Multigene tracking of hepatitis C virus quasispecies after liver transplantation: Correlation of genetic diversification in the envelope region with asymptomatic or mild disease patterns

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Sullivan, DG
Wilson, JJ
Carithers, RL
Perkins, JD
Gretch, DR
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[1] Univ Washington, Med Ctr, Dept Lab Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Med Ctr, Dept Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Univ Washington, Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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10.1128/JVI.72.12.10036-10043.1998
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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To investigate the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) quasispecies mutation in the pathogenesis of HCV infection, we analyzed changes in the genetic diversity of HCV genomes in 22 patients before and after liver transplantation by using heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) technology. All patients were infected with HCV genotype 1 and developed high-titer posttransplant viremia. Each patient was classified according to the severity of posttransplant hepatitis, as assessed by standard biochemical and histological criteria. HCV quasispecies were characterized by HMA analysis of eight separate subgenomic regions of HCV, which collectively comprise 44% of the entire genome. The glycoprotein genes El and E2, as well as the nonstructural protein genes NS2 and NS3, had the greatest genetic divergence after liver transplantation (the change in the heteroduplex mobility ratio [HMR] ranged from 2.5 to 7.0%). In contrast, genes encoding the core, NS4, and NS5b proteins had the least amount of genetic divergence after liver transplantation (range, 0.3 to 1.2%). The E1/E2 region showed the greatest change in genetic diversity after liver transplantation, and the change in HMRs was 2.5- to 3.3-fold greater in patients with asymptomatic or moderate disease than in those with severe disease. The E1-5' region of HCV quasispecies isolated from patients in the asymptomatic group had a significantly greater degree of diversification after liver transplantation than the same regions of HCV quasispecies Isolated from patients in the severe disease group (P = 0.05). While changes in the genetic diversity of some nonstructural genes were also greater in asymptomatic patients or in patients with mild disease than in patients with severe disease, the results were not significant. Data from this cohort demonstrate that greater rates of HCV quasispecies diversification are associated with mild or moderate liver disease activity in this immunosuppressed population
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