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ArticleHuman gene therapy2010

Evaluation of an attenuated vesicular stomatitis virus vector expressing interferon-beta for use in malignant pleural mesothelioma: heterogeneity in interferon responsiveness defines potential efficacy.

Vassiliki Saloura, Liang-Chuan S Wang, Zvi G Fridlender, Jing Sun, Guanjun Cheng, Veena Kapoor, Daniel H Sterman, Ronald N Harty, Atsushi Okumura, Glen N Barber and 5 more

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vassiliki SalouraThoracic Oncology Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center , Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Liang-Chuan S Wang
Zvi G Fridlender
Jing Sun
Guanjun Cheng
Veena Kapoor
Daniel H Sterman
Ronald N Harty
Atsushi Okumura
Glen N Barber
Richard G Vile
Mark J Federspiel
Stephen J Russell
Leslie Litzky
Steven M Albelda
Mayo Clinic · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

VECTOR DEVELOPMENT /PRECLINICAL TESTINGP01CA066726 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KALOS, MICHAEL D · 1995 to 2016
$18.2M
TRAINING IN LUNG CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32HL007748 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FISHER, ARON B. · 1994 to 2013
$3.5M
T Cell Based Carriers for In Vivo Gene Therapy of CancerR01CA107082 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VILE, RICHARD G. · 2005 to 2014
$2.5M
Enhancing Systemic Delivery of Oncolytic Viruses for Cancer TherapyR01CA130878 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VILE, RICHARD G. · 2009 to 2013
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA66726NCI NIH HHS R01 CA107082NCI NIH HHS R01 CA130878NHLBI NIH HHS 5-T32 HL07748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abstract Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has shown promise as an oncolytic agent, although unmodified VSV can be neurotoxic. To avoid toxicity, a vector was created by introducing the interferon-beta (IFN-beta) gene (VSV.IFN-beta). We conducted this study to determine the ability of VSV.IFN-beta to lyse human cancer (mesothelioma) cells and to evaluate the potential of this recombinant virus for clinical translation. Four normal human mesothelial and 12 mesothelioma cell lines were tested for their susceptibility to VSV vectors in vitro. VSV.hIFN-beta did not cause cytotoxicity in any normal lines. Only 4 of 12 lines were effectively lysed by VSV.hIFN-beta. In the eight resistant lines, pretreatment with IFN-beta prevented lysis of cells by VSV.GFP, and VSV infection or addition of IFN-beta protein resulted in the upregulation of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), myxovirus resistance A (MxA), and 2',5'-oligo-adenylate-synthetase (2'5'-OAS) mRNA. In the susceptible lines, there was no protection by pretreatment with IFN-beta protein and no IFN- or VSV-induced changes in PKR, MxA, and 2'5'-OAS mRNA. This complete lack of IFN responsiveness could be explained by marked downregulation of interferon alpha receptors (IFNARs), p48, and PKR in both the mesothelioma cell lines and primary tumor biopsies screened. Presence of p48 in three tumor samples predicted responsiveness to IFN. Our data indicate that many mesothelioma tumors have partially intact IFN pathways that may affect the efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy. However, it may be feasible to prescreen individual susceptibility to VSV.IFN-beta by immunostaining for the presence of p48 protein.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic VectorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansInterferon-betaMesotheliomaMiceMice, SCIDNeoplasm ProteinsOncolytic VirotherapyPleural NeoplasmsRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionGreen Fluorescent ProteinsInterferon-betaNeoplasm ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID19715403
PMCPMC2829454
OpenAlexW2053569853

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