OHSV-P10 reduces glioma stem cell enrichment after oncolytic HSV therapy
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ABSTRACT: Longstanding evidence implicate glioma stem-like cells as the main drivers contributing toward glioblastoma (GBM) therapy resistance and tumor recurrence. Although oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHSV) viral therapy is a promising biological therapy recently approved for melanoma (in the United States and Europe) and GBM (in Japan); however, the impact of this therapy on GBM stem-like cells (GSCs) is understudied. Here we show that post-oHSV virotherapy activated AKT signaling results in an enrichment of GSC signatures in glioma, which mimics the enrichment in GSC observed after radiation treatment. We also uncovered that a second-generation oncolytic virus armed with PTEN-L (oHSV-P10) decreases this by moderating IL6/JAK/STAT3 signaling. This ability was retained in the presence of radiation treatment and oHSV-P10-sensitized intracranial GBM to radiotherapy. Collectively, our findings uncover potential mechanisms to overcome GSC-mediated radiation resistance via oHSV-P10. Graphical abstract Mechanisms underlying tumor recurrence after oHSV onslaught are understudied. Here we discovered virus treatment activates AKT/IL6/STAT3 signaling which enriches for the GSC phenotype. PTEN-L-expressing oHSV overcomes this signaling and suppresses enrichment of GSC after virotherapy, thereby decreasing tumor outgrowth and sensitizing it to radiation.
SUBMITTER: Sahu U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126842 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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