Precision Engineering of an Anti-HLA-A2 Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Regulatory T Cells for Transplant Immune Tolerance.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_273694CDA518
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Precision Engineering of an Anti-HLA-A2 Chimeric Antigen Receptor in Regulatory T Cells for Transplant Immune Tolerance.
Journal
Frontiers in immunology
Author(s)
Muller Y.D., Ferreira LMR, Ronin E., Ho P., Nguyen V., Faleo G., Zhou Y., Lee K., Leung K.K., Skartsis N., Kaul A.M., Mulder A., Claas FHJ, Wells J.A., Bluestone J.A., Tang Q.
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
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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Web of science
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01/11/2023 14:09
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13/04/2024 6:06
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