0 4 Role role NN 5 7 of of IN 8 17 ascorbate ascorbate NN 18 20 in in IN 21 24 the the DT 25 35 activation activation NN 36 38 of of IN 39 48 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 49 51 by by IN 52 58 tumour tumour NN 59 67 necrosis necrosis NN 68 80 factor-alpha factor-alpha NN 81 83 in in IN 84 91 T-cells T-cell NNP 91 92 . . . 94 97 The the DT 98 103 first first JJ 104 111 product product NN 112 114 of of IN 115 124 ascorbate ascorbate NN 125 134 oxidation oxidation NN 134 135 , , , 136 139 the the DT 140 149 ascorbate ascorbate NN 150 154 free free JJ 155 162 radical radical NN 163 164 ( ( ( 164 167 AFR AFR NNP 167 168 ) ) ) 168 169 , , , 170 174 acts act VBZ 175 177 in in IN 178 188 biological biological JJ 189 196 systems system NNS 197 203 mainly mainly RB 204 206 as as IN 207 209 an an DT 210 217 oxidant oxidant NN 217 218 , , , 219 222 and and CC 223 230 through through IN 231 234 its its PRP$ 235 239 role role NN 240 242 in in IN 243 246 the the DT 247 253 plasma plasma NN 254 262 membrane membrane NN 263 268 redox redox NN 269 275 system system NN 276 282 exerts exert VBZ 283 292 different different JJ 293 300 effects effect NNS 301 303 on on IN 304 307 the the DT 308 312 cell cell NN 312 313 . . . 314 316 We we PRP 317 321 have have VBP 322 334 investigated investigate VBN 335 338 the the DT 339 343 role role NN 344 346 of of IN 347 356 ascorbate ascorbate NN 356 357 , , , 358 361 AFR AFR NNP 362 365 and and CC 366 382 dehydroascorbate dehydroascorbate NN 383 384 ( ( ( 384 387 DHA DHA NNP 387 388 ) ) ) 389 391 in in IN 392 395 the the DT 396 406 activation activation NN 407 409 of of IN 410 413 the the DT 414 423 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 424 437 transcription transcription NN 438 444 factor factor NN 445 447 in in IN 448 454 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 455 462 T-cells T-cell NNP 463 473 stimulated stimulate VBN 474 476 by by IN 477 483 tumour tumour NN 484 492 necrosis necrosis NN 493 505 factor-alpha factor-alpha NN 506 507 ( ( ( 507 516 TNF-alpha TNF-alpha NNP 516 517 ) ) ) 517 518 . . . 519 523 Here here RB 524 526 we we PRP 527 531 show show VBP 531 532 , , , 533 535 by by IN 536 551 electrophoretic electrophoretic JJ 552 560 mobility mobility NN 561 566 shift shift NN 567 573 assays assay NNS 573 574 , , , 575 579 that that IN 580 589 ascorbate ascorbate NN 590 599 increases increase VBZ 600 603 the the DT 604 611 binding binding NN 612 614 of of IN 615 624 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 625 627 to to TO 628 631 DNA DNA NNP 632 634 in in IN 635 655 TNF-alpha-stimulated tnf-alpha-stimulated JJ 656 662 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 663 668 cells cell NNS 668 669 . . . 670 673 The the DT 674 681 ability ability NN 682 684 of of IN 685 694 ascorbate ascorbate NN 695 697 to to TO 698 705 enhance enhance VB 706 717 cytoplasmic cytoplasmic JJ 718 728 inhibitory inhibitory JJ 729 737 IkBalpha IkBalpha NNP 738 745 protein protein NN 746 757 degradation degradation NN 758 768 correlates correlate VBZ 769 779 completely completely RB 780 784 with with IN 785 788 its its PRP$ 789 797 capacity capacity NN 798 800 to to TO 801 807 induce induce VB 808 817 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 818 825 binding binding NN 826 828 to to TO 829 832 DNA DNA NNP 833 836 and and CC 837 839 to to TO 840 850 potentiate potentiate VB 851 869 NF-kappaB-mediated nf-kappab-mediated JJ 870 885 transactivation transactivation NN 886 888 of of IN 889 892 the the DT 893 898 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 899 903 long long JJ 904 912 terminal terminal JJ 913 919 repeat repeat NN 920 928 promoter promoter NN 929 931 in in IN 932 952 TNF-alpha-stimulated tnf-alpha-stimulated JJ 953 959 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 960 965 cells cell NNS 966 969 but but CC 970 973 not not RB 974 976 in in IN 977 982 cells cell NNS 983 993 stimulated stimulate VBN 994 998 with with IN 999 1002 PMA PMA NNP 1003 1007 plus plus CC 1008 1017 ionomycin ionomycin NN 1017 1018 . . . 1019 1022 AFR AFR NNP 1023 1030 behaves behave VBZ 1031 1035 like like IN 1036 1045 ascorbate ascorbate NN 1045 1046 , , , 1047 1052 while while IN 1053 1056 DHA DHA NNP 1057 1060 and and CC 1061 1070 ascorbate ascorbate NN 1071 1080 phosphate phosphate NN 1081 1083 do do VBP 1084 1087 not not RB 1088 1094 affect affect VB 1095 1113 TNF-alpha-mediated tnf-alpha-mediated JJ 1114 1123 NF-kappaB NF-kappaB NNP 1124 1134 activation activation NN 1134 1135 . . . 1136 1141 These these DT 1142 1149 results result NNS 1150 1157 provide provide VBP 1158 1161 new new JJ 1162 1170 evidence evidence NN 1171 1174 for for IN 1175 1176 a a DT 1177 1185 possible possible JJ 1186 1198 relationship relationship NN 1199 1206 between between IN 1207 1210 the the DT 1211 1221 activation activation NN 1222 1224 of of IN 1225 1228 the the DT 1229 1247 electron-transport electron-transport JJ 1248 1254 system system NN 1255 1257 at at IN 1258 1261 the the DT 1262 1268 plasma plasma NN 1269 1277 membrane membrane NN 1278 1280 by by IN 1281 1290 ascorbate ascorbate NN 1291 1293 or or CC 1294 1297 its its PRP$ 1298 1302 free free JJ 1303 1310 radical radical NN 1311 1314 and and CC 1315 1330 redox-dependent redox-dependent JJ 1331 1335 gene gene NN 1336 1349 transcription transcription NN 1350 1352 in in IN 1353 1360 T-cells T-cell NNP 1360 1361 . . .