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The co-chaperone BAG3 regulates Herpes Simplex Virus replication.

ABSTRACT: Viruses as obligate intracellular parasites use host cell proteins to ensure efficient replication and spread. Cellular proteins are required for several stages of a virus life cycle. Here, we identify BAG3, a co-chaperone, as a regulator of herpes virus immediate early gene expression. We report that a herpes simplex virus lacking the gene encoding a potent transcriptional activator, ICP0, is compromised for replication in cells silenced for BAG3 in a multiplicity of infection-dependent manner. We also show a requirement for BAG3 to augment virus gene expression and demonstrate that the co-chaperone acts independently of promyelocytic leukemia to increase herpes simplex virus replication.

SUBMITTER: Kyratsous CA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2603433 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The co-chaperone BAG3 regulates Herpes Simplex Virus replication.

Kyratsous Christos A CA Silverstein Saul J SJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20081216 52

Viruses as obligate intracellular parasites use host cell proteins to ensure efficient replication and spread. Cellular proteins are required for several stages of a virus life cycle. Here, we identify BAG3, a co-chaperone, as a regulator of herpes virus immediate early gene expression. We report that a herpes simplex virus lacking the gene encoding a potent transcriptional activator, ICP0, is compromised for replication in cells silenced for BAG3 in a multiplicity of infection-dependent manner. ...[more]

PMID: 19088197

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The co-chaperone BAG3 regulates Herpes Simplex Virus replication.

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The co-chaperone BAG3 regulates Herpes Simplex Virus replication.

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