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Basic Characteristics of Mutations
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Mutation Site
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K130M |
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Mutation Site Sentence
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The presence of K130M/V131I (already known to increase HBV oncogenic potential) was also investigated in HCC and non-HCC groups, as well as their co-occurrence with F30V. |
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Mutation Level
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Amino acid level |
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Mutation Type
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Nonsynonymous substitution |
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Gene/Protein/Region
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X |
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Standardized Encoding Gene
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X
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Genotype/Subtype
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D;A |
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Viral Reference
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X02763.1;X65259.1
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Functional Impact and Mechanisms
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Disease
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Immune
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- |
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Target Gene
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-
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Clinical and Epidemiological Correlations
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Clinical Information
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Y |
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Treatment
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- |
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Location
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Italy;France |
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Literature Information
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PMID
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30472417
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Title
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The novel HBx mutation F30V correlates with hepatocellular carcinoma in vivo, reduces hepatitis B virus replicative efficiency and enhances anti-apoptotic activity of HBx N terminus in vitro
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Author
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Salpini R,Surdo M,Cortese MF,Palumbo GA,Carioti L,Cappiello G,Spano A,Trimoulet P,Fleury H,Vecchiet J,Pasquazzi C,Mirabelli C,Scutari R,Sacco A,Alkhatib M,Missale G,Francioso S,Sarmati L,Andreoni M,Angelico M,Ceccherini-Silberstein F,Levrero M,Perno CF,Belloni L,Svicher V
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Journal
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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Journal Info
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2019 Jul;25(7):906
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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate HBx genetic elements correlated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) -related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and their impact on (a) HBV replicative efficiency, (b) HBx binding to circular covalently closed DNA (cccDNA), (c) apoptosis and cell-cycle progression, and (d) HBx structural stability. METHODS: This study included 123 individuals chronically infected with HBV: 27 with HCC (77.9% (21/27) genotype D; 22.1% (6/27) genotype A) and 96 without HCC (75% (72/96) genotype D; 25.0% (24/96) genotype A). HepG2 cells were transfected by wild-type or mutated linear HBV genome to assess pre-genomic RNA (pgRNA) and core-associated HBV-DNA levels, HBx-binding onto cccDNA by chromatin immunoprecipitation-based quantitative assay, and rate of apoptosis and cell-cycle progression by cytofluorimetry. RESULTS: F30V was the only HBx mutation correlated with HCC (18.5% (5/27) in HCC patients versus 1.0% (1/96) in non-HCC patients, p 0.002); a result confirmed by multivariate analysis. In vitro, F30V determined a 40% and 60% reduction in pgRNA and core-associated HBV-DNA compared with wild-type (p <0.05), in parallel with a significant decrease of HBx binding to cccDNA and decreased HBx stability. F30V also decreased the percentage of apoptotic cells compared with wild-type (14.8 +/- 6.8% versus 19.1 +/- 10.1%, p <0.01, without affecting cell-cycle progression) and increased the probability of HBx-Ser-31 being phosphorylated by PI3K-Akt kinase (known to promote anti-apoptotic activity). CONCLUSIONS: F30V was closely correlated with HBV-induced HCC in vivo, reduced HBV replicative efficiency by affecting HBx-binding to cccDNA and increased anti-apoptotic HBx activity in vitro. This suggests that F30V (although hampering HBV's replicative capacity) may promote hepatocyte survival, so potentially allowing persistent production of viral progeny and initiating HBV-driven hepatocarcinogenesis. Investigation of viral genetic markers associated with HCC is crucial to identify those patients at higher risk of HCC, who hence deserve intensive liver monitoring and/or early anti-HBV therapy.
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Sequence Data
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