title: Anti-HBV effects of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic hepatitis B.
abstract: Unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in bacterial DNA or synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides containing immunostimulatory CpG motifs (CpG ODN) are known as a potent Th1-like immune enhancer in vertebrates. Chronic hepatitis B is the immunocompromising condition. We therefore investigated the effects of CpG ODN on cultured cells from chronic hepatitis B patients and healthy controls. The inhibitory effects of CpG ODN on hepatitis B virus (HBV) were also studied. The secretion of IFN-alpha by CpG ODN-activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from chronic hepatitis B patients and healthy controls was significantly increased when compared with PBMCs alone or GpC ODN-stimulated PBMCs. After activation with CpG ODN, the IFN-alpha secretion by chronically HBV-infected patient PBMCs is less than that by healthy control PBMCs. Treatment of HepG2 2.2.15 cells with culture supernatants of PBMCs activated by CpG ODN can significantly suppress the secretion of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA as compared with that of PBMCs without CpG ODN activation under the same conditions. No inhibitory effect on the replication of HBV was found for CpG ODN treatment alone. Our results indicated that CpG ODN could efficiently enhance the immune response of chronic hepatitis B patients. Moreover, the CpG ODN-activated PBMCs from chronic hepatitis B patients were able to significantly inhibit HBV replication in vitro, suggesting that CpG ODN may be a potential immunoregulator against HBV infection in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Gong
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Zhao-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Zheng-Bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C408982:CPG-oligonucleotide; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides