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Purpose To investigate the effect of CXCL12/CXCR4 and MMP-2 on the biological behavior of triple-negative breast cancer.Method CXCR4-siRNA and pcDNA3.1-CXCR4were transient transfected of in MDA-MB-231 cell line by liposome,RNA and protein were extracted.The mRNA and protein expressions of CXCR4,CXCL12 and MMP-2 were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively.And the migration and proliferation of the transfected cells were detected by Wound-healing assay and MTF assay.Result The experiment of RT-PCR and Westen blot demonstrated that CXCR4 mRNA and protein level expression declines after the expression CXCR4 was down-regulated (P ＜ 0.01),CXCL12 mRNA and protein level expression increased and MMP-2 mRNA and protein level expression increased after the expression CXCR4 was down-regulated (P＜0.01),MTT assay and Wound-healing assay results showed that the proliferation ability of 72 h cells was decreased,and the wound healing was slow.The experiment of RT-PCR and Westen blot demonstrated that CXCR4 mRNA and protein level expression increased after the expression CXCR4 was up-regulated (P ＜0.01).The CXCL12 mRNA and protein level expression declined and MMP-2 mRNA and protein level expression increased after the expression CXCR4 was up-regulated (P ＜0.01),MTT assay and wound-healing assay results showed that the proliferation ability of 72 h cells was increased,and the wound healing was accelerated.Conclusion CXCL12/CXCR4/ MMP-2 signaling pathway is activated in the triple-negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells,and the inhibition of CXCR4 can reverse the proliferation and migration of malignant biological process.