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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-10
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has been widely used to characterize cellular processes, viral resistance, and cytopathogenicity. Recently, VSV has also been used for oncolytic virotherapy due to its capacity to selectively lyse tumor cells. Mutants of the matrix (M) protein of VSV have generally been preferred to the wild-type virus for oncolysis because of their ability to induce type I interferon (IFN) despite causing weaker cytopathic effects. However, due to the large variability of tumor types, it is quite clear that various approaches and combinations of multiple oncolytic viruses will be needed to effectively treat most cancers. With this in mind, our work focused on characterizing the cytopathogenic profiles of four replicative envelope glycoprotein (G) VSV mutants. In contrast to the prototypic M mutant, VSV G mutants are as efficient as wild-type virus at inhibiting cellular transcription and host protein translation. Despite being highly cytopathic, the mutant G(6R) triggers type I interferon secretion as efficiently as the M mutant. Importantly, most VSV G mutants are more effective at killing B16 and MC57 tumor cells in vitro than the M mutant or wild-type virus through apoptosis induction. Taken together, our results demonstrate that VSV G mutants retain the high cytopathogenicity of wild-type VSV, with G(6R) inducing type I IFN secretion at levels similar to that of the M mutant. VSV G protein mutants could therefore prove to be highly valuable for the development of novel oncolytic virotherapy strategies that are both safe and efficient for the treatment of various types of cancer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1098-5514
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6513-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-L Cells (Cell Line), pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Oncolytic Virotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Oncolytic Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Vero Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus, pubmed-meshheading:21561919-Viral Envelope Proteins
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutations in the glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus affect cytopathogenicity: potential for oncolytic virotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Immunovirology Laboratory, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1B7.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't