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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Sulforaphane inhibits de novo synthesis of IL-8 and MCP-1 in human epithelial cells generated by cigarette smoke extract.
Journal of Immunotoxicology 2011 June
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. Exposure to cigarette smoke (CS) is the primary factor associated with the COPD development. CS activates epithelial cells to secrete chemokines such as interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) that recruit neutrophils and macrophages to the lung. These inflammatory cells then release additional chemokines and cytokines leading to chronic inflammation that initiates apoptosis in epithelial and endothelial cells and destruction of alveolar structure. Pulmonary epithelium responds to oxidative stress mediated by CS through activating NRF2-dependent pathways, leading to an increased expression of antioxidant and cytoprotective enzymes thereby providing a protective response against CS-induced lung injury. We hypothesized that activating NRF2-dependent cytoprotective gene expression with sulforaphane (SFN) affords protection against CS-induced lung damage by inhibiting chemokine production. Results indicate that in the human BEAS-2B epithelial cell line, 5 μM SFN activated NRF2-dependent gene expression by triggering the translocation of NRF2 to the nucleus and significantly increased the expression of NRF2-dependent genes such as NADPH quinone oxidoreductase-1, heme oxygenase-1, and glutamate cysteine ligase modulatory subunit. Cigarette smoke extract (CSE) exposure of BEAS-2B cells significantly increased production of both IL-8 and MCP-1. Production of both chemokines was significantly reduced with SFN given prior to CSE; SFN inhibited IL-8 and MCP-1 gene expression at the transcription level. Our results indicate that activating NRF2 pathways with SFN inhibits CSE-induced chemokine production in human epithelial cells. However, the mechanism by which the production of chemokines is inhibited through SFN still remains to be elucidated. SFN may enhance NRF2 transcriptional activity resulting in the inhibition of proinflammatory pathways such as NF-κB.
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