Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Oncolytic H-1 parvovirus binds to sialic acid on laminins for cell attachment and entry

  • Amit Kulkarni,
  • Tiago Ferreira,
  • Clemens Bretscher,
  • Annabel Grewenig,
  • Nazim El-Andaloussi,
  • Serena Bonifati,
  • Tiina Marttila,
  • Valérie Palissot,
  • Jubayer A. Hossain,
  • Francisco Azuaje,
  • Hrvoje Miletic,
  • Lars A. R. Ystaas,
  • Anna Golebiewska,
  • Simone P. Niclou,
  • Ralf Roeth,
  • Beate Niesler,
  • Amélie Weiss,
  • Laurent Brino,
  • Antonio Marchini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24034-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Rat H-1 parvovirus (H-1PV) is in clinical development for oncolytic therapy. Here, Kulkarni et al. identify LAMC1 as a modulator of H-1PV cell attachment and entry and find that LAMC1 levels and H-1PV oncolytic activity correlate in 59 tested cancer cell lines.