Kallikrein-related peptidase 4 promotes migration and invasion of endometrial stromal cells in endometriosis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition

J Wang, X Yao, D L Wu, Y Jin

Article ID: 4675
Vol 34, Issue 1, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23812/18-403-A
Received: 10 March 2020; Accepted: 10 March 2020; Available online: 10 March 2020; Issue release: 10 March 2020

Abstract

Endometriosis is a gynecological health problem for women of reproductive stage. Kallikrein 4 is a proliferative factor and has important roles in cancer development and progression. To explore the role of Kallikrein 4 in endometriosis, we detected the expression of Kallikrein 4 in ectopic and normal control endometriosis tissues. Moreover, the underlying influence of Kallikrein 4 on migration and invasion of endometrial stromal cells was investigated. Furthermore, the correlations between this gene and E-cadherin and N-cadherin were also evaluated. The results demonstrated that the expression level of Kallikrein 4 in endometrial tissues was significantly increased compared to normal endometrial tissues, and over-expression of Kallikrein 4 up-regulated expression of N-cadherin but down-regulated E-cadherin in endometrial stromal cells. The ability of migration and invasion of endometrial stromal cells in vitro was increased by up-regulating Kallikrein 4 expression, suggesting that Kallikrein 4 might be involved in the development of ovarian endometriosis.


Keywords

Kallikrein 4;endometriosis;invasion;migration


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