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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Covalently closed circular DNA is the predominant form of duck hepatitis B virus DNA that persists following transient infection |
Author: | Le Mire, M. Miller, D. Foster, W. Burrell, C. Jilbert, A. |
Citation: | Journal of Virology, 2005; 79(19):12242-12252 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Microbiology |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
ISSN: | 0022-538X 1098-5514 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marc F. Le Mire, Darren S. Miller, Wendy K. Foster, Christopher J. Burrell, and Allison R. Jilbert |
Abstract: | Residual hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA can be detected in serum and liver after apparent recovery from transient infection. However, it is not known if this residual HBV DNA represents ongoing viral replication and antigen expression. In the current study, ducks inoculated with duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) were monitored for residual DHBV DNA following recovery from transient infection until 9 months postinoculation (p.i.). Resolution of DHBV infection occurred in 13 out of 15 ducks by 1-month p.i., defined as clearance of DHBV surface antigen-positive hepatocytes from the liver and development of anti-DHBV surface antibodies. At 9 months p.i., residual DHBV DNA was detected using nested PCR in 10/11 liver, 7/11 spleen, 2/11 kidney, 1/11 heart, and 1/11 adrenal samples. Residual DHBV DNA was not detected in serum or peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Within the liver, levels of residual DHBV DNA were 0.0024 to 0.016 copies per cell, 40 to 80% of which were identified as covalently closed circular viral DNA by quantitative PCR assay. This result, which was confirmed by Southern blot hybridization, is consistent with suppressed viral replication or inactive infection. Samples of liver and spleen cells from recovered animals did not transmit DHBV infection when inoculated into 1- to 2-day-old ducklings, and immunosuppressive treatment of ducks with cyclosporine and dexamethasone for 4 weeks did not alter levels of residual DHBV DNA in the liver. These findings further characterize a second form of hepadnavirus persistence in a suppressed or inactive state, quite distinct from the classical chronic carrier state. |
Keywords: | Liver Kidney Adrenal Glands Heart Spleen Leukocytes, Mononuclear Animals Ducks Hepatitis B Virus, Duck Hepadnaviridae Infections Hepatitis, Viral, Animal DNA, Circular DNA, Viral Polymerase Chain Reaction Genome, Viral |
Description: | Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. |
DOI: | 10.1128/JVI.79.19.12242-12252.2005 |
Published version: | http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/19/12242 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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