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Depledge DP, Breuer J. Varicella-Zoster Virus-Genetics, Molecular Evolution and Recombination. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2021; 438:1-23. [PMID: 34374828 DOI: 10.1007/82_2021_238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This chapter first details the structure, organization and coding content of the VZV genome to provide a foundation on which the molecular evolution of the virus can be projected. We subsequently describe the evolution of molecular profiling approaches from restriction fragment length polymorphisms to single nucleotide polymorphism profiling to modern day high-throughput sequencing approaches. We describe how the application of these methodologies led to our current model of VZV phylogeograpy including the number and structure of geographic clades and the role of recombination in reshaping these.
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- Daniel P Depledge
- Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany. .,Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA.
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- Department of Infection & Immunology, University College London, London, UK
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Taxonomy. VIRUSES AND THE LUNG 2014. [PMCID: PMC7123310 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40605-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This chapter addresses the classification and taxonomy of viruses with special attention to viruses that show pneumotropic properties. Information provided in this chapter supplements that provided in other chapters in Parts II–V of this volume that discuss individual viral pathogens.
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The 2011 George W. Beadle Award. Genetics 2011. [DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.127852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Primary infection by varicella zoster virus (VZV) typically results in childhood chickenpox, at which time latency is established in the neurons of the cranial nerve, dorsal root and autonomic ganglia along the entire neuraxis. During latency, the histone-associated virus genome assumes a circular episomal configuration from which transcription is epigenetically regulated. The lack of an animal model in which VZV latency and reactivation can be studied, along with the difficulty in obtaining high-titer cell-free virus, has limited much of our understanding of VZV latency to descriptive studies of ganglia removed at autopsy and analogy to HSV-1, the prototype alphaherpesvirus. However, the lack of miRNA, detectable latency-associated transcript and T-cell surveillance during VZV latency highlight basic differences between the two neurotropic herpesviruses. This article focuses on VZV latency: establishment, maintenance and reactivation. Comparisons are made with HSV-1, with specific attention to differences that make these viruses unique human pathogens.
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- Department for Biomolecular Structural Chemistry Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Austria
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- Author for correspondence: University of Colorado Denver Medical School, Aurora, CO, USA, Tel.: +1 303 742 4325
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The varicella-zoster virus ORFS/L (ORF0) gene is required for efficient viral replication and contains an element involved in DNA cleavage. J Virol 2010; 84:11661-9. [PMID: 20844039 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00878-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The genome of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a human alphaherpesvirus, consists of two unique regions, unique long (U(L)) and unique short (U(S)), each of which is flanked by inverted repeats. During replication, four isomers of the viral DNA are generated which are distinguished by the relative orientations of U(L) and U(S). VZV virions predominantly package two isomeric forms of the genome that have a fixed orientation of U(L). An open reading frame (ORF) of unknown function, ORFS/L, also referred to as ORF0, is located at the extreme terminus of U(L), directly adjacent to the a-like sequences, which are known to be involved in cleavage and packaging of viral DNA. We demonstrate here that the ORFS/L protein localizes to the Golgi network in infected and transfected cells. Furthermore, we were able to demonstrate that deletion of the predicted ORFS/L gene is lethal, while retention of the N-terminal 28 amino acid residues resulted in viable yet replication-impaired virus. The growth defect was only partially attributable to the expression of the ORFS/L product, suggesting that the 5' region of ORFS/L contains a sequence element crucial for cleavage/packaging of viral DNA. Consequently, mutations introduced into the extreme 5' terminus of ORFS/L resulted in a defect in DNA cleavage, indicating that the region is indeed involved in the processing of viral DNA. Since the sequence element has no counterpart at the other end of U(L), we concluded that our results can provide an explanation for the almost exclusive orientation of the U(L) seen in packaged VZV DNA.
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The molecular epidemiology of varicella zoster virus (VZV) has led to an understanding of virus evolution, spread, and pathogenesis. The availability of over 20 full length genomes has confirmed the existence of at least five virus clades and generated estimates of VZV evolution, with evidence of recombination both past and ongoing. Genotyping by restriction enzyme analysis (REA) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) has proven that the virus causing varicella is identical to that which later reactivates as zoster in an individual. Moreover, these methods have shown that reinfection, which is mostly asymptomatic, may also occur and the second virus may establish latency and reactivate. VZV is the only human herpesvirus that is spread by the respiratory route. Genotyping methods, together with epidemiological data and modeling, have provided insights into global differences in the transmission patterns of this ubiquitous virus.
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Profile of Joseph R. Ecker. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007. [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607124104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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VZV is a highly cell-associated member of the Herpesviridae family and one of the eight herpesviruses to infect humans. The virus is ubiquitous in most populations worldwide, primary infection with which causes varicella, more commonly known as chickenpox. Characteristic of members of the alphaherpesvirus sub-family, VZV is neurotropic and establishes latency in sensory neurones. Reactivation from latency, usually during periods of impaired cellular immunity, causes herpes zoster (shingles). Despite being one of the most genetically stable human herpesviruses, nucleotide alterations in the virus genome have been used to classify VZV strains from different geographical regions into distinct clades. Such studies have also provided evidence that, despite pre-existing immunity to VZV, subclinical reinfection and reactivation of reinfecting strains to cause zoster is also occurring. During both primary infection and reactivation, VZV infects several PBMC and skin cell lineages. Difficulties in studying the pathogenesis of VZV because of its high cell association and narrow host range have been overcome through the development of the VZV severe combined immunodeficient mouse model carrying human tissue implants. This model has provided a valuable tool for studying the importance of individual viral proteins during both the complex intracellular replication and assembly of new virions and for understanding the underlying mechanism of attenuation of the live varicella vaccine. In addition, a rat model has been developed and successfully used to uncover which viral proteins are important for both the establishment and maintenance of latent VZV infection.
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- Mark Quinlivan
- Centre for Infectious Diseases, Institute for Cell and Molecular Science, 4 Newark Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT, UK.
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Maresova L, Pasieka T, Wagenaar T, Jackson W, Grose C. Identification of the authentic varicella-zoster virus gB (gene 31) initiating methionine overlapping the 3' end of gene 30. J Med Virol 2003; 70 Suppl 1:S64-70. [PMID: 12627491 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) gB sequence was re-examined in light of recent knowledge about unusually long gB signal peptides in other herpesviral gB homologs. Through mutational analysis, the discovery was made that the authentic initiating methionine for VZV gB is a codon beginning at genome nucleotide 56,819. The total length for the VZV gB primary translation product was 931 amino acids (aa) with a 71-aa signal sequence. Considering the likely signal sequence cleavage site to be located between Ser 71 and Val 72, the length of the mature VZV gB polypeptide would then be 860 amino acids prior to further internal endoproteolytic cleavage between amino acids Arg 494 and Ser 495. In this report, we also produced a full-length gB and demonstrated its association with VZV gE, suggesting a possible gE-gB interaction during gB trafficking before its cleavage in the Golgi.
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- Lucie Maresova
- Departments of Microbiology and Pediatrics, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Sato B, Ito H, Hinchliffe S, Sommer MH, Zerboni L, Arvin AM. Mutational analysis of open reading frames 62 and 71, encoding the varicella-zoster virus immediate-early transactivating protein, IE62, and effects on replication in vitro and in skin xenografts in the SCID-hu mouse in vivo. J Virol 2003; 77:5607-20. [PMID: 12719553 PMCID: PMC154054 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.10.5607-5620.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genome has unique long (U(L)) and unique short (U(S)) segments which are flanked by internal repeat (IR) and terminal repeat (TR) sequences. The immediate-early 62 (IE62) protein, encoded by open reading frame 62 (ORF62) and ORF71 in these repeats, is the major VZV transactivating protein. Mutational analyses were done with VZV cosmids generated from parent Oka (pOka), a low-passage clinical isolate, and repair experiments were done with ORF62 from pOka and vaccine Oka (vOka), which is derived from pOka. Transfections using VZV cosmids from which ORF62, ORF71, or the ORF62/71 gene pair was deleted showed that VZV replication required at least one copy of ORF62. The insertion of ORF62 from pOka or vOka into a nonnative site in U(S) allowed VZV replication in cell culture in vitro, although the plaque size and yields of infectious virus were decreased. Targeted mutations in binding sites reported to affect interaction with IE4 protein and a putative ORF9 protein binding site were not lethal. Single deletions of ORF62 or ORF71 from cosmids permitted recovery of infectious virus, but recombination events repaired the defective repeat region in some progeny viruses, as verified by PCR and Southern hybridization. VZV infectivity in skin xenografts in the SCID-hu model required ORF62 expression; mixtures of single-copy recombinant Oka Delta 62 (rOka Delta 62) or rOka Delta 71 and repaired rOka generated by recombination of the single-copy deletion mutants were detected in some skin implants. Although insertion of ORF62 into the nonnative site permitted replication in cell culture, ORF62 expression from its native site was necessary for cell-cell spread in differentiated human skin tissues in vivo.
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- Bunji Sato
- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Corresponding author. Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr., Rm. G312, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5208. Phone: (650) 723-5682. Fax: (650) 725-8040. E-mail:
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Maresova L, Pasieka TJ, Grose C. Varicella-zoster Virus gB and gE coexpression, but not gB or gE alone, leads to abundant fusion and syncytium formation equivalent to those from gH and gL coexpression. J Virol 2001; 75:9483-92. [PMID: 11533210 PMCID: PMC114515 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.19.9483-9492.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is distinguished from herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) by the fact that cell-to-cell fusion and syncytium formation require only gH and gL within a transient-expression system. In the HSV system, four glycoproteins, namely, gH, gL, gB, and gD, are required to induce a similar fusogenic event. VZV lacks a gD homologous protein. In this report, the role of VZV gB as a fusogen was investigated and compared to the gH-gL complex. First of all, the VZV gH-gL experiment was repeated under a different set of conditions; namely, gH and gL were cloned into the same vaccinia virus (VV) genome. Surprisingly, the new expression system demonstrated that a recombinant VV-gH+gL construct was even more fusogenic than seen in the prior experiment with two individual expression plasmids containing gH and gL (K. M. Duus and C. Grose, J. Virol. 70:8961-8971, 1996). Recombinant VV expressing VZV gB by itself, however, effected the formation of only small syncytia. When VZV gE and gB genes were cloned into one recombinant VV genome and another fusion assay was performed, extensive syncytium formation was observed. The degree of fusion with VZV gE-gB coexpression was comparable to that observed with VZV gH-gL: in both cases, >80% of the cells in a monolayer were fused. Thus, these studies established that VZV gE-gB coexpression greatly enhanced the fusogenic properties of gB. Control experiments documented that the fusion assay required a balance between the fusogenic potential of the VZV glycoproteins and the fusion-inhibitory effect of the VV infection itself.
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- L Maresova
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Faga B, Maury W, Bruckner DA, Grose C. Identification and mapping of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the varicella-zoster virus genome. Virology 2001; 280:1-6. [PMID: 11162813 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- B Faga
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Kemble GW, Annunziato P, Lungu O, Winter RE, Cha TA, Silverstein SJ, Spaete RR. Open reading frame S/L of varicella-zoster virus encodes a cytoplasmic protein expressed in infected cells. J Virol 2000; 74:11311-21. [PMID: 11070031 PMCID: PMC113236 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.23.11311-11321.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report the discovery of a novel gene in the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genome, designated open reading frame (ORF) S/L. This gene, located at the left end of the prototype VZV genome isomer, expresses a polyadenylated mRNA containing a splice within the 3' untranslated region in virus-infected cells. Sequence analysis reveals significant differences between the ORF S/Ls of wild-type and attenuated strains of VZV. Antisera raised to a bacterially expressed portion of ORF S/L reacted specifically with a 21-kDa protein synthesized in cells infected with a VZV clinical isolate and with the original vaccine strain of VZV (Oka-ATCC). Cells infected with other VZV strains, including a wild-type strain that has been extensively passaged in tissue culture and commercially produced vaccine strains of Oka, synthesize a family of proteins ranging in size from 21 to 30 kDa that react with the anti-ORF S/L antiserum. MeWO cells infected with recombinant VZV harboring mutations in the C-terminal region of the ORF S/L gene lost adherence to the stratum and adjacent cells, resulting in an altered plaque morphology. Immunohistochemical analysis of VZV-infected cells demonstrated that ORF S/L protein localizes to the cytoplasm. ORF S/L protein was present in skin lesions of individuals with primary or reactivated infection and in the neurons of a dorsal root ganglion during virus reactivation.
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- G W Kemble
- Aviron, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
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Maresová L, Kutinová L, Ludvíková V, Zák R, Mares M, Nemecková S. Characterization of interaction of gH and gL glycoproteins of varicella-zoster virus: their processing and trafficking. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:1545-52. [PMID: 10811938 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-6-1545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoproteins gH and gL were examined in a recombinant vaccinia virus system. Single expression of glycoprotein gL produced two molecular forms: an 18 kDa form and a 19 kDa form differing in size by one endoglycosidase H-sensitive N-linked oligosaccharide. Coexpression of gL and gH resulted in binding of the 18 kDa gL form with the mature form of gH, while the 19 kDa gL form remained uncomplexed. The glycosylation processing of gL was not dependent on gH; however, gL was required for the conversion of precursor gH (97 kDa) to mature gH (118 kDa). Subsequent analyses indicated that gL (18 kDa) was a more completely processed gL (19 kDa). Screening of the culture media revealed that gH and gL were secreted, but only if coexpressed and complexed together. The secreted form of gL was 18 kDa while that of gH was 114 kDa. The fact that secreted gH was smaller than intracytoplasmic gH suggested a proteolytic processing event prior to secretion. The 19 kDa form of gL was never secreted. These findings support a VZV gL recycling pathway between the endoplasmic reticulum and the cis-Golgi apparatus.
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- L Maresová
- Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Dept of Experimental Virology, Prague 128 20, Czech Republic.
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McVoy MA, Ramnarain D. Machinery to support genome segment inversion exists in a herpesvirus which does not naturally contain invertible elements. J Virol 2000; 74:4882-7. [PMID: 10775628 PMCID: PMC112012 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.10.4882-4887.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In many herpesviruses, genome segments flanked by inverted repeats invert during DNA replication. It is not known whether this inversion is a consequence of an inherently recombinagenic replicative mechanism common to all herpesviruses or whether the replication enzymes of viruses with invertible segments have specifically evolved additional enzymatic activities to drive inversion. By artificially inserting a fusion of terminal sequences into the genome of a virus which normally lacks invertible elements (murine cytomegalovirus), we created a genome composed of long and short segments flanked by 1,359- and 543-bp inverted repeats. Analysis of genomic DNA from this virus revealed that inversion of both segments generates equimolar amounts of four isomers during the viral propagation necessary to produce DNA for analysis from a single viral particle. We conclude that a herpesvirus which naturally lacks invertible elements is able to support efficient segment inversion. Thus, the potential to invert is probably inherent in the replication machinery of all herpesviruses, irrespective of genome structure, and therefore genomes with invertible elements could have evolved simply by acquisition of inverted repeats and without concomitant evolution of enzymatic activities to mediate inversion. Furthermore, the recombinagenicity of herpesvirus DNA replication must have some importance independent of genome segment inversion.
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- M A McVoy
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0163, USA.
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Wenkel H, Rummelt V, Fleckenstein B, Naumann GO. Detection of varicella zoster virus DNA and viral antigen in human eyes after herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Ophthalmology 1998; 105:1323-30. [PMID: 9663241 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(98)97042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to identify varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA and viral antigen in human eyes at various intervals after clinical onset of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). DESIGN A retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS There were 9 eyes and 4 corneal buttons surgically obtained from 13 patients with HZO at the University Eye Hospital of Erlangen-Nürnberg between 1984 and 1994. Specimens were examined at different timepoints after clinical onset of HZO (range, 1 day-19 years; median, 36 months). METHODS Histopathologic evaluation was performed on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue by routine histology, immunohistochemistry (5-B-7 murine monoclonal antibody to VZV; peroxidase-antiperoxidase method), and DNA-in situ hybridization (35S deoxyadenosine triphosphate-labeled HindIII fragments [A and C] of VZV). RESULTS Typical histopathologic changes associated with HZO were identified: vascularization of the corneal stroma (11 of 13), granulomatous reaction to Descemet's membrane (8 of 13), fusiform-shaped ciliary scarring (5 of 9), optic neuritis (4 of 9), and perineuritis (8 of 9) and perivasculitis (8 of 9) of the long posterior ciliary nerves and arteries. VZV antigen was detected in two patients with acute infection 1 and 7 days after onset of HZO, respectively. VZV-DNA was identified in seven patients up to 10 years after onset of HZO in corneal epithelial cells (2 of 13), corneal stroma (5 of 13), inflammatory infiltrate of the anterior chamber (1 of 9), episclera (2 of 9), posterior ciliary nerves (1 of 9) and arteries (5 of 9), optic nerve (5 of 9), and adjacent leptomeninges (2 of 9). CONCLUSION Persistence of viral genomes, most likely accompanied by gene expression or slow viral replication, appears to be responsible for the often smoldering panophthalmitis and the chronic recurrent keratouveitis in patients with HZO. Localization of viral DNA in vascular structures suggests a role for vasculitis in the pathogenesis of some ocular findings associated with HZO.
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- H Wenkel
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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Pumphrey CY, Gray WL. Identification and analysis of the simian varicella virus thymidine kinase gene. Arch Virol 1996; 141:43-55. [PMID: 8629950 DOI: 10.1007/bf01718587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The thymidine kinase (TK) of herpesviruses, in contrast to cellular TKs, phosphorylates a variety of substrates including antiherpetic nucleoside analogues. This study reports the identification and DNA sequence of the simian varicella virus (SVV) TK gene. A 32P-labeled varicella zoster virus (VZV) TK DNA probe hybridized to the HindIII B subclone of the SVV BamHI B restriction endonuclease (RE) fragment, indicating the presence of a SVV DNA sequence homologous to the VZV TK gene. DNA sequence analysis of the SVV HindIII B subclone revealed a 1014 base pair (bp) open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 337 amino acid polypeptide homologous to herpesvirus TKs. The predicted SVV and VZV TK polypeptides share 51.3% identity, and alignment of the putative protein sequence of several TK homologues suggests the position of a conserved nucleotide binding site and a nucleoside (substrate) binding site in the SVV TK. Identification of the 5' end of the SVV TK transcript by primer extension analysis allowed a comparison of the SVV and VZV TK promoter regions indicating extensive conservation of the DNA sequence and transcription factor binding sites. Plaque reduction assays demonstrate that the SVV TK is active based on the susceptibility of SVV to acyclovir treatment and that SVV is less sensitive to acyclovir than VZV and herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) in infected Vero cells. Identification of the SVV TK ORF will facilitate studies that examine the role of viral TKs in pathogenesis and antiviral sensitivity and provides a potential insertion site for the expression of foreign genes.
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- C Y Pumphrey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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Yao Z, Jackson W, Forghani B, Grose C. Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein gpI/gpIV receptor: expression, complex formation, and antigenicity within the vaccinia virus-T7 RNA polymerase transfection system. J Virol 1993; 67:305-14. [PMID: 8380078 PMCID: PMC237364 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.67.1.305-314.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The unique short region of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genome contains two open reading frames which encode glycoproteins designated gpI and gpIV (herpes simplex virus homologs gE and gI, respectively). Like its herpesviral counterpart gE, the VZV gpI gene product functions as a cell surface receptor (V. Litwin, W. Jackson, and C. Grose, J. Virol. 66:3643-3651, 1992). To evaluate the biosynthesis of the two VZV glycoproteins and further explore their relationship to one another, the two glycoprotein genes were individually cloned into a pTM1 vector under control of the T7 promoter. Transfection of the cloned gpI or gpIV construct into HeLa cells previously infected with vaccinia recombinant virus expressing bacteriophage T7 polymerase resulted in a much higher level expression of each VZV glycoprotein than previously achieved. Synthesis of both gpI and gpIV included intermediary partially glycosylated forms and mature N- and O-linked final product. Transfections in the presence of 32Pi demonstrated that the mature forms of both gpI and gpIV were phosphorylated, while similar experiments with [35S]sulfate showed that only the mature gpI was sulfated. When gpI and gpIV were coexpressed in the same cell, the two glycoproteins were complexed to each other, as both proteins could be immunoprecipitated by antibodies against either gpI or gpIV. Coprecipitation did not occur as a result of a shared epitope, because gpI expressed alone was not precipitated by antibody to gpIV, and gpIV expressed alone was not precipitated by antibody to gpI. Pulse-chase analysis demonstrated that the gpI-gpIV association occurred early in processing; furthermore, this complex formation interfered with posttranslational modifications and thereby reduced the M(r)s of the mature forms of both gpI and gpIV. Similarly, the molecular masses of the cotransfected gene products corresponded with those of the infected cell glycoproteins, a result which suggested that authentic gpI and gpIV were ordinarily found within a complex. Thus, the adjacent open reading frames 67 and 68 code for two glycoproteins which in turn form a distinctive sulfated and phosphorylated cell surface complex with receptor properties.
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- Z Yao
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, University Hospital, Iowa City 52242-1083
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Perera LP, Mosca JD, Ruyechan WT, Hay J. Regulation of varicella-zoster virus gene expression in human T lymphocytes. J Virol 1992; 66:5298-304. [PMID: 1323696 PMCID: PMC289084 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.9.5298-5304.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus, is the etiologic agent of chicken pox and shingles (zoster) in humans. Using an in vitro transient expression assay, we have evaluated the ability of the putative immediate early VZV genes, ORF4, ORF61, and ORF62 (the analogs of the herpes simplex virus alpha 27, alpha 0, and alpha 4 genes, respectively), to modulate the expression of VZV genes of different putative kinetic classes in a human T lymphocyte cell line. These cells are of the type in which VZV can be readily detected in the viremic phase of human infection. We present evidence to indicate that, in this system, the gene product of ORF62 (IE62) is a major regulatory protein in VZV and is capable of activating VZV genes of all putative kinetic classes. In addition, we demonstrate that the gene product of ORF4 and, unlike the apparent situation in Vero cells, the gene product of ORF61 may play an accessory regulatory role in synergizing the activation of VZV genes induced by the gene product of ORF62 in human T lymphocytes.
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- L P Perera
- Department of Microbiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799
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Litwin V, Jackson W, Grose C. Receptor properties of two varicella-zoster virus glycoproteins, gpI and gpIV, homologous to herpes simplex virus gE and gI. J Virol 1992; 66:3643-51. [PMID: 1316474 PMCID: PMC241147 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.6.3643-3651.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genome contains 70 reading frames (ORF), 5 of which encode the glycoproteins gpI, gpII, gpIII, gpIV, and gpV. ORF 67 and 68 lie adjacent to each other in the unique short region of the VZV genome and code for gpIV and gpI, respectively. These two genes, which are contained within the HindIII C fragment of the VZV genome, were subcloned in the correct orientation downstream from the promoter regions of the eukaryotic expression vectors pCMV5 and pBJ. After transfection, 5 to 20% of the Cos cells bound antibody specific for the given glycoprotein. In this study, it was shown that only the cells transfected with the gpI construct bound to the Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin G. Neither the transfected gpIV gene product nor the vector only bound to the Fc fragment. Thus, VZV gpI is confirmed to be the VZV-encoded Fc-binding glycoprotein. Like the wild-type form of gpI expressed in VZV-infected cells, gpI precipitated from transfected cells contained both N-linked and O-linked glycans and was heavily sialated. In addition, the transfected gpI gene product was phosphorylated both in cell culture and in protein kinase assays by mammalian casein kinases I and II. Extensive computer-assisted analyses of the VZV gpI sequence, as well as those of alphaherpesviral homolog glycoproteins, disclosed properties similar to those of other cell surface receptors; these included (i) exocytoplasmic regions rich in cysteine residues, (ii) membrane-proximal regions with potential O-linked glycosylation sites, and (iii) cytoplasmic domains with consensus phosphorylation sites.
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- V Litwin
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242
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Johnson MA, Prideaux CT, Kongsuwan K, Sheppard M, Fahey KJ. Gallid herpesvirus 1 (infectious laryngotracheitis virus): cloning and physical maps of the SA-2 strain. Arch Virol 1991; 119:181-98. [PMID: 1652235 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Clones representing 90% of the genome of Gallid herpesvirus 1 (infectious laryngotracheitis virus; ILTV) were obtained and used in hybridization experiments to construct EcoRI, KpnI amd SmaI physical maps. The genome was 155 kilobase pairs (kbp) and comprised of a long unique sequence (120 kbp) and a short unique sequence (17 kbp) bounded by repeat sequences each of 9 kbp. An unrelated second pair of repeat sequences was located at 0.67 and 0.88 map untis. A terminal repeat of the unique long region (UL) was also detected, but no isomerization of UL was detected.
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- M A Johnson
- CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Arao Y, Yoshida M, Bai ZL, Kori Y, Nakatsukasa A, Takei Y, Aoji K, Yamada M, Uno F, Miyoshi K. Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA by field-inversion gel electrophoresis. Microbiol Immunol 1990; 34:269-82. [PMID: 2161996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb01009.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A new method for detection of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA using field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) was devised. VZV-genomic DNA could be differentiated from the host cell DNA of human embryonic lung (HEL) fibroblasts infected with VZV under electrophoretic conditions allowing resolution of linear and double-stranded DNAs in the 49-230 kilobase pairs (Kb) range. The detection of VZV-genomic DNA from infected HEL cells was successful regardless of whether the VZV was a laboratory strain, live vaccine strain, or fresh isolate. Under the same electrophoretic conditions, DNA of VZV-infected HEL cells could be clearly differentiated from DNA obtained from HEL cells infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), type 2 (HSV-2), or human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Furthermore, VZV genomic DNA could be detected from as small a sample as 1.9 x 10(4) VZV-infected HEL cells. Finally, we could detect VZV genomic DNA from 10 samples of vesicle tissue (blister lids, each about 1-4 mm2) and one sample of vesicle fluid (about 5 microliters) obtained from patients diagnosed as having herpes-zoster. The results of this study indicate that FIGE is a simple and promising method for the detection of VZV from clinical materials as well as infected in vitro cultured cells.
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- Y Arao
- Department of Virology, Okayama University Medical School
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- J M Ostrove
- Medical Virology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Wolinsky S, Andersson J, Rowley A. Detection of a highly conserved region of Herpesviridae DNA by in vitro enzymatic amplification: application to the detection of a new human herpesvirus. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1990; 278:219-29. [PMID: 1963038 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5853-4_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- S Wolinsky
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Merville-Louis MP, Sadzot-Delvaux C, Delrée P, Piette J, Moonen G, Rentier B. Varicella-zoster virus infection of adult rat sensory neurons in vitro. J Virol 1989; 63:3155-60. [PMID: 2542622 PMCID: PMC250874 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.63.7.3155-3160.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We report here an in vitro model of neuronal infection by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Such a model has been achieved by using dissociated adult rat dorsal root ganglia cells infected by cocultivation with VZV-infected MRC5 cells or with cell-free virus. Indirect VZV immunolabeling, in situ hybridization, and neuron-specific immunolabeling demonstrated that VZV infection occurred selectively in neurons. VZV-specific immunolabeling detected a few neurons 1 or 2 days postinfection but not later. Genome detection using cloned VZV DNA probes revealed a hybridization signal primarily with RNA. Within 1 to 6 days postinfection, a progressive increase of VZV-specific hybridization was observed in up to 50% of the neurons. RNAs corresponding to immediate-early, early, and late genes were found, and transcripts of immediate-early gene 63 were particularly abundant.
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Koropchak CM, Solem SM, Diaz PS, Arvin AM. Investigation of varicella-zoster virus infection of lymphocytes by in situ hybridization. J Virol 1989; 63:2392-5. [PMID: 2539528 PMCID: PMC250665 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.63.5.2392-2395.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Peripheral blood mononuclear cells harboring viral gene sequences were detected during primary varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection of the human host and the strain 2 guinea pig by in situ hybridization with a 3H-labeled VZV DNA probe. Activated T lymphocytes were permissive for VZV infection at low frequency in vitro.
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- C M Koropchak
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
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Kato T, Kitamura K, Hayakawa Y, Takahashi M, Kojima A, Sato S, Yamanishi K. Transcription mapping of glycoprotein I (gpI) and gpIV of varicella-zoster virus and immunological analysis of the gpI produced in cells infected with the recombinant vaccinia virus. Microbiol Immunol 1989; 33:299-312. [PMID: 2549343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb01979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to determine the transcripts of gpI and gpIV of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), RNA was isolated from human embryonic fibroblast cells infected with VZV and Northern blot analysis was carried out using cloned DNA probes of unique short region including gpI and gpIV genes. The analysis of RNA revealed two discrete transcripts of 3.6 and 2.15 kilobases (kb) and three transcripts of 3.6, 2.9, and 1.6 kb which hybridized to DNA probes covering the gpI and gpIV region, respectively. Next, mRNAs were hybrid-selected, translated in vitro and the polypeptide products were immunoprecipitated with antibodies against these glycoproteins. The polypeptides with a molecular weight of 70,000 (70K) and 37K which were in vitro translational products of mRNA hybrid-selected with the DNA clone covering gpI and gpIV were detected using antibodies against gpI and gpIV, respectively. The result showed that the 70K polypeptide is presumably the translational product of 2.15 kb mRNA and the 37K polypeptide is that of 1.6 kb mRNA. DNA fragment encoding gpI or gpIV was inserted into vaccinia virus DNA and the recombinant viruses, mO74 (gpI) and mO39 (gpIV), were used for immunological analysis. In consequence, the gpI derived from cells infected with mO74 showed antigenic characteristics similar to those of gpI from VZV-infected cells as determined from the immunoprecipitation pattern, although the molecular weight of each polypeptide was different, and antibody produced in rabbits infected with recombinant virus had a high neutralizing activity, when the reaction was performed with complement. This suggested that gpI plays an important role for protection and recovery from VZV infection.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Genes, Viral
- Herpesvirus 3, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 3, Human/immunology
- Humans
- Plasmids
- Precipitin Tests
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Thymidine Kinase/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
- Vaccinia virus/genetics
- Vaccinia virus/immunology
- Viral Envelope Proteins
- Viral Proteins/biosynthesis
- Viral Proteins/genetics
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- T Kato
- Department of Virology, Osaka University
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Steiner I, Spivack JG, O'Boyle DR, Lavi E, Fraser NW. Latent herpes simplex virus type 1 transcription in human trigeminal ganglia. J Virol 1988; 62:3493-6. [PMID: 2841498 PMCID: PMC253475 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.9.3493-3496.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We studied latent herpes simplex virus type 1 gene expression in human trigeminal ganglia. Two transcripts were mapped to a 3.0-kilobase region within the long repeat region and appeared to be located in neuronal nuclei. These viral RNAs were not abundant during lytic replication and may represent an alternative pattern of herpes simplex virus type 1 gene expression involved in the pathogenesis of latent infection.
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- I Steiner
- Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Hondo R, Yogo Y. Strain variation of R5 direct repeats in the right-hand portion of the long unique segment of varicella-zoster virus DNA. J Virol 1988; 62:2916-21. [PMID: 2839710 PMCID: PMC253729 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.8.2916-2921.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We located a region of interstrain size variability in a short segment in an area at the right-hand end of the long unique sequence of the varicella-zoster viral genome. Varicella-zoster virus strains isolated in a district of Japan were classified into three groups on the basis of the size of this segment. Sequence comparison of the variable segment among strains from different groups revealed that the tandem direct repeat, R5, in the segment was variable among strains. R5, which was first discovered in a European strain (Dumas), contained a direct duplication of 88-base-pair (bp) elements separated by a 24-bp element (A.J. Davison and J.E. Scott, J. Gen. Virol. 67:1759-1816, 1986). We found that one 88-bp element and one 24-bp element constitute a repeating unit whose copy number varied from one to three among strains. The simplest R5 we detected was similar to that of Dumas, but there were a few base mismatches between these two R5 structures.
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- R Hondo
- Department of Pathology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Dohner DE, Adams SG, Gelb LD. Recombination in tissue culture between varicella-zoster virus strains. J Med Virol 1988; 24:329-41. [PMID: 2835429 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890240310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Several clinical varicella-zoster virus isolates obtained during testing of a live varicella vaccine had DNA restriction fragment patterns resembling neither vaccine nor wild-type virus [Gelb et al., J Infect. Dis. 155, 633-640, 1987]. One explanation for these isolates was recombination in vivo. To determine if such recombination is likely, two strains of varicella-zoster virus, distinguishable by restriction endonuclease fragment size differences (wild-type strain EF and the OKA vaccine strain), were grown together in tissue culture. After three passages, the mixed infection virus was plaque-purified. DNA from about 13% of the plaque-purified isolates had one or more BglI fragments found in neither parental virus. Hybridization studies showed that isolates containing one of the new BglI fragments were recombinants of the two parental strains. The BglI restriction fragment pattern of these recombinants resembled those of the unusual varicella isolates from individuals either vaccinated with the live attenuated OKA varicella vaccine and later exposed to natural varicella, or simultaneously exposed to both a recent recipient of the vaccine and natural varicella.
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- D E Dohner
- Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
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Hondo R, Yogo Y, Kurata T, Aoyama Y. Genome variation among varicella-zoster virus isolates derived from different individuals and from the same individuals. Arch Virol 1987; 93:1-12. [PMID: 2880576 DOI: 10.1007/bf01313890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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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We have used 12 restriction enzymes to analyse the DNA of 24 clinical isolates of VZV derived from 12 patients in order to compare isolates derived from different individuals and derived serially from the same individual. As reported previously, only a small proportion of the isolates differed with respect to the presence or absence of restriction sites. However, we found that the size of DNA fragments generated from all the isolates derived from different patients varied in any of four regions, one of which was first recognized in this study. In one case, where multiple isolates recovered from the same individual were analysed, each was distinguished from the others not only by differences in the variable regions but also by the presence or absence of a restriction site in a nonvariable region. This suggests that multiple strains of VZV can be present in the same human host.
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Felser JM, Straus SE, Ostrove JM. Varicella-zoster virus complements herpes simplex virus type 1 temperature-sensitive mutants. J Virol 1987; 61:225-8. [PMID: 3023701 PMCID: PMC255249 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.61.1.225-228.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) can complement temperature-sensitive mutants of herpes simplex virus. Of seven mutants tested, two, carrying mutations in the immediate-early ICP4 and ICP27 proteins, were complemented. This complementation was not seen in coinfections with adenovirus type 5 or cytomegalovirus. Following transfection into CV-1 cells, a DNA fragment containing the VZV short repeat sequence complemented the ICP4 mutant. These data demonstrate a functional relationship between VZV and herpes simplex virus and have allowed localization of a putative VZV immediate-early gene.
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Kinchington PR, Remenick J, Ostrove JM, Straus SE, Ruyechan WT, Hay J. Putative glycoprotein gene of varicella-zoster virus with variable copy numbers of a 42-base-pair repeat sequence has homology to herpes simplex virus glycoprotein C. J Virol 1986; 59:660-8. [PMID: 3016329 PMCID: PMC253231 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.59.3.660-668.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A strain variation of varicella-zoster virus that maps to the UL region of the genome was found to be due to different copy numbers of a high GC 42-base-pair repeat. DNA sequence analysis of this variable region showed the sequence to be 5-GCGGGATCGGGCTTTCGGG(A/T)AGCGGCCGAGGTGGGCGCGACG-3. Strains Scott and Webster both contain 7 and 32/42 copies of the repeat, whereas strain Oka has exactly 4 copies less. Microheterogeneity exists within the repeated sequences, depending on the strain and the repeat number. Sequencing of the entire EcoRI P fragment (which contains the repeated sequences) and part of the adjacent EcoRI M and EcoRI Q fragments from strain Scott showed that the repeats are part of a large open reading frame that could code for a polypeptide core with a molecular weight of 66,000. Several potential TATA boxes exist upstream and two polyadenylation signals are found downstream of the open reading frame. The predicted protein bears several characteristics of a glycoprotein. The region is transcriptionally active in varicella-zoster virus-infected cells, specifying at least three RNA species of 1.7, 1.95, and 2.5 kilobases, which are transcribed from the same DNA strand. Part of the predicted protein has a high degree of homology to the herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein gC.
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Ostrove JM, Reinhold W, Fan CM, Zorn S, Hay J, Straus SE. Transcription mapping of the varicella-zoster virus genome. J Virol 1985; 56:600-6. [PMID: 2997479 PMCID: PMC252617 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.56.2.600-606.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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RNA was isolated from varicella-zoster virus-infected Flow 5000 cells (diploid fibroblasts) at late times after infection. With the use of overlapping DNA probes representing all regions of the varicella-zoster genome, an extensive Northern blot analysis of the RNA was carried out. The analysis revealed at least 58 discrete transcripts ranging in size from approximately 0.8 to 6.5 kilobases. RNAs were found to be homologous to all probes used except for those mapping at approximately map unit 0.3, where no RNA transcripts could be detected. Comparison of the sizes and locations of RNA transcripts mapping in the right-hand ends of the varicella-zoster virus and the herpes simplex virus DNAs shows a number of striking analogies, suggesting their similar genomic organization.
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Errant processing and structural alterations of genomes present in a varicella-zoster virus vaccine. J Virol 1985; 56:92-101. [PMID: 2993670 PMCID: PMC252481 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.56.1.92-101.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Five minority populations of aberrant, varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-derived genomes were identified among the encapsidated DNAs obtained from the nuclear and cytoplasmic fractions of an in vitro infection initiated with a lyophilized sample of the BIKEN VZV vaccine (strain Oka). These were (i) VZV genomes, present within nuclear but not cytoplasmic viral capsids, which had been cleaved at a specific site within the short segment and which were, therefore, 3.15 megadaltons (approximately 4% of the VZV genome length) short of full length; (ii) highly deleted, repetitive VZV genomes which contained the errant cleavage site but not the usual VZV genome terminal sequences; (iii) VZV genomes into which multiples of 1 through 5 defective genome repeat units had been inserted into a homologous site; (iv) VZV genomes with additions of 0.1 or 0.18 megadaltons of DNA at both the terminal and internal ends of the short segment; and (v) VZV DNA which had lost the HindIII restriction site at map position 0.11.
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The genome of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a linear, double-stranded molecule of DNA composed of a long (L) region covalently linked to a short (S) region. The S region is capable of inverting relative to a fixed orientation of the L region, giving rise to two equimolar populations. We have investigated other forms of the VZV genome which are present in infected cells and packaged into nucleocapsids. That a small proportion of nucleocapsid DNA molecules also possess inverted L regions has been verified by the identification of submolar restriction fragments corresponding to novel joints and novel ends generated by such an inversion. The presence of circular molecules has been investigated by agarose gel electrophoresis. Bands corresponding to circular forms were present in small amounts in both VZV-infected cell DNA and nucleocapsid DNA. Southern blot analysis verified that these bands contained VZV sequences. We therefore conclude that the VZV genome may occasionally contain an inverted L region or exist in a circular configuration.
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Fine mapping and sequencing of a variable segment in the inverted repeat region of varicella-zoster virus DNA. J Virol 1985; 54:639-42. [PMID: 2985828 PMCID: PMC254841 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.54.2.639-642.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A strain variation in the internal and terminal repeats which bind the short unique sequence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA was found to be due to an insertion or deletion of DNA sequences at a single site. DNA sequence analysis showed that the nucleotide sequence CCGCCGATGGGGAGGGGGCGCGGTACC is tandemly duplicated a variable number of times in different VZV strains and is responsible for the observed variation in mobilities of restriction fragments from this region of VZV DNA. The variable region sequence shares some homology with tandemly repeated regions in the a and c sequences of herpes simplex virus type 1 and probably exists in a noncoding region of the VZV genome.
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Use of a bacterial expression vector to map the varicella-zoster virus major glycoprotein gene, gC. J Virol 1985; 53:81-8. [PMID: 2981365 PMCID: PMC254981 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.53.1.81-88.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The genome of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) encodes at least three major glycoprotein genes. Among viral gene products, the gC gene products are the most abundant glycoproteins and induce a substantial humoral immune response (Keller et al., J. Virol. 52:293-297, 1984). We utilized two independent approaches to map the gC gene. Small fragments of randomly digested VZV DNA were inserted into a bacterial expression vector. Bacterial colonies transformed by this vector library were screened serologically for antigen expression with monoclonal antibodies to gC. Hybridization of the plasmid DNA from a gC antigen-positive clone revealed homology to the 3' end of the VZV Us segment. In addition, mRNA from VZV-infected cells was hybrid selected by a set of VZV DNA recombinant plasmids and translated in vitro, and polypeptide products were immunoprecipitated by convalescent zoster serum or by monoclonal antibodies to gC. This analysis revealed that the mRNA encoding a 70,000-dalton polypeptide precipitable by anti-gC antibodies mapped to the HindIII C fragment, which circumscribes the entire Us region. We conclude that the VZV gC glycoprotein gene maps to the 3' end of the Us region and is expressed as a 70,000-dalton primary translational product. These results are consistent with the recently reported DNA sequence of Us (A.J. Davison, EMBO J. 2:2203-2209, 1983). Furthermore, glycosylation appears not to be required for a predominant portion of the antigenicity of gC glycoproteins. We also report the tentative map assignments for eight other VZV primary translational products.
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Gao M, Isom HC. Characterization of the guinea pig cytomegalovirus genome by molecular cloning and physical mapping. J Virol 1984; 52:436-47. [PMID: 6092669 PMCID: PMC254544 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.52.2.436-447.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Fragments of guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) DNA produced by HindIII or EcoRI restriction endonuclease digestion were cloned into vectors pBR322 and pACYC184, and recombinant fragments representing ca. 97% of the genome were constructed. Hybridization of 32P-labeled cloned and gel-purified HindIII, EcoRI, and XbaI fragments to Southern blots of HindIII-, EcoRI-, and XbaI-cleaved GPCMV DNA verified the viral origin of cloned fragments and allowed construction of HindIII, EcoRI, and XbaI restriction maps. On the basis of the cloning and mapping experiments, the size of GPCMV DNA was calculated to include 239 kilobase pairs, corresponding to a molecular weight of 158 X 10(6). No cross-hybridization between any internal fragments was seen. We conclude that the GPCMV genome consists of a long unique sequence with terminal repeat sequences but without internal repeat regions. In addition, GPCMV DNA molecules exist in two forms. In the predominant form, the molecules demonstrate sequence homology between the terminal fragments; in the minor population, one terminal fragment is smaller by 0.7 X 10(6) daltons and is not homologous with the fragment at the other end of the physical map. The structural organization of GPCMV DNA is unique for a herpesvirus DNA, similar in its simplicity to the structure reported for murine cytomegalovirus DNA and quite dissimilar from that of human cytomegalovirus DNA.
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Mishra L, Dohner DE, Wellinghoff WJ, Gelb LD. Physical maps of varicella-zoster virus DNA derived with 11 restriction enzymes. J Virol 1984; 50:615-8. [PMID: 6323760 PMCID: PMC255684 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.50.2.615-618.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Varicella-zoster virus DNA was digested with 11 restriction endonucleases, and the resulting fragments were separated on agarose gels. Terminal fragments were identified by lambda exonuclease digestion. Physical maps were then constructed using a combination of double restriction enzyme digestion and hybridization to cloned BamHI fragments to place the remaining fragments in order.
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Gilden DH, Vafai A, Shtram Y, Becker Y, Devlin M, Wellish M. Varicella-zoster virus DNA in human sensory ganglia. Nature 1983; 306:478-80. [PMID: 6316159 DOI: 10.1038/306478a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles. Clinical and epidemiological evidence indicates that following an episode of childhood chickenpox (varicella), VZV becomes latent, presumably in dorsal root ganglia, and is reactivated many years later to produce shingles (zoster) in adults. VZV has been demonstrated in ganglia by electron microscopy and by indirect immunofluorescence, and infectious viral particles have been isolated from acutely infected ganglia of patients who died of disseminated VZV infection. However, VZV has not been detected in the ganglia of humans without recent exposure to VZV. Tissue culture explant methods that have been successful in the isolation of herpes simplex virus from ganglia have so far failed in the isolation or reactivation of VZV from trigeminal and other dorsal root ganglia. We describe here the detection of VZV DNA sequences in an acutely infected human sacral ganglion and in normal trigeminal ganglia. These findings support the hypothesis that VZV is latent in normal human ganglia.
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Weller TH. Varicella and herpes zoster. Changing concepts of the natural history, control, and importance of a not-so-benign virus. N Engl J Med 1983; 309:1362-8. [PMID: 6314138 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198312013092205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was isolated from two separate sites in each of three patients with shingles (herpes zoster). The DNAs of the six VZV isolates were compared by high-resolution restriction endonuclease analysis with HindIII, KpnI, and HpaI. DNA cleavage patterns for each pair of VZV isolates were indistinguishable. These studies suggest that clinical shingles is the manifestation of a single VZV strain that becomes reactivated and causes both a viraemia and a dermatomal exanthem.
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Ebeling A, Keil GM, Knust E, Koszinowski UH. Molecular cloning and physical mapping of murine cytomegalovirus DNA. J Virol 1983; 47:421-33. [PMID: 6312075 PMCID: PMC255283 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.47.3.421-433.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) Smith strain DNA is cleaved by restriction endonuclease HindIII into 16 fragments, ranging in size from 0.64 to 22.25 megadaltons. Of the 16 HindIII fragments, 15 were cloned in plasmid pACYC177 in Escherichia coli HB101 (recA). The recombinant plasmid clones were characterized by cleavage with the enzymes XbaI and EcoRI. In addition, fragments generated by double digestion of cloned fragments with HindIII and XbaI were inserted into the plasmid vector pACYC184. The results obtained after hybridization of 32P-labeled cloned fragments to Southern blots of MCMV DNA cleaved with HindIII, XbaI, EcoRI, BamHI, ApaI, ClaI, EcoRV, or KpnI allowed us to construct complete physical maps of the viral DNA for the restriction endonucleases HindIII, XbaI, and EcoRI. On the basis of the cloning and mapping experiments, it was calculated that the MCMV genome spans about 235 kilobase pairs, corresponding to a molecular weight of 155,000,000. All fragments were found to be present in equimolar concentrations, and no cross-hybridization between any of the fragments was seen. We conclude that the MCMV DNA molecule consists of a long unique sequence without large terminal or internal repeat regions. Thus, the structural organization of the MCMV genome is fundamentally different from that of the human cytomegalovirus or herpes simplex virus genome.
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Tenser RB, Jones JC, Ressel SJ, Fralish FA. Thymidine plaque autoradiography of thymidine kinase-positive and thymidine kinase-negative herpesviruses. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 17:122-7. [PMID: 6826696 PMCID: PMC272586 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.17.1.122-127.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Plaques formed by herpes simplex virus (HSV), pseudorabies virus, and varicella-zoster virus were studied by plaque autoradiography after [14C]thymidine labeling. Standard thymidine kinase-positive (TK+) viruses and TK- mutants of HSV types 1 and 2 and pseudorabies virus were studied, including cell cultured viruses and viruses isolated from animals. Autoradiography was performed with X-ray film with an exposure time of 5 days. After development of films, TK+ plaques showed dark rims due to isotope incorporation, whereas TK- plaques were minimally labeled. Plaque autoradiography of stock TK- viruses showed reversion frequencies to the TK+ phenotype of less than 10(-3). Autoradiography indicated that TK- virus retained the TK- phenotype after replication in vivo. In addition, it was shown that TK- HSV could be isolated from mouse trigeminal ganglion tissue after corneal inoculation of TK- HSV together with TK+ HSV. The plaque autoradiographic procedure was very useful to evaluate proportions of TK+ and TK- virus present in TK+-TK- virus mixtures.
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