Strategies to Address Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tonic Signaling.
Strategies to Address Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tonic Signaling.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-17-1097
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发表时间:
2018-09
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Maher J
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作者:
Ajina A;Maher J
Adoptive cell transfer using chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) has emerged as one of the most promising new therapeutic modalities for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. Thus far, results in patients with advanced solid tumours have proven disappointing. Constitutive tonic signalling in the absence of ligand is an increasingly recognised complication when deploying these synthetic fusion receptors and can be a cause of poor anti-tumour efficacy, impaired survival and reduced persistence in vivo. In parallel, ligand-dependent tonic signalling can mediate toxicity and promote T-cell anergy, exhaustion and activation-induced cell death. Here, we review the mechanisms underpinning CAR tonic signalling and highlight the wide variety of effects that can emerge after making subtle structural changes or altering the methodology of CAR transduction. We highlight strategies to prevent unconstrained tonic signalling and address its deleterious consequences. We also frame this phenomenon in the context of endogenous TCR tonic signalling, which has been shown to regulate peripheral tolerance and facilitate the targeting of foreign antigens and suggest opportunities to co-opt ligand-dependent CAR tonic signalling in order to facilitate in vivo persistence and efficacy.