The invention provides an application of an HOXA3
gene as a target spot in screening and treating drugs for
hepatocellular carcinoma. Through single-
cell multi-
omics analysis, the HOXA3 is found to be remarkably and highly expressed in
liver cancer tissues and is closely related to
poor prognosis of patients. Mechanism research shows that HOXA3 promotes tumor proliferation and
metastasis through transcriptional up-regulation of YAP1 and RHOA, and an FGF19-FGFR4 / beta-
catenin signal channel positively regulates the expression of HOXA3. The invention verifies that the combined application of the YAP1 inhibitor Verteporfin and the RHOA inhibitor Rhosin can significantly inhibit the HOXA3-mediated
liver cancer progress, in-vivo experiments show that the tumor volume is reduced by 68%, the
lung metastasis inhibition rate reaches 83%, and an
effective treatment strategy is provided for HOXA3 positive
hepatocellular carcinoma.