Abstract
The development of a subgenomic replicon derived from the hepatitis C virus (HCV) strain Con1 enabled the study of viral RNA replication in Huh-7 cells. The level of replication of replicons, as well as full-length Con1 genomes, increased significantly by a combination of two adaptive mutations in NS3 (E1202G and T1280I) and a single mutation in NS5A (S2197P). However, these cell culture-adaptive mutations influenced in vivo infectivity. After intrahepatic transfection of chimpanzees, the wild-type Con1 genome was infectious and produced viral titers similar to those produced by other infectious HCV clones. Repeated independent transfections with RNA transcripts of a Con1 genome containing the three adaptive mutations failed to achieve active HCV infection. Furthermore, although a chimpanzee transfected with RNA transcripts of a Con1 genome with only the NS5A mutation became infected, this mutation was detected only in virus genomes recovered from serum at day 4; viruses recovered at day 7 had a reversion back to the original Con1 sequence. Our study demonstrates that mutations that are adaptive for replication of HCV in cell culture may be highly attenuating in vivo .
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Bukh, J., Pietschmann, T., Lohmann, V., Krieger, N., Faulk, K., Engle, R. E., Govindarajan, S., Shapiro, M., St. Claire, M., & Bartenschlager, R. (2002). Mutations that permit efficient replication of hepatitis C virus RNA in Huh-7 cells prevent productive replication in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(22), 14416â14421.
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Created | 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 29, 2002, 12:24 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 7:57 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 days, 19 hours ago (Sept. 4, 2025, 10:02 a.m.) |
Issued | 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 21, 2002) |
Published | 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 21, 2002) |
Published Online | 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 21, 2002) |
Published Print | 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 29, 2002) |
@article{Bukh_2002, title={Mutations that permit efficient replication of hepatitis C virus RNA in Huh-7 cells prevent productive replication in chimpanzees}, volume={99}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.212532699}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.212532699}, number={22}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Bukh, Jens and Pietschmann, Thomas and Lohmann, Volker and Krieger, Nicole and Faulk, Kristina and Engle, Ronald E. and Govindarajan, Sugantha and Shapiro, Max and St. Claire, Marisa and Bartenschlager, Ralf}, year={2002}, month=oct, pages={14416–14421} }