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Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11992-11998, Vol. 75, No. 24
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.24.11992-11998.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Hepatitis C Virus Core and Envelope Proteins Do Not Suppress the Host's Ability To Clear a Hepatic Viral Infection

Jiaren Sun,* Francis Bodola, Xuegong Fan, Habib Irshad, Lynn Soong, Stanley M. Lemon, and Teh-Sheng Chan

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1070

Received 5 June 2001/Accepted 14 September 2001

Several hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins have been shown in vitro to interact with host cellular components that are involved in immune regulation. However, there is a paucity of data supporting the relevance of these observations to the in vivo situation. To test the hypothesis that such an interaction suppresses immune responses, we studied a line of transgenic C57BL/6 mice that express the HCV core and envelope proteins in the liver. The potential effects of these proteins on the hepatic immune response were evaluated by challenging these mice with a hepatotropic adenovirus. Both transgenic and nontransgenic mice developed similar courses of infection and cleared the virus from the liver by 28 days postinfection. Both groups of mice mounted similar immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgG2a, interleukin-2, and tumor necrosis factor alpha responses against the virus. Additionally, BALB/c mice were able to clear infection with recombinant adenovirus that does or does not express the HCV core and envelope 1 proteins in the same manner. These data suggest that HCV core and envelope proteins do not inhibit the hepatic antiviral mechanisms in these murine experimental systems and thus favor a model in which HCV circumvents host responses through a mechanism that does not involve general suppression of intrahepatic immune responses.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1019. Phone: (409) 747-0186. Fax: (409) 747-6869. E-mail: jisun{at}utmb.edu.

Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11992-11998, Vol. 75, No. 24
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.24.11992-11998.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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