NKG2D-CAR-transduced natural killer cells efficiently target multiple myeloma

CAR-T-cell therapy against MM currently shows promising results, but usually with serious toxicities. CAR-NK cells may exert less toxicity when redirected against resistant myeloma cells. CARs can be designed through the use of receptors, such as NKG2D, which recognizes a wide range of ligands to pr...

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Autores: Leivas, Alejandra, Valeri, Antonio, Córdoba, Laura, García-Ortiz, Almudena, Ortiz, Alejandra, Sánchez-Vega, Laura, Graña Castro, Osvaldo, Fernández, Lucía, Carreño-Tarragona, Gonzalo, Pérez, Manuel, Megías, Diego, Paciello, María Liz, Sánchez-Pina, José, Pérez Martínez, Antonio, Lee, Dean A., Powell, Daniel J., Río, Paula, Martínez-López, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/704997
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/704997
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00537-w
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cell Line, Tumor
Killer Cells, Natural
Mice, Inbred NOD
Multiple Myeloma
NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K
Medicina
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Sumario:CAR-T-cell therapy against MM currently shows promising results, but usually with serious toxicities. CAR-NK cells may exert less toxicity when redirected against resistant myeloma cells. CARs can be designed through the use of receptors, such as NKG2D, which recognizes a wide range of ligands to provide broad target specificity. Here, we test this approach by analyzing the antitumor activity of activated and expanded NK cells (NKAE) and CD45RA− T cells from MM patients that were engineered to express an NKG2D-based CAR. NKAE cells were cultured with irradiated Clone9.mbIL21 cells. Then, cells were transduced with an NKG2D-4-1BB-CD3z-CAR. CAR-NKAE cells exhibited no evidence of genetic abnormalities. Although memory T cells were more stably transduced, CAR-NKAE cells exhibited greater in vitro cytotoxicity against MM cells, while showing minimal activity against healthy cells. In vivo, CAR-NKAE cells mediated highly efficient abrogation of MM growth, and 25% of the treated mice remained disease free. Overall, these results demonstrate that it is feasible to modify autologous NKAE cells from MM patients to safely express a NKG2D-CAR. Additionally, autologous CAR-NKAE cells display enhanced antimyeloma activity demonstrating that they could be an effective strategy against MM supporting the development of NKG2D-CAR-NK-cell therapy for MM.