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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

A nucleosome switch primes Hepatitis B Virus infection.

Nicholas A Prescott, Andrés Mansisidor, Yaron Bram, Tracy Biaco, Justin Rendleman, Sarah C Faulkner, Abigail A Lemmon, Christine Lim, Pierre-Jacques Hamard, Richard P Koche and 3 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nicholas A PrescottTri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0635-8906
Andrés MansisidorLaboratory of Genome Architecture and Dynamics, The Rockefeller University; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6607-4016
Yaron BramDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9711-575X
Tracy BiacoChemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10065, USA.
Justin RendlemanLaboratory of Genome Architecture and Dynamics, The Rockefeller University; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-7127
Sarah C FaulknerChemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6085-7423
Abigail A LemmonTri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6798-9384
Christine LimDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; New York, NY 10065, USA.
Pierre-Jacques HamardEpigenetics Research Innovation Lab, Center for Epigenetics Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2484-6161
Richard P KocheEpigenetics Research Innovation Lab, Center for Epigenetics Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6820-5083
Viviana I RiscaLaboratory of Genome Architecture and Dynamics, The Rockefeller University; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2670-8704
Robert E SchwartzDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5417-5995
Yael DavidTri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology; New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1696-0025

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Genetic Viral and Host Adaptations to Breach Species Barriers of HCVR01AI107301 · NIAID · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Thomas Pietschmann, Alexander Ploss · 2013 to 2026
$6.0M
Optimization of the engineered 3D hepatic microenvironment enhances pluripotent stem cell derived hepatocyteR01DK121072 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SCHWARTZ, ROBERT E · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological SciencesT32GM141949 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Kristen Elizabeth Pleil · 2021 to 2026
$2.5M
Cross-regulation between loop extrusion, chromatin fiber structure and chromatin-associated RNAsDP2GM150021 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI RISCA, VIVIANA I · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical BiologyT32GM136640 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DEREK S TAN · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
Modeling alcohol toxicity in human hepatocytesR01AA027327 · NIAAA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DE JONG, YPE PETER · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical BiologyT32GM115327 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI TAN, DEREK S · 2015 to 2019
$741k
Mapping the short-range chromatin architecture of the repressive epigenomeF32GM140551 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MANSISIDOR, ANDRES · 2021 to 2023
$205k
Biochemical studies of aberrant chromatin regulation in cancerF99CA264420 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI PRESCOTT, NICHOLAS · 2021 to 2022
$94k
NCI NIH HHS F99 CA264420NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027327NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107301NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK121072NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM150021NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM140551NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM115327NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136640NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM141949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an incurable global health threat responsible for causing liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. During the genesis of infection, HBV establishes an independent minichromosome consisting of the viral covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) genome and host histones. The viral X gene must be expressed immediately upon infection to induce degradation of the host silencing factor, Smc5/6. However, the relationship between cccDNA chromatinization and X gene transcription remains poorly understood. Establishing a reconstituted viral minichromosome platform, we found that nucleosome occupancy in cccDNA drives X transcription. We corroborated these findings in cells and further showed that the chromatin destabilizing molecule CBL137 inhibits X transcription and HBV infection in hepatocytes. Our results shed light on a long-standing paradox and represent a potential new therapeutic avenue for the treatment of chronic HBV infection.

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chromatinepigeneticsHepatitis B Virusnucleosome stabilitytranscription

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PMID38915612
PMCPMC11195122

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