Base-Edited CAR7 T Cells for Relapsed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Adolescent
Child
Female
Humans
Antigens, CD19
Antigens, CD7
CD52 Antigen
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
/ adverse effects
Immunotherapy, Adoptive
/ adverse effects
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
/ genetics
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
/ genetics
Recurrence
Stem Cell Transplantation
T-Lymphocytes
Journal
The New England journal of medicine
ISSN: 1533-4406
Titre abrégé: N Engl J Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0255562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Sep 2023
07 Sep 2023
Historique:
medline:
8
9
2023
pubmed:
14
6
2023
entrez:
14
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cytidine deamination that is guided by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) can mediate a highly precise conversion of one nucleotide into another - specifically, cytosine to thymine - without generating breaks in DNA. Thus, genes can be base-edited and rendered inactive without inducing translocations and other chromosomal aberrations. The use of this technique in patients with relapsed childhood T-cell leukemia is being investigated. We used base editing to generate universal, off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Healthy volunteer donor T cells were transduced with the use of a lentivirus to express a CAR with specificity for CD7 (CAR7), a protein that is expressed in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We then used base editing to inactivate three genes encoding CD52 and CD7 receptors and the β chain of the αβ T-cell receptor to evade lymphodepleting serotherapy, CAR7 T-cell fratricide, and graft-versus-host disease, respectively. We investigated the safety of these edited cells in three children with relapsed leukemia. The first patient, a 13-year-old girl who had relapsed T-cell ALL after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation, had molecular remission within 28 days after infusion of a single dose of base-edited CAR7 (BE-CAR7). She then received a reduced-intensity (nonmyeloablative) allogeneic stem-cell transplant from her original donor, with successful immunologic reconstitution and ongoing leukemic remission. BE-CAR7 cells from the same bank showed potent activity in two other patients, and although fatal fungal complications developed in one patient, the other patient underwent allogeneic stem-cell transplantation while in remission. Serious adverse events included cytokine release syndrome, multilineage cytopenia, and opportunistic infections. The interim results of this phase 1 study support further investigation of base-edited T cells for patients with relapsed leukemia and indicate the anticipated risks of immunotherapy-related complications. (Funded by the Medical Research Council and others; ISRCTN number, ISRCTN15323014.).
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Cytidine deamination that is guided by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) can mediate a highly precise conversion of one nucleotide into another - specifically, cytosine to thymine - without generating breaks in DNA. Thus, genes can be base-edited and rendered inactive without inducing translocations and other chromosomal aberrations. The use of this technique in patients with relapsed childhood T-cell leukemia is being investigated.
METHODS
METHODS
We used base editing to generate universal, off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Healthy volunteer donor T cells were transduced with the use of a lentivirus to express a CAR with specificity for CD7 (CAR7), a protein that is expressed in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We then used base editing to inactivate three genes encoding CD52 and CD7 receptors and the β chain of the αβ T-cell receptor to evade lymphodepleting serotherapy, CAR7 T-cell fratricide, and graft-versus-host disease, respectively. We investigated the safety of these edited cells in three children with relapsed leukemia.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The first patient, a 13-year-old girl who had relapsed T-cell ALL after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation, had molecular remission within 28 days after infusion of a single dose of base-edited CAR7 (BE-CAR7). She then received a reduced-intensity (nonmyeloablative) allogeneic stem-cell transplant from her original donor, with successful immunologic reconstitution and ongoing leukemic remission. BE-CAR7 cells from the same bank showed potent activity in two other patients, and although fatal fungal complications developed in one patient, the other patient underwent allogeneic stem-cell transplantation while in remission. Serious adverse events included cytokine release syndrome, multilineage cytopenia, and opportunistic infections.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The interim results of this phase 1 study support further investigation of base-edited T cells for patients with relapsed leukemia and indicate the anticipated risks of immunotherapy-related complications. (Funded by the Medical Research Council and others; ISRCTN number, ISRCTN15323014.).
Identifiants
pubmed: 37314354
doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2300709
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antigens, CD19
0
Antigens, CD7
0
CD52 Antigen
0
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
0
Banques de données
ISRCTN
['ISRCTN15323014']
Types de publication
Case Reports
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
899-910Investigateurs
Waseem Qasim
(W)
Christos Georgiadis
(C)
Giorgio Ottaviano
(G)
Hong Zhan
(H)
Annie Etuk
(A)
Syed Farhatullah
(S)
Roland Preece
(R)
Toni Braybrook
(T)
Hala Aldahshan
(H)
Ayad Eddaoudi
(A)
Avijeet Mishra
(A)
Jesmina James
(J)
Kimberly Gilmour
(K)
Arnold Aawuah
(A)
Rebecca Thomas
(R)
Stuart Adams
(S)
Lana Mhaldien
(L)
Soragia Gkazi
(S)
Agnieszka Kubat
(A)
Attia Hasnain
(A)
Barry Flutter
(B)
Ilaria Schena
(I)
Batoul Ahmed
(B)
Danielle Pinner
(D)
Jan Chu
(J)
Lindsey Williams
(L)
Ka-Yuk Ko
(KY)
Persis Amrolia
(P)
Kanchan Rao
(K)
Robert Chiesa
(R)
Paul Veys
(P)
Juliana Silva
(J)
Giovanna Lucchini
(G)
Arina Lazareva
(A)
Milena Balasch Carulla
(M)
Khushnuma Mullanfiroze
(K)
Susan Staddon
(S)
Rebecca O'Neill
(R)
Philip Ancliff
(P)
David O'Conner
(D)
Sara Ghorashian
(S)
Sujith Samarasinghe
(S)
Anupama Rao
(A)
Ajay Vora
(A)
Jack Bartram
(J)
Vesna Pavasovic
(V)
Danny Cheng
(D)
Sabine Domning
(S)
Farzin Farzaneh
(F)
Martin Sauer
(M)
Axel Schambach
(A)
Michael Heuser
(M)
Arnold Kloos
(A)
James Boot
(J)
Eva Wozniak
(E)
Charlse A Mien
(CA)
Kaljit Bhuller
(K)
Katharine Patrick
(K)
Amrana Qureshi
(A)
Daniel Steinbach
(D)
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