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ArticleNature communications2024

Complementary dual-virus strategy drives synthetic target and cognate T-cell engager expression for endogenous-antigen agnostic immunotherapy.

Zaid Taha, Mathieu Joseph François Crupi, Nouf Alluqmani, Duncan MacKenzie, Sydney Vallati, Jack Timothy Whelan, Faiha Fareez, Akram Alwithenani, Julia Petryk, Andrew Chen and 20 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Cancer viroimmunotherapy platforms based on varicella-zoster virus and cytomegalovirus.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  11. Oncolytic viruses as cancer therapeutics: From mechanistic insights to clinical translation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  14. Engaging T cells for cleanup.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors.

Zaid Taha *Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. ztaha053@uottawa.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-0560
Mathieu Joseph François Crupi *Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. mcrupi@ohri.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4452-2383
Nouf AlluqmaniCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Duncan MacKenzieCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Sydney VallatiCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Jack Timothy WhelanCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Faiha FareezDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Akram AlwithenaniCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Julia PetrykCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Andrew ChenCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Marcus Mathew SpinelliCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Kristy NgCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Judy SobhCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Christiano Tanese de SouzaCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Priya Rose BharadwaCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Timothy Kit Hin LeeCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Dylan Anthony ThomasCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Ben Zhen HuangCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Omar KassasCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Joanna PoutouCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Victoria Heather GilchristCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Stephen BoultonCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2521-2240
Max ThomsonCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Ricardo MariusCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Mohsen HooshyarCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Scott McCombCancer Immunology Team, National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
Rozanne ArulanandamCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4750-499X
Carolina Solange IlkowCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
John Cameron BellCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. jbell@ohri.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9083-357X
Jean-Simon DialloCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. jsdiallo@ohri.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4862-2795

Funding

Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (Société Canadienne du Cancer) 706162Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (Société Canadienne du Cancer) 708044Gouvernement du Canada | Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada | CIHR Skin Research Training Centre (Skin Research Training Centre) 377104Gouvernement du Canada | Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada | CIHR Skin Research Training Centre (Skin Research Training Centre) 705952Terry Fox Research Institute (Institut de Recherche Terry Fox) TFF-122868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted antineoplastic immunotherapies have achieved remarkable clinical outcomes. However, resistance to these therapies due to target absence or antigen shedding limits their efficacy and excludes tumours from candidacy. To address this limitation, here we engineer an oncolytic rhabdovirus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSVΔ51), to express a truncated targeted antigen, which allows for HER2-targeting with trastuzumab. The truncated HER2 (HER2T) lacks signaling capabilities and is efficiently expressed on infected cell surfaces. VSVΔ51-mediated HER2T expression simulates HER2-positive status in tumours, enabling effective treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo. Additionally, we combine VSVΔ51-HER2T with an oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing a HER2-targeted T-cell engager. This dual-virus therapeutic strategy demonstrates potent curative efficacy in vivo in female mice using CD3+ infiltrate for anti-tumour immunity. Our findings showcase the ability to tailor the tumour microenvironment using oncolytic viruses, thereby enhancing compatibility with "off-the-shelf" targeted therapies.

Indexed as

Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunotherapyOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesT-LymphocytesTrastuzumabVaccinia virusAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CTumor MicroenvironmentVesiculovirusXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumab

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PMID39179564
PMCPMC11343834

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