Mutagenese da proteina HBx do virus da hepatite B e estudo da interação com RNA e proteinas humanas / Mutagenesis of hepatitis B virus protein HBx and studies of its interaction with RNA and human proteins
AUTOR(ES)
Edmilson Rui
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
Viral hepatitis is an important global public health problem. Epidemiological data show that worldwide 350 million people are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus. About 95% of the infections cure spontaneously, but the chronically infected patients may develop liver cirrhosis or even hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A large body of evidence points to the viral onco-protein HBx as the principal cause for the cellular transformation. The majority of studies on HBx function suggest that it is a regulatory protein with pleiotropic functions and its capacity to induce tumor growth may be due to its ability to interact with a diverse array of cellular proteins. In the present study we investigated molecular and structural aspects of the function of the HBx protein in order to be able to shed light on the process of cellular transformation. We were able to demonstrate that HBx protein has the ability to bind to an AU-rich RNA sequences present in the mRNAs of certain proto-oncogenes such as c-myc and c-fos. The generation of truncated proteins allowed to map the region of interaction of HBx with the RNA. Furthermore, we performed site directed mutagenesis studies of HBx protein and substituted all of its cysteine residues with serines. Our data suggest that the cysteine residues in the HBx protein are of minor importance for its interaction with RNA, p53 and RXR proteins. Finally, we discovered in E4F a new human interacting protein partner for the HBx protein. The transcription factor E4F has been functionally implicated in the control of the cell cycle, the chromosomal segregation and embriogenesis. In studies using the yeast we further showed that wild-type HBx, as well as its mutated forms, can physically interact with the E4F protein and regulate its function. This indicates a possible new mechanism of cellular transformation and the regulation of the viral transcription, since the human protein E4F demonstrated the capacity to bind to the enhancer II region of the HBV genome
ASSUNTO(S)
oncogeneses figado - cancer ativação viral oncogeneses liver- cancer virus activation
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000375778Documentos Relacionados
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