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Treatment of metastatic tumors by systemic injection of tumor-retargeted oncolytic herpesviruses

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H02687
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 50020:Tumor diagnostics and therapeutics-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Uchida Hiroaki  東京大学, 医科学研究所, 特任准教授 (20401250)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 山口 美樹  札幌医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (10530454)
田原 秀晃  東京大学, 医科学研究所, 特任教授 (70322071)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Keywordsがん
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The route of administration of oncolytic herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the majority of clinical trials to date has been direct injection into the tumor. This appears to be one of the factors that may limit the therapeutic potential of oncolytic HSV as a single agent against systemically metastatic tumors. To overcome this limitation, we have developed a receptor-retargeted oncolytic herpes simplex virus employing a single-chain antibody for targeting tumor-associated antigens (RR-oHSV) and its modified version with additional mutations conferring syncytia formation (RRsyn-oHSV). Here, we investigated the in vivo anti-tumor effects of RRsyn-oHSV using human cancer xenografts in immunodeficient mice. Intra-venous administration of RRsyn-oHSV resulted in robust anti-tumor effects even against large tumors. These results strongly suggest that cancer patients with distant metastases could be effectively treated with our RRsyn-oHSV.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

悪性腫瘍の新規治療法として単純ヘルペスウイルスを用いた腫瘍溶解性ウイルス療法が有望視され、本邦を含め広く臨床試験が進められてきたが、その投与経路のほとんどは腫瘍への直接投与の形にとどまっているというのが現状である。がん細胞だけにしか侵入できない標的化ウイルスが開発できれば、ウイルスの増殖能を弱めることなく本来の腫瘍溶解能を最大限に活用した治療戦略が可能となることに加え、これを静脈内投与することにより全身性の転移を来したがん症例を治療することも可能となりうる。本研究の成果は、難治性・転移性のがん症例にも適用可能な腫瘍溶解性ウイルス療法の開発につながり、臨床医学への実用化が大いに期待できる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (5 results) (of which Overseas: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Antibody Screening System Using a Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-Based Probe To Identify a Novel Target for Receptor-Retargeted Oncolytic HSVs2021

    • Author(s)
      Hitomi Ikeda, Hiroaki Uchida, Yu Okubo, Tomoko Shibata, Yasuhiko Sasaki, Takuma Suzuki, Mika Hamada -Uematsu, Ryota Hamasaki, Kosaku Okuda, Miki Yamaguchi, Masaki Kojima, Masato Tanaka, Hirofumi Hamada, Hideaki Tahara
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Virology

      Volume: 95 Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1128/jvi.01766-20

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] ONCOLYTIC HSV VECTOR (divisional)2021

    • Inventor(s)
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2021
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Overseas
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] ONCOLYTIC HSV VECTOR (divisional)2020

    • Inventor(s)
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Overseas
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] ONCOLYTIC HSV VECTOR (continuation)2020

    • Inventor(s)
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      Hiroaki Uchidaら
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Overseas
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] がん治療のための腫瘍溶解性ウイルス2019

    • Inventor(s)
      内田宏昭・田原秀晃
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      内田宏昭・田原秀晃
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Overseas
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] がん治療のための腫瘍溶解性ウイルス2018

    • Inventor(s)
      内田宏昭・田原秀晃
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      内田宏昭・田原秀晃
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2018-203553
    • Filing Date
      2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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