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    Novel HBsAg mutations correlate with hepatocellular carcinoma, hamper HBsAg secretion and promote cell proliferation in vitro

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    Salpini, R; Surdo, M; Warner, N; Cortese, MF; Colledge, D; Soppe, S; Bellocchi, MC; Armenia, D; Carioti, L; Continenza, F; ...
    Date
    2017-02-28
    Source Title
    Oncotarget
    Publisher
    IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Locarnini, Stephen; Warner, Nadia
    Affiliation
    Microbiology and Immunology
    Infectious Diseases
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    Journal Article
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    Salpini, R., Surdo, M., Warner, N., Cortese, M. F., Colledge, D., Soppe, S., Bellocchi, M. C., Armenia, D., Carioti, L., Continenza, F., Di Carlo, D., Saccomandi, P., Mirabelli, C., Pollicita, M., Longo, R., Romano, S., Cappiello, G., Spano, A., Trimoulet, P. ,... Svicher, V. (2017). Novel HBsAg mutations correlate with hepatocellular carcinoma, hamper HBsAg secretion and promote cell proliferation in vitro. ONCOTARGET, 8 (9), pp.15704-15715. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14944.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/259141
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    10.18632/oncotarget.14944
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: An impaired HBsAg-secretion can increase HBV oncogenic-properties. Here, we investigate genetic-determinants in HBsAg correlated with HBV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and their impact on HBsAg-secretion and cell-proliferation. METHODS: This study included 128 chronically HBV-infected patients: 23 with HCC (73.9% D; 26.1% A HBV-genotype), and 105 without cirrhosis/HCC (72.4% D, 27.6% A) as reference-group. The impact of mutations on HBsAg-secretion was assessed by measuring the ratio [secreted/intracellular HBsAg] until day 5 post-transfection. The impact of mutations on cell-cycle advancement was assessed by flow-cytometry. RESULTS: Two HBsAg mutations significantly correlated with HCC: P203Q (17.4% [4/23] in HCC vs 1.0% [1/105] in non-HCC, P=0.004); S210R (34.8% [8/23] in HCC vs 3.8% [4/105] in non-HCC, P <0.001); P203Q+S210R (17.4% [4/23] in HCC vs 0% [0/110] in non-HCC, P=0.001). Both mutations reside in trans-membrane C-terminal domain critical for HBsAg-secretion. In in-vitro experiments, P203Q, S210R and P203Q+S210R significantly reduced the ratio [secreted/intracellular HBsAg] compared to wt at each time-point analysed (P <0.05), supporting an impaired HBsAg-secretion. Furthermore, P203Q and P203Q+S210R increased the percentage of cells in S-phase compared to wt, indicating cell-cycle progression (P203Q:26±13%; P203Q+S210R:29±14%; wt:18%±9, P <0.01. Additionally, S210R increased the percentage of cells in G2/M-phase (26±8% for wt versus 33±6% for S210R, P <0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Specific mutations in HBsAg C-terminus significantly correlate with HBV-induced HCC. They hamper HBsAg-secretion and are associated with increased cellular proliferation, supporting their involvement in HCC-development. The identification of viral genetic markers associated with HCC is critical to identify patients at higher HCC-risk that may deserve intensive liver monitoring, and/or early anti-HBV therapy.

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