RRC ID 82153
Author Sibal PA, Matsumura S, Ichinose T, Bustos-Villalobos I, Morimoto D, Eissa IR, Abdelmoneim M, Aboalela MAM, Mukoyama N, Tanaka M, Naoe Y, Kasuya H.
Title STING activator 2'3'-cGAMP enhanced HSV-1-based oncolytic viral therapy.
Journal Mol Oncol
Abstract Oncolytic viruses (OVs) can selectively replicate in tumor cells and remodel the microenvironment of immunologically cold tumors, making them a promising strategy to evoke antitumor immunity. Similarly, agonists of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-interferon (IFN) pathway, the main cellular antiviral system, provide antitumor benefits by inducing the activation of dendritic cells (DC). Considering how the activation of the STING-IFN pathway could potentially inhibit OV replication, the use of STING agonists alongside OV therapy remains largely unexplored. Here, we explored the antitumor efficacy of combining an HSV-1-based OV, C-REV, with a membrane-impermeable STING agonist, 2'3'-GAMP. Our results demonstrated that tumor cells harbor a largely defective STING-IFN pathway, thereby preventing significant antiviral IFN induction regardless of the permeability of the STING agonist. In vivo, the combination therapy induced more proliferative KLRG1-high PD1-low CD8+ T-cells and activated CD103+ DC in the tumor site and increased tumor-specific CD44+ CD8+ T-cells in the lymph node. Overall, the combination therapy of C-REV with 2'3'-cGAMP elicited antitumor immune memory responses and significantly enhanced systemic antitumor immunity in both treated and non-treated distal tumors.
Volume 18(5)
Pages 1259-1277
Published 2024-5-1
DOI 10.1002/1878-0261.13603
PMID 38400597
PMC PMC11076993
MeSH Animals CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology Cell Line, Tumor Combined Modality Therapy / methods Dendritic Cells / immunology Female Herpesvirus 1, Human* Humans Membrane Proteins* / metabolism Mice Mice, Inbred C3H Mice, Inbred C57BL Nucleotides, Cyclic* Oncolytic Virotherapy* / methods Oncolytic Viruses / genetics
IF 6.574
Resource
Human and Animal Cells Vero(RCB0001)