Expression level of RNF187 and its effect on the proliferation and invasion of prostate cancer cells

Objective To investigate the expression level of RING finger protein 187 （RNF187） and its effect on the proliferation and invasion of prostate cancer （PCa） cells. Methods The differences in the expression of RNF187 between PCa and normal tissues was mined through TCGA and GEO databases. Normal prostate epithelial cell line RWPE-1， and human PCa cell lines LNCaP， C4-2， DU145 and PC-3 cell lines were cultured in vitro. The expression levels of RNF187 mRNA in RWPE-1， LNCaP， C4-2， DU145 and PC-3 were determined by quantitative fluorescent real-time PCR （RT-qPCR）. The expression level of RNF187 protein was determined by Western blot. DU145， PC-3 cells were transfected with RNF187-siRNA1 and RNF187-siRNA2. The relative expression level of RNF187 mRNA was determined by RT-qPCR. Cell viability was detected by CCK-8 assay. Cell proliferation was measured by 5-ethynyl-2´-deoxyuridine （EdU） labeling. Cell migration and invasion were measured by Transwell chamber. The expression levels of RNF187， epithelial-mesenchymal t