Serial, high multiplicity passage of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) leads to the generation of defective interfering particles (DIP). EHV-1 DIP inhibit and interfere with the replication of standard EHV-1, establishing a state of persistent infection. These DIP package severely truncated and rearranged forms of the standard viral genome. Contained within the DIP genome are only three genes: UL3, UL4, and a unique hybrid gene (Hyb). The hybrid gene forms through a recombination event that fuses portions of the early regulatory IR4 and UL5 genes and is essential for DIP-mediated interference. The UL4 gene is an early gene dispensable for lytic replication and inhibits viral and cellular gene expression. However, the contribution of the UL4 gene during DIP-mediated persistent infection is unknown. Here, we describe the generation of a completely deleted UL4 virus and its use to investigate the role of the UL4 gene in the generation of the defective genome. Deletion of the UL4 gene resulted in delayed virus growth at late times post-infection. Cells infected with a mutant EHV-1 that lacked expression of the UL4 protein due to an inserted stop codon in the UL4 gene produced defective particles, while cells infected with a mutant EHV-1 that had the complete UL4 gene sequence deleted were unable to produce DIP. These data suggest that the UL4 gene sequence, but not the UL4 protein, is critical for the generation of defective interfering particles.
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