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The hepatitis B virus MHBst167 protein is a pleiotropic transactivator mediating its effect via ubiquitous cellular transcription factors Free

Abstract

C-terminally truncated surface proteins of hepatitis B virus (HBV) are frequently translated from genomically integrated viral sequences. They may be relevant for hepatocarcinogenesis by stimulating gene expression. First, we examined the transactivating potential of middle hepatitis B surface protein truncated at amino acid (aa) position 167 (MHBs) on the HBV regulatory element. In transient cotransfection assays using Chang liver or HepG2 cell lines and chloramphenicol acetyl- transferase (CAT) reporter constructs only the HBV enhancer I, but no other HBV regulatory elements like the X promoter, the S1 or S2 promoter or the enhancer II/core promoter could be stimulated by MHBs. Since there is no evidence for a direct interaction of MHBs with DNA, we subsequently analysed whether cellular transcription factors were involved in mediating transactivation. This was tested both with isolated transcription-factor-binding sites and in the natural context of viral and cellular promoter elements. Deletion analysis and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that Sp1,AP1 and NF-kB can mediate transactivation by MHBs. No involvement of CREB, NF1 or the liver- specific factor C/EBP was found. These data indicate that MHBs is a pleiotropic, non-liver-specific transactivator which exerts its effect via ubiquitous cellular transcription factors that are also involved in the regulation of expression of cellular genes relevant for proliferation and inflammation.

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The hepatitis B virus MHBst167 protein is a pleiotropic transactivator mediating its effect via ubiquitous cellular transcription factors
J. Gen. Virol. 78, 1487 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-78-6-1487
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