The invention relates to the field of bioengineering, in particular to a recombinant
human herpes simplex
virus as well as a construction method and application thereof. The recombinant
human herpes simplex
virus lacks US1, US2, US3, US4 and US5
virulence genes at the same time. The construction method comprises the following steps: constructing a donor
plasmid, and constructing a cleavage
plasmid; transfecting cells with the cleavage plasmids and the donor plasmids in proportion; and after the transfected cells are incubated, infecting with an HSV-1
virus, purifying, and verifying to obtain the
recombinant virus. The donor
plasmid constructed by the invention retains non-coding regions among US1, US2, US3, US4 and US5 genes, also retains
initiation codons and termination codons of the US1, US2, US3, US4 and US5 genes, is added with a
fluorescent tag sequence, and can knock out five
virulence genes of HSV-1US1-US2-US3-US4-US5 at the same time. The
neutralizing antibody titer result of the recombinant
human herpes simplex virus is the same as that of a
wild type, and a foundation is laid for vaccine preparation.