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Macrophages Mediate the Antitumor Effects of the Oncolytic Virus HSV1716 in Mammary Tumors

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MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 589-601

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AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-20-0748

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  1. CRUK [C25574/A24321]
  2. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Charity [12053, MS/149394]
  3. European Union [872860-PRISAR2]

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This study demonstrates that oncolytic virus HSV1716 can activate the antitumor functions of immune cells and reprogram tumor-associated macrophages to a less immunosuppressive phenotype. HSV1716 administration led to marked tumor shrinkage in primary mammary tumors and a decrease in metastases, associated with increased recruitment/activation of cytotoxic T cells and a reduction in regulatory T cells.
Oncolytic viruses (OV) have been shown to activate the antitumor functions of specific immune cells like T cells. Here, we show OV can also reprogram tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) to a less immunosuppressive phenotype. Syngeneic, immunocompetent mouse models of primary breast cancer were established using PyMT-TS1, 4T1, and E0771 cell lines, and a metastatic model of breast cancer was established using the 4T1 cell line. Tumor growth and overall survival was assessed following intravenous administration of the OV, HSV1716 (a modified herpes simplex virus). Infiltration and function of various immune effector cells was assessed by NanoString, flow cytometry of dispersed tumors, and immunofluorescence analysis of tumor sections. HSV1716 administration led to marked tumor shrinkage in primary mammary tumors and a decrease in metastases. This was associated with a significant increase in the recruitment/activation of cytotoxic T cells, a reduction in the presence of regulatory T cells and the reprograming of TAMs towards a pro-inflammatory, less immunosuppressive phenotype. These findings were supported by in vitro data demonstrating that human monocyte-derived macrophages host HSV1716 replication, and that this led to immunogenic macrophage lysis. These events were dependent on macrophage expression of proliferating cell nudear antigen (PCNA). Finally, the antitumor effect of OV was markedly diminished when TAMs were depleted using dodronate liposomes. Together, our results show that TAMs play an essential role in support of the tumoricidal effect of the OV, HSV1716-they both host viral replication via a novel, PCNA-dependent mechanism and are reprogramed to express a less immunosuppressive phenotype.

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