Enhancing the efficacy of vaccinia-based oncolytic virotherapy by inhibiting CXCR2-mediated MDSC trafficking

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Oncolytic virotherapy is an innovative approach for cancer treatment. However, recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into the tumor microenvironment (TME) after oncolysis-mediated local inflammation leads to tumor resistance to the therapy. Using the murine malignant mesothelioma model, we demonstrated that the in situ vaccinia virotherapy recruited primarily polymorphonuclear MDSCs (PMN-MDSCs) into the TME, where they exhibited strong suppression of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in a reactive oxygen species-dependent way. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis confirmed the suppressive profile of PMN-MDSCs at the transcriptomic level and identified CXCR2 as a therapeutic target expressed on PMN-MDSCs. Abrogating PMN-MDSC trafficking by CXCR2-specific small molecule inhibitor during the vaccinia virotherapy exhibited enhanced antitumor efficacy in 3 syngeneic cancer models, through increasing CD8+/MDSC ratios in the TME, activating cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and skewing suppressive TME into an antitumor environment. Our results warrant clinical development of CXCR2 inhibitor in combination with oncolytic virotherapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

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Journal of leukocyte biology - 115(2024), 4 vom: 29. März, Seite 633-646

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tan, Zhiwu [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Mei Sum [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Kwok, Hau Yee [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Man Ho [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Bohao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Dawei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Dongyan [VerfasserIn]
Song, You-Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Man, Kwan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhiwei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CTL
CXCR2
Cancer immunotherapy
Immunosuppression
Inflammation
Journal Article
MDSC
Oncolytic virotherapy
Vaccinia virus

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jleuko/qiad150

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NLM365573876