T lymphocytes engineered to express a CD16-chimeric antigen receptor redirect T-cell immune responses against immunoglobulin G-opsonized target cells
T lymphocytes engineered to express a CD16-chimeric antigen receptor redirect T-cell immune responses against immunoglobulin G-opsonized target cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.10.014
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发表时间:
2016-02-01
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Alimandi, Maurizio
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作者:
D'Aloia, Maria Michela;Caratelli, Sara;Alimandi, Maurizio
Background aims. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) designed for adoptive immunotherapy need to achieve two functions: antigen recognition and triggering of the lytic machinery of reprogrammed effector cells. Cytotoxic T cells have been engineered with Fc gamma RIII (CD16) chimeric molecules to be redirected against malignant cells by monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). These cells have been proven to mediate granule-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, but it is not clear whether they can also kill malignant cells by a granule-independent mechanism of cell cytotoxicity. Methods. We engineered a CD16A-CAR equipped with the extracellular CD16A, the hinge spacer and the transmembrane region of CD8, and the zeta-chain of the T-cell receptor/CD3 complex in tandem with the CD28 co-stimulatory signal transducer module. The CD16A-CAR was expressed and functionally tested in the MD45 cell line, a murine T-cell hybridoma with a defective granular exocytosis pathway but capable of killing target cells by a Fas ligand mediated lysis. Results. Our results indicate that in vitro cross-linking of CD16A-CAR on MD45 cells by the Fc fragment of mAb opsonized tumor cells induced interleukin-2 release and granule-independent cellular cytotoxicity. Conclusions. We conclude that strategies aimed to implement the therapeutic functions of mAbs used in the clinic with T-dependent immune responses driven by engineered T cells expressing Fc gamma R-CAR can boost the antitumor efficacy of mAbs used in the clinic.