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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Curcumin Ameliorates Particulate Matter-Induced Pulmonary Injury through Bimodal Regulation of Macrophage Inflammation via NF-κB and Nrf2.

Min Kook Lee, Hyo Dam Kim, Suk Hee Lee, Jin Hyup Lee

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Min Kook LeeDepartment of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea.
Hyo Dam KimDepartment of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea.
Suk Hee LeeDepartment of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea.
Jin Hyup LeeDepartment of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6437-5157
Korea University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF2011R1A2C1011929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The direct effects of particulate matter (PM) on lung injury and its specific molecular mechanisms are unclear. However, experimental evidence has shown that oxidative stress-mediated inflammation in macrophages is the main pathological outcome of PM exposure. Curcumin has been reported to protect organs against the disturbance of homeostasis caused by various toxic agents through anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects. However, the protective action of curcumin against PM-induced pulmonary inflammation and the underlying mechanism have not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, we established a PM-induced pulmonary inflammation mouse model using the intratracheal instillation method to investigate the protective ability of curcumin against PM-induced pulmonary inflammation. Compared to the mice treated with PM only, the curcumin-treated mice showed alleviated alveolar damage, decreased immune cell infiltration, and reduced proinflammatory cytokine production in both lung tissue and BALF. To evaluate the underlying mechanism, the mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 was used. Pretreatment with curcumin prevented the production of PM-induced proinflammatory cytokines by deactivating NF-κB through the suppression of MAPK signaling pathways. Furthermore, curcumin appears to attenuate PM-induced oxidative stress through the activation of Nrf2 and downstream antioxidant signaling. Our findings demonstrate that curcumin protects against PM-induced lung injury by suppressing oxidative stress and inflammatory activation in macrophages.

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CurcuminLung InjuryPneumoniaAnimalsAntioxidantsInflammationMacrophagesMiceNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BOxidative StressParticulate MatterAntioxidantsCurcuminNfe2l2 protein, mouseNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BParticulate Mattercurcuminmacrophageoxidative stressparticulate matterpulmonary inflammation

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PMID36768180
PMCPMC9915121
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