PMID- 9718134 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981103 LR - 20191102 IS - 1355-0284 (Print) IS - 1355-0284 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 4 DP - 1998 Aug TI - Tissue specific distribution of the herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcripts on polyribosomes during latent infection. PG - 426-32 AB - Transcription of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) during latency produces two abundant latency-associated transcripts (LATs). We have recently shown, that during HSV-1 latency in mice trigeminal ganglia (TG) LATs are bound to polyribosomes (J Virol, 1997, 71, 2897-2904). In order to study the possible role of this binding in the latency process, we now extend the polyribosomal analysis to brainstem tissues of latently infected mice, that unlike TG do not support viral reactivation. We report here that the relative amounts of the LATs associated with polyribosomes in the brainstems of mice are significantly lower than those present in TG. We therefore show that binding of the 1.5 and 2.0 kilobases LATs to polyribosomes is tissue specific and hypothesize that this association may have a role in the reactivation function of HSV-1. FAU - Goldenberg, D AU - Goldenberg D AD - Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Mador, N AU - Mador N FAU - Panet, A AU - Panet A FAU - Steiner, I AU - Steiner I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurovirol JT - Journal of neurovirology JID - 9508123 RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Brain Stem/virology MH - Carrier State MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Viral MH - Herpes Simplex/*virology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Human/*genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Polyribosomes/*virology MH - RNA, Ribosomal/analysis MH - RNA, Viral/analysis MH - Transcription, Genetic/*physiology MH - Trigeminal Nerve/virology EDAT- 1998/08/26 00:00 MHDA- 1998/08/26 00:01 CRDT- 1998/08/26 00:00 PHST- 1998/08/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/08/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/08/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.3109/13550289809114541 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurovirol. 1998 Aug;4(4):426-32. doi: 10.3109/13550289809114541.