Host lymphodepletion enhances the therapeutic activity of an oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing 4-1BB ligand - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Nov 1;69(21):8516-25.

doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2522. Epub 2009 Oct 20.

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Host lymphodepletion enhances the therapeutic activity of an oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing 4-1BB ligand

Hong Sung Kim et al. Cancer Res. 2009.

Abstract

Oncolytic viral vectors have shown promise as antitumor therapeutic agents but their effectiveness is complicated by induction of antiviral antibody responses and rapid host clearance of recombinant vectors. We developed a recombinant oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing the 4-1BBL T-cell costimulatory molecule (rV-4-1BBL) and showed modest tumor regression in the poorly immunogenic B16 murine melanoma model. To improve the therapeutic potential of this vector, we tested the antitumor activity of local intratumoral injection in the setting of host lymphodepletion, which has been shown to augment vaccination and adoptive T-cell therapy. In this model, rV-4-1BBL injection in the setting of lymphodepletion promoted MHC class I expression, reduced antiviral antibody titers, promoted viral persistence, and rescued effector-memory CD8(+) T cells, significantly improving the therapeutic effectiveness of the oncolytic vector. These data suggest that vaccination with rV-4-1BBL in the setting of host nonmyeloablative lymphodepletion represents a logical strategy for improving oncolytic vaccination in melanoma, and perhaps other cancers as well.

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