Zhao Zhiwei, Wang Shichao, Lin Yingbo, Miao Yali, Zeng Ye, Nie Yongmei, Guo Peng, Jiang Guangyao, Wu Jiang
West China Medical Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
School of Basic Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, P.R. China.
Oncol Lett. 2017 Jun;13(6):4577-4584. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6034. Epub 2017 Apr 13.
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a biological process that is associated with cancer metastasis and invasion. In cancer, EMT promotes cell motility, invasion and distant metastasis. Interleukin (IL)-8 is highly expressed in tumors and may induce EMT. The IL-8/IL-8R axis has a vital role in EMT in carcinoma, which is regulated by several signaling pathways, including the transforming growth factor β-spleen associated tyrosine kinase/Src-AKT/extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38/Jun N-terminal kinase-activating transcription factor-2, phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT, nuclear factor-κB and Wnt signaling pathways. Blocking the IL-8/IL-8R signaling pathway may be a novel strategy to reduce metastasis and improve patient survival rates. This review will cover IL-8-IL-8R signaling pathway in tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
上皮-间质转化(EMT)是一种与癌症转移和侵袭相关的生物学过程。在癌症中,EMT促进细胞运动、侵袭和远处转移。白细胞介素(IL)-8在肿瘤中高表达,并可能诱导EMT。IL-8/IL-8R轴在癌的EMT中起关键作用,其受多种信号通路调控,包括转化生长因子β-脾相关酪氨酸激酶/Src-AKT/细胞外信号调节激酶、p38/应激活化蛋白激酶-激活转录因子-2、磷酸肌醇3-激酶/AKT、核因子-κB和Wnt信号通路。阻断IL-8/IL-8R信号通路可能是减少转移和提高患者生存率的一种新策略。本综述将涵盖肿瘤上皮-间质转化中的IL-8-IL-8R信号通路。