Abstract：
:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is hyperendemic to southern Africa, with genotype A of HBV being the predominant genotype, and subgenotype A1 prevailing. Infection with this subgenotype is associated with rapid disease progression, and high frequency of hepatocellular carcinoma development. The objectives of our study was to construct recombinant 1.28 mer replication competent HBV DNA plasmids of subgenotypes A1, A2 and D3 containing authentic endogenous HBV promoters and to follow their replication in vitro after transfection of Huh7 cells. We found that subgenotype D3 replicated at a lower level, as measured by HBsAg and HBV DNA levels, when compared to cells transfected with genotype A. There was no difference in the intracellular and extracellular HBsAg between cells transfected with subgenotypes A1 or A2. Cells transfected with subgenotype A1 had higher levels of intracellular replicative intermediates and HBcAg, and lower extracellular expression of HBeAg from days 1 to 3, when compared to cells transfected with subgenotype A2. In conclusion, the generation of these replication competent clones is an important step in the functional characterization of subgenotypes of HBV circulating in Africa and their comparison to strains circulating in other geographical regions of the world.
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J Virol Methodsjournal_title
Journal of virological methodsauthors
Bhoola NH,Reumann K,Kew MC,Will H,Kramvis Adoi
10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.03.015subject
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2014-07-01 00:00:00pages
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0166-0934issn
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