Absence of IE1 p72 Protein Function during Low-Multiplicity Infection by Human Cytomegalovirus Results in a Broad Block to Viral Delayed-Early Gene Expression
AUTOR(ES)
Gawn, Jonathan M.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) ie1 deletion mutant CR208 is profoundly growth deficient after low-multiplicity infection of primary fibroblasts. Previously, we showed that many fewer cells infected with CR208 at low multiplicity accumulated the delayed-early (DE) protein ppUL44 than accumulated the immediate-early 2 (IE2) p86 protein, indicating a high frequency of abortive infections. We now demonstrate that accumulation of all DE proteins tested was defective after low-multiplicity infection in the absence of IE1 p72. Accumulation of the DE proteins pUL57, pUL98, and pUL69 followed a pattern very similar to that of ppUL44 during low-multiplicity CR208 infection. Accumulation of the ppUL112-113 proteins occurred in a greater proportion of cells than other DE proteins during low-multiplicity CR208 infection, but was still deficient relative to wild-type virus. We also show for the first time that steady-state levels of many DE RNAs were reduced during low-multiplicity CR208 infection and that by in situ hybridization of the abundant cytoplasmic 2.7-kb TRL4 DE (β2.7) RNA, a viral DE RNA followed a defective pattern of accumulation similar to that of ppUL44. Furthermore, transfected DE promoter-reporter constructs were found in transient assays to be considerably less responsive to CR208 infection than to infection by wild-type Towne virus. Our results indicate a general defect in DE gene expression following low-multiplicity HCMV infection in the absence of functional IE1 p72, most probably mediated by reduced transcription of DE genes and by the reduced accumulation of DE RNAs.
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