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Acetyl-11-Keto--Boswellic Acid Potentiates Apoptosis, Inhibits Invasion, and Abolishes Osteoclastogenesis by Suppressing NF-B and NF-B-Regulated Gene Expression¹

Yasunari Takada^*, Haruyo Ichikawa^*, Vladimir Badmaev and Bharat B. Aggarwal^2,*

^* Cytokine Research Section, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and Sabinsa Corporation, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Acetyl-11-keto--boswellic acid (AKBA), a component of an Ayurvedic therapeutic plant Boswellia serrata, is a pentacyclic terpenoid active against a large number of inflammatory diseases, including cancer, arthritis, chronic colitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and bronchial asthma, but the mechanism is poorly understood. We found that AKBA potentiated the apoptosis induced by TNF and chemotherapeutic agents, suppressed TNF-induced invasion, and inhibited receptor activator of NF-B ligand-induced osteoclastogenesis, all of which are known to require NF-B activation. These observations corresponded with the down-regulation of the expression of NF-B-regulated antiapoptotic, proliferative, and angiogenic gene products. As examined by DNA binding, AKBA suppressed both inducible and constitutive NF-B activation in tumor cells. It also abrogated NF-B activation induced by TNF, IL-1, okadaic acid, doxorubicin, LPS, H₂O₂, PMA, and cigarette smoke. AKBA did not directly affect the binding of NF-B to the DNA but inhibited sequentially the TNF-induced activation of IB kinase (IKK), IB phosphorylation, IB ubiquitination, IB degradation, p65 phosphorylation, and p65 nuclear translocation. AKBA also did not directly modulate IKK activity but suppressed the activation of IKK through inhibition of Akt. Furthermore, AKBA inhibited the NF-B-dependent reporter gene expression activated by TNFR type 1, TNFR-associated death domain protein, TNFR-associated factor 2, NF-B-inducing kinase, and IKK, but not that activated by the p65 subunit of NF-B. Overall, our results indicated that AKBA enhances apoptosis induced by cytokines and chemotherapeutic agents, inhibits invasion, and suppresses osteoclastogenesis through inhibition of NF-B-regulated gene expression.

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