Yi Tang, E Qinzhi, Liang Ma, Xuetao Li, Yang Zhang, Weichao Wang, Zuoyu Jiang, Xuewen Zhang, Yingbo Hou, Juwei Du, Yang Zhu, Hanmiao Dong, Yeyang Xu, Tian Ting, Longxin Cheng, Qibin Ma, Jian Li, Guoqing Zhou, Yulun Huang
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains therapeutically challenging due to treatment resistance and immunosuppression. Oncolytic virotherapy offers a promising strategy. This study engineered OVV-03, a novel HER2-armed oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), and evaluated its efficacy against GBM. OVV-03 demonstrated potent infectivity and cytotoxicity in GBM cell lines and patient-derived cells, inducing caspase-dependent apoptosis and suppressing proliferation/clonogenicity. In murine GBM models, OVV-03 significantly suppressed tumor growth, improved survival, and enhanced CD8⁺ T cell infiltration. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed OVV-03 remodels the tumor immune microenvironment by boosting cytotoxic T cell activity and inhibiting immunosuppressive pathways, notably PD-L1/PD-1 signaling. Mechanistically, OVV-03 downregulated PD-L1 by inhibiting the JNK–c-Fos/c-Jun axis, reversible by TNF-α stimulation. Critically, OVV-03 synergized with B7H3- or HER2-targeted CAR-T cells, inducing superior tumor regression and prolonged survival in orthotopic models. These findings demonstrate that OVV-03 exerts potent antitumor effects through direct oncolysis and immune activation, including PD-L1 modulation. Its synergistic combination with CAR-T cells highlights OVV-03 as a highly promising oncolytic immunovirotherapy platform for GBM.