National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R35GM133598
United States
Citation
Journal: J Am Chem Soc / Year: 2022 Title: Discovery of a Transferrin Receptor 1-Binding Aptamer and Its Application in Cancer Cell Depletion for Adoptive T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing. Authors: Emmeline L Cheng / Ian I Cardle / Nataly Kacherovsky / Harsh Bansia / Tong Wang / Yunshi Zhou / Jai Raman / Albert Yen / Dominique Gutierrez / Stephen J Salipante / Amédée des Georges / ...Authors: Emmeline L Cheng / Ian I Cardle / Nataly Kacherovsky / Harsh Bansia / Tong Wang / Yunshi Zhou / Jai Raman / Albert Yen / Dominique Gutierrez / Stephen J Salipante / Amédée des Georges / Michael C Jensen / Suzie H Pun / Abstract: The clinical manufacturing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells includes cell selection, activation, gene transduction, and expansion. While the method of T-cell selection varies across ...The clinical manufacturing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells includes cell selection, activation, gene transduction, and expansion. While the method of T-cell selection varies across companies, current methods do not actively eliminate the cancer cells in the patient's apheresis product from the healthy immune cells. Alarmingly, it has been found that transduction of a single leukemic B cell with the CAR gene can confer resistance to CAR T-cell therapy and lead to treatment failure. In this study, we report the identification of a novel high-affinity DNA aptamer, termed tJBA8.1, that binds transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1), a receptor broadly upregulated by cancer cells. Using competition assays, high resolution cryo-EM, and model building of the aptamer into the resulting electron density, we reveal that tJBA8.1 shares a binding site on TfR1 with holo-transferrin, the natural ligand of TfR1. We use tJBA8.1 to effectively deplete B lymphoma cells spiked into peripheral blood mononuclear cells with minimal impact on the healthy immune cell composition. Lastly, we present opportunities for affinity improvement of tJBA8.1. As TfR1 expression is broadly upregulated in many cancers, including difficult-to-treat T-cell leukemias and lymphomas, our work provides a facile, universal, and inexpensive approach for comprehensively removing cancerous cells from patient apheresis products for safe manufacturing of adoptive T-cell therapies.
Model: EMS Lacey Carbon / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - #0 - Film type ID: 1 / Support film - #0 - Material: CARBON / Support film - #0 - topology: LACEY / Support film - #1 - Film type ID: 2 / Support film - #1 - Material: CARBON / Support film - #1 - topology: CONTINUOUS / Support film - #1 - Film thickness: 0.30000000000000004 nm / Pretreatment - Type: PLASMA CLEANING
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277.15 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Digitization - Dimensions - Width: 5760 pixel / Digitization - Dimensions - Height: 4092 pixel / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 1397 / Average exposure time: 4.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 79.2 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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