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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shaffer, Donald R.
• Savoldo, Barbara
• Yi, Zhongzhen
• Chow, Kevin K.H.
• Kakarla, Sunitha
• Spencer, David M.
• Dotti, Gianpietro
• Wu, Meng-Fen
• Liu, Hao
• Kenney, Shannon
• Gottschalk, Stephen

Titel

T cells redirected against CD70 for the immunotherapy of CD70-positive malignancies

Ist Teil von

• Blood, 2011-04, Vol.117 (16), p.4304-4314

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• T-cell therapy with genetically modified T cells targeting CD19 or CD20 holds promise for the immunotherapy of hematologic malignancies. These targets, however, are only present on B cell–derived malignancies, and because they are broadly expressed in the hematopoietic system, their targeting may have unwanted consequences. To expand T-cell therapies to hematologic malignancies that are not B cell–derived, we determined whether T cells can be redirected to CD70, an antigen expressed by limited subsets of normal lymphocytes and dendritic cells, but aberrantly expressed by a broad range of hematologic malignancies and some solid tumors. To generate CD70-specific T cells, we constructed a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) consisting of the CD70 receptor (CD27) fused to the CD3-ζ chain. Stimulation of T cells expressing CD70-specific CARs resulted in CD27 costimulation and recognition of CD70-positive tumor cell lines and primary tumor cells, as shown by IFN-γ and IL-2 secretion and by tumor cell killing. Adoptively transferred CD70-specific T cells induced sustained regression of established murine xenografts. Therefore, CD70-specific T cells may be a promising immunotherapeutic approach for CD70-positive malignancies.