ArticleNature2008
MicroRNAs expressed by herpes simplex virus 1 during latent infection regulate viral mRNAs.
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445 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 689 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Non-neuronal sites of latency for alphaherpesviruses.Journal of virology · 2026Review
- Regional and Temporal Patterns of Long-Term Pseudorabies Virus Detection and Neuropathology in the Murine CNS.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- HSV ICP27 hijacks host splicing factor SRSF3 to regulate pre-mRNA splicing and export for viral gene expression and immune evasion.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- EGR Proteins Mediate Interferon-Independent Anti-HSV-1 Responses Through Viral and Host Targets.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Epstein-Barr Virus Expressed Long Non-Coding RNA (lncBARTs) Regulate EBV Latent Genome Replication.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Decoding miRNA-Mediated Immunoregulation in SARS-CoV-2, HBV, HIV, and HSV Infections.Genes and immunity · 2026Review
- The dynamic interplay between viruses and host non-coding RNA species.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Advancements in CRISPR-based therapies for ocular pathologies: from disease mechanisms to intervention strategies.Theranostics · 2026Review
- HSV-1 as a Potential Driver of Alzheimer's Disease.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Antagonizing Viral MicroRNAs Reduces Ocular HSV-1 Pathogenesis and Enhances Mucosal Immune Homeostasis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- In the Absence of Type-1 IFN, HSV-1 LAT Increases γ34.5 Expression and Enhances Mortality in Infected Mice.Viruses · 2025Article
- Shedding dynamics of a DNA virus population during acute and long-term persistent infection.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Immunological Control of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection: A Non-Thermal Plasma-Based Approach.Viruses · 2025Review
- Human alpha-herpesvirus 1 (HSV-1) viral replication and reactivation from latency are expedited by the glucocorticoid receptor.Journal of virology · 2025Review
- ADAR1 p150 prevents HSV-1 from triggering PKR/eIF2α-mediated translational arrest and is required for efficient viral replication.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- A comprehensive overview on the crosstalk between microRNAs and viral pathogenesis and infection.Medicinal research reviews · 2025Review
- Control of HSV-1 Infection: Directions for the Development of CRISPR/Cas-Based Therapeutics and Diagnostics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
Herpesviruses are characterized by their ability to maintain life-long latent infections in their animal hosts. However, the mechanisms that allow establishment and maintenance of the latent state remain poorly understood. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) establishes latency in neurons of sensory ganglia, where the only abundant viral gene product is a non-coding RNA, the latency associated transcript (LAT). Here we show that LAT functions as a primary microRNA (miRNA) precursor that encodes four distinct miRNAs in HSV-1 infected cells. One of these miRNAs, miR-H2-3p, is transcribed in an antisense orientation to ICP0-a viral immediate-early transcriptional activator that is important for productive HSV-1 replication and thought to have a role in reactivation from latency. We show that miR-H2-3p is able to reduce ICP0 protein expression, but does not significantly affect ICP0 messenger RNA levels. We also identified a fifth HSV-1 miRNA in latently infected trigeminal ganglia, miR-H6, which derives from a previously unknown transcript distinct from LAT. miR-H6 shows extended seed complementarity to the mRNA encoding a second HSV-1 transcription factor, ICP4, and inhibits expression of ICP4, which is required for expression of most HSV-1 genes during productive infection. These results may explain the reported ability of LAT to promote latency. Thus, HSV-1 expresses at least two primary miRNA precursors in latently infected neurons that may facilitate the establishment and maintenance of viral latency by post-transcriptionally regulating viral gene expression.
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