- Title
- Oncolysis of vascular malignant human melanoma tumors by Coxsackievirus A21
- Creator
- Au, Gough G.; Lindberg, A. M.; Barry, Richard Desmond; Shafren, Darren Raymond
- Relation
- International Journal of Oncology Vol. 26, no. 6, p. 1471-1476
- Publisher
- Demetrios A. Spandidos Ed. & Pub
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- Cultured melanoma cell lines despite exhibiting similar in vitro morphology, display significant phenotypic and growth rate differences when propagated as in vivo xenografts. Previously we have shown that Coxsackievirus A21 (CVA21) lytically infects in vitro cultures of malignant melanoma cells and is efficient at reducing the tumor burden of mice hearing slow-growing SK-Mel-28 melanoma xenourafts. The oncolytic activity of CVA21 against in vivo melanoma xenografts, which possess rapid growth rates ZDand more extensive vascular structure than SK-Mel-28 xenocyrafts warrants further investigation. In the present study we evaluated the oncolytic action of CVA21 against rapidly growing melanoma xenografts (ME4405) which exhibit a highly vascular phenotype. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that in vitro cultures of ME4405 cells expressed comparable levels of the CVA21 cellular receptors, ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecules-1) and DAF (decay accelerating factor) to SK-Mel-28 cells. Despite similar levels of CVA21 receptor expression, SK-Mel-28 cells appear to be more susceptible to viral lysis than ME4405 cells, even though the kinetics of virus replication in both lines was comparable. Intratumoral, intraperitoneal or intravenous administration of CVA21 were equally effective in reducing the tumor volume of ME4405 xenourafts in immunodeficient mice, and provides further evidence for the use of CVA21 as a novel oncolytic agent against varying phenotypes of malignant melanoma.
- Subject
- Coxsackievirus A21; oncolysis; human melanoma; xenograft mouse model; intercellular-adhesion molecule-1; decay-accelerating factor; complement-regulatory proteins; differential expression; mathematical-model; cancer-treatment; virus design; icam-1; cells; progression
- Identifier
- uon:56
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24465
- Identifier
- ISSN:1019-6439
- Language
- eng
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