title: Differential regulation by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus type-1 trans-activating genes.
abstract: Transient expression assays were performed in Vero cells in order to compare varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-encoded trans-activating proteins [defined by the products of open reading frames (ORF) 4 and 62] with herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) trans-activating proteins, ICP4 and ICP0, with respect to activation of gene expression. We demonstrate that the product of VZV ORF4 and ORF62 (which are the HSV-1 analogs of ICP27 and ICP4, respectively) stimulate a variety of viral and cellular gene promoters, including the HSV-1 thymidine kinase (tk) promoter. On the other hand, expression of a recombinant vector containing the VZV tk promoter could not be stimulated, by HSV-1 infection or by the HSV-1 ICP4 or ICP0 proteins expressed during cotransfection experiments. These data suggest different mechanisms of activation of the VZV and the HSV-1 tk gene promoters by "trans-activating" factors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inchauspe
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ostrove
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; C048925:herpes simplex virus, type 1 protein ICP4; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; C051804:Vmw110 protein, Human herpesvirus 1; D013937:Thymidine Kinase