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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis identifies acute changes in the tumor microenvironment induced by interferon α gene therapy in a murine bladder cancer model.

Alexis R Steinmetz, Morgan Pierce, Alberto Martini, Come Tholomier, Ganiraju Manyam, Yan Chen, Akshay Sood, Jonathan J Duplisea, Burles A Johnson, Bogdan A Czerniak and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Alexis R SteinmetzDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Morgan PierceDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Alberto MartiniDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Come TholomierDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Ganiraju ManyamDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Yan ChenDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Akshay SoodDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Jonathan J DupliseaDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Burles A JohnsonJohns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute, Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Bogdan A CzerniakDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Byron H LeeDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Chinnaswamy JagannathDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.
Seppo Yla-HerttualaA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Kuopio, Finland.
Nigel R ParkerA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Kuopio, Finland.
David J McConkeyJohns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute, Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Colin P DinneyDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Sharada MokkapatiDepartment of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Nadofaragene firadenovec (Ad-IFNα/Syn3) is now approved for BCG-unresponsive bladder cancer (BLCA). IFNα is a pleiotropic cytokine that causes direct tumor cell killing via TRAIL-mediated apoptosis, angiogenesis inhibition, and activation of the innate and adaptive immune system. We established an immunocompetent murine BLCA model to study the effects of murine adenoviral IFNα (muAd-Ifnα) gene therapy on cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment using a novel murine equivalent of Nadofaragene firadenovec (muAd-Ifnα). Methods: Tumors were induced by instilling MB49 cells into the bladders of mice; luciferase imaging confirmed tumor development. Mice were treated with adenovirus control (Ad-Ctrl; empty vector), or muAd-Ifnα (3x10 Results: We identified 16 cell clusters based on marker expression which were grouped into epithelial (tumor), uroplakin-enriched, endothelial, T-cells, neutrophils, and macrophage clusters. Top differentially expressed genes between muAd-Ifnα and Ad-Ctrl were identified. Within the specific cell clusters, IPA analysis revealed significant differences between muAd-Ifnα and control. IFNα signaling and hypercytokinemia/chemokinemia were upregulated in all clusters. Cell death pathways were upregulated in tumor and endothelial clusters. T-cells demonstrated upregulation of the immunogenic cell death signaling pathway and a decrease in the Th2 pathway genes. Macrophages showed upregulation of PD1/PD-L1 pathways along with downregulation of macrophage activation pathways (alternate and classical). Multiplex immunofluorescence confirmed increased infiltration with macrophages in muAd-Ifnα treated tumors compared to controls. PD1/PD-L1 expression was reduced at 72h. Discussion: This single-cell analysis builds upon our understanding of the impact of Ad-IFNα on tumor cells and other compartments of the microenvironment. These data will help identify mechanisms to improve patient selection and therapeutic efficacy of Nadofaragene firadenovec.

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Disease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyInterferon-alphaSingle-Cell AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAdenoviridaeAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLInterferon-alphabladder cancercytokinegene therapyinterferon αnadofaragenesingle-cell RNA sequencing

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PMID39559365
PMCPMC11570268

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