Increase of PD-L1 expressing B-precursor ALL cells in a patient resistant to the CD19/CD3-bispecific T cell engager antibody blinatumomab

The bispecific T cell engager blinatumomab has shown encouraging clinical activity in B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, about half of relapsed/refractory patients do not respond to therapy. Here, we present the case of a 32-year-old male patient with refractory B-precursor ALL who was resistant to treatment with blinatumomab. Bone marrow immunohistochemistry revealed T cell infiltrates and an increase in programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive ALL cells as a potential immune escape mechanism. We were able to recapitulate the clinical observation in vitro by showing that blinatumomab was not able to mediate cytotoxicity of CD19-positive ALL cells using autologous T cells. In contrast, the addition of healthy donor T cells led to lysis of ALL cells.These results strongly encourage further systematic evaluation of checkpoint molecules in cases of blinatumomab treatment failure and might highlight a possible mechanism to overcome resistance to this otherwise highly effective treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Journal of hematology & oncology - 8(2015) vom: 08. Okt., Seite 111

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Köhnke, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Krupka, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Tischer, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Knösel, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Subklewe, Marion [VerfasserIn]

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4FR53SIF3A
Antibodies, Bispecific
Antigens, CD19
B7-H1 Antigen
Blinatumomab
CD274 protein, human
CD3 Complex
Case Reports
Journal Article
PDCD1 protein, human
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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Date Completed 11.07.2016

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13045-015-0213-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM253515211