Benzhydrazone [BH;indene-1,3(2H)-dionebis(amidinohydrazone)] significantly inhibits glycosylation of proteins, but only in cells infected with herpes simplex virus. We report on a herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutant resistant to BH. A syncytium-inducing mutant designated HSV-1(13)S11 was found to be biochemically resistant to BH in that [14C]glucosamine incorporation was not inhibited in infected HEp-2 cells exposed to the drug. Intertypic recombinants were obtained which showed that BH resistance is encoded in the DNA of the mutant virus and may be transferred into the genome of BH-sensitive HSV. In the recombinants the biochemical resistance marker segregated from the syncytial marker, suggesting that the two markers probably map in different loci. The BH-resistant mutant did not complement wild-type BH-sensitive HSV-1 and -2. Furthermore, resistance was apparent in HEp-2 but not in Vero cells. The paper discusses the hypothesis that inhibition of glycosylation of HSV proteins is the consequence of modification or selective transport of BH involving a HSV gene product. ing intertypic recombinants, we observed that BH resistance is encoded in HSV-1(13)S11 DNA and may be transferred from the genome of the resistant mutant into the genome of HSV-2(G).MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials. BH was synthesized as previously described (1).Viruses and Cells. The BH-resistant (BHR) mutant HSV-1(13)S11 is a Syn-mutant selected from HEp-2 cell cultures infected with stocks obtained after 5-bromodeoxyuridine mutagenesis of the non-syncytium-inducing (Syn') HSV-1(13) (4); isolation and selection were as described for HSV-1(13)B4 (5). HSV-1(HFEM)H6 was described (6). Glycoprotein and Protein Synthesis. Labeling media for glycoproteins and proteins consisted, respectively, of minimal essential medium containing '/2 the usual concentration of glucose and [14C]glucosamine (2-3 ,uCi/ml, 50 mCi/mmol, the Radiochemical Center, Amersham; 1 Ci = 37 GBq) or minimal essential medium containing V/1o the usual concentration of methionine and [35S]methionine (25 ,uCi/ml, >400 Ci/mmol, New England Nuclear). Glycoproteins were labeled between 14 and 20 hr after infection. a polypeptides were detected by exposing cells to cycloheximide (5 ,ug/ml) from 1 hr before virus adsorption to 5 hr after infection and by labeling for 20 min after cycloheximide removal. , and y polypeptides were labeled from 5 to 7 and from 15 to 18 hr after infection, respectively. Protein nomenclature was according to Morse et al. (7). Details for harvesting cells and measuring trichloroacetic acid-precipitable radioactive material were described (2). NaDodSO4 electrophoresis of glycoproteins and proteins was on 8.5% polyacrylamide gels crosslinked with NN'-diallyl tartardiamide.Intertypic Marker Transfer. Intertypic marker transfer was done essentially as described (8,9). Approximately 1 ,g of HSV-1(13)S11 DNA digested with HindIII was mixed with 0.5 ,ug of intact HSV-2(G) DNA and the mixture was used to transfect rabbit skin cells.
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