Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 208-213.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2020.03.004

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The effect of silencing PRMT5 gene in biological behavior of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

ZHOU Jian1,CHEN Xuejian1,WANG Wei1,LI Ning1,SUN Zhenyu1.2,XU Lishan1   

  1. 1.Department of Oncological and Hepatobiliary Surgery,The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150001,China;
    2.Department of Anorectal Surgery,The First Hospital of Ningbo City
  • Received:2020-01-02 Revised:2020-03-26 Published:2020-06-30

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of protein arginine methyltransferase 5(PRMT5)on the biological behavior of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells.Methods The expression of PRMT5 was detected with Western blot in normal liver cell line LO2 and hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines HepG2 and Huh7 cells.siRNA technology was used to knockdown the expression of PRMT5 and flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptosis of HepG2 and Huh7 cells.The protein expression of protein kinase B(AKT)and phosphorylated protein kinase B(P-AKT)was detected by Western blot.Results Compared with LO2 cells,PRMT5 was highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines HepG2 and Huh7(P<0.05).Inhibition of PRMT5 expression could promote apoptosis of HCC cells.The expression of P-AKT was decreased when knocked-down the expression of PRMT5 gene(P<0.01).Conclusion PRMT5 may promote HCC(Hepatocellular Carcinoma)cell apoptosis by regulating AKT pathway.Therefore,PRMT5 may be a potential biomarker and promising therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Key words: PRMT5, Hepatocellular carcinoma cells, P-AKT

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