title: Resveratrol inhibits phorbol ester and UV-induced activator protein 1 activation by interfering with mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.
abstract: Resveratrol, a phenolic compound found in grapes and other food products, prevents chemical-induced carcinogenesis in a number of animal models of cancers. To better understand its chemopreventive property, we examined effects of resveratrol on the activity of activator protein 1 (AP-1), a dimeric transcription factor that plays a critical role in the carcinogenesis and tumor transformation. Pretreatment of HeLa cells with resveratrol inhibited the transcription of AP-1 reporter gene by UVC and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Pretreatment with resveratrol also inhibited the activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 2 (ERK2), c-jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1), and p38. Selectively blocking mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways by overexpression of dominant-negative mutants of kinases attenuated the AP-1 activation by PMA and UVC. Interestingly, resveratrol had little effect on the induction of AP-1 reporter gene by active Raf-1, MEKK1, or MKK6, suggesting that it inhibited MAPK pathways by targeting the signaling molecules upstream of Raf-1 or MEKK1. Indeed, incubation of resveratrol with the isolated c-Src protein tyrosine kinase and protein kinase C diminished their kinase activities. Furthermore, inhibition of protein tyrosine kinases and protein kinase C with their selective inhibitors impaired the activation of MAPKs as well as the induction of AP-1 activity by PMA and UVC. In addition, modulation of estrogen receptor activity with 17beta-estradiol had no effect on the inhibition of AP-1 by resveratrol. Taken together, these results suggest that the effects of resveratrol on AP-1 and MAPK pathways may involve the inhibition of both protein tyrosine kinases and protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hebbar
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandlekar
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pezzuto
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000502:physiology; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D002273:Carcinogens; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D013267:Stilbenes; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D000077185:Resveratrol