PMID- 9247614 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970821 LR - 20190702 IS - 0027-5107 (Print) IS - 0027-5107 (Linking) VI - 377 IP - 2 DP - 1997 Jul 3 TI - Accumulation of genetic alterations in a human hepatoma cell line transfected with hepatitis B virus. PG - 187-98 AB - Chromosome and molecular analyses of the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-transfected HepG2T14.1 variant of the HepG2 cell line was conducted. In HepG2T14.1 cells several genetic alterations such as de novo aberrations of chromosomes 9, 14, 15, and 20 were identified that are not present in the parental HepG2 cell line. Furthermore, HepG2T14.1 cells showed loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in the q region of chromosome 14. The single HBV integration site in HepG2T14.1 cells mapped to the 2q35-36 region of one copy of chromosome 2 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). No genetic changes were identified at or near the HBV integration site at the level of these analyses. In addition, growth rates in vivo and in vitro were dramatically accelerated in HepG2T14.1 cells. These results document that a HBV-transfected hepatoma cell line has de novo genetic mutations at several sites of the host genome, one HBV integration site in an non-rearranged chromosome and an altered phenotype. These findings support our hypothesis that HBV might play a role in cellular transformation by interfering with cellular processes responsible for the stability of the genome. FAU - Livezey, K W AU - Livezey KW AD - Hahnemann School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA. FAU - Simon, D AU - Simon D LA - eng GR - CA58525/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Mutat Res JT - Mutation research JID - 0400763 RN - 0 (DNA Transposable Elements) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carcinogenicity Tests MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*genetics/*virology MH - Cell Division/genetics MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Chromosome Aberrations MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - DNA Transposable Elements MH - Hepatitis B/*genetics MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Karyotyping MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Microsatellite Repeats MH - Transfection EDAT- 1997/07/03 00:00 MHDA- 1997/07/03 00:01 CRDT- 1997/07/03 00:00 PHST- 1997/07/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/07/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/07/03 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0027-5107(97)00068-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0027-5107(97)00068-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mutat Res. 1997 Jul 3;377(2):187-98. doi: 10.1016/s0027-5107(97)00068-7.