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- Title
Down-regulation of G protein-coupled receptor 137 by RNA interference inhibits cell growth of two hepatoma cell lines.
- Authors
Shao, Xin; Liu, Yong; Huang, Hai; Zhuang, Linyuan; Luo, Tianping; Huang, Huping; Ge, Xinguo
- Abstract
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important signal transduction mediators and pharmacological therapeutic targets. G protein-coupled receptor 137 (GPR137) was initially reported as a novel orphan GPCR around 10 years ago. Some orphan GPCRs have been implicated in cancer cell proliferation and migration. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of GPR137 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). GPR137 is widely expressed in several human HCC cell lines, as determined by real-time PCR. We then applied lentivirus mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to knock down GPR137 expression in two HCC cell lines HepG2 and Bel7404. Depletion of GPR137 remarkably inhibited cell proliferation and colony formation capacity. Knockdown of GPR137 in HepG2 cells led to cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase and G2/M phase, and induced cell apoptosis, as determined by flow cytometry analysis, which contributed to cell growth inhibition. Our findings suggested that GPR137 could facilitate HCC cell proliferation and thus promote hepatocarcinogenesis. Cell Biol Int XX (2014) XXXX-XXXX © 2014 International Federation for Cell Biology
- Subjects
G protein coupled receptors; THERAPEUTIC use of RNA interference; HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; CANCER cell growth; CELLULAR signal transduction; GENE expression
- Publication
Cell Biology International, 2015, Vol 39, Issue 4, p418
- ISSN
1065-6995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cbin.10412