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Journal of Virology, July 2003, p. 7713-7719, Vol. 77, No. 14
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.14.7713-7719.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Activation and Inhibition of Cellular Calcium and Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathways Identify Targets of the HBx Protein Involved in Hepatitis B Virus Replication

Michael J. Bouchard, Robyn J. Puro, Lihua Wang, and Robert J. Schneider*

Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

Received 28 January 2003/ Accepted 4 April 2003

Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) HBx protein is a multifunctional protein that activates cellular signaling pathways and is thought to be essential for viral infection. Woodchuck HBV mutants that lack HBx are unable to replicate in vivo or are severely impaired. HBV replication in HepG2 cells, a human hepatoblastoma cell line, is stimulated 5- to 10-fold by HBx protein. We have utilized the HepG2, HBx-dependent HBV replication system to study the effects of activators and inhibitors of cytosolic calcium and tyrosine kinase signaling pathways on viral replication. By transfecting either a wild-type HBV genome or an HBV genome that does not express HBx and then treating transfected cells with activators or inhibitors of signaling pathways, we identified compounds that either impair wild-type HBV replication or rescue HBx-deficient HBV replication. Geldanamycin or herbimycin A, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, blocked HBV replication. Derivatives of cyclosporine, i.e., cyclosporine A, cyclosporine H, and SDZ NIM811, which block cytosolic calcium signaling and specifically the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (SDZ NIM811), also impaired HBV replication. Treatment of cells with compounds that increase cytosolic calcium levels by a variety of mechanisms rescued replication of an HBx-deficient HBV mutant. Transcription of viral RNA and production of viral capsids were only minimally affected by these treatments. These results define a functional signaling circuit for HBV replication that includes calcium signaling and activation of cytosolic signaling pathways involving Src kinases, and they suggest that these pathways are stimulated by HBx acting on the mitochondrial transition pore.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 263-6006. Fax: (212) 263-8276. E-mail: schner01{at}popmail.med.nyu.edu.

Journal of Virology, July 2003, p. 7713-7719, Vol. 77, No. 14
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.14.7713-7719.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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