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. 1993 Oct;67(10):5948–5954. doi: 10.1128/jvi.67.10.5948-5954.1993

Glycoprotein B is a specific determinant of herpes simplex virus type 1 neuroinvasiveness.

S A Yuhasz 1, J G Stevens 1
PMCID: PMC238015  PMID: 8396662

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type 1 strains ANG and KOS lack neuroinvasiveness when inoculated on the footpads of mice, and because the strains are able to complement each other, the genes associated with this phenotype differ. In this study, we used marker rescue techniques to show that at least two genes cloned from ANG are required to restore neuroinvasiveness to KOS. One of the two fragments required is the 6.3-kb BamHI-A/EcoRI-D fragment (0.15 to 0.19 map units). The second has been identified as the sequence encoding glycoprotein B (gB) (UL27). Analysis of ANG and KOS DNA sequences in the relevant region of the gB gene revealed two nucleotide differences which result in amino acid differences in the gB protein. One appears to be unique to the strain of KOS used in our laboratory. The second, at codon 523 of the mature gB protein, encodes a valine in KOS and an alanine in ANG. Recombinant KOS viruses which contained ANG sequences in this region were constructed, and two independently selected recombinants demonstrated increased neuroinvasiveness in mice. From these results, we conclude that gB significantly influences neuroinvasiveness. Mechanisms by which this might occur are discussed.

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