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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 46-57Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00002371-200101000-00006
Keywords
vaccinia virus; interleukin-2; interleukin-12; glioma; cancer immunotherapy
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Recombinant viruses can produce cytokines in tumors mobilizing an immune response to tumor cells. In this study, the authors investigated gene expression, in vivo antitumor efficacy, and safety of attenuated recombinant vaccinia virus (rVV) carrying murine cytokine genes interleukin (IL)-2 (rVV-mLL-7), IL-12 (rVV-mIL-12), and both IL-2 and IL-12 (rVV-2-12) in an athymic nude mice model. Significant turner inhibition (p < 0.05) was observed in a preestablished subcutaneously implanted C6 glioma model using rVVs at doses ranging from 10(2) to 10(7) plaque forming units (PFU). An antitumor effect did not depend on the dose of the rVV-mIL-2 and rVV-mIL-12 viruses. All constructed rVVs induced a high level of cytokine expression in vitro and in vivo. Most groups injected with high doses of recombinant viruses encoding cytokine genes (10(5) to 10(7) PFU) showed signs of cytokine toxicity, whereas in the low-dose treatment groups (10(2) to 10(3) PFU) toxicity was greatly reduced. The antitumor activity of rVV-mIL-12 was associated with increases in both the percent age and number of natural killer T cells in the spleen. Local detection of interferon- and tumor necrosis facttor-alpha. was also correlated with tumor growth arrest induced by the treatment. High-dose VV control vector per se induced tumor inhibition by activating Mac-1(+) cells in blood, but the antitumor effect was less pronounced compared with rVV-carrying cytokine genes (p < 0.05). These results suggest that attenuated recombinant strains of VV at low doses map potentially be efficient vectors for cancer immunotherapy.
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