TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis B virus DNA contains a glucocorticoid-responsive element
AU - Tur-Kaspa, R.
AU - Burk, R. D.
AU - Shaul, Y.
AU - Shafritz, D. A.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - It has recently been shown that hepatitis B virus (HBV) contains a transcriptional enhancer element. In order to determine whether this enhancer responds to glucocorticoids, a series of derivatives of plasmid pA10CAT2 was constructed containing the HBV enhancer and variable lengths of further upstream sequences. Transient expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) was determined after introduction of these plasmids into PLC/PRF/5, Hep 3B, Hep G2, HeLa, and mouse L cells, Highest CAT activity was noted in the human hepatocellular carcinoma line PLC/PRF/5, which contains integrated HBV DNA sequences. Dexamethasone augmented CAT expression in all cell lines tested with 40% of maximal induction at 10 nM and maximum stimulation (3- to 8-fold) at 1 μM dexamethasone. Desamethasone augmentation of CAT expression was observed only when constructs contained HBV DNA sequences residing upstream to map position 735 from the EcoRI site. This indicates that the glucocorticoid-responsive region is distinct from the previously defined HBV enhancer sequence located at map position 1080-1234. These studies suggest that HBV DNA contains a glucocorticoid-responsive element, which may mediate expression of HBV genes in infected mammalian cells.
AB - It has recently been shown that hepatitis B virus (HBV) contains a transcriptional enhancer element. In order to determine whether this enhancer responds to glucocorticoids, a series of derivatives of plasmid pA10CAT2 was constructed containing the HBV enhancer and variable lengths of further upstream sequences. Transient expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) was determined after introduction of these plasmids into PLC/PRF/5, Hep 3B, Hep G2, HeLa, and mouse L cells, Highest CAT activity was noted in the human hepatocellular carcinoma line PLC/PRF/5, which contains integrated HBV DNA sequences. Dexamethasone augmented CAT expression in all cell lines tested with 40% of maximal induction at 10 nM and maximum stimulation (3- to 8-fold) at 1 μM dexamethasone. Desamethasone augmentation of CAT expression was observed only when constructs contained HBV DNA sequences residing upstream to map position 735 from the EcoRI site. This indicates that the glucocorticoid-responsive region is distinct from the previously defined HBV enhancer sequence located at map position 1080-1234. These studies suggest that HBV DNA contains a glucocorticoid-responsive element, which may mediate expression of HBV genes in infected mammalian cells.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.83.6.1627
DO - 10.1073/pnas.83.6.1627
M3 - Article
C2 - 3006059
AN - SCOPUS:2642589461
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 83
SP - 1627
EP - 1631
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 6
ER -
