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Journal of Virology, November 2007, p. 12128-12134, Vol. 81, No. 22
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01356-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Analysis of the Role of Autophagy in Replication of Herpes Simplex Virus in Cell Culture{triangledown}

Diane E. Alexander,1 Stephen L. Ward,1,{dagger} Noboru Mizushima,3,5 Beth Levine,4 and David A. Leib1,2*

Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,1 Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,2 Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan,3 SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan,5 Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas4

Received 21 June 2007/ Accepted 2 September 2007

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) neurovirulence gene encoding ICP34.5 controls the autophagy pathway. HSV-1 strains lacking ICP34.5 are attenuated in growth and pathogenesis in animal models and in primary cultured cells. While this growth defect has been attributed to the inability of an ICP34.5-null virus to counteract the induction of translational arrest through the PKR antiviral pathway, the role of autophagy in the regulation of HSV-1 replication is unknown. Here we show that HSV-1 infection induces autophagy in primary murine embryonic fibroblasts and that autophagosome formation is increased to a greater extent following infection with an ICP34.5-deficient virus. Elimination of the autophagic pathway did not significantly alter the replication of wild-type HSV-1 or ICP34.5 mutants. The phosphorylation state of eIF2{alpha} and viral protein accumulation were unchanged in HSV-1-infected cells unable to undergo autophagy. These data show that while ICP34.5 regulates autophagy, it is the prevention of translational arrest by ICP34.5 rather than its control of autophagy that is the pivotal determinant of efficient HSV-1 replication in primary cell culture.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Ophthalmology, Box 8096, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 362-2689. Fax: (314) 362-3638. E-mail: leib{at}wustl.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 September 2007.

{dagger} Present address: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115.

Journal of Virology, November 2007, p. 12128-12134, Vol. 81, No. 22
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01356-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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