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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic-polypeptide 3G (APOBEC3G) is a potent inhibitor of infection by a wide range of retroviruses. Although recent reports have suggested that human APOBEC3G exerts antiviral activity against hepatitis B virus, APOBEC3G expression is normally low in the human liver. To clarify the role of APOBEC3G in cellular defenses against hepatitis viruses, the regulation of the APOBEC3G expression was investigated in human hepatocytes. Endogenous transcripts of nine APOBEC family members were barely detectable in quiescent liver cells. However, APOBEC3G was significantly up-regulated in response to interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) stimulation in HepG2, Huh-7, and primary human hepatocytes. IFN regulatory factor elements that are important for IFN-inducible promoter activity were identified 5' upstream from the human APOBEC3G gene. Our findings provided the first evidence showing that APOBEC3G is induced by IFN stimulation in human hepatocytes and thus could be involved in host defense mechanisms directed against hepatitis viruses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
341
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
314-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Antiviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Cytidine Deaminase, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Hepatitis Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Nucleoside Deaminases, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16426578-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Anti-viral protein APOBEC3G is induced by interferon-alpha stimulation in human hepatocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't