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. 1989 Mar;63(3):1153–1161. doi: 10.1128/jvi.63.3.1153-1161.1989

Identification, transfer, and characterization of cloned herpes simplex virus invasiveness regions.

J L Goodman 1, M L Cook 1, F Sederati 1, K Izumi 1, J G Stevens 1
PMCID: PMC247810  PMID: 2536826

Abstract

Following peripheral inoculation of experimental animals, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) strains are more virulent than HSV-1 strains, and clinical studies suggest that they possess enhanced virulence in humans. One dramatic type-specific difference in virulence is observed following inoculation of the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of the chicken embryo: HSV-2, but not HSV-1, makes large pocks on the CAM, invades the mesoderm, generalizes in the embryo, and kills the chicken. These properties have been believed to be specific for HSV-2, and their molecular basis is unknown. We now report that an HSV-1 strain, ANG, behaves even more efficiently than HSV-2. In addition, we have transferred restriction fragments of ANG DNA to another HSV-1 strain, 17 syn+, conferring the CAM virulence phenotype on the normally CAM-avirulent 17 syn+. Like ANG, these recombinant viruses are 10(6)-fold more virulent (PFU/50%) lethal dose [LD50] ratio, less than or equal to 10(2)) than the parental 17 syn+ strain (PFU/LD50 ratio, greater than or equal to 10(8)). A molecularly cloned library of ANG DNA was used to identify two distinct regions containing the virulence functions. Transfer of sequences contained in either cloned ANG EcoRI fragment A (0.49 to 0.64 map units) or F (0.32 to 0.42 map units) DNA to 17 syn+ confers CAM virulence, whereas other cloned regions of the ANG genome do not. Using cloned DNA, we derived and plaque purified several virulent recombinant viruses with inserts from either the ANG EcoRI fragment A (INV-I) or F (INV-II) areas. In each instance, the transfer of the cloned INV-I or INV-II sequences enhanced virulence for the chicken embryo 10(6)-fold (PFU/LD50 ratio, less than or equal to 10(2]. In addition, the transfer of the cloned ANG EcoRI-F INV-II sequences resulted in a 10(3)-fold enhancement of neuroinvasiveness and virulence for mice. Following footpad inoculation, these recombinants kill mice with a PFU/LD50 ratio of approximately 10(3) (similar to HSV-2 strains) compared with 10(6) for 17 syn+. Thus, we have identified, cloned, and transferred two DNA regions from HSV-1 ANG which contain virulence genes (INV-I and INV-II) important in mesodermal invasiveness on the CAM and, in the case of INV-II, neuroinvasiveness in the mouse. In each instance, the recombinant HSV-1 viruses have attained enhanced virulence beyond that described for HSV-1 strains and similar to that seen with HSV-2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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