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Dweikat SN, Renner DW, Bowen CD, Szpara ML. Multi-phenotype analysis for enhanced classification of 11 herpes simplex virus 1 strains. J Gen Virol 2022; 103:001780. [PMID: 36264606 PMCID: PMC10019087 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) is best known for causing oral lesions and mild clinical symptoms, but it can produce a significant range of disease severities and rates of reactivation. To better understand this phenotypic variation, we characterized 11 HSV1 strains that were isolated from individuals with diverse infection outcomes. We provide new data on genomic and in vitro plaque phenotype analysis for these isolates and compare these data to previously reported quantitation of the disease phenotype of each strain in a murine animal model. We show that integration of these three types of data permitted clustering of these HSV1 strains into four groups that were not distinguishable by any single dataset alone, highlighting the benefits of combinatorial multi-parameter phenotyping. Two strains (group 1) produced a partially or largely syncytial plaque phenotype and attenuated disease phenotypes in mice. Three strains of intermediate plaque size, causing severe disease in mice, were genetically clustered to a second group (group 2). Six strains with the smallest average plaque sizes were separated into two subgroups (groups 3 and 4) based on their different genetic clustering and disease severity in mice. Comparative genomics and network graph analysis suggested a separation of HSV1 isolates with attenuated vs. virulent phenotypes. These observations imply that virulence phenotypes of these strains may be traceable to genetic variation within the HSV1 population.
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- Sarah N Dweikat
- Department of Biology, University Park, USA.,Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, USA
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- Department of Biology, University Park, USA.,Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, USA
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- Department of Biology, University Park, USA.,Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, USA
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- Department of Biology, University Park, USA.,Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Kuny CV, Bowen CD, Renner DW, Johnston CM, Szpara ML. In vitro evolution of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) reveals selection for syncytia and other minor variants in cell culture. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa013. [PMID: 32296542 PMCID: PMC7151645 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The large dsDNA virus herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is considered to be genetically stable, yet it can rapidly evolve in response to strong selective pressures such as antiviral treatment. Deep sequencing has revealed that clinical and laboratory isolates of this virus exist as populations that contain a mixture of minor alleles or variants, similar to many RNA viruses. The classic virology approach of plaque purifying virus creates a genetically homogenous population, but it is not clear how closely this represents the mixed virus populations found in nature. We sought to study the evolution of mixed versus highly purified HSV-1 populations in controlled cell culture conditions, to examine the impact of this genetic diversity on evolution. We found that a mixed population of HSV-1 acquired more genetic diversity and underwent a more dramatic phenotypic shift than a plaque-purified population, producing a viral population that was almost entirely syncytial after just ten passages. At the genomic level, adaptation and genetic diversification occurred at the level of minor alleles or variants in the viral population. Certain genetic variants in the mixed viral population appeared to be positively selected in cell culture, and this shift was also observed in clinical samples during their first passages in vitro. In contrast, the plaque-purified viral population did not appear to change substantially in phenotype or overall quantity of minor allele diversity. These data indicate that HSV-1 is capable of evolving rapidly in a given environment, and that this evolution is facilitated by diversity in the viral population.
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- Chad V Kuny
- Departments of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Departments of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Departments of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Padilla J, Yamada M, Takahashi Y, Tsukazaki T, Nakamura J, Yoshida M, Uno F, Arao Y, Nii S. In vitro selection of variants of herpes simplex virus type 1 which differ in cytopathic changes. Microbiol Immunol 1997; 41:203-7. [PMID: 9130231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To analyze the mechanisms for in vitro emergence of the syncytial variants of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), several cell lines were infected with a mixture of equal amounts of two HSV-1 variants, one syncytial and the other non-syncytial, and changes in their relative abundance were monitored during passage. With a combination of two variants of the Miyama strain of HSV-1, the syncytial variant became dominant during passage in Vero, RK-13 and FL cells. On the other hand, the ratios of the two variants remained around 1:1 during the passage in HEp-2, MGC and HEL cells. In another set of variants of the SKO strain of HSV-1, the outcomes were different from those of the Miyama strain in the FL, MGC and HEp-2 cells. The ratios of the two variants remained around 1:1 during passage in FL cells, while the non-syncytial variant became dominant during passage in MGC and HEp-2 cells. In addition, we examined the effects of a complement and interferon-beta (IFN-beta) on the outcome of the selection. As a result, the complement slowed the selection of a syncytial variant, whereas IFN-beta facilitated it.
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- J Padilla
- Department of Virology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Rajcáni J, Vojvodová A, Matis J, Kúdelová M, Dragúnová J, Krivjanská M, Zelník V. The syn3 strain HSZP of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is not pathogenic for mice and shows limited neural spread. Virus Res 1996; 43:33-44. [PMID: 8822632 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(96)01318-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Strain HSZP of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) forms large giant cells in vitro. This property was found associated with a mutation that alters the codon CGC (in the strain KOS or 17 sequence) to CAC (in the HSZP sequence), changing the amino acid 857 from arginine to histidine in the cytoplasmic domain of the glycoprotein B (gB) polypeptide chain. Giant cell formation by ANGpath was attributed to a mutation that alters the codon GCC (in KOS and strain 17 sequences) to GTC (in ANGpath sequence) changing the amino acid 854 in the same (syn3) region of the gB molecule. In contrast to the ANGpath virus, which is pathogenic (1 LD50 < 1 x 10(4) PFU) for adult DBA/2 mice after peripheral inoculation, strain HSZP was never found to be lethal for adult mice. Whereas ANGpath-infected mice which survived acute infection frequently (79%) developed latency in the regional sensory ganglion (as proved by virus reactivation during explantation), latent HSZP reactivated in ganglion culture at a considerably reduced rate (21%). Only 10-day-old DBA/2 mice were sensitive to HSZP infection. In these, HSZP spread from the site of peripheral administration mainly by hematogenous route. The neural spread of HSZP in suckling DBA/2 mice was manifested by the involvement of vegetative neurons in the wall of the small intestine and in the retroperitoneal vegetative ganglia. We conclude that HSZP, a polykaryocyte-forming strain with a mutation in the syn3 region II, shows limited neuroinvasity for mice after peripheral administration.
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- J Rajcáni
- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Yamada M, Arao Y, Hatano A, Uno F, Nii S. Effect of recombinant mouse interferon-beta on acute and latent herpes simplex infection in mice. Arch Virol 1988; 99:101-9. [PMID: 3355371 DOI: 10.1007/bf01311027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The antiviral effect of recombinant mouse interferon-beta (rMuIFN-beta) on herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in experimentally infected mice was examined at several stages of infection as a model for the treatment of human HSV infection. Recombinant MuIFN-beta protected mice from lethal intraperitoneal challenge with virulent HSV-1 strains. The in vitro reactivation of HSV from latently infected trigeminal ganglia was also suppressed by treatment with rMuIFN-beta. Thus, rMuIFN-beta was effective against HSV-1 during acute infection and during in vitro reactivation of latent HSV. However, rMuIFN-beta was not effective in preventing the establishment of latent infection, or in eliminating a previously established latent infection.
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- M Yamada
- Department of Virology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Ben-Hur T, Asher Y, Tabor E, Darai G, Becker Y. HSV-1 virulence for mice by the intracerebral route is encoded by the BamHI-L DNA fragment containing the cell fusion gene. Arch Virol 1987; 96:117-22. [PMID: 3039945 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The phenotype of pathogenicity by direct intracerebral inoculation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was mapped in the viral genome. This phenotype could be rescued by cotransfection of unit length HSV-1 DNA of an avirulent strain with the BamHI fragment L (0.70-0.738 map units) cloned from a virulent strain. The virulence function was localized in the 2.0 Kb NruI-BamHI fragment in the right-hand side of BamHI-L, the same region that encodes a virus cell-fusion gene (3). Transduction of virulence was linked with the phenotype of a larger plaque size. It is concluded that a neurovirulence function resides in the BamHI-L fragment of the HSV-1 genome, closely linked to the viral gene for cell fusion.
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Yamada M, Arao Y, Uno F, Nii S. Mechanism of differences in pathogenicity between two variants of a laboratory strain of herpes simplex virus type 1. Microbiol Immunol 1986; 30:1259-70. [PMID: 2437431 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1986.tb03058.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The mechanisms responsible for the difference in neurovirulence to inbred mice between two variants of the Miyama strain of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) were studied. After intraperitoneal (i.p.) inoculation, the +GC (LPV) variant reached the spinal cord and the brain, and caused death. Conversely, the -GCr variant lacked the ability to gain access to the central nervous system (CNS) after the same route of infection and failed to kill susceptible mice. The initial virus growth after i.p. inoculation, as indicated by the number of infective centers (ICs) produced by the peritoneal exudate cells (PECs), was compared between these two variants. The virulent +GC (LPV) strain induced much more ICs than the attenuated -GCr variant. When the attenuated variant was preinoculated i.p. 24 hr before the challenge inoculation with the virulent variant by the same route, the production of ICs by the pathogenic variant was highly inhibited, and growth of this variant did not occur in the CNS. Thus, mice were protected from lethal infection by the virulent variant by preinoculation with the attenuated one. Moreover, the ability of mice to resist i.p. infection by HSV-1 was shown to be age-dependent.
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