CAR T cells outperform CAR NK cells in CAR-mediated effector functions in head-to-head comparison.

Adoptive cell therapy Allogeneic Autologous Chimeric antigen receptor Cytotoxicity Human NK cells Human T cells IFN-γ

Journal

Experimental hematology & oncology
ISSN: 2162-3619
Titre abrégé: Exp Hematol Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101590676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 May 2024
Historique:
received: 29 10 2023
accepted: 08 05 2024
medline: 15 5 2024
pubmed: 15 5 2024
entrez: 14 5 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

CAR NK cells as vehicles for engineered "off-the-shelf" cellular cancer immunotherapy have attracted significant interest. Nonetheless, a comprehensive comparative assessment of the anticancer activity of CAR T cells and CAR NK cells carrying approved benchmark anti-CD19 CAR constructs is missing. Here, we report a direct head-to-head comparison of CD19-directed human T and NK cells. We generated CAR T and CAR NK cells derived from healthy donor PBMC by retroviral transduction with the same benchmark second-generation anti-CD19 CAR construct, FMC63.28z. We investigated IFN-γ secretion and direct cytotoxicity in vitro against various CD19 Our main findings are a drastically reduced capacity for CAR-mediated IFN-γ production and lower CAR-mediated cytotoxicity of CAR NK cells relative to CAR T cells in vitro. Consistent with these in vitro findings, we report superior anticancer activity of autologous CAR T cells compared with allogeneic CAR NK cells in vivo. CAR T cells had significantly higher CAR-mediated effector functions than CAR NK cells in vitro against several cancer cell lines and autologous CAR T cells outperformed allogeneic CAR NK cells both in vitro and in vivo. CAR NK cells will likely benefit from further engineering to enhance anticancer activity to ultimately fulfill the promise of an effective off-the-shelf product.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
CAR NK cells as vehicles for engineered "off-the-shelf" cellular cancer immunotherapy have attracted significant interest. Nonetheless, a comprehensive comparative assessment of the anticancer activity of CAR T cells and CAR NK cells carrying approved benchmark anti-CD19 CAR constructs is missing. Here, we report a direct head-to-head comparison of CD19-directed human T and NK cells.
METHODS METHODS
We generated CAR T and CAR NK cells derived from healthy donor PBMC by retroviral transduction with the same benchmark second-generation anti-CD19 CAR construct, FMC63.28z. We investigated IFN-γ secretion and direct cytotoxicity in vitro against various CD19
RESULTS RESULTS
Our main findings are a drastically reduced capacity for CAR-mediated IFN-γ production and lower CAR-mediated cytotoxicity of CAR NK cells relative to CAR T cells in vitro. Consistent with these in vitro findings, we report superior anticancer activity of autologous CAR T cells compared with allogeneic CAR NK cells in vivo.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
CAR T cells had significantly higher CAR-mediated effector functions than CAR NK cells in vitro against several cancer cell lines and autologous CAR T cells outperformed allogeneic CAR NK cells both in vitro and in vivo. CAR NK cells will likely benefit from further engineering to enhance anticancer activity to ultimately fulfill the promise of an effective off-the-shelf product.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38745250
doi: 10.1186/s40164-024-00522-6
pii: 10.1186/s40164-024-00522-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

51

Subventions

Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : 415801544
Organisme : Krebsliga Schweiz
ID : KFS-4371-02-2018

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Lukas Egli (L)

Cellular Immunotherapy, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.

Meike Kaulfuss (M)

Cellular Immunotherapy, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.

Juliane Mietz (J)

Cellular Immunotherapy, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.

Arianna Picozzi (A)

Cellular Immunotherapy, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.

Els Verhoeyen (E)

International Center for Infectiology, research team Enveloped Viruses, Vectors and Innate Responses, Institut national de la Santé et de la recherche médicale, unité 1111, Unité mixte de recherche 5308, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
Université Côte d'Azur, Institut National de La Santé Et de La Recherche Médicale, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, Nice, France.

Christian Münz (C)

Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Obinna Chijioke (O)

Cellular Immunotherapy, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland. chijioke@immunology.uzh.ch.
Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. chijioke@immunology.uzh.ch.

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