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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2025

Pilot Study of Intratumoral Immunotherapy with Cowpea Mosaic Virus Nanoparticles: Safety in Refractory Canine Oral Tumors.

Pablo Delgado-Bonet, Hugo Arias-Pulido, Noemí Del Castillo Magan, Anna Barbara Emilia Zimmermann, Evelien Schaafsma, Johannes Vom Berg, Fernando Vázquez, Veronique Beiss, Nicole F Steinmetz, Steven Fiering and 1 more

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors.

Pablo Delgado-BonetUnidad de Investigación Biomédica (UIB-UAX), Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid 28691, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6638-3863
Hugo Arias-PulidoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, United States.
Noemí Del Castillo MaganHospital Clínico Veterinario, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid 28691, Spain.
Anna Barbara Emilia ZimmermannInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren 8952, Switzerland.
Evelien SchaafsmaAquila Data Analytics, LLC., Concord, New Hampshire 03766, United States.
Johannes Vom BergInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren 8952, Switzerland.
Fernando VázquezHospital Clínico Veterinario, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid 28691, Spain.
Veronique BeissDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
Nicole F SteinmetzDepartment of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0130-0481
Steven FieringDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, United States.
Ana Judith Perisé-BarriosUnidad de Investigación Biomédica (UIB-UAX), Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid 28691, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0136-3968

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Zhao - Proj 2P20GM130454 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI MICHAEL L WHITFIELD · 2019 to 2026
$27.2M
Dual-pronged nano-drug delivery using plant virus-like particles.R01CA224605 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Nicole Franziska Steinmetz · 2017 to 2026
$4.0M
Overcoming the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment through in situ vaccination nanotechnology.U01CA218292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FIERING, STEVEN, STEINMETZ, NICOLE FRANZISKA · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Acquisition of the NextSeq2000 Sequencing platform to Increase Next Generation Sequencing Throughput While Reducing Costs at DartmouthS10OD030242 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KOLLING IV, FRED W · 2021 to 2021
$321k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NCI NIH HHS R01 CA224605NCI NIH HHS U01 CA218292NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130454NIH HHS S10 OD030242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral tumors (squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and fibrosarcoma) represent 6-7% of all canine cancers. Given that these tumors have a high local recurrence rate and metastatic potential, conventional therapies have suboptimal response rates, leading to poor patient outcomes. Here, we report the use of intratumoral virus-like particles from cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) in four canine patients with recurrent oral malignant tumors and lymph node metastasis. All tumors were nonresponders to chemotherapy and had a mild initial response to CPMV intratumoral immunotherapy without any serious immune-related adverse effects. None of the patients developed pulmonary metastasis during follow-up, although local progression was seen in all the patients. Furthermore, tumor-infiltrated immune T cells increased in number after the intratumoral immunotherapy with CPMV, suggesting activation of the tumor microenvironment. All the patients had a rapid decrease in the tumor-promoting chemokines IL-8 and CXCL1, which could indicate that a decrease in metastatic potential could have been generated by the CPMV immunotherapy. The increased number of infiltrated immune cells, the decrease in some pro-tumoral chemokines, and the absence of adverse effects suggest that CPMV could be a safe treatment and should be further explored as a novel therapy for canine oral tumors.

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ComovirusDog DiseasesImmunotherapyMouth NeoplasmsNanoparticlesAnimalsDogsFemaleMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPilot ProjectsTumor MicroenvironmentCPMVintratumoral immunotherapymalignant oral melanomananoparticlesoral canine tumorsvirus-like particles

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PMID40226939
PMCPMC12056692

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