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In Situ Distributionof Hepatitis C VirusReplicative-Intermediate RNA in HepaticTissue and ItsCorrelation withLiver Disease Ming ChangAnthony P. MarquardtBrent L. Wood2000 год

In Situ Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Replicative-Intermediate RNA in Hepatic Tissue and Its Correlation with Liver Disease
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Аннотация: ABSTRACT Liver failure from chronic hepatitis C is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. However, the pathogenesis of liver injury resulting from chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is not well understood. To examine the relationship between HCV replication in liver tissue and hepatocellular injury, a strand-specific in situ hybridization procedure was developed. The sensitivity and specificity of digoxigenin-labeled riboprobes were optimized by analyzing Northern blots and cell lines expressing HCV RNAs. For the current study, both genomic (sense) and replicative-intermediate (antisense) HCV RNAs were detected and quantified in 8 of 8 liver tissue specimens from infected patients versus 0 of 11 liver tissue specimens from noninfected controls. The distribution pattern for HCV replicative-intermediate RNA in liver was different from that for HCV genomic RNA. HCV genomic RNA was variably distributed throughout infected livers and was located primarily in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, with some signal in fibroblasts and/or macrophages in the surrounding fibroconnective tissue. However, HCV replicative-intermediate RNA showed a more focal pattern of distribution and was exclusively localized in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. There was no significant relationship between the distribution pattern for HCV genomic RNA and any indices of hepatocellular injury. However, a highly significant correlation was observed between the percentage of cells staining positive for replicative-intermediate RNA and the degree of hepatic inflammatory activity ( P , < 0.0001). Furthermore, the ratio of cells staining positive for HCV replicative-intermediate versus genomic RNA correlated with the histological severity of liver injury ( P , 0.0065), supporting the hypothesis that active replication of HCV in liver tissue may be a significant determinant of hepatocellular injury.
Год издания: 2000
Авторы: Ming Chang, Anthony P. Marquardt, Brent L. Wood, Ocean Williams, Scott J. Cotler, Shari L. Taylor, Robert L. Carithers, David R. Gretch
Издательство: American Society for Microbiology
Источник: Journal of Virology
Ключевые слова: Hepatitis C virus research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
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