“…The various mechanisms by which herpesviruses downregulate class I target virtually all stages of the class I expression pathway, including synthesis (Hirata et al, 2001), peptide transport (Ahn et al, 1997;Ambagala et al, 2000;Hill et al, 1995;Hinkley et al, 1998;Jugovic et al, 1998;Zeidler et al, 1997), transit to (Abendroth et al, 2001;Ahn et al, 1996;Campbell & Slater, 1994;del Val et al, 1992;Hudson et al, 2001;Jones & Sun, 1997;Jones et al, 1996;Reusch et al, 1999;Wiertz et al, 1996) and stability on the cell surface (Ishido et al, 2000). Although our data do not directly address mechanisms for class I down-regulation by GPCMV, our observation that the kinetics of class I loss in response to virus infection closely parallels the response to cycloheximide is consistent with a block to repopulation of surface class I; however, as multiple GPCMV genes may be involved, a detailed understanding of their mechanisms awaits identification of the viral genes and independent analyses of their effects.…”