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Elucidation of the mechanism of direct cytopathic effect of HBV

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K15967
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 53010:Gastroenterology-related
Research InstitutionOita University (2023)
Hiroshima University (2022)

Principal Investigator

Uchida Takuro  大分大学, グローカル感染症研究センター, 講師 (00827967)

Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
KeywordsHBV / PC/BCP変異 / B型肝炎 / 劇症肝炎 / PC変異 / BCP変異 / ERストレス / HBV再活性化 / ヒト肝細胞キメラマウス / Precore変異 / Basal Core Promoter変異
Outline of Research at the Start

B型肝炎ウイルス(HBV)再活性は時として重症肝炎を引き起こす。HBVの Precore(PC)変異やBasal core promoter(BCP)変異は、劇症肝炎や再活性化にともなう肝炎との関連が報告されているが、どのように肝炎発症に影響を及ぼしているかに関しては不明な点も多い。申請者は、免疫不全状態にあるヒト肝細胞キメラマウスを用いて、PC/BCP 変異型HBV感染が肝細胞に及ぼす影響を解析し、劇症肝炎やHBV再活性に伴う急性増悪においてPC/BCP変異型HBVが免疫反応を介さずに、ウイルス自体によって引き起こす肝細胞障害のメカニズムの解明を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mutations within the precore (PC) and basal core promoter (BCP) regions of the HBV genome are associated with fulminant hepatitis and HBV reactivation. We investigated mechanisms of direct cytopathic effects induced by infection with PC/BCP mutants in the absence of immune response in vitro and in vivo. HBV proliferated vigorously in mice with PC/BCP mutant infection, and severe loss of human hepatocytes with a slight human ALT elevation subsequently occurred only in PC/BCP mutant mice. RNA sequencing revealed the molecular characteristics of the phenotype of PC/BCP mutant infection in humanized mouse model. In PC/BCP mutant infection, accumulation of HBsAg in humanized livers colocalized with the endoplasmic reticulum, leading to apoptosis via unfolded protein response in HBV-infected hepatocytes. We published the paper about this finding in Hepatology.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

HBVゲノムのPC/BCPおよびBCP変異は、劇症肝炎やHBV再活性化と関連していることは知られていたが、これらの変異が直接的に肝細胞障害を引き起こす知見はこれまでほとんど示されていなかった。本研究では実験モデルを用いて、PC変異体およびBCP変異体がどのようにして肝障害を引き起こし、肝炎の劇症化のメカニズムの一端を明らかにした。本実験モデルは、免疫抑制条件下での肝細胞障害に続くHBV再活性化を模倣しており、臨床応用に向けた新たな肝炎発症メカニズムを明らかにしたことは、HBV治癒のための次世代戦略形成につながるものと思われる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2023 2022 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institutes of Health(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] HBV with precore and basal core promoter mutations exhibits a high replication phenotype and causes ER stress-mediated cell death in humanized liver chimeric mice2023

    • Author(s)
      Uchida Takuro、Imamura Michio、Hayes C. Nelson、Suehiro Yosuke、Teraoka Yuji、Ohya Kazuki、Aikata Hiroshi、Abe-Chayama Hiromi、Ishida Yuji、Tateno Chise、Hara Yuichi、Hino Keisuke、Okamoto Toru、Matsuura Yoshiharu、Aizaki Hideki、Wake Kenjiro、Kohara Michinori、Liang T. Jake、Oka Shiro、Chayama Kazuaki
    • Journal Title

      Hepatology

      Volume: 78 Issue: 3 Pages: 929-942

    • DOI

      10.1097/hep.0000000000000335

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Basal core promoterおよび precore変異型HBVは小胞体ストレス応答を介し肝細胞を直接障害する2023

    • Author(s)
      内田 宅郎、今村 道雄、岡 志郎
    • Organizer
      第59回日本肝臓学会総会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] HBV with precore and basal core promoter mutations exhibits a high replication phenotypeand causes ER stress-mediated cell deathin humanized liver chimeric mice2023

    • Author(s)
      Takuro Uchida、Yuji Ishida, Chise Tateno, Hideki Aizaki, T. Jake Liang, Kazuaki Chayama, Shiro Oka, Kazunari Murakami
    • Organizer
      International HBV Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Basal core promoterおよびprecore変異型HBVは小胞体ストレス応答を介し肝細胞を直接障害する2023

    • Author(s)
      内田宅郎、今村道雄、岡志郎
    • Organizer
      第59回日本肝臓学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ACCUMULATION OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN PROVOKES ER STRESS MEDIATED CELL DEATH IN BASAL CORE PROMOTER AND PRECORE MUTATED HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION2022

    • Author(s)
      Takuro Uchida, Michio Imamura, Yuji Teraoka,Hatsue Fujino,Takashi Nakahara,Atsushi Ono,Eisuke Murakami,Masami Yamauchi,Tomokazu Kawaoka,Daiki Miki,Hiromi Abe-Chayama,C. Nelson Hayes, Hiroshi Aikata,Yuji Ishida,Chise Tateno,HoJoong Song,Yohei Miyayama,Makoto Hijikata,Kazuaki Chayama
    • Organizer
      The Liver Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] ウイルス性肝炎学 2023 ―最新の病態・診断・治療情報―V.各 論 HBV 遺伝子型と臨床像2023

    • Author(s)
      内田宅郎 岡 志郎
    • Total Pages
      6
    • Publisher
      日本臨牀社
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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