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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2018

Enhanced susceptibility of cancer cells to oncolytic rhabdo-virotherapy by expression of Nodamura virus protein B2 as a suppressor of RNA interference.

Donald Bastin, Amelia S Aitken, Adrian Pelin, Larissa A Pikor, Mathieu J F Crupi, Michael S Huh, Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault, John C Bell, Carolina S Ilkow

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Estrogen-mediated NF-κB blockade enables breast cancer sensitivity to oncolytic VSV virotherapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  4. Optimal delivery of RNA interference by viral vectors for cancer therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  6. Small RNA-based antimicrobial immunity.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2019
    Review
  7. Antiviral RNA interference in mammals.Current opinion in immunology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Donald Bastin0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Amelia S Aitken0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Adrian Pelin0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Larissa A Pikor0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Mathieu J F Crupi0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Michael S Huh0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
John C Bell0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada.
Carolina S Ilkow0000 0000 9606 5108grid.412687.eCentre for Innovative Cancer ResearchOttawa Hospital Research Institute K1H 8L6 Ottawa Canada cilkow@uottawa.ca.
Ottawa Hospital · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CABipar · FROttawa Hospital Research Institute

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiviral responses are barriers that must be overcome for efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy. In mammalian cells, antiviral responses involve the interferon pathway, a protein-signaling cascade that alerts the immune system and limits virus propagation. Tumour-specific defects in interferon signaling enhance viral infection and responses to oncolytic virotherapy, but many human cancers are still refractory to oncolytic viruses. Given that invertebrates, fungi and plants rely on RNA interference pathways for antiviral protection, we investigated the potential involvement of this alternative antiviral mechanism in cancer cells. Here, we detected viral genome-derived small RNAs, indicative of RNAi-mediated antiviral responses, in human cancer cells. As viruses may encode suppressors of the RNA interference pathways, we engineered an oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus variant to encode the Nodamura virus protein B2, a known inhibitor of RNAi-mediated immune responses. B2-expressing oncolytic virus showed enhanced viral replication and cytotoxicity, impaired viral genome cleavage and altered microRNA processing in cancer cells. Our data establish the improved therapeutic potential of our novel virus which targets the RNAi-mediated antiviral defense of cancer cells.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsNodaviridaeOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesRNA InterferenceAnimalsCytokinesGenome, ViralHumansInterferon Type INeoplasmsViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationCytokinesInterferon Type IViral ProteinsB2Oncolytic virusRNA interferenceVesicular stomatitis virus

Identifiers

PMID29921327
PMCPMC6008949
OpenAlexW2809418671

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