scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Latency-Associated Transcript (LAT) Region Mutations Do Not Identify a Role for LAT-Associated MicroRNAs in Viral Reactivation in Guinea Pig Genital Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiki Kawamura ◽  
Marta Bosch-Marce ◽  
Shuang Tang ◽  
Amita Patel ◽  
Philip R. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Animal Models ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Viral Reactivation ◽  
Tata Box ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Promoter Deletion ◽  
Simplex Virus

ABSTRACTDespite the long-standing observation that herpes simplex virus (HSV) latency-associated transcript (LAT) promoter deletion viruses show impaired recurrence phenotypes in relevant animal models, the mechanism by which these sequences exert this phenotypic effect is unknown. We constructed and evaluated four mutant HSV-2 isolates with targeted mutations in the LAT promoter and LAT-associated microRNAs (miRNAs) affecting (i) the LAT TATA box; (ii) the LAT ICP4-binding site; (iii) miRNA I (miR-I) and miR-II (miR-I/II), which both target ICP34.5; and (iv) miR-III, which targets ICP0. While the LAT TATA box mutant caused milder acute infections than wild-type (WT) virus, there was no difference in the recurrence phenotype between these viruses. LAT and miRNA expression during latency was not impaired by this mutation, suggesting that other promoter elements may be more important for latent HSV-2 LAT expression. Mutation of the LAT ICP4-binding site also did not cause anin vivophenotypic difference between mutant and WT viruses. Acute infection and reactivation from latency of the miR-I/II mutant were similar to those of its rescuant, although the acute infection was slightly reduced in severity relative to that caused by the wild-type virus. The miR-III mutant also exhibited WT phenotypes in acute and recurrent phases of infection. While they do not rule out an effect of these elements in human latency or reactivation, these findings do not identify a specific role for LAT or LAT-associated miRNAs in the HSV-2 LAT promoter deletion phenotype in guinea pigs. Thus, other sequences in this region may play a more important role in the long-studied LAT-associated phenotype in animals.IMPORTANCEWhile it has been known for several decades that specific HSV-1 and HSV-2 sequences near the LAT promoter are required for efficient viral reactivation in animal models, the mechanism is still not known. We constructed four mutant viruses with the goal of identifying critical sequence elements and of specifically testing the hypothesis that microRNAs that are expressed during latency play a role. Determination that specific LAT promoter sequences and miRNA sequences do not influence viral reactivation of HSV-2 helps to narrow down the search for the mechanism by which the virus controls its latency and recurrence phenotype.

scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus Latency-Associated Transcript Sequence Downstream of the Promoter Influences Type-Specific Reactivation and Viral Neurotropism

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 6605-6613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea S. Bertke ◽  
Amita Patel ◽  
Philip R. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Central Nervous System Infection ◽  
Sensory Nerve ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Hsv 1

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes latency in sensory nerve ganglia during acute infection and may later periodically reactivate to cause recurrent disease. HSV type 1 (HSV-1) reactivates more efficiently than HSV-2 from trigeminal ganglia while HSV-2 reactivates more efficiently than HSV-1 from lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (DRG) to cause recurrent orofacial and genital herpes, respectively. In a previous study, a chimeric HSV-2 that expressed the latency-associated transcript (LAT) from HSV-1 reactivated similarly to wild-type HSV-1, suggesting that the LAT influences the type-specific reactivation phenotype of HSV-2. To further define the LAT region essential for type-specific reactivation, we constructed additional chimeric HSV-2 viruses by replacing the HSV-2 LAT promoter (HSV2-LAT-P1) or 2.5 kb of the HSV-2 LAT sequence (HSV2-LAT-S1) with the corresponding regions from HSV-1. HSV2-LAT-S1 was impaired for reactivation in the guinea pig genital model, while its rescuant and HSV2-LAT-P1 reactivated with a wild-type HSV-2 phenotype. Moreover, recurrences of HSV-2-LAT-S1 were frequently fatal, in contrast to the relatively mild recurrences of the other viruses. During recurrences, HSV2-LAT-S1 DNA increased more in the sacral cord compared to its rescuant or HSV-2. Thus, the LAT sequence region, not the LAT promoter region, provides essential elements for type-specific reactivation of HSV-2 and also plays a role in viral neurotropism. HSV-1 DNA, as quantified by real-time PCR, was more abundant in the lumbar spinal cord, while HSV-2 DNA was more abundant in the sacral spinal cord, which may provide insights into the mechanism for type-specific reactivation and different patterns of central nervous system infection of HSV-1 and HSV-2.

scholarly journals Effect of Apolipoprotein E on the Cerebral Load of Latent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 DNA

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 5383-5387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier S. Burgos ◽  
Carlos Ramirez ◽  
Isabel Sastre ◽  
Fernando Valdivieso
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus Type ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Hsv 1

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is neurotropic and enters a latent state lasting the lifetime of the host. This pathogen has recently been proposed as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in conjunction with apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4). In a murine acute infection model, we showed that viral neuroinvasiveness depends directly on the overall ApoE dosage and especially on the presence of isoform ApoE4. If an interaction between ApoE and HSV-1 is involved in AD, it may occur during latency rather than during acute infection. Certainly, ApoE plays an important role in late-onset AD, i.e., at a time in life when the majority of people harbor HSV-1 in their nervous system. In the present work, wild-type, APOE knockout, APOE3, and APOE4 transgenic mice were used to analyze the influence of the ApoE profile on the levels of latent virus DNA. The knockout mice had significantly lower concentrations of the virus in the nervous system than the wild-type mice, while the APOE4 mice had very high levels in the brain compared to the APOE3 animals. ApoE4 seems to facilitate HSV-1 latency in the brain much more so than ApoE3. The APOE dosage correlated directly with the HSV-1 DNA concentration in the brain, strengthening the hypothesis that HSV-1, together with ApoE, might be involved in AD.

scholarly journals Accumulation of Viral Transcripts and DNA during Establishment of Latency by Herpes Simplex Virus

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 1177-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha F. Kramer ◽  
Shun-Hua Chen ◽  
David M. Knipe ◽  
Donald M. Coen
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Latent Infection ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Mutant Virus ◽  
Wild Type Virus ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Simplex Virus

ABSTRACT Latent infection of mice with wild-type herpes simplex virus is established during an acute phase of ganglionic infection in which there is abundant viral replication and productive-cycle gene expression. Thymidine kinase-negative mutants establish latent infections but are severely impaired for acute ganglionic replication and productive-cycle gene expression. Indeed, by in situ hybridization assays, acute infection by these mutants resembles latency. To assess events during establishment of latency by wild-type and thymidine kinase-negative viruses, we quantified specific viral nucleic acid sequences in mouse trigeminal ganglia during acute ganglionic infection by using sensitive PCR-based assays. Through 32 h postinfection, viral DNA and transcripts representative of the three kinetic classes of productive-cycle genes accumulated to comparable levels in wild-type- and mutant-infected ganglia. At 48 and 72 h, although latency-associated transcripts accumulated to comparable levels in ganglia infected with wild-type or mutant virus, levels of DNA accumulating in wild-type-infected ganglia exceeded those in mutant-infected ganglia by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude. Coincident with this increase in DNA, wild-type-infected ganglia exhibited abundant expression of productive-cycle genes and high titers of infectious progeny. Nevertheless, the levels of productive-cycle RNAs expressed by mutant virus during acute infection greatly exceeded those expressed by wild-type virus during latency. The results thus distinguish acute infection of ganglia by a replication-compromised mutant from latent infection and may have implications for mechanisms of latency.

scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) Establishes Latent Infection in a Different Population of Ganglionic Neurons than HSV-1: Role of Latency-Associated Transcripts

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 1872-1878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd P. Margolis ◽  
Yumi Imai ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Vicky Vallas ◽  
Philip R. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Dorsal Root Ganglia ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus Type ◽  
Dorsal Root ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Viral Reactivation ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Hsv 1

ABSTRACTHerpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 cause very similar acute infections but differ in their abilities to reactivate from trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia. To investigate differences in patterns of viral infection, we colabeled murine sensory ganglia for evidence of HSV infection and for the sensory neuron marker A5 or KH10. During acute infection, 7 to 10% of HSV-1 or HSV-2 antigen-positive neurons were A5 positive and 13 to 16% were KH10 positive, suggesting that both viruses reach each type of neuron in a manner proportional to their representation in uninfected ganglia. In murine trigeminal ganglia harvested during HSV latency, 25% of HSV-1 latency-associated transcript (LAT)- and 4% of HSV-2 LAT-expressing neurons were A5 positive, while 12% of HSV-1 LAT- and 42% of HSV-2 LAT-expressing neurons were KH10 positive. A similar difference was observed in murine dorsal root ganglia. These differences could not be attributed to differences in LAT expression levels in A5- versus KH10-positive neurons. Thus, HSV-1 demonstrated a preference for the establishment of latency in A5-positive neurons, while HSV-2 demonstrated a preference for the establishment of latency in KH10-positive neurons. A chimeric HSV-2 mutant that expresses the HSV-1 LAT exhibited an HSV-1 phenotype, preferentially establishing latency in A5-positive neurons. These data imply that the HSV-1 and HSV-2 LAT regions influence the ability of virus to establish latency in different neuronal subtypes. That the same chimeric virus has a characteristic HSV-1 reactivation phenotype further suggests that LAT-influenced establishment of latency in specific neuronal subtypes could be an important part of the mechanism by which LAT influences viral reactivation phenotypes.

scholarly journals Quantitative Analysis of Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation In Vivo Demonstrates that Reactivation in the Nervous System Is Not Inhibited at Early Times Postinoculation

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 4127-4138 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Sawtell
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Infectious Virus ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Viral Reactivation ◽  
Ex Vivo Model ◽  
Simplex Virus

ABSTRACT Recent studies utilizing an ex vivo mouse model of herpes simplex virus (HSV) reactivation have led to the hypothesis that, under physiologic conditions inducing viral reactivation, the immune cells within the infected ganglion block the viral replication cycle and maintain the viral genome in a latent state. One prediction from the ex vivo study is that reactivation in ganglia in vivo would be inhibited at early times postinoculation, when the numbers of inflammatory cells in the ganglia are greatest. To distinguish between an effect of the immune infiltrates on (i) infectious virus produced and/or recovered in the ganglion and (ii) the number of neurons undergoing lytic transcriptional activity (reactivating), an assay to quantify the number of neurons expressing lytic viral protein in ganglia in vivo was developed. Infectious virus and HSV protein-positive neurons were quantified from days 9 through 240 postinoculation in latently infected trigeminal ganglia before and at 22 h after hyperthermic-stress-induced reactivation. Significant increases in the amount of virus and the number of positive neurons were detected poststress in ganglia at all times examined. Unexpectedly, the greatest levels of reactivation occurred at the times examined most proximal to inoculation. Acyclovir was utilized to stop residual acute-phase virus production, and this treatment did not reduce the level of reactivation on day 14. Thus, the virus measured after induction was a product of reactivation. These data indicate that, in contrast to observations in the ex vivo model, immune cells in the ganglia during the resolution of acute infection do not inhibit reactivation of the virus in ganglia in vivo.

scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Glycoprotein Interaction with HVEM Influences Virus-Specific Recall Cellular Responses at the Mucosa

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Kopp ◽  
Christopher S. Storti ◽  
William J. Muller
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Recall Response ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 2

Infection of susceptible cells by herpes simplex virus (HSV) requires the interaction of the HSV gD glycoprotein with one of two principal entry receptors, herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) or nectins. HVEM naturally functions in immune signaling, and the gD-HVEM interaction alters innate signaling early after mucosal infection. We investigated whether the gD-HVEM interaction during priming changes lymphocyte recall responses in the murine intravaginal model. Mice were primed with attenuated HSV-2 expressing wild-type gD or mutant gD unable to engage HVEM and challenged 32 days later with virulent HSV-2 expressing wild-type gD. HSV-specific CD8+T cells were decreased at the genital mucosa during the recall response after priming with virus unable to engage HVEM but did not differ in draining lymph nodes. CD4+T cells, which are critical for entry of HSV-specific CD8+T cells into mucosa in acute infection, did not differ between the two groups in either tissue. An inverse association between Foxp3+CD4+regulatory T cells and CD8+infiltration into the mucosa was not statistically significant. CXCR3 surface expression was not significantly different among different lymphocyte subsets. We conclude that engagement of HVEM during the acute phase of HSV infection influences the antiviral CD8+recall response by an unexplained mechanism.

scholarly journals Repression of activator-mediated transcription by herpes simplex virus ICP4 via a mechanism involving interactions with the basal transcription factors TATA-binding protein and TFIIB.

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 3618-3626 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Gu ◽  
R Kuddus ◽  
N A DeLuca
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Dna Binding ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Tata Box ◽  
Basal Transcription ◽  
Simplex Virus

Infected-cell polypeptide 4 (ICP4) of herpes simplex virus is both a transcriptional activator and a repressor. It has been previously demonstrated that both SP1-activated transcription and USF-activated transcription are repressed by ICP4 without affecting basal transcription (B. Gu, R. Rivera-Gonzalez, C. A. Smith, and N. A. DeLuca, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:9528-9532, 1993; R. Rivera-Gonzalez, A. N. Imbalzano, B. Gu, and N.A. DeLuca, Virology 202:550-564, 1994). In this study, it was found that ICP4 repressed the activation function of two other activators, VP16 and ICP4 itself, in vitro. ICP4 inhibited transcription by interfering with the formation of transcription initiation complexes without affecting transcription elongation. Repression of activator function required that an ICP4 DNA binding site was present in one orientation within approximately 45 bp 3' to the TATA box. DNA binding by ICP4 was necessary but not sufficient for repression. ICP4 has been shown to form tripartite complexes cooperatively with the TATA box-binding protein and TFIIB on DNA containing an ICP4 binding site and a TATA box (C. A. Smith, P. Bates, R. Rivera-Gonzalez, B. Gu, and N. DeLuca, J. Virol. 67:4676-4687, 1993). A region of ICP4 that enables the molecule to form tripartite complexes was also required in addition to the DNA binding domain for efficient repression. Moreover, repression was observed only when the ICP4 binding site was in a position that resulted in the formation of tripartite complexes. Together, the data suggest that ICP4 represses transcription by binding to DNA in a precise way so that it may interact with the basal transcription complex and inhibit some general step involved in the function of activators. The steps or interactions involved in transcriptional activation that are inhibited by ICP4 are discussed.

scholarly journals The Two Functions of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ICP0, Inhibition of Silencing by the CoREST/REST/HDAC Complex and Degradation of PML, Are Executed in Tandem

2008 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haidong Gu ◽  
Bernard Roizman
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Nuclear Bodies ◽  
Wild Type Virus ◽  
Type Virus ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
In Cells

ABSTRACT ICP0, an α (immediate-early) protein of herpes simplex virus 1, performs at least two key functions. It blocks inhibition of viral-gene expression by interferon, a function dependent on the degradation of the ND10 components PML and SP100 by the ubiquitin ligase expressed by the RING finger (RF), and it blocks silencing of viral DNA mediated by the HDAC1/2-CoREST-REST complex. In the latter case, a mutant CoREST lacking the HDAC1 binding site compensates totally or in part for the absence of ICP0 in a cell-type-dependent manner. Here, we compare the phenotypes of an ICP0 mutant containing disabling amino acid substitutions in the RF with those of a mutant with substitutions in the CoREST binding site (R8507). We report the following: (i) the onset of replication of both mutants was delayed, but the RF mutant yields did not reach wild-type virus levels even as late as 48 h after infection, and (ii) in infected cells, PML is rapidly degraded by wild-type virus, with some delay by the R8507 mutant, and is spared by the RF mutant. The translocation of ICP0 to the cytoplasm is impaired in cells infected with the RF mutant or delayed in cells infected with the R8507 mutant. Finally, in contrast to wild-type viruses, both mutants are inhibited by alpha or gamma interferon. The results indicate that both sets of events, the degradation of PML and the blocking of silencing, are interdependent and in large measure dependent on events in the ND10 nuclear bodies.

scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus 1 UL34 Protein Regulates the Global Architecture of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Infected Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumio Maeda ◽  
Jun Arii ◽  
Yoshitaka Hirohata ◽  
Yuhei Maruzuru ◽  
Naoto Koyanagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Null Mutation ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Nuclear Egress ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Hsv 1

ABSTRACT Upon herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection, the CD98 heavy chain (CD98hc) is redistributed around the nuclear membrane (NM), where it promotes viral de-envelopment during the nuclear egress of nucleocapsids. In this study, we attempted to identify the factor(s) involved in CD98hc accumulation and demonstrated the following: (i) the null mutation of HSV-1 UL34 caused specific dispersion throughout the cytoplasm of CD98hc and the HSV-1 de-envelopment regulators, glycoproteins B and H (gB and gH); (ii) as observed with CD98hc, gB, and gH, wild-type HSV-1 infection caused redistribution of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) markers calnexin and ERp57 around the NM, whereas the UL34-null mutation caused cytoplasmic dispersion of these markers; (iii) the ER markers colocalized efficiently with CD98hc, gB, and gH in the presence and absence of UL34 in HSV-1-infected cells; (iv) at the ultrastructural level, wild-type HSV-1 infection caused ER compression around the NM, whereas the UL34-null mutation caused cytoplasmic dispersion of the ER; and (v) the UL34-null mutation significantly decreased the colocalization efficiency of lamin protein markers of the NM with CD98hc and gB. Collectively, these results indicate that HSV-1 infection causes redistribution of the ER around the NM, with resulting accumulation of ER-associated CD98hc, gB, and gH around the NM and that UL34 is required for ER redistribution, as well as for efficient recruitment to the NM of the ER-associated de-envelopment factors. Our study suggests that HSV-1 induces remodeling of the global ER architecture for recruitment of regulators mediating viral nuclear egress to the NM. IMPORTANCE The ER is an important cellular organelle that exists as a complex network extending throughout the cytoplasm. Although viruses often remodel the ER to facilitate viral replication, information on the effects of herpesvirus infections on ER morphological integrity is limited. Here, we showed that HSV-1 infection led to compression of the global ER architecture around the NM, resulting in accumulation of ER-associated regulators associated with nuclear egress of HSV-1 nucleocapsids. We also identified HSV-1 UL34 as a viral factor that mediated ER remodeling. Furthermore, we demonstrated that UL34 was required for efficient targeting of these regulators to the NM. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing that a herpesvirus remodels ER global architecture. Our study also provides insight into the mechanism by which the regulators for HSV-1 nuclear egress are recruited to the NM, where this viral event occurs.

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