The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 8 2740-2748, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Intrinsic resistance to viral infection. Mouse macrophage restriction of herpes simplex virus replication

M Sarmiento
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Texas, Houston 77030.

Macrophages isolated from mice resistant to acute (lethal) infection with a neurovirulent isolate of HSV-1 express intrinsic resistance to viral infection in vitro. Bone marrow (BM), spleen (S), peritoneal (P), and thioglycolate-stimulated peritoneal (Pthio) macrophages isolated from resistant C57BL/6 Cr (B6) mice consistently restrict HSV-1 macromolecular synthesis earlier in the viral replicative cycle than do macrophages isolated from the same tissue sources from more susceptible DBA/2Cr (D2) mice. B6-BM (BM macrophages from B6 mice) restrict HSV macromolecular synthesis at least at two points in the replicative cycle: 1) before the onset of alpha-protein synthesis and 2) between the onset of gamma 1 protein and DNA synthesis. D2-BM macrophages restrict HSV replication at about the time of DNA synthesis. B6-P macrophages restrict HSV replication shortly after gamma 1 protein synthesis, and D2-P macrophages inhibit the virus slightly later, but before DNA synthesis. B6-S macrophages restrict HSV replication at about the time of DNA synthesis, and D2-S macrophages inhibit replication after the onset of gamma 2 protein synthesis. Pthio macrophages are more permissive to HSV infection than BM, P, or S macrophages: restrictions in viral replication occur at the time of DNA synthesis in B6-Pthio macrophages, and after the onset of gamma 2 protein synthesis in D2-Pthio cells. These studies demonstrate that isolated macrophages from inbred mouse strains express intrinsic resistance to HSV infection that correlates with in vivo resistance to acute (lethal) infection. Intrinsic resistance to HSV-1 infection is due to restriction of viral macromolecular synthesis. HSV replication is inhibited in macrophages at multiple points in the viral growth cycle, depending on the tissue from which the cells are isolated.

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