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Journal of Virology, September 2008, p. 8605-8618, Vol. 82, No. 17
0022-538X/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JVI.00904-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Comprehensive Characterization of Extracellular Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Virions
Sandra Loret,
Ginette Guay, and
Roger Lippé*
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
Received 30 April 2008/
Accepted 23 June 2008

ABSTRACT
The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genome is contained
in a capsid wrapped by a complex tegument layer and an external
envelope. The poorly defined tegument plays a critical role
throughout the viral life cycle, including delivery of capsids
to the nucleus, viral gene expression, capsid egress, and acquisition
of the viral envelope. Current data suggest tegumentation is
a dynamic and sequential process that starts in the nucleus
and continues in the cytoplasm. Over two dozen proteins are
assumed to be or are known to ultimately be added to virions
as tegument, but its precise composition is currently unknown.
Moreover, a comprehensive analysis of all proteins found in
HSV-1 virions is still lacking. To better understand the implication
of the tegument and host proteins incorporated into the virions,
highly purified mature extracellular viruses were analyzed by
mass spectrometry. The method proved accurate (95%) and sensitive
and hinted at 8 different viral capsid proteins, 13 viral glycoproteins,
and 23 potential viral teguments. Interestingly, four novel
virion components were identified (U
L7, U
L23, U
L50, and U
L55),
and two teguments were confirmed (ICP0 and ICP4). In contrast,
U
L4, U
L24, the U
L31/U
L34 complex, and the viral U
L15/U
L28/U
L33
terminase were undetected, as was most of the viral replication
machinery, with the notable exception of U
L23. Surprisingly,
the viral glycoproteins gJ, gK, gN, and U
L43 were absent. Analyses
of virions produced by two unrelated cell lines suggest their
protein compositions are largely cell type independent. Finally,
but not least, up to 49 distinct host proteins were identified
in the virions.

INTRODUCTION
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a multilayered particle
composed of a DNA core surrounded by a capsid, a tegument, and
finally an envelope. The tegument consists of several proteins
that are critical for the virus. For instance, upon the virus
entry into the cell, the tegument likely directs the virus to
the nucleus (
20,
33,
52,
90). There, the U
L36 tegument protein
anchors the capsid to the nuclear pore to enable viral DNA transfer
into the nucleus (
90). Three other teguments, namely, ICP0,
ICP4, and U
L48 (VP16), then play an essential role in initiating
viral transcription (
24). Meanwhile, the U
L41 (VHS) tegument
specifically degrades some mRNAs to the benefit of the virus
(
93,
94). During egress, passage of the newly assembled capsids
across the two nuclear membranes relies on the U
L31 (tegument)/U
L34
(transmembrane protein) complex, as well as the U
S3 tegument
(
46,
81). Interestingly, despite the involvement of all three
proteins in nuclear viral egress, only U
S3 is found in mature
virions (
81). Other teguments also participate in nuclear capsid
egress, including U
L48 (VP16), ICP34.5, U
L36, U
L37, and possibly
U
L51 (
12,
45,
65,
71). The tegument further mediates the anterograde
transport of newly assembled capsids (
53,
101). Finally, several
teguments are involved in the acquisition of the mature viral
envelope, including U
L36 and U
L37 (
19,
30), U
L7 (
29), U
L11 (
6,
47), U
L20 (
26), U
L46 to 49 (
31,
65), and perhaps U
L51 (
45,
71).
Given the multiple roles played by the tegument throughout the life cycle of the virus, its incorporation into mature extracellular virions is surely significant. So far, the HSV-1 teguments possibly present in mature extracellular virions include UL11 (54), UL13 (15, 74), UL14 (16), UL16 (61, 68), UL21 (5), UL36 (60), UL37 (57, 86), UL41 (25, 88), UL46 (110), UL47 (59, 110), UL48 (67), UL49 (23, 91), UL51 (17), US2 (in HSV-2; [37]), US3 (81), US10 (102), US11 (83), and ICP34.5 (34). In addition, conflicting reports have hinted at the presence of ICP0 (22, 39, 106, 107) and ICP4 (22, 58, 106, 108). Finally, a number of proteins with predicted transmembrane domains, but which are often referred to as teguments in the literature, are also found in virions. They include UL20 (99), UL56 (41, 42), and US9 (28). Despite this knowledge, the complete composition of a mature extracellular virion, including its tegument, awaits a comprehensive characterization.
Little is known so far about the presence and role of host proteins in HSV-1 virions. However, a variety of host proteins have been found in other herpesviruses (7, 9, 18, 21, 38, 40, 63, 96, 111). Though some of these proteins are uniquely incorporated in a given virus, cytoskeleton, heat shock, and other cellular proteins are shared by several members of the Herpesviridae family. Unfortunately, their roles have yet to be elucidated. As the presence of these proteins is unlikely anecdotic, it is of utmost interest to identify and characterize them.
Mass spectrometry is a powerful means with which to identify the protein composition of complex samples. Such a proteomics approach has been performed successfully for analyzing various herpesviruses, including human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) (7, 96), murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) (40), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (38), Kaposi's sarcoma-associated virus (KSHV) (9, 111), rhesus monkey rhadinovirus (RRV) (72), murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) (11), and very recently alcelaphine herpesvirus type 1 (21). HSV-1 is conspicuously absent from this list. As a first step toward elucidating the process of tegumentation and the role played by host proteins, we opted to analyze by mass spectrometry the composition of highly purified HSV-1 extracellular virions. This approach detected low-abundance proteins such as UL6 (12 copies), some of the smallest viral proteins (for example, US9; 10 kDa) as well as multimembrane-spanning proteins such as the gM glycoprotein.
Overall, this study successfully detected 37 of 40 known viral components and correctly diagnosed the absence of 21 nonstructural proteins, for an estimated 95.1% accuracy. This accuracy was accrued to 96.7% when we performed an in-depth multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) analysis, an approach that targets specific proteins by mass spectrometry. The data further revealed the presence of four novel virion components (UL7, UL23, UL50, and UL55) and confirmed the presence of ICP0 and ICP4 in mature virions. In contrast, the viral terminase (UL15/UL28/UL33), the UL31/UL34 complex, four different glycoproteins (gJ, gK, gN, and UL43), UL4, and UL24 were all absent. Finally, analysis of the host protein content revealed the potential incorporation of up to 49 distinct cellular proteins in extracellular virions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Cells and viruses.
HeLa and baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells were grown at 37°C
in 5% CO
2 in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Sigma
Aldrich) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Medicorp),
2 mM
L-glutamine (Invitrogen), and antibiotics (100 U/ml penicillin
and 100 µg/ml streptomycin [Invitrogen]). The wild-type
HSV-1 strain F, provided by Beate Sodeik, was propagated on
BHK cells and titrated on Vero cells as described previously
(
95).
Antibodies.
Primary antibodies were graciously provided by various sources (and diluted) as follows. Anti-HSV-1 Remus, a general HSV-1 polyclonal serum was from B. Sodeik (1:1,000); anti-UL4 (1:1,000), UL20 (1:4,000), US3 (1:4,000), and US11 (1:1,000) were from B. Roizman; anti-UL7 was from Y. Nishiyama (1:1,000); anti-UL15 (1:1,000), UL28 (1:5,000), UL31 (1:1,000), and UL33 (1:1,000) were from J. Baines; anti-UL23 was from J. Smiley (1:5,000); anti-UL24 was from A. Pearson and D. Coen (1:750); anti-UL34 was from R. Roller (1:1,000); and anti-US6 gD-DL6 was from R. J. Eisenberg and G. H. Cohen (1:2,000). Commercial antibodies against UL19 (1:1,000; Cedarlane), ICP0 (1:5,000; Abcam), and ICP4 (1:1,000; Abcam) were also used. Goat anti-mouse, -rabbit, or -rat, as well as donkey anti-chicken secondary, antibodies were used at a 1:20,000 dilution and were from Jackson ImmunoResearch or Cedarlane.
Determination of optimal infection kinetics.
HeLa cells were mock treated or infected with HSV-1 at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 5 at 37°C. Extracellular medium was collected at 9, 12, 16, and 24 h postinfection (hpi), concentrated for 1 h at 39,000 x g (rotor model SW41ti; Beckman), and finally resuspended in MNT buffer (30 mM MES, 100 mM NaCl, and 20 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.4]). In parallel, cells were also collected by scraping them into phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), spinning the mixture at 300 x g for 5 min at 4°C, and then suspending viral pellets in MNT buffer. Five micrograms of each sample was loaded onto an 8% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel and analyzed by Western blotting using the Remus polyclonal antibody against HSV-1.
Purification of extracellular virions.
HeLa or BHK cells were grown on 500-cm2 dishes until 70% confluent. Cells were mock treated or infected with wild-type HSV-1 at an MOI of 5. At 6 hpi, the cells were washed twice with PBS, and the medium was replaced by serum-free DMEM until the extracellular medium was harvested at either 24 hpi (HeLa) or 16 hpi (BHK). The medium was then collected, clarified by centrifugation at 300 x g for 10 min, and treated with 50 µg/ml DNase I (Roche) for 30 min at 4°C. The sample was then filtered through a 0.45-µm filter to eliminate intact cells and large cellular debris. Extracellular virions were subsequently pelleted by centrifugation at 20,000 x g for 30 min at 4°C in a Beckman JA25.50 rotor. The viral pellet was resuspended in MNT buffer and was further purified by layering it over a 10% Ficoll 400 cushion centrifuged at 26,000 x g for 2 h at 4°C in an SW41ti rotor (92). The virus was washed with MNT buffer and concentrated by centrifugation at 20,000 x g for 30 min at 4°C. Purified viruses were stored at –80°C in MNT buffer.
Electron microscopy.
Sample purity was evaluated first by negative staining. Briefly, purified viruses were deposited on square 150-mesh copper grids coated with Formvar and carbonated (Canemco and Marivac). Excess liquid was blotted away with filter paper, and the samples were stained for contrast with 2% uranyl acetate (Canemco and Marivac). The grids were then washed in distilled water and dried on filter paper. Samples were examined with a Philips 300 transmission electron microscope (79).
Gel electrophoresis and Western blotting.
All samples were boiled for 10 min in loading buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl [pH 6.8], 2% SDS, 0.1% bromophenol blue, 10% glycerol, and 2% β-mercaptoethanol) and separated on 8, 10, 12, or 15% gels by SDS-PAGE. Proteins were electrophoretically transferred from the gels to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes, and the membranes were blocked for 1 h in blocking buffer (5% nonfat dry milk, 13.7 mM NaCl, 0.27 mM KCl, 0.2 mM KH2PO4, 1 mM Na2HPO4, and 0.1% Tween 20). All primary antibodies were diluted in blocking buffer and added to blots for 1 to 2 h. Blots were then washed three times in blocking buffer and probed with secondary antibodies conjugated to horseradish peroxidase. The detection was done on Kodak BioMax MR film and with a Super Signal West Pico chemiluminescent substrate (Pierce).
Silver staining.
Following electrophoresis, gels were fixed overnight in a 5% acetic acid-50% methanol solution. Gels were then extensively rinsed in distilled water for 30 min and incubated in 0.02% thiosulfate sodium solution for 1 min. Gels were briefly washed with distilled water for 2 min and incubated in 0.1% silver nitrate solution for 20 min. After this incubation, gels were again briefly washed in distilled water and then incubated in reaction buffer (0.04% formaldehyde and 2% carbonate sodium). The reaction was stopped by the addition of 5% acetic acid solution to the gels.
Mass spectrometry.
Purified virions were first acetone precipitated and solubilized in Laemmli buffer (2% SDS, 10% glycerol, 5% β-mercaptoethanol, 0.002% bromophenol blue, and 62.5 mM Tris-HCl [pH 6.8]). Twenty micrograms of sample was loaded onto 7 to 15% SDS-polyacrylamide gradient gels. Following electrophoresis, the gels were stained with Coomassie brilliant blue G (Sigma) and then subjected to automated band excision. Proteins from gel bands were subjected to reduction, cysteine-alkylation, and in-gel tryptic digestion by using an automated MassPrep workstation (Micromass). Extracted peptides were injected onto a Zorbax C18 (Agilent) desalting column and subsequently chromatographically separated on a Biobasic C18 Integrafrit (New Objective) capillary column, using a Nano high-performance liquid chromatography system (1100 series unit; Agilent). Eluted peptides were electrosprayed as they exited the column and analyzed on a QTRAP 4000 linear ion trap mass spectrometer (SCIEX/ABI). Individual sample tandem mass spectrometry spectra were peak listed and searched with Mascot (Matrix Science) software against a homemade database generated from the complete NCBI nonredundant protein data set and limited to the human HSV-1 taxonomy. To identify host proteins, a second search was performed against the nonredundant human NCBI database. Only peptides that were both unique and above the minimal score proposed by Mascot were considered. When indicated, the relative abundance of individual proteins was estimated by clustering the data and using the percentage of queries (NQPCT) score, a value that takes into consideration the number of peptides detected for a given protein as well as the size of that protein (10, 51). Note that the sum of all NQPCT is 100%, i.e., all proteins identified by Mascot. Given the semiquantitative nature of this approach, the proteins were grouped into four categories (<1%, low abundance; 1 to 4%, medium abundance; 5 to 10%, high abundance; and >10%, very high abundance).
Analysis by MRM.
To reevaluate more precisely the presence of UL20, UL43, gJ, gK, gN, US11, full-length UL26, VP21, and VP22a in the virions, the proteins were reanalyzed by MRM. This technique allows the detection of specific proteins of interest in complete mixtures and, thus, is a more sensitive method than classical mass spectrometry (3, 48). To this end, a transition table containing the predicted masses of tryptic peptides for UL20, UL43, gJ, gK, gN, US11, full-length UL26, VP21, and VP22a was generated. Appropriate bands from the above-described gels were reanalyzed as before by tandem mass spectrometry, except that only peptides matching the predicted masses were considered. To minimize the risk of missing a protein due to its unexpected migration by SDS-PAGE, adjacent bands were also analyzed.

RESULTS
Purification of extracellular virions.
Sample purity is most important for the accurate identification
of protein content by mass spectrometry. One way to reduce cellular
contamination is simply to harvest extracellular virions when
viral release is significant but when cell lysis is minimal.
To determine this window, HeLa cells were chosen because the
infection proceeds relatively slowly in these cells compared
to that in other cell types (data not shown). A single round
of infection was, thus, monitored over a 24-h period, using
an MOI of 5, a statistical condition under which 99.3% of all
cells are infected (Poisson distribution). Viral release was
evaluated by Western blotting using a general HSV-1 polyclonal
antiserum. As shown in Fig.
1, viral release into the extracellular
medium was detectable by 16 hpi but significantly increased
by 24 hpi. By then, cell lysis was less than 5% (data not shown).
Given these results, the latter time point was chosen to pursue
the analysis.
A scheme was next elaborated to purify the extracellular virions
(Fig.
2). First, to reduce the contribution of proteins found
in the tissue culture medium, the cells were washed twice at
6 hpi with PBS and fed with serum-free medium. The infection
was then allowed to proceed for an additional 18 h, at which
point the extracellular viruses were harvested. The sample was
spun at low speed to remove intact cells and nuclei, treated
with DNase I to reduce viscosity, and passed through a 0.45-µm
filter to remove intact cells and large cellular debris. Extracellular
viruses were spun at 20,000
x g, a condition that efficiently
pellets the virions but minimizes contamination by small cellular
organelles. The virus was then purified further over an adapted
Ficoll 400 gradient. In typical 5 to 15% Ficoll gradients, the
defective L particles migrate at the 5% mark, whereas the heavier
mature virions remains near the bottom at 15% (
92). Consequently,
the virions were top loaded over a 10% Ficoll step gradient,
the viral pellet was washed with MNT buffer, and the virus was
finally concentrated by centrifugation at 20,000
x g.
To monitor sample purity, negative staining was performed, and
the samples were examined by electron microscopy (EM). As shown
in Fig.
3, the viral preparation was completely devoid of cellular
debris, L particles, nuclei, mitochondria, and even small vesicles.
Note that all viruses shared the characteristics of mature virions
with an envelope and a DNA core (Fig.
3). To determine the efficacy
of the purification scheme, the virions were monitored by Western
blots using a pan HSV-1 polyclonal antibody and by silver coloration.
As controls, total cell lysates from mock-treated or HSV-1-infected
cells were included. Figure
4A shows the strong enrichment of
numerous viral bands compared to that of the unpurified extracellular
medium (Fig.
4, compare lanes 3 and 4). Furthermore, the total
protein pattern seen by silver staining was significantly different
than that of mock or HSV cell control lysates (Fig.
4, see dots).
The enrichment of virions was particularly evident in Western
blots (Fig.
4b). Further purification of the virions by additional
means such as immunoprecipitation against the viral glycoproteins,
affinity chromatography using a heparin column, or other density
gradients only reduced viral yield and did not improve sample
purity, suggesting that the samples were already relatively
pure (data not shown).
Viral content of extracellular virions.
One goal of this study was to identify the viral protein content
of extracellular virions. Given their high purity, we pursued
protein separation by SDS-PAGE, in-gel trypsin digestion, and
tandem mass spectrometry (see Materials and Methods). To optimize
viral protein identification, a database was generated using
all human HSV-1 proteins present in the NCBI nonredundant protein
data bank. These proteins were trypsin digested in silico, and
the viral peptides found by mass spectrometry were identified
with Mascot software against this homemade tryptic database.
Over 400 highly confident unique peptides matched HSV-1 proteins
(Table
1). For simplicity, they are organized according to the
proposed localization of the proteins in virions (
4,
62). Since
the number of peptides is one measure of relative abundance
(
10,
21), albeit imperfect, the data suggested that the tegument
is the major virion component and represented 54% of all peptides,
by comparison to 27% for the capsid and 19% for the envelope.
Similarly, 23 of the identified proteins were from the tegument,
while 8 proteins matched capsid proteins, and 12 corresponded
to the envelope.
Validation of the proteomics approach.
One caveat of proteomics is the possible inclusion of false
positives (contaminants) and false negatives (below the detection
threshold). Fortunately, many components of HSV-1 virions have
been identified by other means by several laboratories. This
independent input represented an ideal opportunity to validate
our approach. Thus, analysis of the literature revealed that
37 of the 40 anticipated capsid, tegument, and viral glycoproteins
were detected (Table
1). This translates to 92.5% accuracy for
true positives. Similarly, none of the 21 nonstructural viral
proteins, i.e., not anticipated on mature virions, was detected
(100% accuracy for true negatives). This value included the
viral replication machinery, the U
L31/U
L34 complex, U
L4, and
VP22a. Altogether, this means a 95.1% accuracy rate (58 out
of 61). Furthermore, the mass spectrometry appeared sufficiently
sensitive to detect low-abundance proteins such as U
L6, a protein
present only in 12 copies in mature virions (
69). U
S9 and U
L11,
the two smallest proteins expected in virions, were also detected
(90 and 96 amino acids, respectively). In addition, numerous
glycoproteins were also found, suggesting that hydrophobicity
was not a major issue. Collectively, these data highlighted
the remarkable accuracy and sensitivity of the approach.
An important aspect is whether the sample consisted only of mature viruses. As indicated above, EM analysis suggested that the sample was relatively pure (Fig. 3). Another way to probe this issue is to examine the UL26 protease, the UL26.5 (preVP22a) scaffold, and their respective cleavage products. Though full-length versions of these proteins are present in immature capsids, the former is cleaved into VP21 and VP24, while the second is processed into VP22a. Incidentally, all but VP24 are removed from mature capsids and are, thus, useful markers (reviewed by Baines et al. [4]). Interestingly, mass spectrometry identified seven peptides matching VP24, but none corresponded to the full-length UL26, VP21, preVP22a, or processed VP22a (Table 1). Consequently, only mature virions were detected in the sample.
To further validate the mass spectrometric approach, control proteins were examined by Western blotting. These proteins included the VP5 major capsid protein, the gD glycoprotein expected of mature envelope virions, and the US3 tegument as positive controls. In contrast, UL31 and UL34 acted as negative controls as they are known to be absent on mature virions (81). As noted in Fig. 5, the results were all fully consistent with the mass spectrometry data; i.e., the virions were VP5, gD, and US3 positive but UL31 and UL34 negative. Once again, the data strongly suggested that mass spectrometry was sensitive and correctly identified the viral protein content of mature virions. It was, unfortunately, not possible to evaluate the presence of gJ, gK, and gN in mature virions by Western blotting due to the lack of appropriate antibodies.
Encapsidation of the viral DNA requires the participation of
the tripartite U
L15/U
L28/U
L33 terminase (
104,
105). It has been
suggested that it remains associated with mature C capsids (
4).
However, the present study failed to detect these proteins by
mass spectrometry. To independently validate the data, these
proteins were probed with the more sensitive Western blotting
technique using sera specific for each of the terminase subunits.
Once again, the results fully matched those obtained by mass
spectrometry in that none of these proteins was detected, despite
being detected in control-infected lysates (Fig.
5).
Analysis of teguments.
Having established the validity of the approach, it was possible to specifically examine the tegument. Surprisingly, four novel virion components were identified by mass spectrometry. They include UL7, UL23 (TK), UL50, and UL55 (Table 1). Based on the well-characterized capsid constituents and the lack of a predicted transmembrane domain in these proteins (data not shown), the novel virion components were tentatively assigned to the tegument layer. However, biochemical confirmation of this assignment will be required. In contrast, UL4, UL24, and US11 were not detected. This was also the case for UL20, a predicted transmembrane protein often referred to as a tegument (see below). To confirm these findings and probe the apparent discrepancy between these results and that reported for US11 (83), the samples were once again analyzed by Western blotting, with the exception of UL50 and UL55, for which no antibodies are available. As seen in Fig. 6A, the results perfectly matched the mass spectrometry data. Hence, UL7 and UL23 were detected, while UL4, UL24, and US11 were absent.
Incorporation of ICP0 and ICP4.
ICP0 and ICP4 have been considered by many as minor components
of mature virions (
22,
87,
107,
108). However, Roizman and colleagues
failed to detect ICP0 on virions by immuno-EM (
39). Furthermore,
Courtney and his team reported the cell type-specific inclusion
of ICP0 and ICP4 in some virions (
106). In addition, others
have argued that ICP4 may instead be present in contaminating
L particles (
56,
92). In this study, ICP0 and ICP4 were readily
identified in a highly enriched virion preparation (Table
1)
that contained no noticeable L particles (Fig.
3). To confirm
these findings, we next monitored ICP0 and ICP4 by Western blotting.
As shown in Fig.
6B, both proteins were once again detected.
We conclude that mature extracellular virions do indeed contain
ICP0 and ICP4.
Incorporation of UL20/gK in virions.
Our proteomics data suggested the absence of gK and UL20 from mature viruses (Table 1). This was unexpected given that UL20 and gK have been reported on herpesvirus virions (27, 44, 99). However, in support of our initial results, gK was not detected in HSV-1 virions in at least one study (36). To sort out this issue, we probed the highly purified virions by Western blotting. Unfortunately, three distinct antibodies against gK could not detect the native protein in control infected cell lysates (data not shown). Consequently, only UL20 was followed more closely. To our surprise, UL20 was detected by Western blotting on the purified virions (Fig. 6B) in contrast to the proteomics results (Table 1). Given the specificity of the antibody used (data not shown), it could only be that UL20 is truly on mature virions but was simply not detected by mass spectrometry.
MRM analysis.
Low-abundance peptides can at times be masked in mass spectrometry by more abundant ones, which can lead to false-negative results. However, it is possible to look for specific peptides by using MRM. This is a well-established method that essentially instructs the mass spectrometer to look for proteins based on the predicted masses of their tryptic peptides (3, 48). In doing so, the instrument ignores all other proteins and makes it possible to detect rarer peptides. Thus, to independently test for proteins that are not identified by standard mass spectrometry, a table with their predicted tryptic fragments was generated, and the mass of appropriately sized, hydrophilic and non-N-glycosylated peptides signaled to the mass spectrometer so it could detect them in the sea of peptides. This analysis was performed for the problematic gK, UL20, and US11 proteins (see above), as well as for UL43, gJ, gN, full-length UL26, VP21, and preVP22a, all molecules that were undetected by conventional proteomics in this study. To reduce the chances of missing a protein because it unexpectedly runs on SDS-PAGE, adjacent bands were also analyzed. Table 2 shows that among all these proteins, only UL20 was found by this more sensitive approach. We conclude that UL20 is indeed present on mature virions, while UL43, gJ, gK, gN, and US11 are likely absent. Furthermore, the full-length UL26, VP21, and preVP22a markers of immature capsids were all absent, and this reiterated the sole presence of mature virions in the sample. Naturally, we cannot exclude the possibility that all undetected proteins were below the resolution limit of this study.
Cell type-specific incorporation of viral proteins.
To determine whether the composition of the virions may be cell
type related, extracellular virions were isolated from the unrelated
BHK cell line, using the same protocol as that for HeLa cells,
except they were harvested slightly earlier (see Materials and
Methods). EM analysis of these virions once again reiterated
the purity of the sample (Fig.
7A). To get a quick overall picture
of the protein composition of the virions, viral preparations
from HeLa and BHK cells were compared by Western blotting with
the Remus polyclonal HSV-1 antibody and by silver staining.
Figure
7B shows that the protein patterns were overall very
similar, with few distinct bands. To confirm these findings,
several viral proteins were specifically probed by Western blotting
to evaluate potential differences between the two virion preparations
(Fig.
7C). The results essentially revealed identical expression
patterns for BHK- and HeLa-derived virions. Though a full mass
spectrometry analysis may be useful, the present data nonetheless
strongly suggest that the protein composition of the virions
is largely independent of the cell type.
Incorporation of host proteins.
The purity of the sample and the accuracy, sensitivity, and
strong validation of our approach allowed us to probe host proteins
present in HSV-1 virions. To this end, the nonredundant human
NCBI database was digested in silico and used to reanalyze the
purified virions by mass spectrometry. As described before,
only significant and unique peptides were considered. Remarkably,
85 highly confident unique peptides, corresponding to up to
49 distinct cell-derived proteins, were identified in mature
extracellular HSV-1 virions (Table
3). In all cases, only one
to four peptides were identified for each of these proteins,
suggesting they may be minor components of the virions.

DISCUSSION
Efficacy of the proteomic approach.
Three criteria are essential for proteomics studies, namely,
purity, sensitivity, and accuracy. First, an examination of
sample purity by EM revealed a homogeneous virion preparation
free of cellular debris, small contaminating vesicles, and L
particles (Fig.
3). Importantly, the last were not expected
as the sample was passed over a Ficoll gradient known to effectively
segregate them (
92). Moreover, the purified sample was highly
infectious (data not shown). Contamination by other components
was also deemed nonsignificant based on the lack of intracellular
naked capsids, mitochondria, nuclei, and other organelles that
would result from extensive cell lysis (Fig.
3). In addition,
pre-VP22a, VP21, or full-length U
L26, all markers of immature
capsids (reviewed by Baines et al. [
4]), were absent from our
sample (Tables
1 and
2). Similarly, the absence of U
L31 and
U
L34, known to interact solely with nuclear capsids, is additional
evidence that cell lysis and cellular contamination were minimal.
Finally, further purification of the virions by additional means
did not improve sample purity, suggesting that the virions were
already pure (data not shown). Second, sensitivity was very
high as the assay readily detected both low-copy (e.g., U
L6)
and low-molecular-weight proteins (e.g., U
L11 and U
S9). Moreover,
this extended to hydrophobic proteins, such as the multimembrane-spanning
gM glycoprotein. Third, accuracy was very significant, with
an estimated 95.1% overall rate. The similar detection of the
viral proteins in the two unrelated HeLa and BHK cell lines
is further evidence of the accuracy of the data (Fig.
7). Finally,
the results were validated by Western blotting against several
individual proteins. The proteomics approach was, thus, an accurate
and efficient means with which to address HSV-1 virion composition.
Transient interactions with the capsid.
HSV-1 assembles its new capsids in the nucleus. Their maturation implies the packaging of monomeric viral genomes into procapsids, with the participation of the viral UL15/UL28/UL33 terminase (reviewed in reference 4). While these proteins are components of immature capsids (100), it has been suggested they may be incorporated in very low copy numbers in nucleus- and cell-associated C capsids (8, 109). Functionally, the incorporation of the terminase onto nuclear capsids makes good sense given its role in DNA packaging (4). However, there is no current evidence for its role in mature virions or for unpacking of the viral genome at the nuclear pore following entry. The lack of detection of the terminase by mass spectrometry in this study suggests that it may be absent in mature extracellular virions (Table 1). Although we cannot rule out that the terminase is below the detection threshold of the mass spectrometry approach used, the absence of signal for all three terminase subunits by the more sensitive Western blotting analysis is consistent with the former interpretation (Fig. 5). Moreover, these findings were reproducible for virions produced in two unrelated cell lines (Fig. 5 and 7). In addition, the sizes of UL15, UL28, and UL33 (1,931, 785, and 130 amino acids, respectively) are well beyond the size of other viral proteins detected in this study (for instance, US9 has 90 amino acids, while UL11 is 96 amino acids long). Taken together, the most straightforward interpretation is that the terminase is not incorporated in mature extracellular virions. Mechanistically, this implies that the complex dissociates at some point from the capsids, highlighting a potential dynamic interaction. The precise moment at which these proteins are released is most interesting but beyond the scope of the present study.
The UL31 tegument and the UL34 envelope protein bind one another and facilitate egress from the nucleus of newly formed capsids (50, 80, 81, 84). Interestingly, UL34 is the substrate of yet another necessary tegument, the US3 viral kinase (46, 78, 81, 98). The detection in this study of US3 and the absence of the UL31/UL34 partners on mature extracellular virions are consistent with findings from previous reports (81). The absence of UL31/UL34, as for the viral terminase (see above), hints at transitory interactions of viral proteins with the capsids in the nucleus that do not persist later on. While the incorporation of US3 in the extracellular virions may be merely fortuitous, a more appealing scenario is that it interacts with other targets at subsequent steps of the viral life cycle. This is in line with the numerous US3 substrates already discovered to date (13, 49, 64, 66, 75, 77, 78, 89).
Missing glycoproteins.
Standard mass spectrometry and the more sensitive MRM approach failed to detect gJ, gK, gN, and UL43 on mature virions (Tables 1 and 2). As for detection of gK, this is controversial, as some reports claim its presence in mature virions (27, 44), while others failed to see it (36). Similarly, UL43 and gJ were reportedly present on PRV and HSV-1 virions, respectively (32, 43). These discrepancies may be related to the hydrophobicity of these proteins, since such proteins tend to aggregate upon boiling (40) and may never reach the mass spectrometer. Unfortunately, it was not possible to probe their presence on virions by Western blotting for lack of appropriate antibodies. Consequently, we cannot say with certainty whether these gJ, gK, gN, and UL43 proteins are truly absent.
The detection of gM but the absence of gN on mature extracellular virions (Tables 1 and 2) was surprising given that the two proteins form a complex and that gN is needed for the proper localization of gM at the trans-Golgi network (14). This is even more puzzling as gN was previously reported in [35S]methionine- labeled mature virions, based on its molecular weight (1). Regrettably, it was not possible to probe for gN by Western blotting for lack of antibodies against the protein. Although we cannot completely rule out that gN was simply undetected in this study, it may dissociate from gM prior to final envelopment of the capsids. As proposed for HCMV, it may also be that gM exists in two forms, either by itself or in complex with gN, and that free gM is preferentially incorporated into virions (96). These suggestions are in agreement with a recent proteomics study of alcelaphine herpesvirus type 1 that found gM but not gN in the virions (21).
Composition of the tegument.
Little information is available concerning the incorporation of UL7, UL23, UL50, and UL55 in HSV-1. Some laboratories have reported their analyses with related herpesviruses. Hence, UL7 was found in HSV-2 virions (70), while UL23 was detected in KHSV and alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 virions (21, 111). In contrast, UL55 is seemingly absent from mature HSV-2 (103). The current report clearly shows that all four proteins constitute novel components of the virions. At present, their inclusion as teguments is circumstantial and based on their absence from the well-characterized capsids and the lack of transmembrane domains (data not shown). Biochemical studies to confirm their exact location in the virus will be needed. It will also be most interesting to elucidate the functional relevance of these proteins in virions.
A number of studies point to ICP0 and ICP4 as minor components of the tegument (22, 107, 108). However, a recent study failed to detect ICP0 on virions by immuno-EM analysis (39). Furthermore, it has also been reported that ICP4 may instead be preferentially incorporated in L particles (56, 92), which typically outnumber viable virions in the extracellular medium. Similarly, conflicting reports either support the presence of UL24 protein in herpesvirus virions (11, 35) or failed to detect it (76). Given the lack of noticeable L particles in our viral preparation (Fig. 3), the detection of ICP0 and ICP4 by both proteomics and Western blotting and the absence of UL24 by these techniques (Table 1 and Fig. 6 and 7), we conclude that ICP0 and ICP4 are components of extracellular virions but that UL24 is most likely absent.
Oddly, US11 was not detected in this study (Tables 1 and 2 and Fig. 6 and 7), in sharp contrast to a report by Roller and colleagues, who estimated 600 to 1,000 copies of US11 in virions (83). The significance of this discrepancy is unclear at the moment. Given the overall homology between various HSV-1 strains (90 to 99% identity at the amino acid level; S. Loret, G. Guay, and R. Lippé, unpublished observations), it is unlikely to explain such disagreement. Note that US11, like UL20, migrated at the expected molecular weight in our study (data not shown) and cannot be responsible for the lack of US11 detection by MRM.
Incorporation of host proteins in virions.
The excellent sample purity and accuracy of the method made it possible to evaluate the presence of host protein components. The present study reveals a heteroclite collection of up to 49 distinct potential cellular proteins incorporated into mature virions. Interestingly, a variety of transport, cytoskeletal, enzymatic and other proteins were identified (Table 3). The low number of peptides identified for these proteins suggests that they are minor virion components. While some of these proteins were found on other herpesviruses (7, 9, 18, 21, 38, 40, 63, 96, 111), many are seemingly specific to HSV-1. It will now be important to functionally validate their presence and ultimately address their putative functions for the virus.
Relative abundance of virion components.
It should be pointed out that quantitative mass spectrometry of complex protein mixtures is still being actively pursued by mass spectrometry specialists (2, 73, 82, 85). At issue is the different behavior of different proteins and peptides during separation, ionization, and solvation, not including relative abundance and potential unpredictable posttranslational modifications. This means some peptides are never detected, while others are under- or overrepresented. This naturally has an impact on the lack of detection of some proteins in our study. To satisfy ourselves of these quantitative limitations, a plot of the relative abundance of the viral proteins detected in our study (measured by NQCPT or the number of unique peptides) against published copy numbers was drawn in an effort to determine the exact copy number or molar ratios of the viral components. At best, this "standard curve" had a correlation coefficient of R2 = 0.42 when normalized for the size of the proteins (data not shown), confirming the semiquantitative nature of our results. For this reason, the contribution of the viral components can only roughly be estimated. Figure 8 shows the results of this evaluation. Although it is not depicted in Fig. 8, all but one host protein from Table 3 fall within the two lowest abundance brackets.
Concluding remarks.
Mass spectrometry is a powerful method to identify complex protein
samples. Recently, the proteomics of several herpesviruses,
including HCMV (
7,
96), MCMV (
40), EBV (
38), KSHV (
9,
111),
RRV (
72), MHV68 (
11), and alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (
21), were
reported and reviewed (
55,
97). These studies revealed the important
contribution of the teguments to the total mass of the virions,
identified novel open reading frames, highlighted the presence
of various cellular components in the virions, and examined
virulence genes. The present study is the first ever to complete
an analysis of HSV-1 virions. It corroborates the importance
of the tegument (54% of all peptides found by mass spectrometry),
identifies four novel virion components, confirms the presence
of two controversial teguments, and hints at the surprising
absence of a number of viral glycoproteins. It also raises several
interesting questions, for instance, the potential dynamic interaction
of the terminase with the capsids, the putative existence of
distinct gM complexes in infected cells (alone or with gN),
the precise localization of the novel U
L7, U
L23, U
L50, and U
L55
virion components, and the role of the thymidine kinase in virions.
As the sequential process of capsid tegumentation is currently
under intense scrutiny, this study should prove useful by identifying
the final outcome of tegumentation in mature virions. Finally,
the work presented here hints at 8 virally encoded capsid proteins,
13 glycoproteins (including U
L20), 23 teguments, and up to 49
distinct host proteins.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Beate Sodeik, Bernard Roizman, Joel Baines, Y. Nishiyama,
Angela Pearson, Don Coen, Jim Smiley, Gary Cohen, Roselyn Eisenberg,
David Johnson, and Richard Roller for the generous gifts of
reagents. We also thank Sylvie Laboissière and her team
at McGill University and the staff at Genome Quebec Innovation
Centre Proteomics Platform for help with mass spectrometry and
analysis of the data. Finally, we are indebted to Joël
Lanoix, Sylvie Laboissière, and Marcos Di Falco for the
critical reading of the manuscript.

FOOTNOTES
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Montreal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7. Phone: (514) 343-5616. Fax: (514) 343-5755. E-mail:
roger.lippe{at}umontreal.ca 
Published ahead of print on 2 July 2008. 

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