1998年3月
Point mutations in the S and pre-S2 genes observed in two hepatitis B virus carriers positive for antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen
HEPATO-GASTROENTEROLOGY
- 巻
- 45
- 号
- 20
- 開始ページ
- 500
- 終了ページ
- 502
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- 出版者・発行元
- H G E UPDATE MEDICAL PUBL LTD.
Two hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers who had antibodies to HBV surface antigen (anti-HBs) were studied. Case 1 was a 47 year old woman positive for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), and case 2 was a 61 year old man positive for antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) and DNA-polymerase (DNA-p). Neither case had received the HBV vaccine. The nucleotide sequences of the HBV-DNA extracted from the patients' sera were determined within the pre-S2 and S genes. Seven out of nine S gene clones from case I and six out of nine S gene clones from case 2 had an amino acid replacement from Thr or lie to Ser at codon 126 in the alpha-determinant of the S gene. Amino acid substitution of codon 145 of the S gene previously reported was not observed. Although two previous reports on HBV escape mutant carriers with both anti-HBs and HBeAg described some deletions in the pre-Sa gene, our cases did not show these deletions. Our analysis indicated that carriers with the HBV escape mutant did not always have pre-Sa gene deletions. We found two HBV escape mutant carriers who had amino acid substitutions at codon 126 in the S gene due to point mutation without any deletions in the pre-S2 gene.
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- ISSN : 0172-6390
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000073153900042