Journal: International Journal of Biological Sciences
Article Title: Cellular Id1 inhibits hepatitis B virus transcription by interacting with the novel covalently closed circular DNA-binding protein E2F4
doi: 10.7150/ijbs.62106
Figure Lengend Snippet: Mutated HBV Cp binding site of 1758-TTAAAGGTC-1766 abolished E2F4-induced promotion of HBV and Id1-induced inhibition of HBV replication. (A) ChIP assays were performed to confirm the interaction between E2F4 and HBV Cp. Lysates extracted from HepG2.2.15 were immunoprecipitated with anti-E2F4, and the immunocomplexes were subjected to PCR with specific primers. ** P < 0.01. n = 3. (B) His-tagged pET28a-E2F4 1-180 constructs were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cells induced with 0.2 mM IPTG. Truncated E2F4 1-180 protein were purified using Ni-NTA affinity column followed by stain with Coomassie Brilliant Blue dye. Ladder, protein molecular-mass markers; Lane 1, cell lysate after ultrasonication; Lane 2, cell supernatant after ultrasonication; Lane 3, Ni-NTA affinity column flow through fraction; Lane 4, eluted target protein with 20 mM imidazole; Lane 5, eluted target protein with 500 mM imidazole and followed with hyperfiltration. According the grayscale analysis by Image J software, the purity of E2F4 1-180 in the total eluted protein was higher than 90%. (C) The binding activity of E2F4 1-180 protein to the HBV Cp double-stranded probes amplificated by PCR presented in a dose-dependent mode, which determined by EMSA according to the manufacturer's protocol. Specificity of the DNA-protein complex was confirmed by competition with a 10-fold molar excess of unlabeled double-stranded DNA. BSA was used as negative control. (D) pGL3-Cp△site1, pGL3-Cp△site2 and pGL3-Cp△site3 were the deletion mutants of pGL3-Cp, whose deletion sites were respective nt1638-1644, nt1758-1766 and nt1798-1805. (E) pGL3-Cp△site2 resulted in E2F4 losing the ability to activating HBV Cp, which suggested nt1758-1766 should be the potential bound sites for E2F4. * P < 0.05 and ** P < 0.01. n = 5. (F) Interaction of HBV Core promoter truncation with E2F4 1-88 protein by ITC binding analysis. (G) The three-dimensional model of homodimer E2F4-DNA complex developed through homology modelling. Cartoon and electrostatic potential surface representation of the overall structure of the complex. A saturated red color indicates Ø<-10 kiloteslas/e and a saturated blue indicates Ø>10 kiloteslas/e; T = 293 K. (H) The enlarged image of the key residues at interaction sites between E2F4 and DNA fragment. The binding site is strongly positive charged region, and the sticks represent the 32 positive residues to interaction with DNA, including Arg17, His18, Glu19, Lys20, Lys28, Arg53, Glu54, Lys55, Arg56, Arg57, Asn60, Asn63, Lys73, Lys74, Lys76, and Asn77 from Chain A and B of the E2F4 homodimer. (I) When compared with HBV1.3-WT plasmids, a evident decrease of HBV1.3-mut (containing mutated E2F4 binding site) Cp DNA fraction bound to E2F4 was proved by CHIP performed in lysates extracted from HepG2 cells transfected with HBV1.3-mut. * P < 0.05 and ** P < 0.01. n = 3. (J) The capacity of E2F4 to enhancing HBV DNA copies in HepG2 cells transducted with HBV was weakened when the binding sites occurred mutant. ** P <0.01 and ns means no significance. n = 5. (K) The HepG2 cells infected with Id1Ad were cotransfected with plasmids HBV1.3-WT or HBV1.3-mut. The negative effect of Id1 on HBV replication and transcription were also abolished by binding sites mutant of E2F4. ** P <0.01 and ns means no significance. n = 5.
Article Snippet: Cells were blocked by goat serum and then incubated with Id1 and E2F4 antibodies at room temperature for 1 h. Mouse anti-Id1 monoclonal antibody (sc-133104) and mouse anti-E2F4 monoclonal antibody (sc-511) was obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (USA).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Inhibition, Immunoprecipitation, Construct, Purification, Affinity Column, Staining, Software, Activity Assay, Negative Control, Transfection, Mutagenesis, Infection