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Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major pathogens of human liver disease. Studies have shown that HBV X protein (HBx) plays an important role in promoting viral gene expression and replication. In this study we performed a global proteomic profiling to identify the downstream functional proteins of HBx, thereby detecting the mechanisms of action of HBx on virion replication.
Methods: HBx in the HepG2.2.15 cell line was knocked down by the transfection of small interfering RNA (siRNA). The replication level of HBV was evaluated by microparticle enzyme immunoassay analysis of HBsAg and HBeAg in the culture supernatant, and real-time quantitative PCR analysis of HBV DNA. Two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with MALDI-TOF/TOF was performed to analyze the changes in protein expression profile after treatment with HBx siRNA.
Results: Knockdown of HBx disturbed HBV replication in vitro. HBx target siRNA significantly inhibited the expression of HBsAg, HBeAg and the replication of HBV DNA. Twelve significantly changed proteins (7 upregulated and 5 downregulated) were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF using proteomics differential expression analysis after the knockdown of HBx. Among these identified proteins, HSP70 was validated by Western blotting.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicated the positive effect of HBx on HBV replication, and a group of downstream target proteins of HBx may be responsible for this effect.
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