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Journal of Virology, August 2004, p. 8359-8371, Vol. 78, No. 15
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.15.8359-8371.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Inhibition of Infection and Replication of Human Herpesvirus 8 in Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Alpha Interferon and Phosphonoformic Acid

Laurie T. Krug,1 Veronika P. Pozharskaya,1 Yimin Yu,1 Naoki Inoue,2,{dagger} and Margaret K. Offermann1*

Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322,1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303332

Received 14 January 2004/ Accepted 23 March 2004

Infection of endothelial cells with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is an essential event in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma. When primary microvascular endothelial cells (MECs) were infected with HHV-8 at a low multiplicity of infection, considerable latent replication of HHV-8 occurred, leading to a time-dependent increase in the percentage of virus-infected cells that was accompanied by cellular spindling and growth to a high density with loss of contact inhibition. Only a low percentage of MECs supported lytic replication of HHV-8 and produced infectious virus. Phosphonoformic acid blocked production of infectious virus but did not inhibit the rapid expansion of latently infected MECs. Pretreatment of MECs with alpha interferon (IFN-{alpha}) prior to infection effectively reduced HHV-8 viral gene expression, latent replication, and production of infectious virus. High levels of the double-stranded RNA activated protein kinase (PKR) were expressed in HHV-8-infected cells, and incubation with IFN-{alpha} increased PKR expression more in virus-infected cells than in uninfected cells. MECs that were immortalized with simian virus 40 large-T antigen differed from nonimmortalized MECs in their response to infection with HHV-8 and demonstrated that cells with elevated levels of expression of antiviral transcripts expressed viral transcripts at reduced levels. These studies demonstrate that MECs respond to HHV-8 with enhanced expression of cellular antiviral genes and that augmentation of innate antiviral defenses with IFN-{alpha} is a more effective strategy than inhibition of viral lytic replication to protect MECs from infection with HHV-8 and to restrict proliferation of virus-infected MECs.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, 1365-B Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. Phone: (404) 778-5808. Fax: (404) 778-3965. E-mail: mofferm{at}emory.edu.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.

Journal of Virology, August 2004, p. 8359-8371, Vol. 78, No. 15
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.15.8359-8371.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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