title: Microarray analysis of transcriptional responses to infection by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and their US3-deficient mutants.
abstract: Herpes simplex virus types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2) induce similar responses in infected cells and animals but differ in several significant respects. Previous studies have shown that defects in the US3-encoded protein kinase greatly affect both viruses in their interactions with cells and hosts. To investigate the impact of infection with HSV-1, HSV-2 and their US3-deficient mutants (DeltaUS3) on cellular transcriptional responses, we performed a global microarray analysis on human epithelial HEp-2 cells that were mock-infected, or infected with wild-type (WT) HSV-1, HSV-2 and their DeltaUS3 mutants. Among 54,765 probe sets examined, only 1156 (approximately 2.1%) and 2006 (approximately 3.7%) genes increased by at least fourfold at 9h postinfection in WT HSV-1 and HSV-2-infected cells, respectively. Unexpectedly, HSV-2 infection increases mRNA levels for a larger number of cellular genes than HSV-1 infection. Additionally, DeltaUS3 infection upregulated the expression of a larger number of cellular genes than WT infection. The genes affected by HSV infection were assigned to various groups of functional classes and cellular pathways. We have thus identified cellular genes whose expression was similarly or differently changed by infection with each virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 65, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamakura
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: Fumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goshima
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Fumitaka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C095207:US3 protein, Human herpesvirus 1; C084395:US3 protein, Human herpesvirus 2