Objective To study the expression level of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1-binding protein 2(EBP2)in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)tissues,and to analyze the effect of EBP2 on the pro-liferation,invasion and migration of HCC cells.Methods The mRNA expression data of HCC patients and the corresponding clinical information from the cancer genome atlas database were obtained,involving a total of 371 HCC samples and 50 adjacent normal liver tissue samples.The expression level of EBP2 gene was analyzed.Short hairpin RNA(shRNA)sequences targeting EBP2 were designed and cloned into lentiviral vector plasmids as knockdown plasmids;A negative control plasmid containing non-specific shRNA was con-structed at the same time.These plasmids were transfected into SMMC7721 and BEL-7404 cells,respectively,for the construction of EBP2 knockdown group cells(SMMC7721sh-EBP2 group,BEL-7404sh-EBP2 group)and their respective negative control group cells(SMMC7721sh-Ctrl group,BEL-7404sh-Ctrl group).Cell counting assays,plate clone formation assays,and scratch healing assays were used to detect the effects of EBP2 gene knockdown on HCC cells.Results The expression level of EBP2 in HCC tumor samples was higher than that in normal samples(2.256±0.312 vs.1.362±0.341,t=7.85,P<0.001).Compared with the SMMC7221 shCtrl group,the proliferative activity of hepatoma cells(1.28±0.03 vs.2.33±0.05),the number of colonies formed(86.78±12.69 vs.194.54±14.82),the number of invasive cells(104.78±12.26 vs.224.18±9.57)and the migration ability[(0.13±0.01)%vs.(0.24±0.01)%]in the SMMC7221shEBP2 group were all reduced(all P<0.001).Compared with the BEL-7404sh-Ctrl group,the HCC cell activity(1.08±0.04 vs.1.97±0.06),the number of colonies formed(90.94±10.49 vs.185.36±11.03),the number of invasive cells(94.39±11.25 vs.198.66±10.14)and the migration ability[(0.15±0.01)%vs.(0.38±0.01)%]in the BEL-7404shEBP2 group were all reduced(all P<0.001).Conclusion EBP2 is highly expressed in HCC cancer tissues,and EBP2 knockdown bear the potential to inhibit the proliferation,migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
关键词
癌,肝细胞/EB病毒核抗原1结合蛋白2/增殖/侵袭/迁移
Key words
Carcinoma,hepatocellular/Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1-binding protein 2/Proliferation/Invasion/Migrate