TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel autoregulatory function of hepatitis B virus M protein on surface gene expression
AU - Huang, Tsurng Juhn
AU - Lu, Cheng Chan
AU - Tsai, Jui Chen
AU - Yao, Wei Jen
AU - Lu, Xuanyong
AU - Lai, Ming Derg
AU - Liu, Hsiao Sheng
AU - Shiau, Ai Li
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/7/29
Y1 - 2005/7/29
N2 - The hepatitis B virus surface gene consists of a single open reading frame divided into three coding regions: pre-S1, pre-S2, and S. By alternate translation at each of the three initiation codons, L, M, and S proteins can be synthesized. Studies have shown that M protein is not essential for viral replication, virion morphogenesis, or in vitro infectivity. In this study, we show that native M protein can regulate surface gene expression at the transcriptional level. The regulatory effect of M protein is mediated through the CCAAT box within the S promoter. Deletion mapping analysis indicated that the transactivating effect of M protein is mediated through amino acids 1-57 of M protein (the MHBsau domain), although its maximal transactivation activity coincides with that of the pre-S2 domain. This conclusion is supported by the fact that disruption of the putative V8 protease site at the pre-S2/S domain junction not only rendered M protein incapable of transactivating the S promoter but also inactivated its nuclear translocation potential. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblot experiments demonstrated that pre-S2 interacts with the three subunits of the CCAAT box-binding factor/nuclear factor Y, the cognate binding protein of the CCAAT box. These results demonstrate and define a novel regulatory role of M protein, which, under natural conditions, may undergo a proteolytic process to generate an MHBsau species that will be translocated inside the nucleus, where it will interact with the CCAAT box-binding factor to regulate surface gene expression. Because the CCAAT box is located at a fixed position within numerous promoters, these observations might provide a plausible explanation for hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocarciriogenesis.
AB - The hepatitis B virus surface gene consists of a single open reading frame divided into three coding regions: pre-S1, pre-S2, and S. By alternate translation at each of the three initiation codons, L, M, and S proteins can be synthesized. Studies have shown that M protein is not essential for viral replication, virion morphogenesis, or in vitro infectivity. In this study, we show that native M protein can regulate surface gene expression at the transcriptional level. The regulatory effect of M protein is mediated through the CCAAT box within the S promoter. Deletion mapping analysis indicated that the transactivating effect of M protein is mediated through amino acids 1-57 of M protein (the MHBsau domain), although its maximal transactivation activity coincides with that of the pre-S2 domain. This conclusion is supported by the fact that disruption of the putative V8 protease site at the pre-S2/S domain junction not only rendered M protein incapable of transactivating the S promoter but also inactivated its nuclear translocation potential. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblot experiments demonstrated that pre-S2 interacts with the three subunits of the CCAAT box-binding factor/nuclear factor Y, the cognate binding protein of the CCAAT box. These results demonstrate and define a novel regulatory role of M protein, which, under natural conditions, may undergo a proteolytic process to generate an MHBsau species that will be translocated inside the nucleus, where it will interact with the CCAAT box-binding factor to regulate surface gene expression. Because the CCAAT box is located at a fixed position within numerous promoters, these observations might provide a plausible explanation for hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocarciriogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M502209200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M502209200
M3 - Article
C2 - 15899887
AN - SCOPUS:23044439041
VL - 280
SP - 27742
EP - 27754
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 30
ER -