Figure 7.
Local and abscopal effects of intratumoral Toxoplasma gondii ΔGRA17 plus programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) blockade. (A) Schematic of treatment regimen and timeline for mice inoculated with B16-F10 cells. (B) Bioluminescence monitoring of B16-F10-Luc cells in live mice at days 10, 15, and 20. (C) Mice that achieved complete regression against B16-F10 for about 3 months after treatment with ΔGRA17 and/or PD-L1 blockade and age-matched treatment-naive mice were subcutaneously inoculated with B16-F10 cells. Tumor growth for individual mice is shown (n=8 mice/group). (D) Survival of B16-F10 rechallenged mice which achieved complete regression of melanoma after treatment. (E) Mice that achieved complete regression against B16-F10 rechallenge after treatment with ΔGRA17 in local and abscopal tumor models. The survival of tumor-bearing mice (n=8 mice/group) was presented as Kaplan-Meier plots and tested for significance using log-rank tests. Student’s t-test, ***p<0.001 compared with the indicated control.