肝脏 ›› 2016, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (9): 717-718.

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HBV RNA病毒样颗粒的潜在临床意义

中华肝脏病杂志 临床肝胆病杂志 《肝脏》杂志 联合社评   

  1. 100191 北京大学医学部基础医学院病原生物学系
  • 收稿日期:2016-08-08 出版日期:2016-09-30 发布日期:2020-06-19
  • 通讯作者: 鲁凤民,Email:lu.fengmin@bjmu.edu.cn

Potential clinical significance of HBV RNA virus-like particle

LU Feng-min, WANG Jie, ZHUANG Hui   

  1. Department of Microbiology & Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medicine, Peking UniversityHealth Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2016-08-08 Online:2016-09-30 Published:2020-06-19
  • Contact: LU Feng-min, Email: lu.fengmin@bjmu.edu.cn

摘要: 最近的研究结果证实慢性乙型肝炎患者血清中存在的HBV RNA为3.5 kb的前基因组RNA(pgRNA),这些pgRNA 存在于形态结构类似于丹颗粒的病毒样颗粒中。由于pgRNA 只能由位于感染的肝细胞核内的病毒共价闭合环状DNA(cccDNA),且其产生过程不受核苷(酸)类抗病毒药物的影响,因此血清病毒RNA 应能够反映接受治疗的患者肝细胞内cccDNA的存在及转录活性。据此推测,血清病毒RNA 可作为一个潜在的指导核苷(酸)类似物安全停药的指标。基于小样本停药队列研究的结果显示停药点血清中HBV RNA的确与慢性乙型肝炎停药后的病毒学反弹相关。

关键词: 肝炎,乙型,慢性, 肝炎病毒,乙型, 治疗, 核苷(酸)类似物

Abstract: Our recent studies confirmed that the HBV RNAs present in the serum of chronic hepatitisB (CHB) patients are pregenomic RNAs (pgRNAs) with a size of 3.5 kb. These pgRNAs are located in viruslikeparticles whose morphological structure is similar to that of Dan particles. Since pgRNAs can only betranscribed from the covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) located in the nuclear of infected hepatocytes,and the production of pgRNAs is not affected by nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs), the presence of viral RNAin serum can reflect the presence of cccDNA in hepatocytes and its transcriptional activity in patients treatedwith medication. It can be inferred that serum viral RNA can be used as a potential index for safe withdrawal ofNUCs. Our results based on a small-sample cohort show that the presence of HBV RNA in serum at the time ofdrugs withdrawal is indeed associated with virological rebound after drug withdrawal.

Key words: Hepatitis B, chronic, Hepatitis B virus, Therapy, Nucleot(s)ide analogues