Cloned HBV DNA causes hepatitis in chimpanzees

Hans Will; Roberto Cattaneo; Hans Georg Koch; Gholamreza Darai; Heinz Schaller; Hǔub Schellekens; Peer M.C.A. Van Eerd; Friedrich Deinhardt

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Cloned HBV DNA causes hepatitis in chimpanzees

Hans Will, Roberto Cattaneo, Hans Georg Koch, Gholamreza Darai, Heinz Schaller, Hǔub Schellekens, Peer M.C.A. Van Eerd, Friedrich Deinhardt

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Most of our knowledge of the structure and function of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome comes from the analysis of the viral DNA sequences cloned in bacteria^1-3. Because the physical state of cloned HBV DNA differs from HBV DNA encapsidated in the virion - for example, it lacks the nick-gap structure⁴, and a covalently linked protein⁵ - the question arises as to whether it can initiate HBV replication in vitro ⁶ or in vivo. We describe here the development of typical acute viral hepatitis, and the detection of HBV-specific DNA sequences in the serum and liver, in a chimpanzee inoculated with cloned HBV DNA. This demonstrates that neither the virion proteins nor the nick-gap structure of the virion DNA are needed for the initiation of replication of HBV in vivo.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	740-742
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	299
Issue number	5885
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/299740a0
State	Published - Dec 1 1982

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