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Karches, C.H.* ; Benmebarek, M.R.* ; Schmidbauer, M.L.* ; Kurzay, M.* ; Klaus, R.* ; Geiger, M.* ; Rataj, F.* ; Cadilha, B.L.* ; Lesch, S.* ; Heise, C.* ; Murr, R.* ; vom Berg, J.* ; Jastroch, M. ; Lamp, D. ; Ding, J.* ; Duewell, P.* ; Niederfellner, G.* ; Sustmann, C.* ; Endres, S.* ; Klein, C.* ; Kobold, S.*

Bispecific antibodies enable synthetic agonistic receptor-transduced T cells for tumor immunotherapy.

Clin. Cancer Res. 25, 5890-5900 (2019)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
Purpose: Genetically engineered T cells are powerful anticancer treatments but are limited by safety and specificity issues. We herein describe an MHC-unrestricted modular platform combining autologous T cells, transduced with a targetable synthetic agonistic receptor (SAR), with bispecific antibodies (BiAb) that specifically recruit and activate T cells for tumor killing.Experimental Design: BiAbs of different formats were generated by recombinant expression. T cells were retrovirally transduced with SARs. T-cell activation, proliferation, differentiation, and T-cell-induced lysis were characterized in three murine and human tumor models in vitro and in vivo.Results: Murine T cells transduced with SAR composed of an extracellular domain EGFRvIII fused to CD28 and CD3 zeta signaling domains could be specifically recruited toward murine tumor cells expressing EpCAM by anti-EGFRvIII x anti-EpCAM BiAb. BiAb induced selective antigen-dependent activation, proliferation of SAR T cells, and redirected tumor cell lysis. Selectivity was dependent on the monovalency of the antibody for EGFRvIII. We identified FAS ligand as a major mediator of killing utilized by the T cells. Similarly, human SAR T cells could be specifically redirected toward mesothelin-expressing human pancreatic cancer cells. In vivo, treatment with SAR T cells and BiAb mediated antitumoral activity in three human pancreatic cancer cell xenograft models. Importantly, SAR activity, unlike CAR activity, was reversible in vitro and in vivo.Conclusions: We describe a novel ACT platform with antitumor activity inmurine and human tumor models with a distinct mode of action that combines adoptive T-cell therapy with bispecific antibodies.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords B-cell; Cancer; Lymphocytes; Cd19; Leukemia; Promote; Cd95
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1078-0432
e-ISSN 1557-3265
Journal Clinical Cancer Research
Quellenangaben Volume: 25, Issue: 19, Pages: 5890-5900 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Publishing Place 615 Chestnut St, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pa 19106-4404 Usa
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (IDO)