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ArticleVirology2008

Chk2 is required for HSV-1 ICP0-mediated G2/M arrest and enhancement of virus growth.

Han Li, Rajasekaran Baskaran, David M Krisky, Kiflai Bein, Paola Grandi, Justus B Cohen, Joseph C Glorioso

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Article in Virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Han LiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Rajasekaran Baskaran
David M Krisky
Kiflai Bein
Paola Grandi
Justus B Cohen
Joseph C Glorioso
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Targeting HSV vectorsU01HL066949 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GLORIOSO, JOSEPH C. · 2000 to 2005
$20.8M
Vector delivery to modify the brain tumor and its microenvironmentP01NS040923 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GLORIOSO, JOSEPH C · 2002 to 2012
$12.7M
PRE-CLINICAL VECTOR PRODUCTIONP01DK044935 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GLORIOSO, JOSEPH C · 1993 to 2010
$11.8M
Preclinical Gene Therapy in a Large Animal Model of DMDU54AR050733 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GLORIOSO, JOSEPH C · 2003 to 2008
$7.7M
Glioma Therapy Using Targeted Oncolytic HSV VectorsR01CA119298 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GLORIOSO, JOSEPH C · 2006 to 2010
$1.8M
Functional Role of ATM-Ab1-RNAP II Signaling PathwayR01GM060945 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RAJASEKARAN, BASKARAN · 2001 to 2005
$1.5M
Functional Role of ATM-Ab1-RNAP II Signaling PathwayR56GM060945 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RAJASEKARAN, BASKARAN · 2008 to 2008
$265k
NCI NIH HHS CA119298NCI NIH HHS R01 CA119298NHLBI NIH HHS HL066949NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL066949NIAMS NIH HHS AR050733NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR050733NIDDK NIH HHS DK044935NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK044935NIGMS NIH HHS GM60945NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM060945NIGMS NIH HHS R56 GM060945NINDS NIH HHS NS40923NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS040923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ICP0 is a multi-functional herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) immediate-early (IE) gene product that contributes to efficient virus growth and reactivation from latency. Here we show that HSV-1-induced cell-cycle arrest at the G2/M border requires ICP0 and Chk2 kinase and that ICP0 expression by transfection or infection induces ATM-dependent phosphorylation of Chk2 and Cdc25C. Infection of cells with a replication-defective mutant virus deleted for all the regulatory IE genes except ICP0 (TOZ22R) induced G2/M arrest whereas a mutant virus deleted in addition for ICP0 (QOZ22R) failed to do so. Chk2-deficient cells and cells expressing a kinase-deficient Chk2 did not undergo cell-cycle arrest in response to TOZ22R infection. Chk2 deficiency diminished the growth of wild-type HSV-1, but not the growth of an ICP0-deleted recombinant virus. Together, these results are consistent with the interpretation that ICP0 activates a DNA damage response pathway to arrest cells in G2/M phase and promote virus growth.

Indexed as

Cell Cyclecdc25 PhosphatasesCell LineCheckpoint Kinase 2Gene DeletionHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCDC25C protein, humancdc25 PhosphatasesCheckpoint Kinase 2CHEK2 protein, humanImmediate-Early ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVmw110 protein, Human herpesvirus 1

Identifiers

PMID18321553
PMCPMC2706573
OpenAlexW1981188967

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