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Objective To examine the expression of metastasis-associated in colon cancer 1 (MACC1) gene in ovarian cancer cell lines and investigate its effect on biological behaviors of ovarian cancer cells.Methods The expression of MACC1 was examined by qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis in four ovarian cancer cell lines inculding OVCAR3,ES-2,SKOV3 and HO-8910.When the MACC1 was transfected to OVCAR3 cells,fluorogenic quantitative PCR was used to filter and identify MACC1 gene after the efficient silencing.Changes of adhesion in the cells were analyzed by an adhesion assay.Transwell migration and invasion assay and in vitro vascular mimicry assay were used to detect migration,invasion and angiogenesis of OVCAR3 cells in vitro.Results The expression of MACC1 gene was higher in OVCAR3 compared to other cell lines.qRT-PCR confirmed that the expression of MACC1 was silenced successfully after transient transfected MACC1-siRNA into OVCAR3 cells.After successful silencing the MACC1 expression,the adhesion ability was inhibited to some degree.In transwell migration assay,the numbers of cells in upper chamber passing through the membrane in transfected group were less than control groups (245.5 ±12.8,500.3±16.5 and 496.3±13.1 respectively),while in transwell invasion assay,the numbers of cells in upper chamber passing through the membrane in transfected group were less than the negative group and control group (185.3±14.1,405.7±9.1 and 416.3±11.5 respectively),both with markedly differences among the three groups.In tube formation assay,the distrubition of HUVECs was diffused with less junctions,and the average number of complete tubular structure was decreased in transfected group compared to the corresponding controls.Conclusion RNA interference inhibits the expression of MACC1 and effectively inhibits the metastasis and invasion abilities of ovarian cancer cells in vitro,and MACC1 is expected to become the target gene of ovarian cancer treatment.