Howard, Faith H.N., Al-Janabi, Haider, Patel, Priya et al. (11 more authors) (2022) Nanobugs as Drugs:Bacterial Derived Nanomagnets Enhance Tumor Targeting and Oncolytic Activity of HSV-1 Virus. Small. 2104763. ISSN 1613-6810
Abstract
The survival strategies of infectious organisms have inspired many therapeutics over the years. Indeed the advent of oncolytic viruses (OVs) exploits the uncontrolled replication of cancer cells for production of their progeny resulting in a cancer-targeting treatment that leaves healthy cells unharmed. Their success against inaccessible tumors however, is highly variable due to inadequate tumor targeting following systemic administration. Coassembling herpes simplex virus (HSV1716) with biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles derived from magnetotactic bacteria enables tumor targeting from circulation with magnetic guidance, protects the virus against neutralizing antibodies and thereby enhances viral replication within tumors. This approach additionally enhances the intratumoral recruitment of activated immune cells, promotes antitumor immunity and immune cell death, thereby inducing tumor shrinkage and increasing survival in a syngeneic mouse model of breast cancer by 50%. Exploiting the properties of such a nanocarrier, rather than tropism of the virus, for active tumor targeting offers an exciting, novel approach for enhancing the bioavailability and treatment efficacy of tumor immunotherapies for disseminated neoplasms.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Funding Information: Financial support provided by Cancer Research UK (CRUK grant reference: C25574/A24321), EPSRC for the Kratos LiPPS XPS instrument grant (EP/K005138/1), and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement No 777682 (CANCER). HSV1716 was kindly provided by Virtuu Biologics Ltd. Special thanks to Dario Carugo, University of Southampton for providing the phantom and Devashish Das for the initial MR imaging. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Small published by Wiley-VCH GmbH |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2022 13:20 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:33 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202104763 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/smll.202104763 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183446 |
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