hyun; Lee, Chang-Min; Chun, Sung Hak; Yoon, Man-Soo; Kim, Geun Tae; Ryu, Seok Woo; Kim, Jong-Suk; Shin, Yong Kyoo; Lee, Won Suk; Shin, Hwa Kyoung; Lee, Jae-Dong; Park, Yeong-Min
- Issue Date
- Feb-2009
- Publisher
- AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, v.284, no.6, pp 3700 - 3708
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 284
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 3700
- End Page
- 3708
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/23319
- DOI
- 10.1074/jbc.M807328200
- ISSN
- 0021-9258
1083-351X
- Abstract
- Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the initial and rate-limiting step in the degradation of tryptophan and is strongly induced in interferon-gamma (IFN gamma)-stimulated dendritic cells (DCs). IDO has recently been established as a key enzyme in T-cell suppression-mediated immune tolerance to tumors. STAT1 phosphorylation appears to play an important role in the control of IDO expression by IFN gamma, but the precise regulatory mechanism remains obscure. Here we present a novel mechanism of IFN gamma-induced IDO expression in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. In addition, we demonstrate that curcumin, an active component of turmeric, significantly inhibited the induction of IDO expression and activity by IFN gamma. We found that curcumin suppressed STAT1 activation by directly inhibiting Janus-activated kinase 1/2 and protein kinase C delta phosphorylation in bone marrow-derived DCs, suppressing the subsequent translocation and binding of STAT1 to the GAS element of the IRF-1 promoter. Coincident with these inhibitory effects on IFN gamma-induced IDO expression, curcumin reversed IDO-mediated suppression of T-cell responses. Our results, thus, suggest that down-regulation of IDO in DCs is an important immunomodulatory property of curcumin that may be exploited therapeutically in the control of cancers.
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