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LONG TERM NUCLEOS(T)IDE ANALOGUE THERAPY REDUCED
THE EXTENT OF HBV DNA INTEGRATION IN CHRONIC
HEPATITIS B PATIENTS
Ning Chow1, Danny Ka-Ho Wong1,2, Lung Yi Mak1,3, James
Fung1,2, Wai Kay Walter Seto1,2, Ching Lung Lai1,2 and Man
Fung Yuen1,2, (1)Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, (2)
State Key Laboratory of Liver Research, The University of
Hong Kong, (3)State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The
University of Hong Kong
Background: Integration of HBV DNA into host chromosomes
is associated with the development of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients
Current anti-viral therapeutic agents, in the form of nucleos(t)
ide analogue (NUCs), suppress HBV replication and reduce
HCC risk We aimed to study the effect of long-term NUC
treatment on the extent of HBV DNA integration in CHB
patients Methods: 28 CHB patients who had received NUC
treatment were studied All had paired liver biopsies collected
before treatment (baseline) and one year after treatment Five
of them had a third liver biopsy at 10 years post treatment HBV
DNA integration was detected in the liver DNA using inverse
PCR The extent of HBV DNA integration was expressed as
hepatocyte clone size Results: Of the 28 patients (21 males
and 7 females; 14 HBeAg-positive and 14 HBeAg-negative;
mean age 40 years), 11 received lamivudine, 7 received
telbivudine, and 10 received entecavir At baseline, all had
detectable HBV DNA integration (median hepatocyte clone
size: 1 40×105) HBV DNA integration sites were found in
all chromosomes except chromosome Y, with integration at
chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 16 and 21 being more prevalent There
was no significant association between hepatocyte clone size
and patients’ age Baseline hepatocyte clone size in HBeAgpositive
and HBeAg-negative patients were comparable HBV
DNA integration was detectable one year after treatment, with
a median hepatocyte clone size decreased to 6 72 × 104 (P
= 0 003 compared with baseline) and a mean reduction of
42 5% Of the 5 patients with liver biopsy at year 10, 3 had
undetectable HBV DNA integration A trend of reduction in
hepatocyte clone size in these 5 patients was seen during
the course of NUC treatment (baseline vs 1 year vs 10 year
= 4 54×104 vs 2 62×104 vs <1 00×102, P = 0 015) At years
1 and 10, intrahepatic HBV DNA reduced by 1 5 and 3 0
logs respectively, and cccDNA reduced by 0 7 and 2 6 logs
respectively. There was no significant correlation between the
reduction in clone size and that of intrahepatic HBV DNA and
cccDNA Conclusion: One-year NUC treatment significantly
reduced the extent of HBV DNA integration, which was further
reduced upon 10 years of treatment This supports the notion
that long term NUC treatment reduces HCC risk through
the reduction of HBV DNA integration Further studies on
the cellular/virologic pathways and the degree of integration
reduction among different treatment agents and patient
subgroups are needed.
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