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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2014

Using targeted virotherapy to treat a resistant Ewing sarcoma model: from the bedside to the bench and back.

Hesham Abdelbary, Christopher W Brown, Joel Werier, John Bell

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hesham AbdelbaryUniversity of Ottawa, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.ORCID 0000-0003-3847-0633
Christopher W BrownUniversity of Ottawa, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6 ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queensway-Carleton Hospital, 3045 Baseline Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K2H 8P4.
Joel WerierUniversity of Ottawa, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.
John BellUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Center Research Laboratories, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledMetastatic Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is often resistant to current multimodal chemotherapeutic regimens. Oncolytic virus therapy (OV) is a novel therapeutic platform whereby viruses can selectively infect as well as replicate in and kill tumor cells, while sparing normal tissues. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of the biotherapeutic oncolytic agent, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSVΔM51), to kill EWS cells that are resistant to conventional therapy. Our hypothesis is that systemic delivery of VSVΔM51 can demonstrate tumor-specific killing of resistant EWS cells, as well as a significant decrease of tumor burden in EWS bearing mice.

methodsA biopsy sample was obtained from a patient with metastatic EWS and was used to establish a novel EWS cell line. In vitro assays evaluated the oncolytic effect of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSVΔM51) on this cell line. EWS xenograft mice model bearing either lung or subcutaneous tumors was established to evaluate the antitumor specific oncolytic effect of VSVΔM51 after local and systemic delivery.

resultsThe established EWS cell line shared similar molecular and genetic traits to the patient's original tumor specimen. VSVΔM51 effectively infected and killed EWS cells in vitro. In vivo, VSVΔM51 selectively infected and killed EWS and led to significant delay in tumor growth.

conclusionThis study has been designed to implement a translational link between the bedside and the bench, where a specific challenging clinical scenario guided this basic science research. This research demonstrated that a sarcoma, which is resistant to current conventional standard therapies, is still susceptible to an alternative therapeutic platform, such as OV. Adding OV to the armamentarium of sarcoma treatment can enhance the future therapeutic approach towards these cancer patients.

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Models, BiologicalOncolytic VirotherapyAdultAnimalsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMaleMiceMice, NudeSarcoma, Ewing

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PMID24672293
PMCPMC3930196
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