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ArticleJournal of virology2022

Modulation of SOCS3 Levels via STAT3 and Estrogen-ERαp66 Signaling during Hepatitis E Virus Replication in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells.

Harini Sooryanarain, C Lynn Heffron, Hassan M Mahsoub, Anna M Hassebroek, Bo Wang, Debin Tian, S Ansar Ahmed, Xiang-Jin Meng

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Article in Journal of virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fatty acid regulation and phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis are important for hepatitis E virus replication.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. The regulatory roles of STAT3 protein in the pathogenesis of viral infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  4. Estrogen and viral infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harini SooryanarainCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
C Lynn HeffronDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Hassan M MahsoubDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Anna M HassebroekDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Bo WangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Debin TianDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
S Ansar AhmedCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Xiang-Jin MengCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2739-1334
Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · US

Funding

A Chicken Model to Study Hepatitis E Virus PathogenesisR01AI050611 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI MENG, XIANG-JIN · 2002 to 2023
$6.1M
HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AI050611NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection usually results in a self-limiting acute disease; however, in infected pregnant women, it is associated with increased mortality and fulminant hepatic failure. Estrogen is known to be elevated during pregnancy, and estrogen signaling via classical estrogen receptor-ERα is known to regulate hepatocyte function and host innate immune response, including the STAT3 pathway. In this study, we investigated whether the estrogen classical signaling pathway via ERαp66 has any effect on STAT3 activation during HEV replication and HEV-induced IFN response. We first demonstrated that Huh7-S10-3 liver cells expressed the nonfunctional estrogen receptor ERαp36 isoform and lack the functional ERαp66 isoform. We further showed persistent phosphorylated-STAT3 levels in genotype 3 human HEV (Kernow P6 strain) RNA-transfected cells at later time points. In Huh7-S10-3 cells, estrogen at first-to-third trimester concentration (7.3 to 73 nM) did not significantly affect HEV replication; however, blocking of STAT3 activation led to a decrease in the HEV ORF2 protein level. Our mechanistic study revealed that STAT3 differentially regulates SOCS3 and type-III interferon (IFN) levels during HEV replication and the presence of estrogen-ERαp66 signaling stabilizes SOCS3 levels

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularEstrogen Receptor alphaHepatitis ELiver NeoplasmsSTAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 ProteinAnimalsCapsid ProteinsEstrogensFemaleHepatitis E virusHumansInterferonsLeptinLiver Failure, AcutePregnancyCapsid ProteinsESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensInterferonsLeptinReceptors, EstrogenRNARNA, MessengerSOCS3 protein, humanSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Proteinestrogengenotype 3 HEVhepatitis E virus (HEV)pregnancyreplicationSOCS3STAT3

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PMID36102649
PMCPMC9555149
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