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Oncolytic HSV-1 infection of tumors induces angiogenesis and upregulates CYR61

  • Kazuhiko Kurozumi
  • , Jayson Hardcastle
  • , Roopa Thakur
  • , Joshua Shroll
  • , Michal Nowicki
  • , Akihiro Otsuki
  • , E. Antonio Chiocca
  • , Balveen Kaur

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Abstract

Oncolytic viral therapy is under evaluation for toxicity and efficacy in clinical trials relating to several different tumors. We report a significant increase in the angiogenic index of oncolytic virus (OV)-treated glioma-matrigel implants (2.83-fold, P < 0.02). In a rat intracranial glioma model, large tumors from OV-treated animals were significantly more angiogenic than the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)-treated control tumors (OV: 101 ± 21.6; PBS: 19.8 ± 10; P = 0.0037). Transcript profiling of OV-treated tumors revealed dysregulation of several transcripts involved in glioma angiogenesis. OV-mediated induction of CYR61 gene expression (8.94-fold, P = 0.001) correlated significantly with the presence of OV in tumor tissue in vivo (R = 0.7, P < 0.001). Further, induction of CYR61 mRNA and protein were confirmed in multiple human cancer cell lines and primary human tumor-derived cells in vitro, and in tumor lysate and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in vivo. Finally, we show that treatment of glioma cells with Cilengitide, known to counter CYR61-induced integrin activation, significantly suppressed the proangiogenic effect of OV treatment of gliomas (P < 0.05).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1382-1391
Number of pages10
JournalMolecular Therapy
Volume16
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008

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