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Journal of Virology, July 2003, p. 7820-7829, Vol. 77, No. 14
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.14.7820-7829.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Drug Resistance Patterns of Recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus DNA Polymerase Mutants Generated with a Set of Overlapping Cosmids and Plasmids

Julie Bestman-Smith and Guy Boivin*

Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (Pavillon CHUL) and Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Received 9 January 2003/ Accepted 25 April 2003

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA polymerase (Pol) mutations can confer resistance to all currently available antiherpetic drugs. However, discrimination between mutations responsible for drug resistance and those that are part of viral polymorphism can be difficult with current methodologies. A new system is reported for rapid generation of recombinant HSV type 1 (HSV-1) DNA Pol mutants based on transfection of a set of overlapping viral cosmids and plasmids. With this approach, twenty HSV-1 recombinants with single or dual mutations within the DNA pol gene were successfully generated and subsequently evaluated for their susceptibilities to acyclovir (ACV), foscarnet (FOS), cidofovir (CDV), and adefovir (ADV). Mutations within DNA Pol conserved regions II (A719T and S724N), VI (L778M, D780N, and L782I), and I (F891C) were shown to induce cross-resistance to ACV, FOS, and ADV, with two of these mutations (S724N and L778M) also conferring significant reduction in CDV susceptibility. Mutant F891C was associated with the highest levels of resistance towards ACV and FOS and was strongly impaired in its replication capacity. One mutation (D907V) lying outside of the conserved regions was also associated with this ACV-, FOS-, and ADV-resistant phenotype. Some mutations (K522E and Y577H) within the {delta}-region C were lethal, whereas others (P561S and V573M) induced no resistance to any of the drugs tested. Recombinants harboring mutations within conserved regions V (N961K) and VII (Y941H) were resistant to ACV but susceptible to FOS. Finally, mutations within conserved region III were associated with various susceptibility profiles. This new system allows a rapid and accurate evaluation of the functional role of various DNA Pol mutations, which should translate into improved management of drug-resistant HSV infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, 2705 Blvd Laurier, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2. Phone: (418) 654-2705. Fax: (418) 654-2715. E-mail: Guy.Boivin{at}crchul.ulaval.ca.

Journal of Virology, July 2003, p. 7820-7829, Vol. 77, No. 14
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.14.7820-7829.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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