Preliminary study effect of artificial liver support on HBV cccDNA in patients with fulminant hepatitis B / 重庆医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective:To establish a new fluorescence-based quantitative PCR assay for detecting hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA(HBV cccDNA).To explore the effect of artificial liver support system(ALSS)on total HBV DNA and HBV cccDNA in sera of patients with fulminant hepatitis B.Methods:The serum specimens from 50 patients of fulminant hepatitis B prior to and after treatment with ALSS were collected.Then HBV cccDNA was quantitatively detected by fluorescent PCR with specific primer set and Taqman probe.And the results were analyzed by SAS8.0 statistics software.Results:We successfully established a new fluorescence-based quantitative PCR method for HBV cccDNA.HBV cccDNA was detectable in sera of the patients with fulminant hepatitis B.The level of total HBV DNA and HBV cccDNA decreased significantly following plasma exchange in ALSS.The levels of total HBV DNA and HBV cccDNA had positive correlation with degree of PT,ALT,andAST.Total HBV DNA also had positive correlation with HBV cccDNA.Conclusion:The level of total HBV DNA and HBV cccDNA has positive correlation with degree of PT,ALT,and AST,which might be indication of hepatocyte damage.The finding that significant decrease in total HBV DNA and HBV cccDNA after plasma exchange in ALSS may provide a clue of further research about the fulminant hepatitis B treated with ALSS.