The present study explored that the effects and its possible mechanisms of ring finger protein 20 (RNF20) in Postoperative survival rate of liver cancer in clinical. All the serum samples were collected from our hospital. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and microarray analysis, and RNA pull down assay were used in this study. We found that the serum RNF20 mRNA expression level in patients with liver cancer were down-regulated. Postoperative survival rate of RNF20 high expression was higher than that of RNF20 low expression. Then, over-expression of RNF20 diminished liver cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. RNF20 reduced Warburg effect of liver cancer. RNF20 expression regulated NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) expression and increased NLRP3 Ubiquitination. NLRP3 participated in the effects of RNF20 on cell proliferation, and not affected on Warburg effect of liver cancer. Our study demonstrated that the serum RNF20 expression level was down-regulated in liver cancer, and promoted postoperative survival rate. RNF20 can reduce cancer progression of liver cancer by NLRP3 signal pathway, suggesting that it may prove to be a potential therapeutic target for postoperative survival rate of liver cancer.

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