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11891535

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
The X-gene product of hepatitis B virus (HBX) modulates a variety of viral and cellular genes relevant to hepatocarcinogenesis, where alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is produced by hepatoma cells. In the present study, the possible mechanism by which HBX regulates AFP expression was investigated using three human hepatoma cells, HepG2, HuH-7 and Hep3B, which are known to contain the wild-type, the mutant-type and the deletion of p53, respectively. Transfection with the HBX expression vector stimulated the co-transfected AFP reporter gene expression in HepG2 cells and HuH-7 cells, but not in Hep3B cells. Transfection with the p53 expression vector repressed the AFP reporter gene expression in all three hepatoma cells, while overexpression of HBX counteracted the p53-induced repression. In addition, a G-->A substitution at nucleotide -119 in the AFP promoter sequence abrogated the stimulatory effect of HBX on the AFP promoter in HepG2 cells. These results suggest that HBX interacts with p53 to up-regulate AFP gene transcription probably by restoration of the p53-mediated repression of the AFP promotor activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1107-3756
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
397-400
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Transactivation of human alpha-fetoprotein gene by X-gene product of hepatitis B virus in human hepatoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article