Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
J Virol. 2012 Jul;86(14):7692-5. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00761-12. Epub 2012 May 2.
Herpes simplex viruses lacking the virion host shutoff function (Δvhs) are avirulent and hypersensitive to type I and type II interferon (IFN). In this study, we demonstrate that even in the absence of IFN responses in AG129 (IFN-αβγR(-/-)) mice, Δvhs remains highly attenuated via corneal infection but is fully virulent via intracranial infection. The data demonstrate that the interferon-independent inherent replication defect of Δvhs has a significant impact upon peripheral replication and neuroinvasion.
单纯疱疹病毒缺失病毒宿主关闭功能(Δvhs)后会失去毒力,并对 I 型和 II 型干扰素(IFN)变得高度敏感。在这项研究中,我们证明了,即使在缺乏 IFN 反应的 AG129(IFN-αβγR(-/-)) 小鼠中,通过角膜感染,Δvhs 仍然高度减毒,但通过颅内感染则完全具有毒力。这些数据表明,Δvhs 的干扰素非依赖性固有复制缺陷对周围复制和神经侵袭有重大影响。