Mutant analysis of herpes simplex virus-induced cell surface antigens: resistance to complement-mediated immune cytolysis.
BHK-21 cells infected with temperature-sensitive mutants of herpes simplex virus type 1 strain KOS representing 16 complementation groups were tested for susceptibility to complement-mediated immune cytolysis at permissive (34 degrees C) and nonpermissive (39 degrees C) temperatures. Only cells infected by mutants in complementation group E were resistant to immune cytolysis in a temperature-sensitive manner compared with wild-type infections. The expression of group E mutant cell surface antigens during infections at 34 and 39 degrees C was characterized by a combination of cell surface radioiodination, specific immunoprecipitation, and gel electrophoretic analysis of immunoprecipitates. Resistance to immune lysis at 39 degrees C correlated with the absence of viral antigens exposed at the cell surface. Intrinsic radiolabeling of group E mutant infections with [14C]glucosamine revealed that normal glycoproteins were produced at 34 degrees C but none were synthesized at 39 degrees C. The effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on glycosylation of group E mutants at 39 degrees C suggested that the viral glycoprotein precursors were not synthesized. The complementation group E mutants failed to complement herpes simplex virus type 1 mutants isolated by other workers. These included the group B mutants of strain KOS, the temperature-sensitive group D mutants of strain 17, and the LB2 mutant of strain HFEM. These mutants should be considered members of herpes simplex virus type 1 complementation group 1.2, in keeping with the new herpes simplex virus type 1 nomenclature.
D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009154:Mutation; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013696:Temperature; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis
D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D003603:Cytotoxins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D003165:Complement System Proteins