Herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcription unit promotes anatomical site-dependent establishment and reactivation from latency.

AUTOR(ES)

Sawtell, N M

RESUMO

Defined herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutants KOS/1 and KOS/62 (positive and negative, respectively, for latency-associated transcripts [LATs]) express the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) gene during latency. These mutants were employed to assess the functions of the latency-associated transcription unit on establishment and maintenance of and reactivation from the latent state. It was found that in the trigeminal ganglia, the frequencies of hyperthermia-induced reactivation of KOS/62 and an additional LATs- mutant (KOS/29) were reduced by at least 80%. Quantification of latently infected neurons expressing the beta-Gal gene revealed that the LATs- mutant KOS/62 established approximately 80% fewer latent infections in the trigeminal ganglia than did KOS/1 (LATs+). This reduction in establishment which is evident in the trigeminal ganglia could account for the reduced frequency of reactivation from this site. In striking contrast, both LATs- mutants reactivated with wild-type frequencies from lumbosacral ganglia. Quantification of beta-Gal-positive neurons at this site revealed that KOS/62 established as many as or more latent infections than the LATs+ virus, KOS/1. Colocalization of HSV antigen and beta-Gal suggested that the decreased establishment by LATs- mutants in trigeminal ganglia was the result of inefficient viral shutoff. Thus, one function of the HSV-1 LATs transcription unit is to promote the establishment of latency in trigeminal but not lumbosacral ganglia. Such a function may be relevant to understanding the distinct clinical recurrent disease patterns of HSV-1 and HSV-2.

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