摘要
NF-魏B plays a major role in the pathology of multiple myeloma. Here, we intended to investigate the regulating effect of cardamonin on NF-魏B in myeloma cells. We found for the first time that cardamonin suppressed viability and induced apoptosis of myeloma cells. Cardamonin activated caspase-3 and PARP and suppressed the expression of various anti-apoptotic proteins. We discovered that NF-魏B was repressed by cardamonin through suppression of IKK expression and I魏B伪 phosphorylation. Furthermore, the expression of NF-魏B-regulated gene products ICAM-1, COX-2 and VEGF was down-regulated by cardamonin. These results suggest that cardamonin blocks NF-魏B pathway in human multiple myeloma cells.