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Volume 101, Issue 9

Hepatitis B virus X protein stimulates cell growth by downregulating p16 levels via PA28γ-mediated proteasomal degradation Free

Abstract

Proteasomal activator 28 gamma (PA28γ), an essential constituent of the 20S proteasome responsible for ubiquitin-independent degradation of target proteins, is frequently overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently, we have reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx) activates PA28γ expression in human hepatocytes via upregulation of p53 levels; however, its role in HBV tumorigenesis remains unknown. Here, we found that HBxactivated PA28γ downregulates p16 levels via ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation. As a result, HBx activated the Rb-E2F pathway and stimulated G/S cell cycle progression, resulting in an increase in cell proliferation. The potential of HBx to induce these effects was reproduced in a 1.2-mer HBV replicon and in HBV infection systems and was almost completely abolished by either PA28γ knockdown or p16 overexpression, demonstrating the critical role of the PA28γmediated p16 degradation in HBV tumorigenesis.

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Keyword(s): cell cycle , HBx , hepatitis B virus , p16 , p53 , PA28γ and proteasome
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • The National Research Foundation of Korea (Award NRF-2019R1A2C2011478)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Kyung Lib Jang
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