Table 1 α-Herpesvirus gene or protein that negatively modulates the apoptosis pathway

From: The suppression of apoptosis by α-herpesvirus

Virus gene or protein

Location in virus, expression kinetics

Cellular target for viral protein

Effect of modulating apoptotic pathway

Representative references

LAT

Latency

Caspase-3/9, AKT, c-FLIP, NFκB

Intrinsic pathway, extrinsic pathway

70, 73, 76

ICP22

Lytic, IE(α)

Caspase-3, p53, eIF-2α, viral gene

Intrinsic pathway

86, 88, 93

ICP27

Lytic, IE(α)

NF-κB, JNK, p38, Bcl-2 family

Intrinsic pathway, extrinsic pathway

101, 106, 111

US3

Tegument, L(γ)

Caspase-3, Bcl-2 family, NF-κB, AKT, TLR2, PAK, PDCD4

Intrinsic pathway, extrinsic pathway

125, 129, 132, 133, 142

US5(gJ)

Envelope, L(γ)

Caspase-3, Caspase-8, F0F1 ATP synthase

Extrinsic pathway

85, 120

US6(gD)

Envelope, L(γ)

NF-κB, HVEM

Extrinsic pathway

149, 151

US8(gE)

Envelope, L(γ)

Bim

Intrinsic pathway

152

  1. Abbreviation: HVEM, herpesvirus entry mediator.