| Literature DB >> 25836733 |
Nobuaki Okumura1, Masanori Ikeda2, Shinya Satoh3, Hiromichi Dansako3, Masaya Sugiyama4, Masashi Mizokami4, Nobuyuki Kato3.
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication is controlled by liver-enriched transcriptional factors, including forkhead box protein A (FOXA) members. Here, we found that FOXA members are directly and indirectly involved in HBV replication in human hepatic cells. HBV replication was elevated in HuH-7 treated with individual FOXA members-specific siRNA. Reciprocally, the downregulation of HBV replication was observed in FOXA-induced HuH-7. However, the mechanism of downregulation is different among FOXA members at the level of HBV RNA transcription, such as precore/pg RNA and 2.1 kb RNA. In addition, FOXA1 and FOXA2 suppressed nuclear hormone receptors, such as HNF4α, that are related to HBV replication.Entities:
Keywords: FOXA1; FOXA2; FOXA3; HNF3; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus replication
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25836733 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.03.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124