机构:[1]Department of Hematology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China血液科首都医科大学宣武医院[2]State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China[3]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China[4]Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China[5]Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, FL 32611, USA[6]Beijing Cord Blood Bank, Beijing100176, China
T cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) have been successfully applied to treat advanced refractory B cell malignancy. However, many challenges remain in extending its application toward the treatment of solid tumors. The immunosuppressive nature of tumor microenvironment is considered one of the key factors limiting CAR-T efficacy. One negative regulator of Tcell activity is lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3). We successfully generated LAG-3 knockout Tand CAR-T cells with high efficiency using CRISPR-Cas9 mediated gene editing and found that the viability and immune phenotype were not dramatically changed during in vitro culture. LAG-3 knockout CAR-T cells displayed robust antigen-specific antitumor activity in cell culture and in murine xenograft model, which is comparable to standard CAR-T cells. Our study demonstrates an efficient approach to silence immune checkpoint in CAR-T cells via gene editing.
基金:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31471215),
the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA01010409),
the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, No. 2015AA020307).
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Hematology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Department of Hematology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China[2]State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China[3]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China[5]Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, FL 32611, USA
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Yongping Zhang,Xingying Zhang,Chen Cheng,et al.CRISPR-Cas9 mediated LAG-3 disruption in CAR-T cells[J].FRONTIERS OF MEDICINE.2017,11(4):554-562.doi:10.1007/s11684-017-0543-6.
APA:
Yongping Zhang,Xingying Zhang,Chen Cheng,Wei Mu,Xiaojuan Liu...&Haoyi Wang.(2017).CRISPR-Cas9 mediated LAG-3 disruption in CAR-T cells.FRONTIERS OF MEDICINE,11,(4)
MLA:
Yongping Zhang,et al."CRISPR-Cas9 mediated LAG-3 disruption in CAR-T cells".FRONTIERS OF MEDICINE 11..4(2017):554-562