Establishment of an in vivo model for duck hepatitis B virus infection using Hubei duckling / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
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(6): 113-115, 2008.
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em Chinês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To develop a standard duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) animal model using a local Hubei species of duck, Ma Ya, and use it as an in vivo experimental system to study antiviral strategies against hepatitis B.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Two-day-old Ma Ya ducklings were experimentally infected via intraperitoneal injection with the DHBV inocula which was collected from the transfected culture supernatant of 1.5-fold-overlength genome recombinant plasmid. Blood samples were taken twice or thrice a week during post-inoculation for 50 days. Viremia was quantified by serum real-time PCR to show the peak. Antiviral treatment of the DHBV-infected ducklings was started 3 d post-inoculation. The animals received oral administration of lamivudine (3TC) at a dose of 25 mg/kg/d for 5 d, followed by a maintenance therapy thrice weekly for 3 more weeks. Serum was quantified to show the viremia peak and liver biopsy specimens were analysed by Southern blotting and in-situ hybridization at the end of antiviral drug treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The experimental infection rate of 2-day-old ducklings was 87.5%. Viremia started to be detectable on day 7 and reached a peak on day 11 post-inoculation, followed by a decrease and fluctuations. Four weeks of oral administration of 3TC led to a significant decrease in viremia peak during. This effect was not sustained, as a rebound in viremia was observed after drug withdrawal. Similarly, the analysis of liver biopsies at the end of 3TC treatment showed a marked decrease in DHBV DNA. However, after drug withdrawal a rebound of intrahepatic DHBV DNA was observed in duck livers.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The Hubei duck model with experimental DHBV infection of transfected supernatant is more suitable for the hepadnavirus biologic research due to its stability and practicability.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Patologia
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Farmacologia
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Viremia
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Virologia
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Sangue
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DNA Viral
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Vírus da Hepatite B do Pato
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Infecções por Hepadnaviridae
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Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa
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Lamivudina
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Animais
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
Ano de publicação:
2008
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