A versatile method to profile hepatitis B virus DNA integration

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases..

BACKGROUND: HBV DNA integration into the host genome is frequently found in HBV-associated HCC tissues and is associated with hepatocarcinogenesis. Multiple detection methods, including hybrid capture-sequencing, have identified integration sites and provided clinical implications; however, each has advantages and disadvantages concerning sensitivity, cost, and throughput. Therefore, methods that can comprehensively and cost-effectively detect integration sites with high sensitivity are required. Here, we investigated the efficiency of RAISING (Rapid Amplification of Integration Site without Interference by Genomic DNA contamination) as a simple and inexpensive method to detect viral integration by amplifying HBV-integrated fragments using virus-specific primers covering the entire HBV genome.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Illumina sequencing of RAISING products from HCC-derived cell lines (PLC/PRF/5 and Hep3B cells) identified HBV-human junction sequences as well as their frequencies. The HBV-human junction profiles identified using RAISING were consistent with those determined using hybrid capture-sequencing, and the representative junctions could be validated by junction-specific nested PCR. The comparison of these detection methods revealed that RAISING-sequencing outperforms hybrid capture-sequencing in concentrating junction sequences. RAISING-sequencing was also demonstrated to determine the sites of de novo integration in HBV-infected HepG2-NTCP cells, primary human hepatocytes, liver-humanized mice, and clinical specimens. Furthermore, we made use of xenograft mice subcutaneously engrafted with PLC/PRF/5 or Hep3B cells, and HBV-human junctions determined by RAISING-sequencing were detectable in the plasma cell-free DNA using droplet digital PCR.

CONCLUSIONS: RAISING successfully profiles HBV-human junction sequences with smaller amounts of sequencing data and at a lower cost than hybrid capture-sequencing. This method is expected to aid basic HBV integration and clinical diagnosis research.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Hepatology communications - 7(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fukano, Kento [VerfasserIn]
Wakae, Kousho [VerfasserIn]
Nao, Naganori [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Masumichi [VerfasserIn]
Tsubota, Akihito [VerfasserIn]
Toyoshima, Takae [VerfasserIn]
Aizaki, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Iijima, Hiroko [VerfasserIn]
Matsudaira, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Moto [VerfasserIn]
Watashi, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Sugiura, Wataru [VerfasserIn]
Muramatsu, Masamichi [VerfasserIn]

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DNA, Viral
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Date Completed 07.12.2023

Date Revised 07.12.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/HC9.0000000000000328

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365424803