title: Functional analysis of the pseudorabies virus UL51 protein.
abstract: Homologs of the UL51 protein of herpes simplex virus have been identified in all herpesvirus subfamilies, but until now, no function has been assigned to any of them. To investigate function of the UL51 gene product of the alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PrV), we isolated and analyzed a mutant lacking the major part of the open reading frame, PrV-DeltaUL51F, and a rescuant. One-step growth analysis of PrV-DeltaUL51F revealed only slightly reduced titers, but plaque size was notably diminished and reached only approximately 30% the plaque size of wild-type PrV. Ultrastructurally, intracytoplasmic capsids were found in large numbers either without envelope or in different stages of envelopment, indicating that secondary envelopment in the cytoplasm was less efficient. However, neuroinvasion in the mouse trigeminal pathway after intranasal infection was only slightly delayed. A PrV UL11 mutant also showed a defect in secondary envelopment (M. Kopp, H. Granzow, W. Fuchs, B. G. Klupp, E. Mundt, A. Karger, and T. C. Mettenleiter, J. Virol. 77:5339-5351, 2003). Since both proteins are part of the viral tegument and are predicted to be membrane associated, they may serve similar, possibly redundant functions during viral morphogenesis. Therefore, we also isolated a mutant simultaneously lacking UL51 and UL11. This mutant exhibited further reduced plaque size compared to the single-deletion mutants, but viral titers were comparable to those for the UL11 mutant. In electron microscopic analyses, the observed defect in secondary envelopment was similar to that found in the UL11 single-deletion mutant. In conclusion, both conserved tegument proteins, either singly or in combination, are involved in virion morphogenesis in the cytoplasm but are not essential for viral replication in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Boddenblick 5A, Greifswald-Insel Riems D-17493, Germany.
authors.forename: Barbara G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Klupp
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Granzow
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klopfleisch
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kopp
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenk
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mettenleiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002213:Capsid / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000821:virology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011817:Rabbits; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014771:Virion / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; C073414:UL11 protein, herpesviridae; C116751:UL51 protein, HSV-1; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
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