Association of poor virus specific immunoglobulin G antibody responses with higher viral load is seen in Bangladeshi pregnant women having acute Hepatitis E Genotype 1 infection

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Sultana RosyORCID,Islam Md TarikulORCID,Bhuyan Golam Sarower,Noor Farjana AktherORCID,Sarker Suprovath Kumar,Maliha Noorjahan,Hassan Zahid,Hossain MohabbatORCID,Rashid Mamunur,Zaman K,Karim Muhammad ManjurulORCID,Qadri Firdausi,Mannoor KaiissarORCID

Abstract

AbstractAlthough Hepatitis E viral illness is usually self-limiting, higher rates of morbidity and mortality are frequently observed during pregnancy in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. Of the four common variants, hepatitis E virus genotype 1 is mainly prevalent in South Asian countries. Pregnant women usually suffer from a state of immunosuppression. It is yet to be known whether virus specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) immune responses have any association with the vulnerability of pregnant women to acute hepatitis with E virus. The study aimed to compare the viral load and IgG responses of hepatitis E-infected pregnant women with that of non-pregnant women with same infection. Real Time –quantitative reverse transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sanger sequencing were performed to determine the viral load and genotype, respectively, whereas Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay method was used to determine hepatitis E virus specific serum IgG antibody index along with IgG avidity index. Although significant negative correlations were observed between log viral copy number and log IgG antibody index in the late acute phases of jaundice for both pregnant (r= −0.7971, p=0.0002) and non-pregnant women (r= −0.9117, p=0.0002), serum log viral copy number of pregnant women was significantly higher than that of the non-pregnant counterpart (p=0.0196) in the late acute stage of jaundice. In addition, log hepatitis E virus IgG antibody index of pregnant women was significantly lower than the non-pregnant women in the late phase of jaundice induced by hepatitis E virus (p=0.0303). Moreover, pregnant women with acute hepatitis E had higher cross-reactive IgG than in the non-pregnant women (p=0.0017). All the patients got infected with hepatitis E virus were in Genotype 1 variety. The study demonstrates that virus-specific poor IgG responses might be responsible for vulnerability of pregnant women to acute hepatitis with hepatitis E virus.Author SummaryAcute hepatitis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) Genotype 1 is a public health problem in Asian countries and especially it poses a potential health threat to pregnant women causing 19% to 25% mortality, particularly in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. The study aimed to explore whether HEV IgG immune responses were compromised during pregnancy, which might contribute to higher viral load and disease severity. Accordingly, pregnant and non-pregnant women with acute hepatitis (clinically presented with nausea, loss of appetite and /or jaundice) were enrolled from different tertiary care hospitals in Dhaka city. All these patients were screened and hepatitis E were differentiated from other hepatitis (caused by A, B, C) using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) methods. HEV IgG antibody/avidity indices and viral loads were measured using ELISA and real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), respectively. The study showed that pregnant women with acute hepatitis E had lower IgG indices with higher viral load than their non-pregnant counterpart. Overall, the study revealed that virus-specific poor IgG responses might render pregnant women vulnerable to acute hepatitis E of varying degree of severity which might be associated with higher viral load.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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