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Silencing HBV transcription by targeting cccDNA-bound chromatin modifiers
Gianna Aurora Palumbo1, Laura Belloni1,2, Sergio Valente4, Dante
Rotili4, Natalia Pediconi2,3, Antonello Mai4, Massimo Levrero1,2;
1Dept of Internal Medicine - DMISM, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;
2IIT-Sapienza center for life nanoscience, Rome, Italy;
3Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy; 4Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Background and Aims:
The HBV cccDNA is organized into mini-chromosomes by histone and non-histone proteins and HBV replication is regulated by the acetylation status of cccDNA-bound H3/H4 histones. We have previously shown that:
a) interferon-α inhibits HBV transcription/replication by favoring the recruitment to the minichromosome of class III Histone Deacetylase hSirt1 and histone methyltransferase Ezh2;
b) small compounds modulating these enzymatic activities may in part mimic IFNa-induced cccDNA silencing.
Here we further characterize the activity on cccDNA transcription of small compounds active on different classes of chromatin modifying enzymes.
Methods:
Capsid-associated HBV-DNA, cccDNA and pgRNA levels were assessed in HepG2 replicating HBV or in the inducible HepAD38 stable HBV cell line, left untreated or treated with:
a) a p300 and PCAF histone acetyltransferases (HAT) inhibitor,
b) a hSirt1 activator and
c) a JMJD3 histone demethylase inhibitor.
Recruitment of transcriptional cofactors and cccDNA bound histones modifications were assessed using the cccDNA ChIP assay.
Results:
The inhibition of PCAF/p300 HATs, stimulation of hSirt1/2 activity or inhibition of JMJD3 (i.e. potentiation of Ezh2 demthylase activity) affect to a
different extent pgRNA transcription and result in reduced HBV replication. HATs inhibitors reduce cccDNA-bound H4 acetilation and inhibit PCAF/p300 binding on the viral minichromosome, suggesting an autoregulatory loop involving p300- and PCAF- dependent histones acetylation and their binding to the cccDNA. The hSirt1/2 activator also induces a decrease in cccDNA bound H4 acetylation levels and modulates Sirt1 and Sirt2 binding to the minichromosome. Inhibition of JMJD3 enzymatic activity is mirrored by an increased recruitment of Ezh2 to the cccDNA.
Conclusions:
These results support the concept of an epigenetic approach with small molecules to modulate HBV transcription and replication.
Disclosures:
Massimo Levrero - Advisory Committees or Review Panels: Gilead, Jansen Cilag;
Speaking and Teaching: Roche, BMS, MSD
The following people have nothing to disclose: Gianna Aurora Palumbo, Laura
Belloni, Sergio Valente, Dante Rotili, Natalia Pediconi, Antonello Mai
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