ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2024
Unraveling the role of EPHA2 in regulating migration and immunomodulation processes in cervical cancer: exploring the synergic effect of 17β-estradiol on cancer progression.
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Abstract
Cervical cancer remained among the most prevalent cancers in women. Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A2 (EPHA2) is overexpressed in many cancers, including cervical cancer, and the mechanism by which it regulates cervical cancer progression is not yet fully understood. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that carry information in the form of biomolecules, deliver it to the recipient cell, and play a vital role in cellular communication. 17β-Estradiol is the natural female steroid hormone with the greatest estrogenic activity, and it induces cell death in cancer. In this study, we investigated the function of EPHA2 in cervical cancer migration and immunomodulation and the presence of EPHA2 in the cervical cancer serum-derived exosome. A knockdown of EPHA2 (KD-EPHA2) in cervical cancer reduces cancer cell migration by regulating the CD113/Ezrin pathway. Furthermore, EPHA2 exhibited significant involvement in immunomodulation by orchestrating IL-6-mediated signalling cascades, including the AKT-mTOR and JAK-STAT pathways. Immune infiltration analysis revealed a correlation between EPHA2 expression in cervical cancer and the infiltration of various immune cell populations. KD-EPHA2 enhances the 17β-Estradiol inhibitory effect on cell proliferation and migration during cancer progression. In summary, our study revealed that EPHA2 is overexpressed in cervical cancer and plays a vital role in cancer cell migration and immunomodulation, and 17β-Estradiol, along with KD-EPHA2, enhances the inhibitory effect on cancer cell migration and proliferation.
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