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Abstract

Proteasomal activator gamma (PA28γ), frequently overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma, is believed to play important roles in tumourigenesis. However, the underlying mechanism of PA28γ overexpression and its possible roles in hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication are largely unknown. In the present study, we found that hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) activates PA28γ expression by upregulating p53 levels in human hepatoma cells. The elevated PA28γ levels in turn repressed seven in absentia homologue 1 expression via downregulation of p53 levels, thereby inhibiting ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation of HBx, which ultimately led to upregulation of HBx levels. The correlation among HBx, p53 and PA28γ was exactly reproduced in a 1.2-mer HBV replicon system, mimicking the natural course of HBV infection. In particular, knockdown of either p53 or PA28γ in HepG2 cells downregulated HBx levels and thereby inhibited HBV replication, whereas overexpression of p53 or PA28γ in Hep3B cells upregulated HBx levels, which stimulated HBV replication, indicating that p53 and PA28γ act as activators of HBV replication. In conclusion, HBx levels are upregulated via a positive feedback loop involving p53 and PA28γ to stimulate HBV propagation.

Keyword(s): HBx , hepatitis B virus , p53 , PA28γ and proteasome
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2024-03-28
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