Integration of the hepatitis B virus X fragment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effects on the expression of multiple molecules: A key to the cell cycle and apoptosis

  • Authors:
    • Zhihai Peng
    • Yi Zhang
    • Wei Gu
    • Zhaowen Wang
    • Dapeng Li
    • Fang Zhang
    • Guoqiang Qiu
    • Keping Xie
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  • Published online on: February 1, 2005     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.2.467
  • Pages: 467-473
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Abstract

We investigated hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA integration and expression of several proteins involved in the cell cycle and apoptosis, including cyclin A, retinoblastoma protein (pRB), Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated death domain protein (TRADD), and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver cirrhosis (LC). Archival HCC and LC specimens were obtained from 35 patients each with HBV infection; 5 normal liver specimens used as controls were also obtained. Polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot hybridization were used to detect the integration of HBV DNA in the HCC and LC specimens. The protein levels were determined by Western blot assay. The difference in HBV DNA integration between HCC and LC and correlation between HBV-encoded X protein (Hbx) integration and protein expression were analyzed statistically. HBV DNA was detected in 33 (94%) of the HCC and LC specimens. HBx integration differed in the HCC [24 (69%)] and LC [14 (40%)] specimens (p=0.015). Sixty percent of the HCC specimens and 6% of the LC specimens had increased cyclin A expression. Also, 34, 37, 69, and 77% of the HCC specimens were positive for pRB, FADD, TRADD, and NF-κB expression, whereas 80, 60, 100, and 100% of the LC specimens were positive for pRB, FADD, TRADD, and NF-κB expression. Significant correlations between HBx integration and the level of expression of cyclin A (r=0.452; p=0.006), pRB (r=−0.419; p=0.012), and TRADD (r=0.470; p=0.004) were discovered. Therefore, integration of HBV DNA occurred frequently in HCC and LC cases with chronic HBV infection, whereas HBx integration occurred more often in HCC than in LC cases (p=0.015). HBx integration and altered expression of genes is a key to apoptosis and may play important roles in HBV-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.

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Peng Z, Zhang Y, Gu W, Wang Z, Li D, Zhang F, Qiu G and Xie K: Integration of the hepatitis B virus X fragment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effects on the expression of multiple molecules: A key to the cell cycle and apoptosis. Int J Oncol 26: 467-473, 2005
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Peng, Z., Zhang, Y., Gu, W., Wang, Z., Li, D., Zhang, F. ... Xie, K. (2005). Integration of the hepatitis B virus X fragment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effects on the expression of multiple molecules: A key to the cell cycle and apoptosis. International Journal of Oncology, 26, 467-473. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.2.467
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Peng, Z., Zhang, Y., Gu, W., Wang, Z., Li, D., Zhang, F., Qiu, G., Xie, K."Integration of the hepatitis B virus X fragment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effects on the expression of multiple molecules: A key to the cell cycle and apoptosis". International Journal of Oncology 26.2 (2005): 467-473.
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Peng, Z., Zhang, Y., Gu, W., Wang, Z., Li, D., Zhang, F., Qiu, G., Xie, K."Integration of the hepatitis B virus X fragment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its effects on the expression of multiple molecules: A key to the cell cycle and apoptosis". International Journal of Oncology 26, no. 2 (2005): 467-473. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.2.467