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ArticleScientific reports2016

Biological characteristics comparison of HBV rtA181T mutants with truncated or substituted HBsAg expression in vitro and in vivo model systems.

Ling-Yun Zhou, En-Qiang Chen, Meng-Lan Wang, Lan-Lan Chen, Cui-Ping Liu, Fan Zeng, Hong Tang

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Ling-Yun ZhouCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
En-Qiang ChenCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Meng-Lan WangCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Lan-Lan ChenCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Cui-Ping LiuCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Fan ZengCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Hong TangCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

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The hepatitis B virus(HBV) polymerase rtA181T mutation is selected during long-term antiviral therapy. As the polymerase gene completely overlaps with the envelope (S) gene, HBV rtA181T mutation also carries sW172 mutations. In this study, we investigated whether there were biological differences between rtA181T/sW172* (coding truncated HBsAg) and rtA181T/sW172L (coding substituted HBsAg) mutants. In cell experiments, a slight decline of viral replication was observed in both two mutants as compared to wild-type strains, but the levels of supernatant HBsAg and HBV DNA in rtA181T/sW172* were significantly lower than those in rtA181T/sW172L transfected cells. In animal experiments, we were amazed to find that viral replication in rtA181T/sW172* mutant increased and maintained significantly longer than that in rtA181T/sW172L mutant, while no significant difference was observed between rtA181T/sW172L and wild-type strains. Compared with wild-type strains, there were intracellular accumulations of HBsAg and HBcAg in rtA181/sW172* but none in rtA181/sW172L mutant strains. Importantly, we also found that truncated HBsAg could increase the activity of HBV core promoter, but substituted HBsAg could not. In summary, the characteristics of above two rtA181T mutants mentioned above were significantly different, and it is necessary and important for us to distinguish sW172* truncated mutation from sW172L substituted mutation.

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AnimalsDNA, ViralHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHep G2 CellsHumansLiverMiceMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseTransfectionVirus ReplicationDNA, ViralHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensRNA-Directed DNA Polymerase

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PMCPMC5157016

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