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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2021

Modification of Extracellular Matrix Enhances Oncolytic Adenovirus Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma.

Juri Kiyokawa, Yoichiro Kawamura, Shanawaz M Ghouse, Simge Acar, Erinç Barçın, Jordi Martínez-Quintanilla, Robert L Martuza, Ramon Alemany, Samuel D Rabkin, Khalid Shah and 1 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Juri KiyokawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Yoichiro KawamuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Shanawaz M GhouseDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Simge AcarDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-9757-5059
Erinç BarçınDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-4082-1682
Jordi Martínez-QuintanillaStem Cells and Cancer Laboratory, Translational Research Program, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain.
Robert L MartuzaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ramon AlemanyProCure Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology - ICO and Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology Program, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8660-550X
Samuel D RabkinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2344-2795
Khalid ShahDepartment of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. hwakimoto@mgh.harvard.edu kshah@bwh.harvard.edu.
Hiroaki WakimotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. hwakimoto@mgh.harvard.edu kshah@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8225-241X
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USInstitut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge · ESVall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca · ES

Funding

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED VIRUSES FOR BRAIN TUMOR THERAPYR01NS032677 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MARTUZA, ROBERT L · 1994 to 2022
$9.0M
In vivo imaging of the stem cell loaded oncolytic viruses for cancer therapyR01CA204720 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHAH, KHALID A · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Novel oncolytic virotherapy for brain tumorsR21NS103187 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WAKIMOTO, HIROAKI · 2017 to 2018
$464k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204720NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032677NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS103187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeExtracellular matrix (ECM) component hyaluronan (HA) facilitates malignant phenotypes of glioblastoma (GBM), however, whether HA impacts response to GBM immunotherapies is not known. Herein, we investigated whether degradation of HA enhances oncolytic virus immunotherapy for GBM. EXPERIMENTAL

designPresence of HA was examined in patient and murine GBM. Hyaluronidase-expressing oncolytic adenovirus, ICOVIR17, and its parental virus, ICOVIR15, without transgene, were tested to determine if they increased animal survival and modulated the immune tumor microenvironment (TME) in orthotopic GBM. HA regulation of NF-κB signaling was examined in virus-infected murine macrophages. We combined ICOVIR17 with PD-1 checkpoint blockade and assessed efficacy and determined mechanistic contributions of tumor-infiltrating myeloid and T cells.

resultsTreatment of murine orthotopic GBM with ICOVIR17 increased tumor-infiltrating CD8

conclusionsOur studies are the first to show that immune modulatory ICOVIR17 has a dual role of mediating degradation of HA within GBM ECM and subsequently modifying the immune landscape of the TME, and offers a mechanistic combination immunotherapy with PD-L1/PD-1 blockade that remodels innate and adaptive immune cells.

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AdenoviridaeAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular MatrixFemaleGlioblastomaHumansHyaluronic AcidHyaluronoglucosaminidaseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMiceOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesHyaluronic AcidHyaluronoglucosaminidaseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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PMID33257429
PMCPMC7854507
OpenAlexW3107992258

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