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  • Title: Epigallocatechin gallate inhibits phorbol ester-induced activation of NF-kappa B and CREB in mouse skin: role of p38 MAPK.
    Author: Kundu JK, Surh YJ.
    Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci; 2007 Jan; 1095():504-12. PubMed ID: 17404063.
    Abstract:
    The modulation of intracellular signaling network involved in an inappropriate expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a pragmatic approach for chemoprevention with a wide variety of dietary phytochemicals. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major green tea polyphenol, is one of the most extensively investigated chemopreventive agents. Our previous study revealed that EGCG inhibited expression of COX-2 and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in mouse skin stimulated with a prototype tumor promotor 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). This study was aimed at identifying transcription factors as molecular targets of EGCG in downregulating COX-2 expression. We found that EGCG inhibited TPA-induced DNA binding of NF-kappaB and CREB in mouse skin in vivo. EGCG also suppressed TPA-induced phosphorylation and subsequent degradation of IkappaBalpha, and prevented nuclear translocation of p65. We also examined whether extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and p38 MAPK, which are known to regulate activation of NF-kappaB, can also modulate CREB DNA binding. Pretreatment with U0126 and SB203580, pharmacological inhibitors of ERK and p38 MAPK, respectively, showed that SB203580, but not U0126, attenuated TPA-induced CREB DNA binding in mouse skin. Taken together, EGCG inhibited TPA-induced DNA binding of NF-kappaB and CREB by blocking activation of p38 MAPK, which may provide a molecular basis of COX-2 inhibition by EGCG in mouse skin in vivo.
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