PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Babita Madan AU - Sanjay Batra AU - Balaram Ghosh TI - 2′-Hydroxychalcone Inhibits Nuclear Factor-κB and Blocks Tumor Necrosis Factor-α- and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Adhesion of Neutrophils to Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells AID - 10.1124/mol.58.3.526 DP - 2000 Sep 01 TA - Molecular Pharmacology PG - 526--534 VI - 58 IP - 3 4099 - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/58/3/526.short 4100 - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/58/3/526.full SO - Mol Pharmacol2000 Sep 01; 58 AB - Inhibition of expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAM), including intercellular CAM-1 (ICAM-1), vascular CAM-1 (VCAM-1), and E-selectin, has been shown to be important in controlling various inflammatory diseases. The cell adhesion proteins are induced by various inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1, and bacterial lipopolysaccharide. The induction process primarily takes place at the level of transcription, where nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays a major role. We demonstrate here that 2′-hydroxychalcone inhibits the adhesion of peripheral neutrophils to the endothelial cell monolayers by inhibiting the expression of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibition by 2′-hydroxychalcone is reversible. 2′-Hydroxychalcone inhibits the induction of steady-state transcript levels of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin by tumor necrosis factor-α as determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and therefore it may interfere with the transcription of their genes. Because NF-κB is a major transcription factor involved in CAM expression, we studied its status in the 2′-hydroxychalcone treated cells. We demonstrate that 2′-hydroxychalcone inhibits the activation of NF-κB. These results have implications for using NF-κB inhibitors for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases.