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ArticleiScience2025

Dual targeting of CXCR4 and EZH2 in endometriosis.

Sarah Brunty, Kassey Wagner, Taylor Fleshman, Morgan Ruley, Brenda Mitchell, Nalini Santanam

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Bioactive factors in endometriosis peritoneal fluid remodel human cardiomyocytes.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Sarah BruntyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1700 3 Avenue, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
Kassey WagnerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1700 3 Avenue, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
Taylor FleshmanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1700 3 Avenue, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
Morgan RuleyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, One John Marshall Dr, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
Brenda MitchellDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, One John Marshall Dr, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
Nalini SantanamDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1700 3 Avenue, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.

Funding

WV INBRE: The Inhibitor of Growth Family Member 4 (ING4) inhibits L-Type Amino Acid Transporter 1 (LAT1) expression to suppress Breast CancerP20GM103434 · NIGMS · MARSHALL UNIVERSITY · PI Travis Salisbury · 2012 to 2026
$61.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently showed that endometriotic peritoneal fluid (PF) altered the regulation of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and H3K27me3. This study aimed to determine if PF by regulating EZH2/H3K27me3 modulated C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4), a major chemokine involved in the proliferation and migration processes in endometriosis. Endometriotic PF induced the mRNA expression of CXCR4 and EZH2 and protein expression of H3K27me3 in human endometrial stromal cells (hESCs) and eutopic endometrium (Eu). CXCR4 inhibitor, AMD3100, decreased the PF-induced expression of these factors and reduced migration, but increased the proliferation of hESCs. In contrast, the EZH2 inhibitor, GSK126, decreased the expression of EZH2 and H3K27me3 and reduced proliferation, but increased the expression of CXCR4 and migration of hESCs. A combination of both inhibitors decreased the expression of CXCR4, EZH2, and H3K27me3, as well as reduced cell proliferation and migration. Our study suggests that targeting both CXCR4 (inflammation) and EZH2 (epigenetics) may be a better alternative for women with endometriosis.

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PMCPMC11960671

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