The stable 2-kb LAT intron of herpes simplex stimulates the expression of heat shock proteins and protects cells from stress

Virology
Doina AtanasiuNigel W Fraser

Abstract

During latency of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the major viral transcript that is detected is the latency-associated transcript (LAT) 2-kb intron. This intron is excised from a larger (approximately 10 kb) primary transcript. Infection of cells with HSV expressing LATs showed that their presence increased accumulation of Hsp70 protein specifically during cold shock. Transfection of cells with a plasmid, expressing the 2-kb LAT intron, showed increased translation compared to cells transfected with plasmids deleted in regions of the intron. Cold shock of cells expressing the intron resulted in an up-regulation of Hsp70 protein, but not Hsp70 mRNA. Furthermore, these cells showed increased cell viability. Using plasmid deletion mutants in the LAT gene sequence, we have shown that the effect requires full-length LAT intron. These findings show that a function of the stable 2-kb LAT intron is to protect cells from cold-induced stress and that this may be mediated via Hsp70.

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