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. 1990;9(3):165-72.

Augmentation of tumor cell immunogenicity by viruses--an approach to specific immunotherapy of cancer

J Shoham  1 , R Hirsch, Z Zakay-Rones, M E Osband, H J Brennert
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Augmentation of tumor cell immunogenicity by viruses--an approach to specific immunotherapy of cancer

J Shoham et al. Nat Immun Cell Growth Regul. 1990.

Abstract

Several viruses have been evaluated as potential agents for cancer treatment using either their oncolytic properties, in order to lyse cancer cells, or their potential augmenting effects on the immune response to tumors. However, the direct oncolytic effect was found to be limited in time, in scope and in specificity, whereas the use of viral oncolysates to augment antitumor immunity was shown to be better than tumor cell homogenates or extracts but inferior to noninfected intact tumor cells, attesting for the importance of membrane architecture in preserving immunogenicity of tumor specific surface antigens. In order to get the maximum benefit from this approach we selected a nonlytic virus-tumor cell combination, using Newcastle disease virus as a nonpathogenic virus, to treat the experimental tumor model, Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL) in mice. The virus effectively infected 3LL cells without any cytopathic effect. The infected cells induced strong antitumor immunity, as judged by the appearance of immune cells in the spleen (Winn test and lymphocytotoxicity) and by the resistance to challenge with the 3LL cells after immunization. The antitumor immunity was superior to that obtained with intact noninfected tumor cells. We also designed a treatment protocol using the same virus-tumor cell preparation to treat mice after tumor inoculation. This treatment resulted in cure of 40% of the animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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