DETECTION OF AN IMMEDIATE EARLY HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 POLYPEPTIDE IN TRIGEMINAL GANGLIA FROM LATENTLY INFECTED ANIMALS
DETECTION OF AN IMMEDIATE EARLY HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 POLYPEPTIDE IN TRIGEMINAL GANGLIA FROM LATENTLY INFECTED ANIMALS
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.34.3.987-992.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
DUNKEL, EC
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作者:
GREEN, MT;COURTNEY, RJ;DUNKEL, EC
Trigeminal sensory ganglia from animals with acute herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection were compared to those with a latent infection for the expression of HSV-specific antigens. By the indirect immunofluorescence assay, antisera to an immediate early polypeptide of MW 175,000, designated VP175 or ICP4, and a hyperimmune antiserum to HSV-1 were used to determine whether early viral polypeptides were being expressed in neurons during the latent stage of infection. All 17 ganglia from animals with acute infection (sacrificed 3-12 days postinfection) exhibited positive staining when treated either with anti-HSV-1 or with anti-VP175. Forty of 42 ganglia from animals sacrificed during the latent stage of infection (22-200 days postinfection) exhibited immunofluorescent staining when treated with anti-VP175. The staining appeared to be similar to that observed in ganglia from acutely infected animals stained with anti-VP175 except that the number and distribution of stained cells were markedly reduced. No immunofluorescence was observed in ganglia from noninfected control animals when stained with anti-VP175 or anti-HSV-1, or when ganglia from latently infected animals were stained with anti-HSV-1 or preimmune serum.