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ArticleMolecular cancer therapeutics2025

Blocking Feedback Immunosuppression of Antigen Presentation in Brain Tumor During Oncolytic Virotherapy with oHSV-mshPKR.

Nobushige Tsuboi, Kimberly A Rivera-Caraballo, Upasana Sahu, Rafal Pacholczyk, Eugene Douglass, Theodore S Johnson, Qin Wang, Ravindra Kolhe, Catherine C Hedrick, David H Munn and 1 more

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Article in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors.

Nobushige TsuboiDepartment of Pathology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0009-0008-6112-3318
Kimberly A Rivera-CaraballoDepartment of Pathology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0001-9275-7286
Upasana SahuDepartment of Pathology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0003-2473-9312
Rafal PacholczykDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-9629-4829
Eugene DouglassDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0003-3418-9203
Theodore S JohnsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Immunotherapy Program, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-4290-891X
Qin WangDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-1079-5914
Ravindra KolheDepartment of Pathology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-8283-2403
Catherine C HedrickDepartment of Medicine, Immunology Center of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0003-2045-4117
David H MunnDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Immunotherapy Program, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-7711-2858
Bangxing HongDepartment of Pathology, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0001-7458-0480

Funding

Reprogramming the TME for immunogenic antigen-presentationR01CA103320 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI MUNN, DAVID H. · 2003 to 2024
$6.0M
Next Gen Virotherapy for GBMR01NS127473 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Balveen Kaur · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Development of murine glioblastoma model for oncolytic HSV therapyR61NS128191 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI HONG, BANGXING B, KAUR, BALVEEN · 2024 to 2025
$771k
Targeting CD44 signaling in regulating glioblastoma stemness and immune responseR21NS130429 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI HONG, BANGXING B · 2023 to 2024
$433k
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF) ALEX23-27891National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R21NS130429NCI NIH HHS R01 CA103320NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127473NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS130429NINDS NIH HHS R61 NS128191Paceline Foundation MCG8451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent malignant brain tumor. We recently discovered that oncolytic herpes simplex virus engineered to disable tumor-intrinsic protein kinase R (PKR) signaling (oHSV-shPKR) could increase oHSV oncolysis and antitumor immune response. However, in this study, we show that disabling tumor-intrinsic PKR signaling can also induce the activation of the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) signaling pathway. Both GBM tumor progression and oHSV intratumoral therapy increased infiltration of IDO+CD11c+ dendritic cells (DC) into the tumor. The coculture of oHSV-infected human GBM neurospheres with monocyte-derived DCs (MoDC) dramatically increased IDO signaling activation in MoDCs through type-I IFN signaling. Addition of IDO inhibitor (indoximod) in the coculture significantly increased MoDC activation and reduced the consumption of tryptophan. Combining indoximod and oHSV significantly inhibited tumor growth and induced antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell activation. These results suggest that inhibition of the IDO pathway could significantly block feedback immunosuppression during oncolytic virotherapy of GBM.

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Antigen PresentationBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesSimplexvirusAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCoculture TechniquesDendritic CellseIF-2 KinaseHumansIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseMiceSignal TransductioneIF-2 KinaseIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase

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PMID39711419
PMCPMC11879753

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