Curcumin decreases toll-like receptor-2 gene expression and function in human monocytes and neutrophils |
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Authors: | Tsuyoshi Shuto Tomomi Ono Yuko Ohira Shogo Shimasaki Kenji Watanabe Tomoaki Koga Saori Morino Hirofumi Kai |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan b Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan c School of Pharmacy, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, Yoshino Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-8508, Japan |
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Abstract: | Toll-like receptor-2 (TLR2) is a pattern recognition receptor that senses many types of bacterial components and activates signaling pathways that induce inflammatory cytokines. A hyperresponsiveness to pathogens caused by increased expression of TLR2 triggers exaggeration of some inflammatory diseases. Here, we showed that curcumin, a well-known anti-inflammatory agent derived from the curry spice turmeric, inhibits TLR2 expression in various TLR2-expressing innate immune cell lines such as monocytic THP-1 cells, neutrophilic-differentiated HL-60 cells. Strong suppression of TLR2 gene expression was specifically observed at concentrations of curcumin in the range 40-100 μM. Consistent with decreased expression of TLR2 mRNA, protein expression and ligand-responsiveness of TLR2 were markedly reduced by curcumin treatment. Moreover, curcumin-dependent down-regulation of TLR2 expression and function was also observed in primary peripheral blood monocytes (MC) and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). Finally, we determined the importance of curcumin-dependent radical generation for the suppressive effect of curcumin on TLR2 expression. Thus, our data demonstrate that curcumin inhibits TLR2 gene expression and function possibly via an oxidative process. |
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Keywords: | TLR2 Curcumin Monocytes Neutrophils |
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