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Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo 4, E-28029 Madrid, Spain
Correspondence
E. Tabarés
enrique.tabares{at}uam.es
Recombinant pseudorabies viruses (PRVs) gIS8 and N1aHTK were constructed by the insertion of a chimeric gene (
4TK) from herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) into wild-type PRV. HSV-1 TK expression by these recombinant viruses resulted in enhanced sensitivity to ganciclovir, compared to that of the wild-type PRV, and was similar to the sensitivity shown by HSV-1. Infection with gIS8 or N1aHTK recombinant viruses led to expression of HSV-1 TK mRNA as an immediateearly (IE) gene, observed by downregulation of the HSV-1
4 promoter. This negative regulation was due to a PRV IE protein, IE180. IE180, however, does not have all the regulatory functions of the infected-cell protein ICP4, as it does not restore the growth of ICP4-deficient HSV-1 mutants.
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