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J Virol, February 1998, p. 1411-1417, Vol. 72, No. 2
Department of Microbiology, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Received 24 July 1997/Accepted 3 November 1997
95-19 and US11cl19.3 are BHK(TK
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
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Herpesvirus Entry Mediator HVEM Mediates Cell-Cell
Spread in BHK(TK
) Cell Clones
)-derived
cell lines that are highly resistant to postattachment entry of herpes
simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 but not to later steps in
single-step replication. The resistance properties of these two cell
types are not identical. US11cl19.3 cells are fully
susceptible to pseudorabies virus (PRV), as shown by single-step growth
experiments, whereas 95-19 cells are resistant to entry of free PRV but
not to entry by cell-cell spread. We have tested the ability of HVEM to
overcome the block to infection in both cell lines following transient and stable transfection. HVEM was able to mediate entry of free HSV-1
into both cell lines, as shown by an increase in the number of
-galactosidase-expressing cells in cultures transiently transfected with an HVEM expression plasmid and infected with
lacZ-expressing HSV-1. In stably transfected 95-19 cells,
HVEM enhanced infection by free HSV-1, as shown by an increase in the
number of infectious centers obtained following infection. In both cell
types, HVEM strongly enhanced entry of HSV-1 and HSV-2 by cell-cell
spread, suggesting that HVEM can function as an entry mediator both in entry of free virus and in entry by cell-cell spread.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Microbiology, University of Iowa, 3-752 Bowen Science Building, Iowa City, IA 52242. Phone: (319) 335-9958. Fax: (319) 335-9006. E-mail: richardroller{at}uiowa.edu.
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