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gene therapy (viral based) plus immunotherapy with monoclonal antibody cures 4 of 5
mice with implanted her2+ breast cancer
Cancer Gene Ther. 2008 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus targeted to Her2/neu combined with anti-CTLA4 antibody eliminates implanted mammary tumors.
Gao Y, Whitaker-Dowling P, Griffin JA, Barmada MA, Bergman I.
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is being developed for cancer therapy. We created a recombinant replicating VSV (rrVSV) that preferentially infected Her2/neu expressing breast cancer cells. We now used this rrVSV to treat macroscopic peritoneal tumor implants of a mouse mammary tumor cell line stably transfected to express Her2/neu. rrVSV therapy alone prolonged survival but did not cure any animals. rrVSV therapy combined with antibody to TGFb or antibody to IL-10 receptor (IL-10R) each produced cure in one of six animals. Strikingly, rrVSV therapy combined with anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) produced cure in four of five animals. Anti-CTLA4 MAb was only effective when administered within one day of rrVSV therapy. Cure required CD4 T-cells early (<7 days) and late (>7 days) after rrVSV therapy whereas CD8 T-cells were required only late (>7 days) after rrVSV therapy. Surviving animals were resistant to re-challenge with D2F2/E2 suggesting a memory immune response. Histopathologic analysis demonstrated a dense inflammatory infiltrate of tumor nodules within days of therapy and foamy histiocytes replacing the tumor nodules 2 weeks following therapy. These studies demonstrate that targeted rrVSV combined with anti-CTLA4 MAb can eliminate established macroscopic tumor implants by eliciting an anti-tumor CD4 and CD8 T-cell immunologic response.Cancer Gene Therapy advance online publication, 25 July 2008; doi:10.1038/cgt.2008.55.
PMID: 18654610 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
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