Oncolytic potency of HER-2 retargeted VSV-FH hybrid viruses: the role of receptor ligand affinity.

ABSTRACT: The hybrid oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-FH) deleted for its G glycoprotein and displaying the measles virus (MV) envelope glycoproteins (hemagglutinin H and fusion F) is fusogenic, infects cells via any of the three MV receptors and has potent oncolytic activity against subcutaneous and disseminated myeloma tumors. To tailor VSV-FH as an oncolytic virus for ovarian cancer, we ablated its natural tropism and retargeted the virus by display of a single-chain antibody (scFv) with specificity to the HER-2/neu receptor. A panel of six VSVFH-αHER2 viruses displaying anti-HER2 scFv that bind to the same HER2 epitope but with different K d (10(-6) to 10(-11) M, VSVFH-αHER2#6 to #11, respectively) were rescued and characterized. A K d of at least 10(-8) M is required for infection of H

SUBMITTER: Ayala Breton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4782949 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature