Myxoma virus combined with rapamycin treatment enhances adoptive T cell therapy for murine melanoma brain tumors |
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Authors: | Diana L. Thomas Rosalinda Doty Vesna Tosic Jia Liu David M. Kranz Grant McFadden Amy L. MacNeill Edward J. Roy |
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Affiliation: | (1) Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;(2) Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;(3) Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;(4) Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;(5) Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;(6) Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA; |
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Abstract: | Adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells has shown some success for treating metastatic melanoma. We evaluated a novel strategy to improve adoptive therapy by administering both T cells and oncolytic myxoma virus to mice with syngeneic B16.SIY melanoma brain tumors. Adoptive transfer of activated CD8+ 2C T cells that recognize SIY peptide doubled survival time, but SIY-negative tumors recurred. Myxoma virus killed B16.SIY cells in vitro, and intratumoral injection of virus led to selective and transient infection of the tumor. Virus treatment recruited innate immune cells to the tumor and induced IFNβ production in the brain, resulting in limited oncolytic effects in vivo. To counter this, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of co-administering 2C T cells, myxoma virus, and either rapamycin or neutralizing antibodies against IFNβ. Mice that received either triple combination therapy survived significantly longer with no apparent side effects, but eventually relapsed. Importantly, rapamycin treatment did not impair T cell-mediated tumor destruction, supporting the feasibility of combining adoptive immunotherapy and rapamycin-enhanced virotherapy. Myxoma virus may be a useful vector for transient delivery of therapeutic genes to a tumor to enhance T cell responses. |
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