JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 632-636.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2014.06.018

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Overexpression of histidine-rich glycoprotein plasmids inhibits cell proliferation of MHCC-97H cells in vitro

Hu Xiaoyun, Chen Jinzhang, Liao Yujing   

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,Guangdong Province,China
  • Received:2014-06-06 Online:2014-12-31 Published:2016-04-11

Abstract: Objective To investigate the expression of histidine-rich glycoprotein(HRG) in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) and its impact on HCC cell proliferation. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of HRG in 8 HCC specimens and Western blot to evaluate the expression of HRG in 11 surgical cancerous and its non-cancerous specimens. The cell proliferation was analyzed by flow cytometry after stable overexpression of HRG in MHCC-97H cells. Results Declined expression of HRG was found in all 8 cancerous tissues as compared to the non-tumor tissues;Similar results were obtained in 11 pairs of HCC and its para-carcinoma tissues;The relative expression of HRG/β-actin was(1.39±2.08) in para-carcinoma tissues, and (0.14 ± 0.17) in tumor tissue,with a significant difference between them(P<0.05);The cell proliferation of MHCC-97H cells overexpressing HRG was remarkably inhibited as compared with the mock cells[(1.72±1.19)% vs.(14.3± 2.99)%,P<0.01]. Conclusion HRG is down-regulated in HCC and HRG overexpression can inhibit HCC cell proliferation in vitro.

Key words: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Histidine-rich glycoprotein, Cell proliferation, In vitro