Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression of zinc finger 267 (ZNF267) in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), and its effect on proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, migration and invasion of TCC cells. Methods qRTPCR was performed to detect the expression of ZNF267 in tissues and cells of TCC. ZNF267 expression of TCC cells was silenced by siRNA. After silencing the expression of ZNF267 in TCC cells, the cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8, cell apoptosis and cell cycle were detected by flow cytometry. Furthermore, the effect of ZNF267 on cell migration and cell invasion was detected by Transwell assay. Results The expression of ZNF267 was up-regulated in the TCC tissues and cells compared with the adjacent tissues and immortalized human bladder urothelial cells. Compared with the ZNF267-normal TCC cells, the proliferation of the TCC cells transfected with ZNF267 siRNA was significantly inhibited, but the cell apoptosis ability was significantly promoted. Furthermore, the cell cycle of the TCC cells transfected with ZNF267 siRNA was arrest at G1 stage, the cell migration and invasion were decreased in the TCC cells transfected with ZNF267 siRNA. Conclusions ZNF267 is significantly upregulated in TCC tissues and cells, and could promote the proliferation and migration of TCC cells.