PMID- 34061891 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211007 LR - 20231111 IS - 1553-7374 (Electronic) IS - 1553-7366 (Print) IS - 1553-7366 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Jun TI - Herpes simplex virus co-infection facilitates rolling circle replication of the adeno-associated virus genome. PG - e1009638 LID - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009638 [doi] LID - e1009638 AB - Adeno-associated virus (AAV) genome replication only occurs in the presence of a co-infecting helper virus such as adenovirus type 5 (AdV5) or herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). AdV5-supported replication of the AAV genome has been described to occur in a strand-displacement rolling hairpin replication (RHR) mechanism initiated at the AAV 3' inverted terminal repeat (ITR) end. It has been assumed that the same mechanism applies to HSV-1-supported AAV genome replication. Using Southern analysis and nanopore sequencing as a novel, high-throughput approach to study viral genome replication we demonstrate the formation of double-stranded head-to-tail concatemers of AAV genomes in the presence of HSV-1, thus providing evidence for an unequivocal rolling circle replication (RCR) mechanism. This stands in contrast to the textbook model of AAV genome replication when HSV-1 is the helper virus. FAU - Meier, Anita Felicitas AU - Meier AF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7691-0735 AD - Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Tobler, Kurt AU - Tobler K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0013-7993 AD - Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Leisi, Remo AU - Leisi R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7019-0098 AD - Department for Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. FAU - Lkharrazi, Anouk AU - Lkharrazi A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7687-3516 AD - Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Ros, Carlos AU - Ros C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6964-4002 AD - Department for Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. FAU - Fraefel, Cornel AU - Fraefel C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7221-6706 AD - Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210601 PL - United States TA - PLoS Pathog JT - PLoS pathogens JID - 101238921 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - *Coinfection MH - *Dependovirus MH - Genome, Viral MH - Helper Viruses/physiology MH - Herpes Simplex MH - Humans MH - Parvoviridae Infections MH - *Simplexvirus MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC8195378 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2021/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/08 06:00 PMCR- 2021/06/01 CRDT- 2021/06/01 17:24 PHST- 2021/03/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/01 17:24 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PPATHOGENS-D-21-00480 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009638 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS Pathog. 2021 Jun 1;17(6):e1009638. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009638. eCollection 2021 Jun.