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Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8 promotes the metastasis of cervical cancer via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition

  • Authors:
    • Qian Li
    • Wei Bao
    • Qiong Fan
    • Wen‑Jing Shi
    • Zhu‑Nan Li
    • Ying Xu
    • Dan Wu
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  • Published online on: August 18, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5638
  • Pages: 3220-3228
  • Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8 (Eps8) has been identified as a novel substrate for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase and is involved in EGFR‑mediated signaling pathways correlated with tumorigenesis, proliferation and metastasis in various cancer types. However, the precise role of Eps8 in cervical cancer metastasis remains to be elucidated. Immunohistochemistry revealed that Eps8 was significantly increased in cervical cancer specimens compared with squamous intraepithelial lesion and normal cervical tissues. Additionally, it was revealed that Eps8 expression not only correlated with cervical cancer progression, but also exhibited a close correlation with the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers, E‑cadherin and vimentin. Furthermore, the present study focused predominantly on the EMT‑associated role of Eps8 in the EMT, migration and invasion of cervical cancer cells. Eps8‑short hairpin (sh)RNA was transfected into HeLa and SiHa cells to deplete its expression, and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analyses were performed to confirm Eps8‑knockdown and to investigate the influence of Eps8 on EMT markers. The present findings have revealed that Eps8 silencing led to the upregulation of the epithelial marker E‑cadherin, while expression of the mesenchymal marker vimentin and the transcription factor snail was decreased at both mRNA and protein expression levels. Transwell cell migration and Matrigel invasion assays showed that downregulation of Eps8 significantly inhibited cell migration and invasion of HeLa and SiHa cells. Taken together, these results suggested that Eps8 promotes cervical cancer metastasis by orchestrating the EMT.
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Li Q, Bao W, Fan Q, Shi WJ, Li ZN, Xu Y and Wu D: Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8 promotes the metastasis of cervical cancer via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Mol Med Rep 14: 3220-3228, 2016
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Li, Q., Bao, W., Fan, Q., Shi, W., Li, Z., Xu, Y., & Wu, D. (2016). Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8 promotes the metastasis of cervical cancer via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Molecular Medicine Reports, 14, 3220-3228. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5638
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Li, Q., Bao, W., Fan, Q., Shi, W., Li, Z., Xu, Y., Wu, D."Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8 promotes the metastasis of cervical cancer via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition". Molecular Medicine Reports 14.4 (2016): 3220-3228.
Chicago
Li, Q., Bao, W., Fan, Q., Shi, W., Li, Z., Xu, Y., Wu, D."Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8 promotes the metastasis of cervical cancer via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition". Molecular Medicine Reports 14, no. 4 (2016): 3220-3228. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5638