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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether visfatin gene expression is affected by curcumin in human breast cancer cells and to characterize the functional role of visfatin in breast cancer. We found that the mRNA and protein levels of visfatin were down-regulated by curcumin in MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, and MCF-7 breast cancer cells, along with decreased activity of constitutive nuclear factor (NF)-\u03baB. We confirmed the repressive effect of curcumin on visfatin transcription by performing a visfatin promoter-driven reporter assay and identified two putative NF-\u03baB-binding sites on visfatin promoter that are important for this effect. EMSA and chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicated the binding of p65 to the visfatin promoter, which was effectively blocked by curcumin. Enforced expression of p65 protein increased visfatin promoter activity, whereas blocking NF-\u03baB signaling suppressed visfatin gene expression. Visfatin could enhance the invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells and also attenuate curcumin-induced inhibition of cell invasion; on the other hand, visfatin knockdown by small interfering RNA led to the reduction of cell invasion. Our data demonstrate, for the first time, that curcumin down-regulates visfatin gene expression in human breast cancer cells by a mechanism that is, at least in part, NF-\u03baB dependent and suggest that visfatin may contribute to breast cancer cell invasion and link obesity to breast cancer development and progression.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1210\/en.2011-1413","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,21]],"date-time":"2011-12-21T05:42:52Z","timestamp":1324446172000},"page":"554-563","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Curcumin Down-Regulates Visfatin Expression and Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Invasion"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"153","author":[{"given":"Su-Ryun","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry (S.-R.K., H.-J.P., Y.-H.B., I.Y., H.-O.J., M.-K.B., S.-K.B.), Yangsan, 626-870, South Korea"},{"name":"Medical Research Institute (S.-R.K., S.-K.B.), Yangsan, 626-870, South 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