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Hepatitis B virus X protein specially regulates the sialyl lewis a synthesis among glycosylation events for metastasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The metastasis of hematogenous cancer cells is associated with abnormal glycosylation such as sialyl lewis antigens. Although the hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) plays important role in liver disease, the precise function of HBx on aberrant glycosylation for metastasis remains unclear.

Methods

The human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues, HBx transgenic mice and HBx-transfected cells were used to check the correlation of expressions between HBx and Sialyl lewis antigen for cancer metastasis. To investigate whether expression levels of glycosyltransferases induced in HBx-transfected cells are specifically associated with sialyl lewis A (SLA) synthesis, which enhances metastasis by interaction of liver cancer cells with endothelial cells, ShRNA and siRNAs targeting specific glycosyltransferases were used.

Results

HBx expression in liver cancer region of HCC is associated with the specific synthesis of SLA. Furthermore, the SLA was specifically induced both in liver tissues from HBx-transgenic mice and in in vitro HBx-transfected cells. HBx increased transcription levels and activities of ?2-3 sialyltransferases (ST3Gal III), ?1-3/4 fucosyltransferases III and VII (FUT III and VII) genes, which were specific for SLA synthesis, allowing dramatic cell-cell adhesion for metastatic potential. Interestingly, HBx specifically induced expression of N-acetylglucosamine-?1-3 galactosyltransferase V (?1-3GalT 5) gene associated with the initial synthesis of sialyl lewis A, but not ?1-4GalT I. The ?1-3GalT 5 shRNA suppressed SLA expression by HBx, blocking the adhesion of HBx-transfected cells to the endothelial cells. Moreover, ?1-3GalT 5 silencing suppressed lung metastasis of HBx-transfected cells in in vivo lung metastasis system.

Conclusion

HBx targets the specific glycosyltransferases for the SLA synthesis and this process regulates hematogenous cancer cell adhesion to endothelial cells for cancer metastasis.

SUBMITTER: Chung TW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4190352 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis B virus X protein specially regulates the sialyl lewis a synthesis among glycosylation events for metastasis.

Chung Tae-Wook TW Kim Seok-Jo SJ Choi Hee-Jung HJ Song Kwon-Ho KH Jin Un-Ho UH Yu Dae-Yeul DY Seong Je-Kyung JK Kim Jong-Guk JG Kim Keuk-Jun KJ Ko Jeong-Heon JH Ha Ki-Tae KT Lee Young-Choon YC Kim Cheorl-Ho CH

Molecular cancer 20140925

<h4>Background</h4>The metastasis of hematogenous cancer cells is associated with abnormal glycosylation such as sialyl lewis antigens. Although the hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) plays important role in liver disease, the precise function of HBx on aberrant glycosylation for metastasis remains unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>The human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues, HBx transgenic mice and HBx-transfected cells were used to check the correlation of expressions between HBx and Sialyl lewis antigen ...[more]

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Hepatitis B virus X protein specially regulates the sialyl lewis a synthesis among glycosylation events for metastasis.

Background

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Conclusion

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Hepatitis B virus X protein specially regulates the sialyl lewis a synthesis among glycosylation events for metastasis.

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