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Serum Fibronectin Levels Identified Via
Proteomics Profiling Predict Spontaneous
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroclearance in
Chronic Hepatitis B
Fen Liu1, Wai Kay Walter Seto2, Danny Ka Ho Wong3,
Fung-Yu Huang1, Lung-Yi Mak4, Ka Shing Cheung1, James
Fung5, Ching Lung Lai1 and Man-Fung Yuen6, (1)Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong, (2)Queen Mary Hospital,
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (3)State Key Laboratory for Liver
Research, The University of Hong Kong, (4)Queen Mary
Hospital, (5)Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, (6)Department
of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
Background: Seroclearance of hepatitis B surface antigen
(HBsAg) is perceived as the practically ideal treatment
endpoint and “functional cure” of chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Our previous analysis of isobaric tags for relative and absolute
quantitation (iTRAQ) based proteomics demonstrated
HBsAg seroclearance was associated with overexpression
of serum fibronectin. In this study, we aimed to validate the
predictive value of fibronectin in a large population of CHB
patients with HBsAg seroclearance. Methods: We retrieved
archived serum samples from our previous study comparing
serum HBsAg kinetics between CHB achieving spontaneous
HBsAg seroclearance with age- and sex-matched hepatitis
B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative controls. Serum fibronectin
levels at 3 years (Year -3) and 1 year (Year -1) before HBsAg
seroclearance and at the time of HBsAg seroclearance (Year
0) were assayed using the Human Fibronectin Enzyme-
Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit (ab108848,
Abcam). Association of changes between serum fibronectin
and HBsAg levels were analyzed. Results: In 139 patients
achieving HBsAg seroclearance and with available archived
serum, the mean age was 52.3±11.1 years (66.2% male),
of which 38 (27.3%) patients had developed anti-HBs. The
median HBsAg level in HBeAg-negative control group
(n=139) was 2.55 log (interquartile range (IQR): 1.28-3.32)
IU/mL. At Year 0, patients achieving HBsAg seroclearance
had lower median HBV DNA levels when compared to
controls (1.36±0.21log IU/ml vs. 3.16±1.37 log IU/ml, P
<0.001). At both year -1 and year 0, patients who achieved
spontaneous HBsAg seroclearance had significantly higher
median fibronectin levels than that of the controls (331.57
μg/ml vs. 226.97 μg/ml; 432.02 μg/ml vs. 281.14 μg/ml, both
P <0.001, respectively). The levels of fibronectin at Year -3
were comparable in the two groups. In patients with an annual
HBsAg log reduction >1 (n=68), serum fibronectin level at
Year -1, when compared to matched controls, achieved an
area under the receiving operator characteristic (AUROC) of
0.789 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.575-1.000; P=0.038)
in predicting HBsAg seroclearance. The optimal cut-off
fibronectin level for predicting HBsAg seroclearance was
210.52 μg/ml. Conclusion: Higher serum fibronectin level
one year prior to HBsAg seroclearance were associated
with subsequent HBsAg seroclearance. Combining serum
fibronectin level with the degree of HBsAg reduction may act
as novel predictors for HBsAg seroclearance. Exploration
of the pathophysiological role of fibronectin on HBsAg
seroclearance is needed in future studies. |
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