| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) forms a template for the replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Despite the crucial role of cccDNA in viral persistence, little is known about the host factors that target this viral intermediate. Recent studies have revealed that AID/APOBEC3 cytidine deaminase family members can induce C-to-U hypermutation on viral genome and restrict viral replication. Uracil residues in DNA are removed by base excision repair (BER) enzyme, uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG), when cytidine deamination is occurred in host genome. We investigated whether uracil residues were generated in HBV cccDNA by APOBEC3G and removed by UNG using in vitro. We found that IFNγ stimulation of hepatocyte cell lines induced the endogenous APOBEC3G expression and HBV cccDNA hypermutation. When UNG activity was inhibited, the IFNγ-mediated hypermutation of cccDNA was enhanced. Our result indicate that BER pathway cancels the mutations of the cccDNA generated by APOBEC proteins.
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