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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Strong Replication Interference Between Hepatitis Delta Viruses in Human Liver Chimeric Mice.

Katja Giersch, Lennart Hermanussen, Tassilo Volz, Annika Volmari, Lena Allweiss, Camille Sureau, John Casey, Jiabin Huang, Nicole Fischer, Marc Lütgehetmann and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Katja GierschDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Lennart HermanussenDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Tassilo VolzDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Annika VolmariDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Lena AllweissDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Camille SureauInstitut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France.
John CaseyGeorgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Jiabin HuangDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Nicole FischerDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marc LütgehetmannGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems Site, Hamburg, Germany.
Maura DandriDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEGeorgetown University · USGerman Center for Infection Research · DEInstitut National de la Transfusion Sanguine · FRUniversität Hamburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatitis D Virus (HDV) is classified into eight genotypes with distinct clinical outcomes. Despite the maintenance of highly conserved functional motifs, it is unknown whether sequence divergence between genotypes, such as HDV-1 and HDV-3, or viral interference mechanisms may affect co-infection in the same host and cell, thus hindering the development of HDV inter-genotypic recombinants. We aimed to investigate virological differences of HDV-1 and HDV-3 and assessed their capacity to infect and replicate within the same liver and human hepatocyte

methodsHuman liver chimeric mice were infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and with one of the two HDV genotypes or with HDV-1 and HDV-3 simultaneously. In a second set of experiments, HBV-infected mice were first infected with HDV-1 and after 9 weeks with HDV-3, or vice versa. Also two distinct HDV-1 strains were used to infect mice simultaneously and sequentially. Virological parameters were determined by strain-specific qRT-PCR, RNA

resultsHBV/HDV co-infection studies indicated faster spreading kinetics and higher intrahepatic levels of HDV-3 compared to HDV-1. In mice that simultaneously received both HDV strains, HDV-3 became the dominant genotype. Interestingly, antigenomic HDV-1 and HDV-3 RNA were detected within the same liver but hardly within the same cell. Surprisingly, sequential super-infection experiments revealed a clear dominance of the HDV strain that was inoculated first, indicating that HDV-infected cells may acquire resistance to super-infection.

conclusionInfection with two largely divergent HDV genotypes could be established in the same liver, but rarely within the same hepatocyte. Sequential super-infection with distinct HDV genotypes and even with two HDV-1 isolates was strongly impaired, suggesting that virus interference mechanisms hamper productive replication in the same cell and hence recombination events even in a system lacking adaptive immune responses.

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genotypesHDVhepatitis deltahumanized micehuman liver chimeric micein vivorecombinationreplication

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