Doxorubicin Conjugation to Reovirus Improves Oncolytic Efficacy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Periasamy Selvaraj, Luis E. Munoz, Bernardo A. Mainou, Jameson T.L. Berry, Roxana M Rodríguez Stewart |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cancer Research
Combination therapy medicine.drug_class viruses oncolytics virus reovirus doxorubicin lcsh:RC254-282 Virus Breast cancer medicine Pharmacology (medical) Doxorubicin Triple-negative breast cancer virus-host interactions Innate immune system business.industry medicine.disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens Oncolytic virus cell death Oncology drug delivery Cancer research triple-negative breast cancer Molecular Medicine DNA damage Original Article business Topoisomerase inhibitor medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Therapy: Oncolytics, Vol 18, Iss, Pp 556-572 (2020) Molecular Therapy Oncolytics |
| ISSN: | 2372-7705 |
| Popis: | Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States. The triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype associates with higher rates of relapse, shorter overall survival, and aggressive metastatic disease. Hormone therapy is ineffective against TNBC, leaving patients with limited therapeutic options. Mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus) preferentially infects and kills transformed cells, and a genetically engineered reassortant reovirus infects and kills TNBC cells more efficiently than prototypical strains. Reovirus oncolytic efficacy is further augmented by combination with topoisomerase inhibitors, including the frontline chemotherapeutic doxorubicin. However, long-term doxorubicin use correlates with toxicity to healthy tissues. Here, we conjugated doxorubicin to reovirus (reo-dox) to control drug delivery and enhance reovirus-mediated oncolysis. Our data indicate that conjugation does not impair viral biology and enhances reovirus oncolytic capacity in TNBC cells. Reo-dox infection promotes innate immune activation, and crosslinked doxorubicin retains DNA-damaging properties within infected cells. Importantly, reovirus and reo-dox significantly reduce primary TNBC tumor burden in vivo, with greater reduction in metastatic burden after reo-dox inoculation. Together, these data demonstrate that crosslinking chemotherapeutic agents to oncolytic viruses facilitates functional drug delivery to cells targeted by the virus, making it a viable approach for combination therapy against TNBC. Graphical Abstract The chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin was conjugated to oncolytic reovirus (reo-dox) to control drug delivery and enhance viral-mediated oncolysis of cancer cells. Conjugation of the drug to the virus does not impair viral biology, enhances reovirus oncolytic capacity, and retains the damaging properties of doxorubicin. |
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