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Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus Immunotherapy Drives Oncolytic Effects and Durable Systemic Antitumor Immunity

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MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages 1723-1734

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AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-20-0902

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The recombinant NDVmuGM-CSF showed oncolytic activity and immune modulation in human tumor cells. In vivo experiments demonstrated antitumor effects with intratumoral injection, enhanced by co-treatment with immunomodulatory agents. Ex vivo profiling revealed changes in immune contexture and tumor microenvironment towards an immune-permissive state, supporting the utility of MEDI5395 in combination with other cancer treatments.
A recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), encoding either a human (NDVhuGM-CSF, MEDI5395) or murine (NDVmuGM-CSF) GM-CSF transgene, combined broad oncolytic activity with the ability to significantly modulate genes related to immune functionality in human tumor cells. Replication in murine tumor lines was significantly diminished relative to human tumor cells. Nonetheless, intratumoral injection of NDVmuGM-CSF conferred antitumor effects in three syngeneic models in vivo; with efficacy further augmented by concomitant treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 or T-cell agonists. Ex vivo immune profiling, including T-cell receptor sequencing, revealed profound immune-contexture changes consistent with priming and potentiation of adaptive immunity and tumor microenvironment (TME) reprogramming toward an immune-permissive state. CRISPR modifications rendered CT26 tumors significantly more permissive to NDV replication, and in this setting, NDVmuGM-CSF confers immune-mediated effects in the noninjected tumor in vivo. Taken together, the data support the thesis that MEDI5395 primes and augments cell-mediated antitumor immunity and has significant utility as a combination partner with other immunomodulatory cancer treatments.

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