PMID- 23261968 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130805 LR - 20130219 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 700 IP - 1-3 DP - 2013 Jan 30 TI - Ethyl 3',4',5'-trimethoxythionocinnamate modulates NF-kappaB and Nrf2 transcription factors. PG - 32-41 LID - S0014-2999(12)01009-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.12.004 [doi] AB - Recently, we identified a novel cinnamate analog, ethyl 3',4',5'-trimethoxythionocinnamate (ETMTC) as a potent inhibitor of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), such as intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and E-selectin. However, its mechanism of action has not been elucidated so far. Since, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is the major transcription factor involved in the regulation of ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and E-selectin expression, we determined the status of NF-kappaB activation in ETMTC treated human endothelial cells. Here, we demonstrate that ETMTC inhibits TNF-alpha-induced nuclear translocation and activation of NF-kappaB by inhibiting phosphorylation and degradation of IkappaBalpha. The inhibition of IkappaBalpha phosphorylation and degradation by ETMTC was found to be due to its ability to inhibit IkappaB kinase activity. In addition, oxidative stress is known to regulate NF-kappaB activation through TNF-alpha signaling cascade, therefore, we examined the effect of ETMTC on TNF-alpha-induced reactive oxygen species generation. We observed that ETMTC significantly inhibits TNF-alpha-induced reactive oxygen species generation in endothelial cells. To further elucidate the anti-oxidant potential of ETMTC, we examined its effect on induction of anti-oxidant genes viz. glutamate-cysteine ligase, modifier subunit (GCLM), heme oxygenase-1 (HO1) and NAD (P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) in human bronchial epithelial cells. Interestingly, ETMTC significantly induces the anti-oxidant genes viz. GCLM, HO1 and NQO1 by activating nuclear factor-erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2). Thus, ETMTC could be useful towards developing potent anti-inflammatory molecules. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Kumar, Sarvesh AU - Kumar S AD - Molecular Immunogenetics Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi 110007, India. FAU - Singh, Brajendra K AU - Singh BK FAU - Prasad, Ashok K AU - Prasad AK FAU - Parmar, Virinder S AU - Parmar VS FAU - Biswal, Shyam AU - Biswal S FAU - Ghosh, Balaram AU - Ghosh B LA - eng GR - ES03819/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01ES018176/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P50ES015903/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121220 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (Cinnamates) RN - 0 (E-Selectin) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (NFE2L2 protein, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 0 (ethyl 3',4',5'-trimethoxythionocinnamate) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (I-kappa B Kinase) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects MH - Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cinnamates/*pharmacology MH - E-Selectin/genetics MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - I-kappa B Kinase/metabolism MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics MH - Intracellular Space/drug effects/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Proteolysis/drug effects MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Transcription Factor RelA/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology MH - Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics EDAT- 2012/12/25 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/06 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/25 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/12/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/12/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/06 06:00 [medline] AID - S0014-2999(12)01009-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.12.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2013 Jan 30;700(1-3):32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.12.004. Epub 2012 Dec 20.