Replicating poxviruses for human cancer therapy
| Autor: | Manbok Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Tumor suppressor gene
viruses Myxoma virus Vaccinia virus medicine.disease_cause Virus Replication Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound Cell Line Tumor Neoplasms medicine Humans Genes Tumor Suppressor Tropism Oncolytic Virotherapy biology Poxviridae General Medicine Oncogenes biology.organism_classification Virology Oncolytic virus Oncolytic Viruses Viral Tropism chemistry Viral replication Tissue tropism Vaccinia Carcinogenesis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea). 53(4) |
| ISSN: | 1976-3794 |
| Popis: | Naturally occurring oncolytic viruses are live, replication-proficient viruses that specifically infect human cancer cells while sparing normal cell counterparts. Since the eradication of smallpox in the 1970s with the aid of vaccinia viruses, the vaccinia viruses and other genera of poxviruses have shown various degrees of safety and efficacy in pre-clinical or clinical application for human anti-cancer therapeutics. Furthermore, we have recently discovered that cellular tumor suppressor genes are important in determining poxviral oncolytic tropism. Since carcinogenesis is a multi-step process involving accumulation of both oncogene and tumor suppressor gene abnormalities, it is interesting that poxvirus can exploit abnormal cellular tumor suppressor signaling for its oncolytic specificity and efficacy. Many tumor suppressor genes such as p53, ATM, and RB are known to play important roles in genomic fidelity/maintenance. Thus, tumor suppressor gene abnormality could affect host genomic integrity and likely disrupt intact antiviral networks due to accumulation of genetic defects, which would in turn result in oncolytic virus susceptibility. This review outlines the characteristics of oncolytic poxvirus strains, including vaccinia, myxoma, and squirrelpox virus, recent progress in elucidating the molecular connection between oncogene/tumor suppressor gene abnormalities and poxviral oncolytic tropism, and the associated preclinical/clinical implications. I would also like to propose future directions in the utility of poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy. |
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