T. Horvatits, P. Behrendt, N. Schuebel, Martina Guthoff, J. Wiegand, Anna Harth, Julia Mersi, Marc Luetgehetmann, Clemence Gallon, M. Rybczynski, Zhaochao Liang, Benjamin Maasoumy, V. Mallet, Lin Wang, Sven Pischke
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Oral Zinc Supplementation in Chronically HEV-Infected Patients Not Responding to Ribavirin Monotherapy
Background: Chronic hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection may progress to end-stage liver disease in immunosuppressed individuals. Ribavirin therapy is efficient in most chronic HEV patients, but 10% remain without a sustained virological response (SVR). Objectives: We aimed to study whether zinc supplementation could represent a therapeutic approach in these patients. Methods: Antiviral properties of zinc salts were studied in vitro (subgenomic-replicon system), in vivo (rabbit model), and retrospectively in patients with chronic hepatitis E who did not achieve SVR under ribavirin monotherapy. Results: Zinc inhibited HEV genotype-3 replication in vitro. In a model of acute HEV infection in immunocompetent rabbits, zinc + ribavirin did not improve viral clearance compared to ribavirin monotherapy. In chronically HEV-infected patients not responding to ribavirin (n = 12), viral clearance was observed in 4/12 (33%) patients receiving additional zinc supplementation. Conclusions: Oral zinc, an inexpensive, harmless dietary supplement, could potentially represent a rescue treatment option for a few patients with chronic hepatitis E without SVR under ribavirin monotherapy. Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of zinc in HEV further.
期刊介绍:
Hepatitis Monthly is a clinical journal which is informative to all practitioners like gastroenterologists, hepatologists and infectious disease specialists and internists. This authoritative clinical journal was founded by Professor Seyed-Moayed Alavian in 2002. The Journal context is devoted to the particular compilation of the latest worldwide and interdisciplinary approach and findings including original manuscripts, meta-analyses and reviews, health economic papers, debates and consensus statements of the clinical relevance of hepatological field especially liver diseases. In addition, consensus evidential reports not only highlight the new observations, original research, and results accompanied by innovative treatments and all the other relevant topics but also include highlighting disease mechanisms or important clinical observations and letters on articles published in the journal.