Toll-like receptor dual-acting agonists are potent inducers of PBMC-produced cytokines that inhibit hepatitis B virus production in primary human hepatocytes.
Culture Media, Conditioned
/ pharmacology
Cytokines
/ metabolism
DNA, Circular
/ metabolism
Drug Delivery Systems
Hep G2 Cells
Hepatitis B virus
/ physiology
Hepatitis B, Chronic
/ virology
Hepatocytes
/ virology
Humans
Immunity, Innate
/ drug effects
Interferon-alpha
/ metabolism
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
/ metabolism
Toll-Like Receptors
/ agonists
Virus Replication
/ drug effects
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 07 2020
29 07 2020
Historique:
received:
28
01
2020
accepted:
09
07
2020
entrez:
31
7
2020
pubmed:
31
7
2020
medline:
14
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Recombinant interferon-α (IFN-α) treatment functionally cures chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in some individuals and suppresses virus replication in hepatocytes infected in vitro. We studied the antiviral effect of conditioned media (CM) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) stimulated with agonists of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 7, 8 and 9. We found that CM from PBMCs stimulated with dual-acting TLR7/8 (R848) and TLR2/7 (CL413) agonists were more potent drivers of inhibition of HBe and HBs antigen secretion from HBV-infected primary human hepatocytes (PHH) than CM from PBMCs stimulated with single-acting TLR7 (CL264) or TLR9 (CpG-B) agonists. Inhibition of HBV in PHH did not correlate with the quantity of PBMC-produced IFN-α, but it was a complex function of multiple secreted cytokines. More importantly, we found that the CM that efficiently inhibited HBV production in freshly isolated PHH via various cytokine repertoires and mechanisms did not reduce covalently closed circular (ccc)DNA levels. We confirmed our data with a cell culture model based on HepG2-NTCP cells and the plasmacytoid dendritic cell line GEN2.2. Collectively, our data show the importance of dual-acting TLR agonists inducing broad cytokine repertoires. The development of poly-specific TLR agonists provides novel opportunities towards functional HBV cure.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32728070
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69614-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-69614-7
pmc: PMC7392756
doi:
Substances chimiques
Culture Media, Conditioned
0
Cytokines
0
DNA, Circular
0
Interferon-alpha
0
Toll-Like Receptors
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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