Acute lung injury (ALI) remains to be the major cause of mortality. Bleomycin (BLM) injury activates the pro-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin L-17A which regulates the expression of COX-2 and inhibits P-AMPKα in BLM/IL-17A exposed mice upon activation of NFκB and other inflammatory molecules the actual mechanism behind which remains unclear. The current investigation was carried out to assess the role of IL-17A with COX-2 and P- AMPKα and to highlight the important contribution of adjunctive use of curcumin as a promising preventive strategy for the BLM-induced ALI. Immunofluorescence analysis reveals that the natural spice curcumin blocks the expressions of COX-2, NF-κB-p65, fibronectin (FBN), and expresses P-AMPKα in vivo. Curcumin could also suppress the expressions of NF-κB-p105 in BLM/IL-17A exposed mice. mRNA expressions showed reduced expressions of PDGFA, PDGFB, CTGF, IGF1, NFκB1, NFκB2, MMP-3, MMP-9, and MMP-14 on curcumin treatment. Our study implicates a critical role of AMPKα/COX- 2 in the emergence of pulmonary fibrosis via exerting the potential role of curcumin as an adjuvant anti-inflammatory therapeutic for treating lung injury.
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