Figure 3.

Heat-inactivated mxyoma virus (MXYV) is not sufficient to improve the immunological status of tumors. (A) Schematic diagram of experimental design. C57/B6 mice were injected subcutaneously with B16/F10 cells. Once tumors reached ~25 mm², animals were either mock treated or treated with three intratumorous injections of either a high dose (1×10⁶ foci forming units (FFU)) or low dose (1×10⁴ FFU) of live or heat-inactivated MYXV (n=5/group). Tumors were harvested 8 days after initiation of treatment for analysis. (B) Quantitation of infectious virus in each tumor. Data are normalized to tumor mass and displayed as FFU/gram tissue. (C) Abundance of total CD45⁺ cells, CD8⁺ T cells, or CD4⁺ T cells within tumors treated as indicated measured by flow cytometry. (D) Abundance of the T-cell effector molecule interferon-γ within tumors treated as indicated measured by ELISA. Statistical significance was determined using unpaired Student’s t-test (*p<0.05, **p<0.01). IFNg, interferon gamma.