Differential expression of transforming growth factor-β1 and HBx enhances hepatitis B virus replication and augments host immune cytokines and chemokines
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2013, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
[b]Background/Aims[/b]. This study investigated how HBV replication and host immune response are effected by reduced expression of TGF-β1 and HBx. [b]Material and methods.[/b] Short interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown technology has been used to examine the role of TGF-β1 in hepatitis B virus replication. The siTGF-β1 has been transfected along with 1.3mer HBV x-null to investigate the knockdown effect of TGF-β1 on HBV replication and host immune factors. [b]Results[/b]. In this study, we found that diminished expression of TGF-β1 and increased expression of HBx enhances HBV replication several folds. The differential expression of TGF-β1 and HBx also stimulated transcriptional viral replicative intermediate (pgRNA) and secretion of core and ‘e’ antigen at translational level. Consequently, several cytokines such as IL-2, IL-8 and chemokine monocyte- chemoattractant protein (MCP-1) were increased significantly in response to stimulation of HBV replication. In contrast, TNF-α and RANTES mRNA expression increased insignificantly in response to enhanced HBV replication. [b]Conclusions[/b]. We concluded that reduced expression of TGF-β1 together with HBx expression stimulate HBV replication and immune response, although the underlying mechanism of stimulation most likely differs.
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Fahad Almajhdi, Ahmed Al-Qudari, Zahid Hussain
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