title: Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Fine-Tunes Host's Autophagic Response to Infection: A Comprehensive Analysis in Productive Infection Models.
abstract: Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection causes severe conditions, with serious complications, including corneal blindness from uncontrolled ocular infections. An important cellular defense mechanism against HSV-1 infection is autophagy. The autophagic response of the host cell was suggested to be regulated by HSV-1. In this study, we performed a detailed analysis of autophagy in multiple HSV-1-targeted cell types, and under various infection conditions that recapitulate a productive infection model. We found that autophagy was slightly inhibited in one cell type, while in other cell types autophagy maintained its basal levels mostly unchanged during productive infection. This study refines the concept of HSV-1-mediated autophagy regulation to imply either inhibition, or prevention of activation, of the innate immune pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL United States of America, 60612; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL United States of America, 60612.
authors.forename: Abraam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Yakoub
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL United States of America, 60612; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL United States of America, 60612.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shukla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology