Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) middle surface antigen (MHBs) mutation or deletion occurs in patients with chronic HBV infection. However, the functional role of MHBs in HBV infection is still an enigma. Here, we reported that 7.33% (11/150) isolates of CHB patients had MHBs start codon mutations compared w...

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Autores principales: Junyu Lin, Jing Li, Peilin Xie, Yue Han, Demin Yu, Jia Chen, Xinxin Zhang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7db3826e85374af18c7fce84b2131fec2021-11-26T11:19:49ZHepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models2150-55942150-560810.1080/21505594.2021.1999130https://doaj.org/article/7db3826e85374af18c7fce84b2131fec2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1999130https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5594https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5608Hepatitis B virus (HBV) middle surface antigen (MHBs) mutation or deletion occurs in patients with chronic HBV infection. However, the functional role of MHBs in HBV infection is still an enigma. Here, we reported that 7.33% (11/150) isolates of CHB patients had MHBs start codon mutations compared with 0.00% (0/146) in acute hepatitis B (AHB) patients. Interestingly, MHBs loss accounted for 11.88% (126/1061) isolates from NCBI GenBank, compared with 0.09% (1/1061) and 0.00% (0/1061) for HBV large surface antigen (LHBs) loss and HBV small surface antigen (SHBs) loss, respectively. One persistent HBV clone of genotype B (B56, MHBs loss) from a CHB patient was hydrodynamically injected into BALB/c mice. B56 persisted for >70 weeks in BALB/c mice, whereas B56 with restored MHBs (B56M+) was quickly cleared within 28 days. Serum cytokine assays demonstrated that CXCL1, CXCL2, IL-6 and IL-33 were significantly increased during rapid HBV clearance in B56M+ mice. Furthermore, the enhancers and promoters of B56 were proved to be required for B56 persistence in mice. Ablating MHBs expression improved the persistence of a new clone (HBV1.3, genotype B) which was recreated by using enhancers and promoters of B56. These data demonstrated that MHBs deletion can promote the persistence of specific HBV variants in a hydrodynamic mouse model. MHBs re-expression restored a rapid clearance of HBV, which was accompanied by cytokine responses including the elevation of CXCL1, CXCL2, IL-6 and IL-33.Junyu LinJing LiPeilin XieYue HanDemin YuJia ChenXinxin ZhangTaylor & Francis Grouparticlehepatitis b virusmiddle surface antigenchronic infectionstart codon mutationcytokinesInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENVirulence, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 2868-2882 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic hepatitis b virus
middle surface antigen
chronic infection
start codon mutation
cytokines
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
spellingShingle hepatitis b virus
middle surface antigen
chronic infection
start codon mutation
cytokines
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Junyu Lin
Jing Li
Peilin Xie
Yue Han
Demin Yu
Jia Chen
Xinxin Zhang
Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
description Hepatitis B virus (HBV) middle surface antigen (MHBs) mutation or deletion occurs in patients with chronic HBV infection. However, the functional role of MHBs in HBV infection is still an enigma. Here, we reported that 7.33% (11/150) isolates of CHB patients had MHBs start codon mutations compared with 0.00% (0/146) in acute hepatitis B (AHB) patients. Interestingly, MHBs loss accounted for 11.88% (126/1061) isolates from NCBI GenBank, compared with 0.09% (1/1061) and 0.00% (0/1061) for HBV large surface antigen (LHBs) loss and HBV small surface antigen (SHBs) loss, respectively. One persistent HBV clone of genotype B (B56, MHBs loss) from a CHB patient was hydrodynamically injected into BALB/c mice. B56 persisted for >70 weeks in BALB/c mice, whereas B56 with restored MHBs (B56M+) was quickly cleared within 28 days. Serum cytokine assays demonstrated that CXCL1, CXCL2, IL-6 and IL-33 were significantly increased during rapid HBV clearance in B56M+ mice. Furthermore, the enhancers and promoters of B56 were proved to be required for B56 persistence in mice. Ablating MHBs expression improved the persistence of a new clone (HBV1.3, genotype B) which was recreated by using enhancers and promoters of B56. These data demonstrated that MHBs deletion can promote the persistence of specific HBV variants in a hydrodynamic mouse model. MHBs re-expression restored a rapid clearance of HBV, which was accompanied by cytokine responses including the elevation of CXCL1, CXCL2, IL-6 and IL-33.
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author Junyu Lin
Jing Li
Peilin Xie
Yue Han
Demin Yu
Jia Chen
Xinxin Zhang
author_facet Junyu Lin
Jing Li
Peilin Xie
Yue Han
Demin Yu
Jia Chen
Xinxin Zhang
author_sort Junyu Lin
title Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
title_short Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
title_full Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
title_fullStr Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis B virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
title_sort hepatitis b virus middle surface antigen loss promotes clinical variant persistence in mouse models
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/7db3826e85374af18c7fce84b2131fec
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