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Public on Aug 01, 2024 |
| Title |
The unique proteasomal processing of viral ORF1 drives HEV-induced liver fibrosis |
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Homo sapiens |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a globally prevalent pathogen that causes 20 million infections and 60,000 fatalities annually, endangering particularly pregnant women and immunosuppressed individuals. Liver cirrhosis, which results from advanced fibrosis, is the primary symptom and leading mortality cause in chronic hepatitis E patients. However, the causation and process of liver fibrosis triggered by chronic HEV infection remain poorly understood. Here, we unexpectedly discovered that the viral multiple-domain replicase (ORF1) undergoes unique ubiquitin-proteasomal processing in HEV replicon hepatocytes, HEV-infected gerbil livers, and HEV-infected patient livers, which follows a CHIP-mediated K48 ubiquitination and produces the HEV-Derived Smad Activator (HDSA). Lacking putative helicase and RNA polymerase domains, this enriched viral polypeptide in hepatocytes and gerbil livers is non-HSP90-bound, stable, and exhibits exclusively nuclear localization. Surprisingly, HDSA markedly potentiates the fibrogenic TGF-β/Smad pathway in livers by facilitating promoter binding and coactivator recruitment of SMAD3, leading to profound liver fibrotic symptoms and damage. Thus, we have identified the first viral protein derived from the unique proteasomal processing of the host, defined its notable role in liver fibrosis, and highlighted the nature of complex host-HEV interactions that drives HEV pathogenesis.
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| Overall design |
Bulk RNA sequencing performed with human HEK293 cell line treated with Vector-SB, Vector-TGFb and HDSA-TGFb respectively.
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| Contributor(s) |
Zhang F, Huang F, Pan Y |
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| Submission date |
Dec 22, 2023 |
| Last update date |
Aug 01, 2024 |
| Contact name |
Li Shen |
| E-mail(s) |
shenlab@zju.edu.cn
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| Phone |
86-0571-88981751
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| Organization name |
Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University
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| Lab |
Shenlab
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| Street address |
866 Yuhangtang Road
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| City |
Hangzhou |
| State/province |
Zhejiang Province |
| ZIP/Postal code |
310058 |
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China |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL24676 |
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (Homo sapiens) |
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| Samples (6)
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA1055932 |
| Supplementary file |
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Download |
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| GSE251924_HEK293_bulkRNAseq_gene_TPM.csv.gz |
347.3 Kb |
(ftp)(http) |
CSV |
| GSE251924_HEK293_bulkRNAseq_gene_counts.csv.gz |
284.6 Kb |
(ftp)(http) |
CSV |
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