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Silva, J.C.L.D.;  Vicari, H.P.;  Machado-Neto, J.A. Expression and Functions for Ezrin in Human Cancers. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/40824 (accessed on 19 September 2024).
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This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper 10.3390/futurepharmacol3010005

Ezrin (EZR), a member of the ezrin, radixin, moesin (ERM) protein family, is essential for linking the actin cytoskeleton to the cell membrane and participates in the signal transduction of key signaling pathways such as Rho GTPases and PI3K/AKT/mTOR. Clinical and preclinical studies in a wide variety of solid and hematological tumors indicate that (i) EZR is highly expressed and predicts an unfavorable clinical outcome, and (ii) EZR inhibition reduces proliferation, migration, and invasion in experimental models.

ezrin ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) protein family cancer

1. Breast Cancer

EZR is upregulated in breast cancer tissues compared with normal breast tissues, especially in metastatic breast cancer, and also may be used as a biomarker in overall survival (OS) [1]. Indeed, it had been demonstrated that EZR was required for the invasion and metastasis of mammary carcinoma cells [2]. In metastatic breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231, EZR silencing by shRNA reduced cell motility and invasion, c-Src signaling, and increased E-cadherin expression, a vital component of the adherent junctions [3]. EZR interacts with AKT in breast cancer cells, induces its downstream signaling pathway, and promotes tumor progression [4]. PI3K and proto-oncogene c-Src activities were modulated by EZR and are required for EZR-dependent cell invasion [2]. The co-expression of EZR with CD44, a glycoprotein involved in cell–cell interactions, adhesion, and migration, may also be a potential biomarker for the initiation, progression, and differentiation of breast cancer tumors [5].

2. Melanoma

Ilmonen et al. [6] showed that EZR expression was found in 76 out of 95 melanoma samples analyzed (80%), with 48 weakly positive and 28 strongly positive, as evidenced by an immunohistochemistry assay. Notably, EZR immunoreactivity of metastatic tumors was more substantial than in primary tumors, and none of the metastasis samples were negative for EZR expression (two samples were weakly positive, and ten were strongly positive). Additionally, EZR expression was associated with tumor proliferation index and tumor growth in primary melanoma [6]. Federici et al. [7] aimed to correlate EZR’s molecular interactions with major actors of the metastatic behavior of tumor cells (i.e., CD44) and showed that an EZR deletion mutant (146 N-terminal amino acids) abolished the in vivo metastatic dissemination of a melanoma model. In melanoma cells, EZR expression was also associated with phagocytic machinery and phagocytosis through actin cytoskeleton modulation [8]. Interestingly, miR-183 may serve as a tumor suppressor since it reduces migratory activity and invasiveness of A375 human melanoma cells. In this context, EZR was identified as a target for miR-183 [9].

3. Cervical Carcinoma

EZR protein was highly expressed in all cervical cancer cell lines and tissues compared with the normal cervical tissues and predicted poor prognosis in cervical cancer [10][11]. In HPV-associated squamous intraepithelial lesions, EZR expression was associated with the severity of the disease. Intense staining for EZR with diffuse intracellular distribution was also observed in in situ adenocarcinoma. In contrast, the distribution in normal endocervical tissue was strongly polarized to the apical side of columnar epithelial cells [12]. In a previous study, the authors observed slightly reduced EZR expression due to HPV 16 E5, an oncogene facilitating the early events in the neoplastic development, suggesting that increased expression of EZR would rather be a consequence of E6 and/or E7 oncogene expression [13]. In HeLa and SiHa cells, EZR silencing by siRNA reduced colony formation and cervical cancer cells’ ability to cross the chorioallantoic membrane surface and infiltrate the underlying stroma, consequently attenuating migration, invasion, mesenchymal marker expression, and PI3K/AKT activation [10].

4. Colorectal Cancer

Through tissue microarray and immunohistochemistry, Patara et al. [14] concluded that a higher cytoplasmatic EZR expression correlates with higher tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis. Moreover, its expression is an important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer patients. One of the major causes of poor prognosis in colorectal cancer is lymph node metastasis initiated by epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) due to the activation of several signaling pathways by EZR, which plays a significant role in protein signal transmission. Indeed, many growth factors and cytokines have been proven essential in stimulating EMT, including EGF. Li et al. [15] showed that the knockout of EZR inhibits EGF-induced lung metastasis of colorectal cancer xenografts. Abnormal activation of EZR and NFκB are related to colorectal cancer metastasis and poor prognosis. EZR expression was also associated with the degree of tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, and Dukes’ stage [14][16]. Gavert et al. [17] reported that the NFκB-mediated signaling participates in cellular changes induced by L1 (immunoglobulin-like cell-adhesion receptors) that lead to invasive phenotype in colorectal cancer. Moreover, the same authors found that NFκB- and EZR-mediated signaling are essential for the ability of L1 to induce metastasis in colorectal cancer cells. The decrease in NFκB transactivation, EZR levels, or an L1 mutant with an altered EZR-binding domain blocked the ability of L1 to induce liver metastasis. Accordingly, colorectal cancer patients with moderate to robust EZR expression (by immunohistochemistry) presented a reduced five-year overall survival rate compared to patients with a negative or low-intensity EZR expression [14]. Increased EZR phosphorylation at T567 was also reported in samples from colorectal cancer patients, which was associated with the IGF1R signaling pathway and expression of XIAP and BIRC5, both apoptosis inhibitors [18].

5. Endometrial Cancer

In endometrial cancer, EZR expression is higher in the high-metastasis Ishikawa subclone (named mEIIL) compared to its parental low-metastasis cell line. Treatment with EZR antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides reduced invasiveness, but not proliferation, in mEIIL cells [19]. High EZR protein expression was reported in uterine endometrioid adenocarcinomas. EZR protein levels were also significantly increased in endometrial hyperplasias that more frequently progressed to invasive cancer and metastatic lesions than in the matched primary lesions. In endometrioid carcinomas, EZR was at least focally expressed in 93% of cases, which was quite heterogeneous, with a wide range from only a few to nearly 100% positive tumor cells [20].

6. Gastric Cancer

EZR immunostaining was positive in 81.1% of intestinal-type and 40.9% of diffuse-type adenocarcinoma cases, suggesting that low EZR expression indicates the loss of adhesion in diffuse carcinomas. Furthermore, EZR overexpression was related to Helicobacter pylori infection [21]. In another study, EZR expression was detected, at low levels, in 11.2% of non-tumor mucosae and, at elevated levels, in 59.2% of gastric cancer samples. EZR overexpression was associated with age, tumor size, location, differentiation stage, depth of invasion, vessel invasion, lymph node and distant metastasis, and TNM stage, and it was an independent prognostic factor in patients with gastric carcinoma [22]. Jin et al. reported similar findings [23]. The high frequency of EZR expression suggests a central role in gastric cancer biology. Thus, EZR protein expression could be used as an early diagnostic marker of gastric cancer and its precancerous disease, and its overexpression may be a predictor of poor prognosis [23].

7. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

In head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients, high cytoplasmic EZR expression was observed in 92% of the tumors and independently associated with a worse prognosis [24]. These data were validated in a large cohort in which the high EZR expression was associated with poor survival outcomes. Notably, tumors with high cytoplasmic EZR display a more invasive phenotype [25].

8. Hepatocellular Carcinoma

EZR expression was higher in tumor samples than hepatic tissues and associated with metastasis and differentiation degree [26][27]. High EZR levels have been significantly associated with advanced TNM stage, poor Edmondson’s histological grade, macroscopic portal vein invasion, tumor recurrence, and extrahepatic recurrence, and are independently associated with poor overall survival [28][29]. Increased levels of EZR were observed in hepatocarcinoma cell lines with higher metastatic potential, and EZR inhibition by siRNA reduced clonogenicity, cell proliferation, motility, and invasion [29][30]. EZR hyperphosphorylation has been identified as responsible for the invasion of hepatocellular cells, promoting intrahepatic metastasis in vivo and cell migration in vitro [31][32]. EZR overexpression promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation, EMT, angiogenesis, and glycolysis reprogramming [31][32]. In hepatocellular carcinoma patients, EZR gene expression was significantly decreased after treatment with arsenic trioxide [33], suggesting a potential approach for pharmacological intervention on EZR expression.

9. Kidney Cancer

In renal cell cancer, the absence of EZR expression was an independent prognostic factor of disease-specific survival. EZR expression was also associated with incidental tumors, clinical stage, pT stage, synchronic metastasis, and ISUP histological grade [34][35].

10. Leukemia

In T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells, ERM phosphorylation has been found to promote invasion [36], and EZR deregulation has been related to the progression of mouse preleukemia erythroblasts toward malignancy [37]. In acute myeloid leukemia cells, functional studies have shown that EZR promotes survival and acts as an effector protein in cell signaling mediated by FLT3-ITD and mutated KIT receptors [37][38][39]. In a comprehensive analysis of cytoskeleton regulatory genes, Lipreri da Silva et al. [40] identified that high EZR expression is an independent marker of worse outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients, and EZR pharmacological inhibition reduced viability, proliferation, autonomous clonal growth, and cell cycle progression in leukemia cells. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), EZR is highly expressed and associated with molecular signatures relevant to the disease’s development and maintenance, including TP53, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, NFκB, and MAPK pathways [41]. Pharmacological EZR inhibition with NSC305787 reduced viability, clonogenicity, and cell cycle progression and induced apoptosis in CLL primary and cell lines [41].

11. Lymphoma

In diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, EZR is essential to B-cell antigen receptor organization at the cell membrane and supports proliferation and survival signals. EZR inhibition by siRNA or pharmacological agents reduced cell viability in lymphoma cells [42]. Moreover, it has been shown that ERM proteins regulate B- and T-cell activation by controlling BCR and TCR dynamics, scaffolding protein assembly, and membrane-associated intracellular signaling [43].

12. Lung Cancer

EZR expression was associated with late-stage tumors, pleural invasion, and poor survival outcomes in non-small cell lung carcinomas [44]. EZR phosphorylation at T567 and Y353 was significantly upregulated in non-small cell lung carcinomas compared with normal tissues, which was also correlated with poor differentiation and late clinical stage. However, only EZR phosphorylation at T567 overexpression was associated with the presence of lymph node metastasis and overall survival [45]. EZR may also be a possible predictor to assess the prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma since its gene expression was associated with lymphatic metastasis [46].

13. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Pleural mesothelioma expresses activated ERM proteins, with EZR being the principal component of this family of proteins associated with proliferation and migration in this disease [47].

14. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

EZR expression was significantly associated with N-classification, UICC stage, and lymphangitic carcinomatosis [48]. Another study, using tissue microarray, observed that EZR is overexpressed in primary tongue squamous cell carcinoma and may be implicated in these cells’ growth, migration, and invasiveness, possibly regulating the E-cadherin/β-catenin complex [49]. Evaluation of EZR expression in human tongue cancer tissues by immunohistochemical staining showed that this protein was highly expressed in invasive squamous cell carcinoma compared to in situ carcinoma [50]. Another study also suggested that EZR may be involved in the progression of tongue carcinoma in situ to squamous cell carcinoma [51]. Immunoexpression results confirmed a correlation between EZR expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the lip, suggesting cooperative participation of these proteins in cell movement and invasion [52]. In tongue squamous cell carcinoma clinical samples, EZR activation at Y353 is associated with metastases and poor patient prognosis [53].

15. Ovarian Cancer

In OVCA cells, estradiol increased EZR expression, which was associated with invasive behavior [54]. In ovarian carcinoma patients, EZR expression presents a high predictive value for tumor-related death, including late stage [55]. EZR regulates OVCA cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by modulating EMT and inducing the formation of actin stress fibers by regulating Rho GTPase activity [56]. In three-dimensional cultured ovarian carcinoma cell lines, reduced expression of EZR by shRNA impaired invasiveness and cell branching ability [57].

16. Pancreatic Cancer

Zhou et al. [58] showed that the levels of p-EZR T567/p-EZR Y353 protein expression in the cytoplasm of pancreatic cancer cells increased with the TNM stage of human pancreatic cancers. The survival time of the group positive for p-EZR T567/p-EZR Y353 protein expression was shorter than that of the negative group [58]. EZR levels were significantly upregulated in pancreatic cancer patients’ samples and correlated with poor prognosis [59]. Two active phosphorylated sites of EZR, Y353 and T567, were differentially expressed in pancreatic cancer tissues. High EZR phosphorylation at Y353, but not T567, was associated with malignant progression and clinical outcomes of pancreatic cancer patients [60]. In pancreatic cancer cells, EZR was involved in the cytoskeleton modulation, protrusions, and microvilli, which were related to migration and invasion [61]. Bioinformatic tools showed that EZR expression predicted worse survival outcomes in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma cohort, and gene signatures were associated with EZR expression, including apoptosis, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling, estrogen response early, NOTCH signaling, estrogen response late, and pancreatic beta cells [62]. Pharmacological EZR inhibitor, NSC305787, reduced viability, clonogenicity, migration, and induced apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells [62].

17. Prostate Cancer

EZR expression was moderate or strong in samples from prostate cancer patients and negative or weakly expressed in benign cases [63]. EZR staining was more intense in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia than in other prostate cancer cells [64]. EZR was found to be an essential intracellular mediator of cell invasion in hormone-sensitive and hormone-resistant prostate cancer cells. Androgen treatment induces EZR expression and phosphorylation at T567 and Y353 residues. Overexpression of mutated EZR variants (T567A and Y353F) or EZR silencing by siRNA inhibited androgen-induced invasion [65]. In metastatic prostate cancer cell lines (22RV1 and PC-3), EZR overexpression promoted migratory and invasive abilities. Accordingly, EZR expression was significantly increased in circulating tumor cells from metastatic prostate cancer patients [66].
After radical prostatectomy, circulating tumor cells from EZR-positive prostate cancer patients were susceptible to tumor metastases [66]. In nude mice bearing prostate cancer, treatment with baicalein decreased tumor volume and weight, which were much more pronounced in those with in vivo EZR knockdown [67]. Furthermore, baicalein treatment suppresses proliferative capacity in prostate cancer cell lines, interrupts the cell cycle progression, and stimulates apoptosis through EZR downregulation [67].

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