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Hepatol Res. 2019 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/hepr.13449. [Epub ahead of print]
Anti-Viral Effects of Interferon-λ3 on Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Cell Culture.
Yamada N1, Murayama A1, Shiina M1,2, Aly HH1, Iwamoto M1, Tsukuda S1,3, Watashi K1, Tanaka T4, Moriishi K4, Nishitsuji H5, Sugiyama M6, Mizokami M6, Shimotohno K5, Muramatsu M1, Murata K7, Kato T1.
Author information
1
Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo.
2
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki.
3
Liver Cancer Prevention Research Unit, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Wako.
4
Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi.
5
Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa.
6
Genome Medical Sciences Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa.
7
Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan.
Abstract
AIM:
Interferon (IFN)-λ3 is known to have anti-viral effects against various pathogens. Recently, it has been reported that the production of IFN-λ3 in colon cells following the administration of nucleotide analogues is expected to reduce hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in chronic hepatitis B patients. Here, we aimed to prove the anti-viral effects of IFN-λ3 on hepatitis B virus (HBV) by using an in vitro HBV production and infection system.
METHODS:
We used HepG2.2.15-derived HBV as an inoculum and the replication-competent molecular clone of HBV as a replication model.
RESULTS:
By administering IFN-λ3 to HepG2 cells transfected with the HBV molecular clone, the production of HBsAg and hepatitis B core-related antigen was reduced dose-dependently. IFN-λ3 treatment also reduced the number of HBV-positive cells and the synthesis of covalently closed circular DNA after infection of HepG2.2.15-derived HBV to sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide-transduced HepG2 cells. The inhibitory effect on HBV infection by IFN-λ3 was confirmed by using a recombinant HBV reporter virus system. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of the anti-HBV effect of IFN-λ3, we assessed the transcription of HBV RNA and the production of core-associated HBV DNA in HBV molecular clone-transfected HepG2 cells and found that both parameters were reduced by IFN-λ3.
CONCLUSIONS:
We observed that the administration of IFN-λ3 inhibits HBV infection and the production of HBV proteins at the HBV RNA transcription level. This finding provides novel insight into the treatment of chronic hepatitis B patients with the administration or induction of IFN-λ3.
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KEYWORDS:
HBV; HBcrAg; HBsAg; IFN; nucleotide analogue
PMID:
31756766
DOI:
10.1111/hepr.13449 |
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