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Alisporivir Inhibition of Hepatocyte Cyclophilins Reduces HBV Replication and Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Production
Sandra Phillips∗, Shilpa Chokshi∗, Udayan Chatterji, Antonio Riva, Michael Bobardt, Roger Williams, Philippe Gallay, Nikolai V. Naoumov
∗Author names with designate shared first co-authorship.
Received: December 15, 2013; Received in revised form: September 15, 2014; Accepted: October 5, 2014; Published Online: October 08, 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.004
Publication stage: In Press Accepted Manuscript
Abstract
Abstract
Background & Aims
Cyclophilins are host factors required for hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. Cyclophilin inhibitors such as alisporivir have shown strong anti-HCV activity in vitro and in clinical studies. However, little is known about whether hepatocyte cyclophilins are involved in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) life cycle. We investigated the effects of 2 cyclophilin inhibitors (alisporivir and NIM811) on HBV replication and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) production in cell lines.
Methods
Liver-derived cell lines producing full-length HBV and HBsAg particles, due to stable (HepG2215) or transient (HuH-7) transfection, or infected with HBV (HepaRG cells), were incubated with alisporivir or NIM811 alone, or alisporivir in combination with a direct antiviral (telbivudine). The roles of individual cyclophilins in drug response was evaluated by small interfering RNA knockdown of cyclophilin (CYP)A, CYPC, or CYPD in HepG2215 cells, or CYPA knockdown in HuH-7 cells. The kinetics of antiviral activity were assessed based on levels of HBV DNA and HBsAg and Southern blot analysis.
Results
In HepG2215, HuH-7, and HepaRG cells, alisporivir reduced intracellular and secreted HBV DNA, in a dose-dependent manner. Knockdown of CYPA, CYPC, or CYPD (reduced by 80%) significantly reduced levels of HBV DNA and secreted HBsAg. Knockdown of CYPA significantly reduced secretion of HBsAg, leading to accumulation of intracellular HBsAg; the addition of alisporivir greatly reduced levels of HBsAg in these cells. The combination of alisporivir and telbivudine had greater antiviral effects than those of telbivudine or alisporivir alone.
Conclusions
Alisporivir inhibition of cyclophilins in hepatocyte cell lines reduces replication of HBV DNA and HBsAg production and secretion. These effects are potentiated in combination with direct antiviral agents that target HBV DNA polymerase.
Keywords:
cyclophilin inhibition, direct-acting antiviral agent, peptidyl-prolyl isomerase, viral replication
Abbreviations usedin this paper:
ALV (Alisporivir), CYPA (Cyclophilin A), CYPC (Cyclophilin C), CYPD (Cyclophilin D), GAPDH (Glyceraldehyde 3- Phosphate Dehydrogenase), HBsAg (Hepatitis B Surface Antigen), HBV (Hepatitis B Virus), HCV (Hepatitis C Virus), iHBsAg (intracellular HBsAg), sHBsAg (secreted HBsAg), PCR (Polymerase chain reaction), RT-PCR (real-time PCR), siRNA (small interfering RNA), shRNA (small hairpin RNA), Telbivudine (LdT) |
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