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ArticleMolecular therapy oncolytics2018

Oncolytic Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer Using Coxsackie A21 Virus.

Nicola E Annels, Mehreen Arif, Guy R Simpson, Mick Denyer, Carla Moller-Levet, David Mansfield, Rachel Butler, Darren Shafren, Gough Au, Margaret Knowles and 4 more

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Article in Molecular therapy oncolytics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicola E AnnelsDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
Mehreen ArifDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
Guy R SimpsonDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
Mick DenyerDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
Carla Moller-LevetDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
David MansfieldThe Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5PT, UK.
Rachel ButlerDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
Darren ShafrenViralytics Limited, Suite 305, Level 3, 66 Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Gough AuViralytics Limited, Suite 305, Level 3, 66 Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Margaret KnowlesSection of Experimental Oncology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
Kevin HarringtonThe Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5PT, UK.
Richard VileDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Alan MelcherThe Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5PT, UK.
Hardev PandhaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Leggett Building, Daphne Jackson Road, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, UK.
University of Surrey · GBInstitute of Cancer Research · GBMayo Clinic in Arizona · USSt James's University Hospital · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 21855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a clinical setting in which local live biological therapy is already well established, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) presents intriguing opportunities for oncolytic virotherapy. Coxsackievirus A21 (CVA21) is a novel intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-targeted immunotherapeutic virus. This study investigated CVA21-induced cytotoxicity in a panel of human bladder cancer cell lines, revealing a range of sensitivities largely correlating with expression of the viral receptor ICAM-1. CVA21 in combination with low doses of mitomycin-C enhanced CVA21 viral replication and oncolysis by increasing surface expression levels of ICAM-1. This was further confirmed using 300-μm precision slices of NMIBC where levels of virus protein expression and induction of apoptosis were enhanced with prior exposure to mitomycin-C. Given the importance of the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells for triggering tumor-specific responses and long-term therapeutic success, the ability of CVA21 to induce immunogenic cell death was investigated. CVA21 induced immunogenic apoptosis in bladder cancer cell lines, as evidenced by expression of the immunogenic cell death (ICD) determinant calreticulin, and HMGB-1 release and the ability to reject MB49 tumors in syngeneic mice after vaccination with MB49 cells undergoing CVA21 induced ICD. Such CVA21 immunotherapy could offer a potentially less toxic, more effective option for the treatment of bladder cancer.

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bladder cancercoxsackievirus A21intercellular adhesion molecule-1

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PMID29989024
PMCPMC6035483
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