Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Oncolytic Parapoxvirus induces Gasdermin E-mediated pyroptosis and activates antitumor immunity

  • Jing Lin,
  • Shihui Sun,
  • Kui Zhao,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Renling Wang,
  • Qi Li,
  • Yanlong Zhou,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Yue Li,
  • Xinyue Wang,
  • Le Du,
  • Shuai Wang,
  • Zi Li,
  • Huijun Lu,
  • Yungang Lan,
  • Deguang Song,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Yujia Chen,
  • Feng Gao,
  • Yicheng Zhao,
  • Rongrong Fan,
  • Jiyu Guan,
  • Wenqi He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35917-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Oncolytic viruses are able to target tumours and thought to induce apoptosis while remodelling the tumour immune microenvironment. Here authors show in an oncolytic parapoxvirus ovis model that pyroptosis, a highly immunogenic Gasdermin-E-dependent cell death mechanism, is the dominant cell death pathway during virotherapy.