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Journal of Virology, October 2003, p. 10714-10718, Vol. 77, No. 19
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.19.10714-10718.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
The Gene That Encodes the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Latency-Associated Transcript Influences the Accumulation of Transcripts (Bcl-xL and Bcl-xS) That Encode Apoptotic Regulatory Proteins
Weiping Peng,1 Gail Henderson,1 Guey-Chuen Perng,2 Anthony B. Nesburn,2 Steven L. Wechsler,2 and Clinton Jones1*
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of NebraskaLincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0905,1
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine, California 92697-43752
Received 1 April 2003/
Accepted 14 July 2003
The herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcript (LAT) inhibits apoptosis. We demonstrate here that LAT influences the accumulation of the Bcl-xL transcript versus the Bcl-xS transcript in Neuro-2A cells. Bcl-xL encodes an antiapoptotic protein, whereas Bcl-xS encodes a proapoptotic protein. Promoting the accumulation of Bcl-xL in neurons may inhibit apoptosis, thus enhancing the latency-reactivation cycle.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Fair St. at East Campus Loop, Lincoln, NE 68583-0905. Phone: (402) 472-1890. Fax: (402) 472-9690. E-mail:
cjones{at}unlnotes.unl.edu.
Journal of Virology, October 2003, p. 10714-10718, Vol. 77, No. 19
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.19.10714-10718.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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