AKT inhibition generates potent polyfunctional clinical grade AUTO1 CAR T-cells, enhancing function and survival

Autor: Harry Dolstra, Claire Roddie, Martin A Pule, Vedika Mehra, Giulia Agliardi, Juliana Dias Alves Pinto, Manar S Shafat, Amaia Cadinanos Garai, Louisa Green, Alastair Hotblack, Fred Arce Vargas, Karl S Peggs, Anniek B van der Waart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Vol 11, Iss 9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2051-1426
DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-007002
Popis: Background AUTO1 is a fast off-rate CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), which has been successfully tested in adult lymphoblastic leukemia. Tscm/Tcm-enriched CAR-T populations confer the best expansion and persistence, but Tscm/Tcm numbers are poor in heavily pretreated adult patients. To improve this, we evaluate the use of AKT inhibitor (VIII) with the aim of uncoupling T-cell expansion from differentiation, to enrich Tscm/Tcm subsets.Methods VIII was incorporated into the AUTO1 manufacturing process based on the semiautomated the CliniMACS Prodigy platform at both small and cGMP scale.Results AUTO1 manufactured with VIII showed Tscm/Tcm enrichment, improved expansion and cytotoxicity in vitro and superior antitumor activity in vivo. Further, VIII induced AUTO1 Th1/Th17 skewing, increased polyfunctionality, and conferred a unique metabolic profile and a novel signature for autophagy to support enhanced expansion and cytotoxicity. We show that VIII-cultured AUTO1 products from B-ALL patients on the ALLCAR19 study possess superior phenotype, metabolism, and function than parallel control products and that VIII-based manufacture is scalable to cGMP.Conclusion Ultimately, AUTO1 generated with VIII may begin to overcome the product specific factors contributing to CD19+relapse.
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