MTA1, a Target of Resveratrol, Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Endometriosis via ZEB2

Xiangyi Kong, Xiaofeng Xu, Ling Zhou, Mengjing Zhu, Shuang Yao, Yue Ding, Tao Liu, Yijin Wang, Yan Zhang, Rong Li, Xiaoqiu Tang, Jingxian Ling, Jun Wu, Xianghong Zhu, Yuanyuan Gu, Huaijun Zhou
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2020 · vol. 19 , pp. 295–306 · doi:10.1016/j.omtm.2020.09.013 · PMID:33145366 · PMC7578554 · W3089355815
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Metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in endometriosis by interacting with ZEB2, and resveratrol suppresses these effects.

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Endometriosis is a benign disease that shares some malignant features. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) plays an important role in various cancers by promoting EMT, yet there are no studies on its function in endometriosis. In the present study, we found that MTA1 was highly expressed in the ectopic endometrium of endometriosis patients and that the expression of MTA1 was related to the revised American Fertility Society stage. MTA1 facilitated endometrial stroma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by inducing EMT, and the promotion function and MTA1 expression were suppressed by resveratrol, a natural polyphenol. Moreover, we revealed that MTA1 induced EMT through interaction with ZEB2. The findings in a mouse endometriosis model further showed that MTA1 and ZEB2 were upregulated in ectopic tissues and that resveratrol inhibited the growth of ectopic lesions and expression of MTA1 and ZEB2. Taken together, we demonstrate that MTA1 is a protein that promotes EMT via interacting with ZEB2 in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, and may be a target of resveratrol.

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