Lentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Sci Transl Med. 2021 Mar 24;13(586). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abc6401.
A substantial number of patients with leukemia and lymphoma treated with anti-CD19 or anti-CD22 monoCAR-T cell therapy relapse because of antigen loss or down-regulation. We hypothesized that B cell tumor antigen escape may be overcome by a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) design that simultaneously targets three B cell leukemia antigens. We engineered trispecific duoCAR-T cells with lentiviral vectors encoding two CAR open reading frames that target CD19, CD20, and CD22. The duoCARs were composed of a CAR with a tandem CD19- and CD20-targeting binder, linked by the P2A self-cleaving peptide to a second CAR targeting CD22. Multiple combinations of intracellular T cell signaling motifs were evaluated. The most potent duoCAR architectures included those with ICOS, OX40, or CD27 signaling domains rather than those from CD28 or 4-1BB. We identified four optimal binder and signaling combinations that potently rejected xenografted leukemia and lymphoma tumors in vivo. Moreover, in mice bearing a mixture of B cell lymphoma lines composed of parental triple-positive cells, CD19-negative, CD20-negative, and CD22-negative variants, only the trispecific duoCAR-T cells rapidly and efficiently rejected the tumors. Each of the monoCAR-T cells failed to prevent tumor progression. Analysis of intracellular signaling profiles demonstrates that the distinct signaling of the intracellular domains used may contribute to these differential effects. Multispecific duoCAR-T cells are a promising strategy to prevent antigen loss-mediated relapse or the down-regulation of target antigen in patients with B cell malignancies.
大量接受抗 CD19 或抗 CD22 单克隆 CAR-T 细胞治疗的白血病和淋巴瘤患者因抗原丢失或下调而复发。我们假设,通过同时针对三种 B 细胞白血病抗原的嵌合抗原受体(CAR)设计可以克服 B 细胞肿瘤抗原逃逸。我们使用慢病毒载体工程构建了三特异性双 CAR-T 细胞,该载体编码两个靶向 CD19、CD20 和 CD22 的 CAR 开放阅读框。双 CAR 由一个具有串联 CD19 和 CD20 靶向结合物的 CAR 组成,通过 P2A 自我切割肽与靶向 CD22 的第二个 CAR 连接。评估了多种细胞内 T 细胞信号传导基序的组合。最有效的双 CAR 结构包括具有 ICOS、OX40 或 CD27 信号结构域的结构,而不是具有 CD28 或 4-1BB 的结构。我们确定了四个最佳的结合物和信号组合,这些组合在体内有力地排斥了异种移植的白血病和淋巴瘤肿瘤。此外,在携带由亲本三阳性细胞、CD19 阴性、CD20 阴性和 CD22 阴性变体组成的混合 B 细胞淋巴瘤系的小鼠中,只有三特异性双 CAR-T 细胞能够迅速有效地排斥肿瘤。每种单 CAR-T 细胞都未能阻止肿瘤进展。细胞内信号转导谱分析表明,所用细胞内结构域的不同信号传导可能有助于这些差异效应。多特异性双 CAR-T 细胞是预防 B 细胞恶性肿瘤中抗原丢失介导的复发或靶抗原下调的一种很有前途的策略。
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