Precision Engineering of an Anti-HLA-A2 Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Regulatory T Cells for Transplant Immune Tolerance.
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serval:BIB_273694CDA518
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Precision Engineering of an Anti-HLA-A2 Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Regulatory T Cells for Transplant Immune Tolerance.
Journal
Frontiers in immunology
ISSN
1664-3224 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1664-3224
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Pages
686439
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Infusion of regulatory T cells (Tregs) engineered with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting donor-derived human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is a promising strategy to promote transplant tolerance. Here, we describe an anti-HLA-A2 CAR (A2-CAR) generated by grafting the complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of a human monoclonal anti-HLA-A2 antibody into the framework regions of the Herceptin 4D5 single-chain variable fragment and fusing it with a CD28-ζ signaling domain. The CDR-grafted A2-CAR maintained the specificity of the original antibody. We then generated HLA-A2 mono-specific human CAR Tregs either by deleting the endogenous T-cell receptor (TCR) via CRISPR/Cas9 and introducing the A2-CAR using lentiviral transduction or by directly integrating the CAR construct into the TCR alpha constant locus using homology-directed repair. These A2-CAR <sup>+</sup> TCR <sup>deficient</sup> human Tregs maintained both Treg phenotype and function in vitro. Moreover, they selectively accumulated in HLA-A2-expressing islets transplanted from either HLA-A2 transgenic mice or deceased human donors. A2-CAR <sup>+</sup> TCR <sup>deficient</sup> Tregs did not impair the function of these HLA-A2 <sup>+</sup> islets, whereas similarly engineered A2-CAR <sup>+</sup> TCR <sup>deficient</sup> CD4 <sup>+</sup> conventional T cells rejected the islets in less than 2 weeks. A2-CAR <sup>+</sup> TCR <sup>deficient</sup> Tregs delayed graft-versus-host disease only in the presence of HLA-A2, expressed either by co-transferred peripheral blood mononuclear cells or by the recipient mice. Altogether, we demonstrate that genome-engineered mono-antigen-specific A2-CAR Tregs localize to HLA-A2-expressing grafts and exhibit antigen-dependent in vivo suppression, independent of TCR expression. These approaches may be applied towards developing precision Treg cell therapies for transplant tolerance.
Keywords
Animals, Antibodies/metabolism, Cell Engineering, Female, Graft vs Host Disease/immunology, Graft vs Host Disease/metabolism, HLA-A2 Antigen/immunology, Humans, Immunotherapy, Adoptive, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred NOD, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism, Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/genetics, Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/transplantation, Transplantation Tolerance, HLA, Treg, chimeric antigen receptor, genome editing, humanized mouse model, immune tolerance, regulatory T cells, transplantation
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