Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Oncolytic virus-derived type I interferon restricts CAR T cell therapy

  • Laura Evgin,
  • Amanda L. Huff,
  • Phonphimon Wongthida,
  • Jill Thompson,
  • Tim Kottke,
  • Jason Tonne,
  • Matthew Schuelke,
  • Katayoun Ayasoufi,
  • Christopher B. Driscoll,
  • Kevin G. Shim,
  • Pierce Reynolds,
  • Dileep D. Monie,
  • Aaron J. Johnson,
  • Matt Coffey,
  • Sarah L. Young,
  • Gary Archer,
  • John Sampson,
  • Jose Pulido,
  • Luis Sanchez Perez,
  • Richard Vile

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17011-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Oncolytic viruses promote an inflammatory response and elicit anti-tumor immunity. Here the authors show, unexpectedly, that the oncolytic virus, VSVIFNβ, induces type I interferon responses that, when combined with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T therapy, lead to the attrition of both CAR T and conventional T cells, thus dampening their anti-tumor activity.