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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

A Therapeutic Vaccine Targeting Rat BORIS (CTCFL) for the Treatment of Rat Breast Cancer Tumors.

Dmitri Loukinov, Amanda Laust Anderson, Mikayel Mkrtichyan, Anahit Ghochikyan, Samuel Rivero-Hinojosa, Jo Tucker, Victor Lobanenkov, Michael G Agadjanyan, Edward L Nelson

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. The Tumor Microenvironment and Immune Response in Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dmitri LoukinovMolecular Pathology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Amanda Laust AndersonCenter for Immunology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92868, USA.
Mikayel MkrtichyanInstitute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA.
Anahit GhochikyanInstitute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA.
Samuel Rivero-HinojosaNatera, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3595-8273
Jo TuckerCenter for Immunology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92868, USA.
Victor LobanenkovMolecular Pathology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6665-3635
Michael G AgadjanyanInstitute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA.
Edward L NelsonCenter for Immunology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92868, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7887-032X
Institute for Molecular Medicine · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USNational Institutes of Health · USNatera (United States) · US

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Melanie Funes · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Normal and Pathologic Functions of CTCF and Its Distinct Classes of DNA-targetsZIAAI000860 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LOBANENKOV, VICTOR · 2009 to 2025
$15.4M
Regulation of CTCF Functions and Target Sites by Cancer/Testis-specific CTCF Like BORIS FactorZIAAI001021 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LOBANENKOV, VICTOR · 2009 to 2025
$12.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NIH HHS P30CA062203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer testis antigens are ideal for tumor immunotherapy due to their testis-restricted expression. We previously showed that an immunotherapeutic vaccine targeting the germ cell-specific transcription factor BORIS (CTCFL) was highly effective in treating aggressive breast cancer in the 4T1 mouse model. Here, we further tested the therapeutic efficacy of BORIS in a rat 13762 breast cancer model. We generated a recombinant VEE-VRP (Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis-derived replicon particle) vector-expressing modified rat BORIS lacking a DNA-binding domain (VRP-mBORIS). Rats were inoculated with the 13762 cells, immunized with VRP-mBORIS 48 h later, and then, subsequently, boosted at 10-day intervals. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis. Cured rats were re-challenged with the same 13762 cells. We demonstrated that BORIS was expressed in a small population of the 13762 cells, called cancer stem cells. Treatment of rats with VRP-BORIS suppressed tumor growth leading to its complete disappearance in up to 50% of the rats and significantly improved their survival. This improvement was associated with the induction of BORIS-specific cellular immune responses measured by T-helper cell proliferation and INFγ secretion. The re-challenging of cured rats with the same 13762 cells indicated that the immune response prevented tumor growth. Thus, a therapeutic vaccine against rat BORIS showed high efficacy in treating the rat 13762 carcinoma. These data suggest that targeting BORIS can lead to the elimination of mammary tumors and cure animals even though BORIS expression is detected only in cancer stem cells.

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Mammary Neoplasms, AnimalVaccinesAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsImmunotherapyMaleMiceRatsTranscription FactorsCtcfl1 protein, ratCtcfl protein, mouseDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsVaccinesbreast cancerbrother of the regulator of the imprinted site (BORIS)cancer stem cellsCT-antigentherapeutic efficacyvaccine

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PMID36983050
PMCPMC10058450
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