Abstract:
:Numerous reports suggest that interleukin-6 (IL-6) promotes survival and proliferation of tumor cells through the phosphorylation of a cell-signaling protein, signal-transducer-and-activator-of-transcription-3 (STAT3). Constitutive activation of STAT3 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and its role in proliferation of this tumor has been demonstrated. Thus, agents that can suppress STAT3 activation have potential for the treatment of HNSCC. In the present report, we demonstrate that most HNSCC cell lines had constitutively active STAT3 and that curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a pharmacologically safe agent in humans, inhibited STAT3 phosphorylation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Nuclear translocation of STAT3 was also inhibited by curcumin. The inhibition of STAT3 activation by curcumin was reversible, although even 24 hr after curcumin removal, only partial reversal occurred. Besides inhibiting constitutive expression, curcumin also abrogated the IL-6-induced activation of STAT3 in HNSCC cells. When compared with AG490, a well-characterized JAK2 inhibitor, curcumin was more rapid (30 min vs. 4 hr) and more potent (25 microM vs. 100 microM) inhibitor of STAT3 phosphorylation. Curcumin was also a more potent inhibitor of HNSCC cell proliferation than AG490. Overall, our results demonstrated that curcumin is a potent inhibitor of constitutive and IL-6-induced STAT3 phosphorylation. This mechanism may be at least partially responsible for curcumin's ability to suppress proliferation of HNSCC cells.
journal_name
Int J Cancerjournal_title
International journal of cancerauthors
Chakravarti N,Myers JN,Aggarwal BBdoi
10.1002/ijc.21967subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-09-15 00:00:00pages
1268-75issue
6eissn
0020-7136issn
1097-0215journal_volume
119pub_type
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