Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of Glypican-3 on proliferation, invasiveness and migratory
metastasis of HepG2 cells. Methods High effective GPC-3-shRNA was obtained by construction and screening.
The expression of GPC-3 was analyzed by western blot after transfected into HepG2 cells. The effects of gene
silence of GPC-3 on proliferation, invasiveness and migratory metastasis of HepG2 cells were analyzed by
MTT, cell scratch test and transwell chamber system, respectively. Results The most effective shRNA inhibited
77.7% expression of GPC-3. The proliferation of HepG2 cells were significantly inhibited after GPC-3 silence
(P = 0.014). The migratory metastasis and invasiveness with reduced significantly, and the invasion inhibition
rate was 52.4%. Conclusion The proliferation, invasiveness and migratory metastasis of HepG2 cells were
significantly inhibited after GPC-3 silence, which suggests that GPC-3 may play an important role in the
development of hepatic carcinoma and contribute to targeted therapy for hepatic carcinoma.
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