Immune response markers following combination treatment with oncolytic adenovirus AMUN-003 and immune checkpoint inhibitors in a murine model of triple negative breast cancer (AACR 2023)
The “Triplet” combination of AMUN-003, anti-PD1 and anti-CTLA-4 antibodies was associated with decrease of poor prognosis biomarkers in serum: TGF-β1: Triplet p< 0.001, ICIs p<0.01, AMUN-003 p< 0.05; IL-27p28/IL-30: Triplet and ICIs p< 0.05; IL-1β: Triplet, AMUN-003, ICIs, and AMUN-003+anti-CTLA-4 p< 0.05; TNF-α: Triplet p< 0.01, ICIs p<0.05, and increase of immune stimulatory IFN-γ: Triplet p<0.01 (all compared to the buffer). In lung tissue, no significant changes in cytokine/chemokine expression were detected, however Granzyme B levels were significantly increased in Triplet: p< 0.05. In spleen, we detected increased cytokine expression (IL-2: Triplet, anti-CTLA-4, AMUN-003+anti-PD-1 p< 0.05; IL-4: Triplet p< 0.001, AMUN-003+anti-PD-1, AMUN-003+anti-CTLA-4: p< 0.01).