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. 1989 Aug;63(8):3435–3443. doi: 10.1128/jvi.63.8.3435-3443.1989

Neutralizing antibodies specific for glycoprotein H of herpes simplex virus permit viral attachment to cells but prevent penetration.

A O Fuller 1, R E Santos 1, P G Spear 1
PMCID: PMC250919  PMID: 2545914

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies specific for gH of herpes simplex virus were shown previously to neutralize viral infectivity. Results presented here demonstrate that these antibodies (at least three of them) block viral penetration without inhibiting adsorption of virus to cells. Penetration of herpes simplex virus is by fusion of the virion envelope with the plasma membrane of a susceptible cell. Electron microscopy of thin sections of cells exposed to virus revealed that neutralized virus bound to the cell surface but did not fuse with the plasma membrane. Quantitation of virus adsorption by measuring the binding of purified radiolabeled virus to cells revealed that the anti-gH antibodies had little or no effect on adsorption. Monitoring cell and viral protein synthesis after exposure of cells to infectious and neutralized virus gave results consistent with the electron microscopic finding that the anti-gH antibodies blocked viral penetration. On the basis of the results presented here and other information published elsewhere, it is suggested that gH is one of three glycoproteins essential for penetration of herpes simplex virus into cells.

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