Effect of ribavirin on viral kinetics and liver gene expression in chronic hepatitis C

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作者
Rotman, Yaron [1 ]
Noureddin, Mazen [1 ]
Feld, Jordan J. [1 ]
Guedj, Jeremie [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Witthaus, Michael [1 ]
Han, Hwalih [1 ]
Park, Yoon J. [1 ]
Park, Su-Hyung [1 ]
Heller, Theo [1 ]
Ghany, Marc G. [1 ]
Doo, Edward [5 ]
Koh, Christopher [1 ]
Abdalla, Adil [1 ]
Gara, Naveen [1 ]
Sarkar, Souvik [1 ]
Thomas, Emmanuel [1 ]
Ahlenstiel, Golo [1 ]
Edlich, Birgit [1 ]
Titerence, Rachel [1 ]
Hogdal, Leah [1 ]
Rehermann, Barbara [1 ]
Dahari, Harel [2 ,6 ,7 ]
Perelson, Alan S. [2 ]
Hoofnagle, Jay H. [1 ]
Liang, T. Jake [1 ]
机构
[1] NIDDK, Liver Dis Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Theoret Biol & Biophys Grp, Los Alamos, NM USA
[3] INSERM, UMR 738, F-75018 Paris, France
[4] Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite, UMR 738, F-75018 Paris, France
[5] NIDDK, Liver Dis Res Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[6] Univ Illinois, Dept Med, Chicago, IL USA
[7] Loyola Univ Chicago, Dept Med, Div Hepatol, Maywood, IL USA
关键词
Hepatitis C; Interferon-Alpha; PEGYLATED INTERFERON; COMBINATION THERAPY; VIRUS-INFECTION; PLUS RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA; NONRESPONDERS; PEGINTERFERON; RESPONDERS; INDUCTION; MECHANISM;
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10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303852
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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摘要
Objective Ribavirin improves treatment response to pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN) in chronic hepatitis C but the mechanism remains controversial. We studied correlates of response and mechanism of action of ribavirin in treatment of hepatitis C. Design 70 treatment-naive patients were randomised to 4weeks of ribavirin (1000-1200mg/d) or none, followed by PEG-IFN-2a and ribavirin at standard doses and durations. Patients were also randomised to a liver biopsy 24h before or 6h after starting PEG-IFN. Hepatic gene expression was assessed by microarray and interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression quantified by nCounter platform. Temporal changes in ISG expression were assessed by qPCR in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and by serum levels of IP-10. Results After 4weeks of ribavirin monotherapy, hepatitis C virus (HCV) levels decreased by 0.50.5 log(10) (p=0.009 vs controls) and ALT by 33% (p<0.001). Ribavirin pretreatment, while modestly augmenting ISG induction by PEG-IFN, did not modify the virological response to subsequent PEG-IFN and ribavirin treatment. However, biochemical, but not virological, response to ribavirin monotherapy predicted response to subsequent combination treatment (rapid virological response, 71% in biochemical responders vs 22% non-responders, p=0.01; early virological response, 100% vs 68%, p=0.03; sustained virological response 83% vs 41%, p=0.053). Ribavirin monotherapy lowered serum IP-10 levels but had no effect on ISG expression in PBMC. Conclusions Ribavirin is a weak antiviral but its clinical effect seems to be mediated by a separate, indirect mechanism, which may act to reset IFN-responsiveness in HCV-infected liver.
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