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Proteasome inhibition enhances myeloma oncolytic reovirus therapy by suppressing monocytic anti-viral immune responses

Dona, A. A.; Caserta, E.; Singer, M.; Tandoh, T.; Nigam, L.; Winchester, J.; Chowdhury, A.; Zhu, Y.; Murtadha, M.; Pozhitkov, A.; Sanchez, J.; Vahed, H.; Coffey, M.; Marcucci, G.; Krishnan, A.; Nuovo, G.; Sborov, D.; Hofmeister, C. C.; Pichiorri, F.

2022-04-06 oncology
10.1101/2022.03.29.22272857 medRxiv
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Reovirus is an oncolytic virus with natural tropism for cancer cells. We previously showed that reovirus intravenous administration in myeloma patients was safe, but disease control associated with viral replication in the cancer cells was not observed. Here we show that ex vivo proteasome inhibitors (PIs) potentiate reovirus replication in circulating classical monocytes, increasing viral delivery to myeloma cells. We found that the anti-viral signals in monocytes primarily rely on the NF-kB activation and that this effect is impaired by the addition of PIs. Conversely, PIs improved reovirus-induced monocyte and T cell activation against cancer cells. Based on these preclinical data, we conducted a phase 1b trial of the reovirus Pelareorep together with the PI carfilzomib in 13 heavily pretreated bortezomib-resistant MM patients. Objective responses associated with reovirus active replication in MM cells, T cell activation and monocytic expansion were noted in 70% of patients.

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