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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3592| Title: | The hepatitis B virus X protein promotes tumor cell invasion by inducing membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 expression |
| Publisher: | American Society for Clinical Investigation |
| Description: | Hepatocellular carcinoma is strongly associated with chronic infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and has poor prognosis due to intrahepatic metastasis. HBx is often the only HBV protein detected in hepatic tumor cells; however, its contribution to tumor invasion and metastasis has not been established
so far. In this work, we show that HBx enhances tumor cell invasion, both in vivo and in vitro. The increased invasive capacity induced by HBx is mediated by an upregulation of membrane-type 1
matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) expression, which in turn activates matrix metalloproteinase-2. Induction of both MT1-MMP expression and cell invasion by HBx is dependent on cyclooxygenase-2
(COX-2) activity. In addition, HBx upregulates the expression of COX-2, which is mediated by the transcriptional
activation of the COX-2 gene promoter in a nuclear factor of activated T cell–dependent
(NF-AT–dependent) manner. These results demonstrate the ability of HBx to promote tumor cell invasion by a mechanism involving the upregulation of MT1-MMP and COX-2 and provide new insights
into the mechanism of action of this viral protein and its involvement in tumor metastasis and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Peer reviewed |
| URI: | http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3592 |
| Other Identifiers: | The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 110,pp.1831–1838, (2002) 0021-9738 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3592 10.1172/JCI200215887. |
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