TCRγ4δ1-Engineered αβT Cells Exhibit Effective Antitumor Activity
TCRγ4δ1-Engineered αβT Cells Exhibit Effective Antitumor Activity
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TCR gamma 4 delta 1-工程化 alpha beta T 细胞表现出有效的抗肿瘤活性
DOI:
10.2119/molmed.2016.00023
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
He, Wei
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作者:
He, Kangxia;You, Hongqin;He, Wei
T cell engineering with T cell receptors (TCRs) specific for tumors plays an important role in adoptive T cell transfer (ATC) therapy for cancer. Here, we present a novel strategy to redirect peripheral blood-derived alpha beta T cells against tumors via TCR gamma 4 delta 1 gene transduction. The broad-spectrum antitumor activity of TCR delta 1 cells in innate immunity is dependent on CDR3 delta 1. TCR gamma 4 delta 1-engineered alpha beta T cells were prepared by lentiviral transduction and characterized by analyzing in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity to tumors, ability of proliferation and cytokine production, and potential role in autoimmunity. Results show that TCR gamma 4 delta 1 genes were transduced to approximately 36% of polyclonal alpha beta T cells. TCR gamma 4 delta 1-engineered alpha beta T cells exhibited effective in vitro TCR gamma delta-dependent cytotoxicity against various tumor cells via the perforin-granzyme pathway. They also showed a strong proliferative capacity and robust cytokine production. TCR gamma 4 delta 1-engineered alpha beta T cells neither expressed mixed TCR dimers nor bound/killed normal cells in vitro. More important, adoptive transfer of TCR gamma 4 delta 1-engineered alpha beta T cells into nude mice bearing a human HepG2 cell line significantly suppressed tumor growth. Our results demonstrate a novel role for TCR gamma 4 delta 1 in gene therapy and ATC for cancer.