Mutations in carboxy-terminal part of E2 including PKR/eIF2α phosphorylation homology domain and interferon sensitivity determining region of nonstructural 5A of hepatitis C virus 1b: Their correlation with response to interferon monotherapy and viral load

Koji Ukai, Masatoshi Ishigami, Kentaro Yoshioka, Naoto Kawabe, Yoshiaki Katano, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Takashi Honda, Motoyoshi Yano, Hidemi Goto

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Aim: To study the amino acid substitutions in the carboxy (C)-terminal part of E2 protein and in the interferon (IFN) sensitivity determining region (ISDR) and their correlation with response to IFN and viral load in 85 hepatitis C virus (HCV)-1b-infected patients treated with IFN. Methods: The C-terminal part of E2 (codons 617-711) including PKR/ eIF2α phosphorylation homology domain (PePHD) and ISDR was sequenced in 85 HCV-1b-infected patients treated by IFN monotherapy. Results: The am ino acid substitutions in PePHD detected only in 4 of 85 patients were not correlated either with response to IFN or with viral load. The presence of substitutions in a N-terminal variable region (codons 617-641) in the C-terminal part of E2 was significantly correlated with both small viral load (33.9% vs 13.8%, P = 0.0394) and sustained response to IFN (25.0% vs 6.9 %, P = 0.0429). Four or more substitutions in ISDR were significantly correlated with both small viral load (78.6% vs 16.2%, P < 0.0001) and sustained response to IFN (85.7% vs 2.9%, P < 0.0001). In multivariate analysis, ISDR in nonstructural (NS) 5A (OR = 0.39, P < 0.0001) and N-terminal variable region (OR = 0.51, P = 0.039) was selected as the independent predictors for small viral load, and ISDR (OR = 39.0, P < 0.0001) was selected as the only independent predictor for sustained response. Conclusion: The N-terminal variable region in the C-terminal part of E2 correlates with both response to IFN monotherapy and viral load and is one of the factors independently associated with a small viral load.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)3722-3728
ページ数7
ジャーナルWorld Journal of Gastroenterology
12
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出版ステータス出版済み - 21-06-2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 消化器病学

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