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J Gen Virol 72 (1991), 735-739; DOI 10.1099/0022-1317-72-3-735
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Nucleotide sequence analysis of three different hepatitis delta viruses isolated from a woodchuck and humans

P. Dény1,2,, A. L. Zignego1, N. Rascalou2, A. Ponzetto3, P. Tiollais1 and C. Bréchot1,4,

1 Unité de Recombinaison et Expression Génétique, INSERM U 163/CNRS UA 271, Institut Pasteur, 75015, Paris,
2 Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Avicenne, Université Paris XIII, 93009, Bobigny, France,
3 Service de Gastroenterologie, Hôpital Molinette, Turin, Italy
and4 INSERM U 75, CHU Necker, Service d'Hépatologie, Hopital Laënnec, 75015 Paris, France

We have investigated the extent of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) genetic variability after serial passages in chimpanzees and woodchucks and between different human isolates. A complete HDV genome, isolated from a woodchuck liver, was cloned after five serial transmissions. The 1679 nucleotide long genome revealed only point mutations and a nucleotide divergence of 0.65% and 0.89% with previously published sequences of two epidemiologically related HDVs. We have obtained partial nucleotide sequences of two unrelated human HDV cDNAs by using the polymerase chain reaction. When compared to the woodchuck HDV strain and other previously reported isolates, a perfectly conserved region of 90 nucleotides was shown in the region encompassing the delta antigen antigenomic self-cleavage site. In woodchuck and human HDV strains, the two forms of delta protein (195 and 214 amino acids) were potentially expressed. Our study indicates that only a limited genetic variability is generated by several passages in animals despite significant modification of pathogenicity during these transmissions.

Received 18 July 1990; accepted 26 November 1990.


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