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Abstract

Oncolytic Viral Therapy with Gravity Approaching Zero to Ameliorate Glioblastoma Multiforme †

by
Tarek Elshourbagy
1,2,* and
James Robert Brašić
3,4,5
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA
2
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11591, Egypt
3
Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
4
Department of Psychiatry, New York City Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, New York, NY 10016, USA
5
Section of High-Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Presented at the 4th International Electronic Conference on Cancers, 6–8 March 2024; Available online: https://sciforum.net/event/IECC2024.
Proceedings 2024, 100(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024100024
Published: 27 March 2024
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 4th International Electronic Conference on Cancers)
Abstract: 
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common aggressive malignant primary brain tumor, afflicting approximately 3 in every 100,000 persons in the United States, with an incidence rate that is 1.6 times higher in males compared to females. Arising from the neural and/or glial progenitor/stem cells, GBM is commonly located in the supratentorial cortical region affecting the frontal lobes. The rapid local growth and spread of GBM leads to a dismal prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of 6.9%, despite multiple therapeutic interventions, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. To overcome the challenge to develop curative treatments of GBM, several promising experimental methods (gene therapy, immune therapy, oncolytic viral therapy, and simulated microgravity therapy) are under investigation. Potentially beneficial effects of microgravity on GBM include (A) the repression of survival signaling pathways, (B) the induction of the apoptosis of cancerous cells, and (C) the blocking of spherical colony formation and cellular proliferation via the downregulation of ataxia telangiectasia mutated/ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATM/ATR) and cyclin-dependent kinase 1/2 (CDK1/2) proteins to block cellular phase 2 to progress to G2. Our hypothesized combination of oncolytic viral therapy using an autonomous rat parvovirus H1 with simulated microgravity utilizing the potentially beneficial effects of microgravity on tumor cells (decreased cell proliferation, disrupted mitochondrial functions, and the induction of apoptosis) [1] was limited using simulated microgravity on earth. We now propose to conduct similar investigations on space stations where gravity approaches zero. We hypothesize that oncolytic viral therapy in space without gravity will (A) lyse tumor cells through the induction of apoptosis, decreased cell proliferation, and the induction of an immune response, and (B) constitute the foundation of potentially curative treatments of GBM.

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Author Contributions

Conceptualization, T.E. and J.R.B.; methodology, T.E. and J.R.B.; software, T.E.; validation, T.E. and J.R.B.; formal analysis, T.E.; investigation, T.E.; resources, T.E. and J.R.B.; data curation, T.E. and J.R.B.; writing—original draft preparation, T.E.; writing—review and editing, T.E. and J.R.B.; visualization, T.E. and J.R.B.; supervision, T.E. and J.R.B.; project administration, T.E. and J.R.B.; funding acquisition, T.E. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

All data is included in this article.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Reference

  1. Elshourbagy, T.; Brašić, J.R. Amelioration of glioblastoma multiforme via the combination of simulated microgravity and oncolytic viral therapy. Med. Sci. Forum 2023, 20, 9. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Elshourbagy, T.; Brašić, J.R. Oncolytic Viral Therapy with Gravity Approaching Zero to Ameliorate Glioblastoma Multiforme. Proceedings 2024, 100, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024100024

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Elshourbagy T, Brašić JR. Oncolytic Viral Therapy with Gravity Approaching Zero to Ameliorate Glioblastoma Multiforme. Proceedings. 2024; 100(1):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024100024

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Elshourbagy, Tarek, and James Robert Brašić. 2024. "Oncolytic Viral Therapy with Gravity Approaching Zero to Ameliorate Glioblastoma Multiforme" Proceedings 100, no. 1: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024100024

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