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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 80, Issue 8, Pages 4005-4016Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.80.8.4005-4016.2006
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 ICP22(-)/U(S)1.5(-) mutants initiate viral gene expression in all cells; however, in most cell types, the replication process stalls due to an inability to express gamma(2) late proteins. Although the function of ICP22/U(S)1.5 has not been established, it has been suggested that these proteins activate, induce, or repress the activity of cellular proteins during infection. In this study, we hypothesized that cell cycle-associated proteins are targets of ICP22/U(S)1.5. For this purpose, we first isolated and characterized an ICP22(-)/U(S)1.5(-) mutant virus, 22/n199. Like other ICP22(-)/U(S)1.5(-) mutants, 22/n199 replicates in a cell-type-specific manner and fails to induce efficient gamma 2 late gene expression in restrictive cells. Although synchronization of restrictive human embryonic lung cells in each phase of the cell cycle did not overcome the growth restrictions of 22/n199, synchronization of permissive Vero cells in S phase rendered them less able to support 22/n199 plaque formation and replication. Consistent with this finding, expression of cellular S-phase cyclins was altered in an ICP22/U(S)1.5-dependent manner specifically when S-phase Vero cells were infected. Collectively, these observations support the notion that ICP22/U(S)1.5 deregulates the cell cycle upon infection of S-phase permissive cells by altering expression of key cell cycle regulatory proteins either directly or indirectly.
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