Tonic 4-1BB Costimulation in Chimeric Antigen Receptors Impedes T Cell Survival and Is Vector-Dependent

Autor: Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Malcolm K. Brenner, Malini Mukherjee, Jordan S. Orange, Cliona M. Rooney, Giedre Krenciute, Diogo Gomes-Silva, Olga Dakhova, Yueting Zheng, Maksim Mamonkin, Madhuwanti Srinivasan
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Programmed cell death
adoptive T cell therapy
Cell Survival
T-Lymphocytes
T cell
Genetic Vectors
Mutant Chimeric Proteins
Receptors
Antigen
T-Cell

T cells
Biology
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Article
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

4-1BB
Tonic (physiology)
Viral vector
Mice
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily
Member 9

03 medical and health sciences
Antigens
Neoplasm

Mice
Inbred NOD

medicine
Animals
Humans
Leukemia-Lymphoma
Adult T-Cell

fas Receptor
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Positive feedback
Cell Death
chimeric antigen receptor
Gene Expression Regulation
Leukemic

Lentivirus
NF-kappa B
Long terminal repeat
Chimeric antigen receptor
Cell biology
4-1BB Ligand
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
costimulation
lcsh:Biology (General)
Immunology
Gammaretrovirus
human activities
Neoplasm Transplantation
Signal Transduction
Zdroj: Cell Reports, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 17-26 (2017)
ISSN: 2211-1247
Popis: Summary Antigen-independent tonic signaling by chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) can increase differentiation and exhaustion of T cells, limiting their potency. Incorporating 4-1BB costimulation in CARs may enable T cells to resist this functional exhaustion; however, the potential ramifications of tonic 4-1BB signaling in CAR T cells remain unclear. Here, we found that tonic CAR-derived 4-1BB signaling can produce toxicity in T cells via continuous TRAF2-dependent activation of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) pathway and augmented FAS-dependent cell death. This mechanism was amplified in a non-self-inactivating gammaretroviral vector through positive feedback on the long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter, further enhancing CAR expression and tonic signaling. Attenuating CAR expression by substitution with a self-inactivating lentiviral vector minimized tonic signaling and improved T cell expansion and anti-tumor function. These studies illuminate the interaction between tonic CAR signaling and the chosen expression platform and identify inhibitory properties of the 4-1BB costimulatory domain that have direct implications for rational CAR design.
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