Hepatitis C virus NS2 protein activates cellular cyclic AMP-dependent pathways
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- Title
- Hepatitis C virus NS2 protein activates cellular cyclic AMP-dependent pathways
- Authors
- Kim, KM; Kwon, SN; Kang, JI; Lee, SH; Jang, SK; Ahn, BY; Kim, YK
- Date Issued
- 2007-05-18
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Abstract
- Chronic infection of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) leads to liver cirrhosis and cancer. The mechanism leading to viral persistence and hepatocellular carcinoma, however, has not been fully understood. In this study, we show that the HCV infection activates cellular cAMP-dependent pathways. Expression of a luciferase reporter gene controlled by a basic promoter with the cAMP response element (CRE) was significantly elevated in human hepatoma Huh-7 cells infected with the HCV JFH1. Analysis with viral subgenomic replicons indicated that the HCV NS2 protein is responsible for the effect. Furthermore, the level of cellular transcripts whose stability is known to be regulated by cAMP was specifically reduced in cells harboring NS2-expressing replicons. These results allude to the HCV NS2 protein having a novel function of regulating cellular gene expression and proliferation through the cAMP-dependent pathway. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- hepatitis C virus; nonstructural protein 2; cyclic AMP; transcription; INHIBITOR MESSENGER-RNA; IN-VITRO; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDE REGULATION; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; VIRAL-HEPATITIS; GENE-EXPRESSION; NON-A
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/23441
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.070
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 356, no. 4, page. 948 - 954, 2007-05-18
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