• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Receptor Affinity and Extracellular Domain Modifications Affect Tumor Recognition by ROR1-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells
  • Beteiligte: Hudecek, Michael; Lupo-Stanghellini, Maria-Teresa; Kosasih, Paula L.; Sommermeyer, Daniel; Jensen, Michael C.; Rader, Christoph; Riddell, Stanley R.
  • Erschienen: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2013
  • Erschienen in: Clinical Cancer Research
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-0330
  • ISSN: 1078-0432; 1557-3265
  • Schlagwörter: Cancer Research ; Oncology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Purpose: The adoptive transfer of T cells modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprised of an extracellular single-chain antibody (scFV) fragment specific for a tumor cell surface molecule, and linked to an intracellular signaling module, has activity in advanced malignancies. The receptor tyrosine kinase–like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) is a tumor-associated molecule expressed in prevalent B-lymphoid and epithelial cancers and is absent on normal mature B cells and vital tissues, making it a candidate for CAR T-cell therapy.</jats:p> <jats:p>Experimental Design: We constructed ROR1-CARs from scFVs with different affinities and containing extracellular IgG4-Fc spacer domains of different lengths, and evaluated the ability of T cells expressing each CAR to recognize ROR1+ hematopoietic and epithelial tumors in vitro, and to eliminate human mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) engrafted into immunodeficient mice.</jats:p> <jats:p>Results: ROR1-CARs containing a short “Hinge-only” extracellular spacer conferred superior lysis of ROR1+ tumor cells and induction of T-cell effector functions compared with CARs with long “Hinge-CH2-CH3” spacers. CARs derived from a higher affinity scFV conferred maximum T-cell effector function against primary CLL and ROR1+ epithelial cancer lines in vitro without inducing activation-induced T-cell death. T cells modified with an optimal ROR1-CAR were equivalently effective as CD19-CAR–modified T cells in mediating regression of JeKo-1 MCL in immunodeficient mice.</jats:p> <jats:p>Conclusions: Our results show that customizing spacer design and increasing affinity of ROR1-CARs enhances T-cell effector function and recognition of ROR1+ tumors. T cells modified with an optimized ROR1-CAR have significant antitumor efficacy in a preclinical model in vivo, suggesting they may be useful to treat ROR1+ tumors in clinical applications. Clin Cancer Res; 19(12); 3153–64. ©2013 AACR.</jats:p>
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