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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(14)2024 Jul 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39063100

ABSTRACT

The Semliki Forest virus capsid protein (C) is an RNA binding protein which exhibits both specific and unspecific affinities to single-strand nucleic acids. The putative use of the self-amplifying RNAs (saRNAs) of alphaviruses for biotechnological purpose is one of the main studied strategies concerning RNA-based therapies or immunization. In this work, a recombinant C protein from SFV was expressed and purified from bacteria and used to associate in vitro with a saRNA derived from SFV. Results showed that the purified form of C protein can associate with the saRNA even after high temperature treatment. The C protein was associated with a modified saRNA coding for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and delivered to murine macrophage cells which expressed the GFP, showing that the saRNA was functional after being associated with the recombinant purified C protein.


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Capsid Proteins , Macrophages , RNA, Viral , Recombinant Proteins , Semliki forest virus , Semliki forest virus/genetics , Animals , Capsid Proteins/genetics , Capsid Proteins/chemistry , Capsid Proteins/metabolism , Mice , Macrophages/metabolism , Macrophages/virology , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , RNA, Viral/genetics , Cell Line , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
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Cancer Res ; 78(12): 3363-3374, 2018 06 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29700002

ABSTRACT

Zika virus (ZIKV) is largely known for causing brain abnormalities due to its ability to infect neural progenitor stem cells during early development. Here, we show that ZIKV is also capable of infecting and destroying stem-like cancer cells from aggressive human embryonal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). When evaluating the oncolytic properties of Brazilian Zika virus strain (ZIKVBR) against human breast, prostate, colorectal, and embryonal CNS tumor cell lines, we verified a selective infection of CNS tumor cells followed by massive tumor cell death. ZIKVBR was more efficient in destroying embryonal CNS tumorspheres than normal stem cell neurospheres. A single intracerebroventricular injection of ZIKVBR in BALB/c nude mice bearing orthotopic human embryonal CNS tumor xenografts resulted in a significantly longer survival, decreased tumor burden, fewer metastasis, and complete remission in some animals. Tumor cells closely resembling neural stem cells at the molecular level with activated Wnt signaling were more susceptible to the oncolytic effects of ZIKVBR Furthermore, modulation of Wnt signaling pathway significantly affected ZIKVBR-induced tumor cell death and viral shedding. Altogether, these preclinical findings indicate that ZIKVBR could be an efficient agent to treat aggressive forms of embryonal CNS tumors and could provide mechanistic insights regarding its oncolytic effects.Significance: Brazilian Zika virus strain kills aggressive metastatic forms of human CNS tumors and could be a potential oncolytic agent for cancer therapy. Cancer Res; 78(12); 3363-74. ©2018 AACR.


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Central Nervous System Neoplasms/therapy , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal/therapy , Oncolytic Virotherapy/methods , Oncolytic Viruses/physiology , Zika Virus/physiology , Animals , Brain/cytology , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/mortality , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Injections, Intraventricular , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Nude , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal/mortality , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal/pathology , Neural Stem Cells/pathology , Survival Analysis , Treatment Outcome , Virus Shedding , Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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