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Table 2 Examples of interference tools targeting centromere proteins in vitro model in hepatocellular carcinoma

From: Recent updates of centromere proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review

Interference tools

Centromere protein

Cell types

Main results

References

siRNA

CENP-A

HepG2 cells

Knockdown of CENP-A in HepG2 cells reduced cell

proliferation, blocked cell cycle at the G1 phase, and increased apoptosis.

Li Y, et al.2011

siRNA (shCENPB#3)

CENP-B

Hep3B and MHCC97 cell lines

shCENPB#3 exhibited a significant inhibition of cell proliferation and invasion capacity in HCC cell lines upon downregulation of CENP-B expression.

Wang X, et al.2023

miR-29a

CENP-B

Hep3B and MHCC97 cell lines

miR-29a may act as a suppressor for HCC by negatively regulating CENP-B expression.

Wang X, et al.2023

GSK923295

CENP-E

LM3, HUH7, and HepG2 cell lines

GSK923295 induced antiproliferation in HCC cell lines. Exposure of liver cells to GSK923295 resulted in delay on a cell cycle in mitosis with a phenotype of misaligned chromosomes and chromosomes clustered.

Tang JC, et al.2019

esiRNA (No. EHU047311)

CENP-F

HCCLM3 and Huh7 cells

CENP-F knockdown significantly inhibited the growth of HCCLM3 and Huh7 cells and inhibited Cyclin E1 and Cyclin B1 expression in HCC cells.

Chen H, et al.2022

double-stranded siRNAs

CENP-F

PLC8024 and SMMC7721 cells

Knockdown of CENP-F could also significantly reduce the abilities of HCC cells to form colonies, as evident in the foci formation assay.

Dai Y, et al.2013

siRNA

CENP-H

Hep3B cells

CENP-H knockdown suppressed the colony formation ability and induced apoptosis of the Hep3B cells.

Lu G, et al.2017

shRNA

CENP-K

BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells

CENP-K downregulation inhibited cell viability and reduced the number of colonies formed by BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells. Silencing CENP-K decreased the migration and invasion of HCC cells.

Wang J, et al.2019

miR-214-3p

CENP-M

Huh-7 and MHCC97-H cell lines

CENP-M mRNA and protein in HCC tissues was significant increased. miR-214-3p could negatively regulate the expression of CENP-M in HCC cells.

Zou Y, et al.2020

miRNA-214-3p

CENP-M

Huh7 and HepG2 cells

miRNA-214-3p distinctly suppressed the expressions of CENP-M, while its silence displayed an opposite result.

Ren H, et al.2021

si-CENPM

CENP-M

Huh7 and HepG2 cells

si-CENPM suppressed the expressions of CENP-M in Huh7 and HepG2 cells. Knockdown of CENP-M distinctly suppressed the proliferation, invasion and migration of Huh7 and HepG2 cells.

Ren H, et al.2021

si-CENPM

CENP-M

HepG2, SMMC-7721, LM3, MHCC-97 H cells

Silencing CENP-M by si-CENP-M significantly suppressed the proliferation, migration and invasion ability of HCC cells.

Duan J, et al.2021

TMEM106C

CENP-M

HepG2, SMMC-7721, LM3, MHCC-97 H cells

TMEM106C significantly suppressed the proliferation and metastasis of HCC through targeting CENP-M.

Duan J, et al.2021

siRNA (shRNA-CENPM)

CENP-M

Huh7 and HepG2 cells

Knocking down CENP-M inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Low-expression of CENP-M increased the proportion of cells in G2/M phase, and decreased the proportion of cells in G0/G1 both in Huh7 and HepG2 cell lines.

Xiao Y, et al.2019

siRNA

CENP-N

HepG2 and Huh7

The expression of p53, p27, p21, CDK4, cyclin D1, CDK2, cyclin E, pRb, E2F1, and c-Myc decreased after CENP-N knockout. In addition, irradiated CENP-N knockout cells showed a significant increase in γ - H2AX expression and a decrease in colony formation.

Wang Q, et al.2021

siRNAs

CENP-U

Huh-7 and MHCC-97 H cells

Knockdown of CENP-U inhibited the G1/S transition of HCC cells via E2F1.

Liu Y, et al.2022

siRNAs

CENP-W

Hep3B and Huh7 cells

Low expression of CENP-W was associated with better prognosis in HCC patients. SiRNA transfection could effectively knock out CENP-W in liver cancer cells.

Zhou Z, et al.2020

siRNAs

CENP-W

Hep3B and Huh7 cells

CENP-W knockdown could inhibit cell proliferation, migration and invasion by inducing the G0/G1 phase arrest and cell apoptosis in HCC cells via the E2F signaling regulation.

Zhou Y, et al.2021

  1. Note. CENP, centromere protein; siRNA, small interfering RNA; esiRNA, endoribonuclease prepared siRNA; shRNA, short hairpin RNA; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma;