ABSTRACT
@#【Objective】 To explore the effects of long- chain non- coding RNA highly up- reglated in liver cancer（LncRNA HULC）silencing expression on proliferation and apoptosis of human glioblastoma cell line SHG44.【Methods】 Quantitative Real- time Polymerase Chain Reaction （qRT- PCR） was used to verify the expression level of HULC in HULC silent expression group （HULC- siRNA）and negative control group （NC group）. CCK8 proliferation assay and plate colony formation assay were used to detect the proliferation of glioblastoma cells. Cell cycle and apoptosis assays were used to detect the cell cycle distribution and apoptosis of glioblastoma cells. 【Results】 qRT- PCR confirmed that HULC- siRNA group had significantly lower expression of HULC than NC group （P=0.003）. CCK8 proliferation experiment showed that the proliferation rate of HULC-siRNA group was significantly lower than that of NC group on the second，third and fourth days of experiment（Day 2，P=0.003；Day 3，P=0.005；Day 4，P=0.009）. Plate colony formation assay showed the cloning rates in the NC and HULC-siRNA groups were（34.11 ± 1.24）% and（14.44 ± 0.87）%，and it showed that the cell clone formation rate was clearly decreased after silenced expression of HULC （P<0.001）. The cell cycle assay showed that the numbers of cells in NC group and HULC-siRNA group were G1 phase（36.89 ± 4.09，51.74± 0.68）and S phase（46.95 ± 2.49，36.89 ± 2.13），and it showed that the cell cycle was blocked in G1/S phase after silencing HULC expression （G1 phase，P=0.023，S phase，P=0.038）. Apoptosis experiment showed that the early apoptotic rates of NC group and HULC-siRNA group were（2.57 ± 0.22）% and（7.063 ± 0.71）%，and it showed that the early apoptotic rate of the cells was significantly increased after silencing HULC expression （P=0.004）. 【Conclusion】 Silencing of LncRNA HULC can inhibit the proliferation of glioblastoma cells and promote their apoptosis.