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dc.contributor.authorWernersbach, Jan-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T10:02:06Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-13T10:02:06Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9660-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Adoptive cellular therapy (ACT) with redirected T cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or transgenic T-cell-receptor (tTCR) has revolutionized cellular immunotherapy to hematological neoplasia, in particular to acute lymphoid leukemia, and also shows great promise as therapy for solid tumors. While CARs can only detect fully cell surface expressed target structures, TCR-mediated recognition is not limited to surface antigens, but covers processed tumor neoantigens derived from the whole proteome. However, mispairing of transgenic and endogenous TCRs and restriction to patient-derived, autologous T lymphocytes with variable “fitness” and T cell subsets due to individual health conditions and age of the patient exemplify the current limitations encountered in TCR-redirected ACT. The natural killer (NK) cell line NK92 elicits lytic activity comparable to T cells, has been approved by the FDA for ACT and shown not to cause graft-vs-host disease. Since NK cell redirection is currently limited to CARs, NK92 cells engineered to express a CD3/TCR or CD3/CD8/TCR complex might evolve as an attractive, standardized cellular source for off-the-shelf TCR- based ACT. Aims: Thus, the goal of this study was to explore NK92-CD3+ and NK92-CD3+CD8+ variants redirected to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and mdm-2 expressing tumor targets by expression of different reactive TCRs for antitumoral immunity in vitro. Methods: NK92CD3+cells (provided by Dr. C. Wölfel, III. Dept. of Med.) were further engineered to express human CD8. Upon viral gene transfer of optimized TCRs recognizing primary AML-blasts or EBV-BLCL from patient MZ580 (TCRs from CTL 5H11, 25F2 and 5B2) and the mdm-2 peptide (anti-mdm2 TCR) NK92 CD3+ and NK92CD3+CD8+ were expanded and enriched for >90% TCR expression (referred to as NK92TCR+). Additional expression profiling of checkpoint molecules (e.g. CD80/86, PD1/PDL1, NKG2A, TIM3, TIGIT) and NCRs was performed by FACS. IFN-γ release and cytolytic activity was tested by ELISpot and bioluminescence-based assays, respectively. Results: Upon coculture with MZ580 BLCL or mdm-2 expressing IM9 (myeloma) and mdm-2 peptide loaded HLA-A*02:01+ K562 targets NK92TCR+ cells elicited strong TCR-dependent IFN–γ release and cytotoxicity. This reactivity was greatly enhanced upon CD8 coexpression for TCR 5H11 and indispensable for the mdm-2 TCR clearly demonstrating CD8 coreceptor dependency for both TCRs. Cytolytic activity of 5H11 T cells and 5H11TCR+NK92 was comparable. Intriguingly, NK92TCR+ cells shifted to a more T cell-like phenotype and showed reduced NKp30-mediated killing of K562. First adoptive transfer studies of NK92TCR+ cells into a NSG-AML PDX model are in progress. Summary/Conclusion: These studies demonstrate that the established and FDA approved NK92 cell line can be redirected to elicit TCR-mediated antitumoral immunity to AML. NK92TCR+ cells might thus represent a promising universal tool for an ‘off-the-shelf’ ACT product. TCR-redirected NK92CD3+CD8+ cells elicit antitumoral immunity comparable to original cytotoxic T cell clones. Co-expression of CD8 broadens the spectrum of therapeutic TCRs applicable to adoptive NK92TCR+ cell therapy. Thus, TCR-redirected NK92 cells might represent a promising new tool for an ‘off-the-shelf’ ACT with limited off-target effects.en_GB
dc.language.isoengde
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dc.subject.ddc500 Naturwissenschaftende_DE
dc.subject.ddc500 Natural sciences and mathematicsen_GB
dc.subject.ddc570 Biowissenschaftende_DE
dc.subject.ddc570 Life sciencesen_GB
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizinde_DE
dc.subject.ddc610 Medical sciencesen_GB
dc.titleEvaluation of T-cell receptor reprogrammed natural killer cells as an "off the shelf" adoptive cellular immunotherapy against acute myeloid leukemiaen_GB
dc.titleEvaluation T-Zell-Rezeptor reprogrammierter Natürlicher Killerzellen für eine adoptive zelluläre ’off the shelf’ Immuntherapie bei akuter myeloischer Leukämiede_DE
dc.typeDissertationde
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hebis:77-openscience-561a62c0-e150-419a-9df6-da77b27653b61-
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9642-
jgu.type.dinitypedoctoralThesisen_GB
jgu.type.versionOriginal workde
jgu.type.resourceTextde
jgu.date.accepted2023-10-24-
jgu.description.extent124 Seiten ; Illustrationen, Diagrammede
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 04 Medizinde
jgu.organisation.number2700-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode500de
jgu.subject.ddccode570de
jgu.subject.ddccode610de
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485-
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