Boucher Alexander, Anderson Courtney, Hinman Rochelle, Kindschuh Molly, Fung Jeremy, Wang Tiansu, Klooster Isabella, Kim Elise, Roth Caroline, Vander Oever Michael, Khan Bakhmala, Zelikson Natalie, Vagima Yaron, Saribasak Huseyin, Santry Lisa, Klapper Leah Natasha, Hess Shmuel, Mooney Jill, Bublik Débora Rosa, Laken Haley, Barzel Adi, Borden Philip, Plewa Cherylene, Chadbourne Ana Maria, Bridgen Devin, Nahmad Alessio D
ElevateBio, Waltham, MA, United States.
Tabby Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, United States.
Front Immunol. 2025 Jul 30;16:1621222. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1621222. eCollection 2025.
B cell engineering represents a promising therapeutic strategy that recapitulates adaptive immune functions, such as memory retention, antibody secretion and affinity maturation in murine models of viral infection. These mechanisms may be equally beneficial in oncology. Recent studies have linked endogenous anti-tumor B cell immunity to favorable prognosis across multiple malignancies. Here, we present functional validation of human B cells engineered to target tumor-associated membrane and intracellular antigens. We demonstrate that engineered B cells express therapeutically relevant membrane B cell receptors that are secreted as antibodies upon differentiation. Additionally, engineered B cells take up tumor-associated antigens and demonstrate potent antigen presentation capabilities, while their secreted antibodies activate T cell responses via immune complexes and induce tumor-directed cytotoxic responses. B cell engineering to target tumor-associated antigens may thus have utility as a novel modality for solid tumor therapy.
B细胞工程是一种很有前景的治疗策略,它在病毒感染的小鼠模型中重现了适应性免疫功能,如记忆保留、抗体分泌和亲和力成熟。这些机制在肿瘤学中可能同样有益。最近的研究已将内源性抗肿瘤B细胞免疫与多种恶性肿瘤的良好预后联系起来。在此,我们展示了经工程改造以靶向肿瘤相关膜抗原和细胞内抗原的人B细胞的功能验证。我们证明,经工程改造的B细胞表达具有治疗相关性的膜B细胞受体,这些受体在分化时会分泌为抗体。此外,经工程改造的B细胞摄取肿瘤相关抗原并表现出强大的抗原呈递能力,而它们分泌的抗体通过免疫复合物激活T细胞反应并诱导肿瘤定向细胞毒性反应。因此,靶向肿瘤相关抗原的B细胞工程可能作为实体瘤治疗的一种新方法具有实用性。
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