Detection of Intrahepatic Hepatitis B Virus DNA and Correlation with Hepatic Necroinflammation and Fibrosis
AUTOR(ES)
Wong, Danny Ka-Ho
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Assessment of intrahepatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B is important in understanding the natural history of the disease and designing antiviral therapy regimens. However, there is no standardized method for the measurement of intrahepatic HBV DNA levels. We describe a convenient novel method for the measurement of intrahepatic HBV DNA levels based on a modified COBAS Amplicor HBV Monitor test for HBV DNA measurement and real-time PCR β-actin gene detection for human genomic DNA (hgDNA) quantitation. Fifteen hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients, 26 patients positive for antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe), and 8 control patients were recruited. The mean between-run coefficient of variation for the β-actin real-time PCR assay was 15.4%. All eight control patients had undetectable intrahepatic and serum HBV DNA levels. All chronic hepatitis B patients had detectable intrahepatic HBV DNA levels, and all but one anti-HBe-positive patient had detectable serum HBV DNA levels. HBeAg-positive patients had higher median intrahepatic and serum HBV DNA levels than anti-HBe-positive patients (6,950 versus 676 HBV DNA copies/ng of hgDNA, respectively [P < 0.001] and 184 × 106 versus 6.65 × 106 copies/ml, respectively [P < 0.001]). The intrahepatic HBV DNA levels correlated strongly with the serum HBV DNA levels (r = 0.842; P < 0.001) and with the degree of fibrosis (P = 0.014). We conclude that the method that we describe is reliable and convenient for the measurement of intrahepatic HBV DNA levels and has potential clinical significance.
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