Interleukin 12 secretion enhances antitumor efficacy of oncolytic herpes simplex viral therapy for colorectal cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Bennett, J. J.; Malhotra, S.; Wong, R. J.; Delman, K.; Zager, J.; St-Louis, M.; Johnson, P.; Fong, Y. |
| Article Title: | Interleukin 12 secretion enhances antitumor efficacy of oncolytic herpes simplex viral therapy for colorectal cancer |
| Abstract: | Objective: To assess the strategy of combining oncolytic herpes simplex virus (HSV) therapy with immunomodulatory therapy as treatment for experimental colon cancer. The oncolytic HSV recombinant NV1023 and the interleukin 12 (IL-12)-secreting oncolytic NV1042 virus were evaluated in vitro and in vivo with respect to antitumor efficacy. Summary Background Data: Genetically engineered, replication-conditional, attenuated HSVs have shown oncolytic activity against a wide variety of solid malignancies. Other strategies for treating cancer have involved immunomodulation and cytokine gene transfer using viral vectors. This study has combined both of these strategies by inserting the murine IL-12 gene into a replication-competent HSV. This approach allows oncolytic therapy to replicate selectively within and lyse tumor cells while providing the host immune system with the cytokine stimulus necessary to recruit and activate inflammatory cells needed to enhance the antitumor effect. Methods: NV1023 is a multimutant HSV based on the wild-type HSV-1 F strain. NV1042 was created by insertion of the mlL-12 gene into NV1023. Cytotoxicity and viral proliferation of both NV1023 and NV1042 within murine CT26 colorectal cancer cells were first shown. Cells infected with NV1042 were then shown to produce significant levels of IL-12. Using an experimental flank model of colon cancer, mice were treated with both high and low doses of NV1023 or NV1042 and were followed up for both cure and reduction in tumor burden. Results: Both viruses could replicate within and kill CT26 cells in vitro, with 100% cytotoxicity achieved after infection by either virus. Only NV1042 could produce mlL-12. Therapy using high viral doses to treat animals in vivo showed equal efficacy between NV1023 and NV1042, with five of seven cures for each virus. When viral doses were lowered, only the cytokine-producing NV1042 virus could reduce tumor burden and cure animals of their disease. Conclusions: Both NV1023 and NV1042 have the oncolytic potential to kill colon cancer cells at higher doses. Cytokine production by NV1042 may allow lower doses of viral therapy to be used without losing antitumor efficacy. The combination of oncolytic viral therapy and immunomodulatory strategies should be further investigated as treatment for colon cancer. |
| Keywords: | controlled study; dose response; nonhuman; antineoplastic agents; conference paper; combined modality therapy; colorectal cancer; animal cell; mouse; animals; mice; tumor volume; animal experiment; animal model; in vivo study; antineoplastic activity; in vitro study; tumor cells, cultured; mice, inbred balb c; gene transfer; genetic vectors; colorectal neoplasms; evaluation; cancer cell; gene therapy; oncolytic virus; cytokine production; immunomodulation; herpesvirus 1, human; virus replication; gene insertion; cytokine release; herpes simplex virus; interleukin 12; cytopathogenic effect; interleukin-12; male; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Surgery |
| Volume: | 233 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4932 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2001-06-01 |
| Start Page: | 819 |
| End Page: | 826 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00000658-200106000-00012 |
| PUBMED: | 11371740 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC1421325 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 21 May 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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