Cell-Based Models of 'Cytokine Release Syndrome' Endorse CD40L and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Knockout in Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells as Mitigation Strategy

While chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shown promising outcomes among patients with hematologic malignancies, it has also been associated with undesirable side-effects such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS). CRS is triggered by CAR T-cell-based activation of monocytes, which are stimulated via the CD40L-CD40R axis or via uptake of GM-CSF to secrete proinflammatory cytokines. Mouse models have been used to model CRS, but working with them is labor-intensive and they are not amenable to screening approaches. To overcome this challenge, we established two simple cell-based CRS in vitro models that entail the co-culturing of leukemic B cells with CD19-targeting CAR T cells and primary monocytes from the same donor. Upon antigen encounter, CAR T cells upregulated CD40L and released GM-CSF which in turn stimulated the monocytes to secrete IL-6. To endorse these models, we demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies or genetic disruption of the CD40L and/or CSF2 loci in CAR T cells using CRISPR-Cas technology significantly reduced IL-6 secretion by bystander monocytes without affecting the cytolytic activity of the engineered lymphocytes in vitro. Overall, our cell-based models were able to recapitulate CRS in vitro, allowing us to validate mitigation strategies based on antibodies or genome editing.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cells - 12(2023), 21 vom: 06. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dibas, Ala [VerfasserIn]
Rhiel, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Vidisha Bhavesh [VerfasserIn]
Andrieux, Geoffroy [VerfasserIn]
Boerries, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Cornu, Tatjana I [VerfasserIn]
Alzubi, Jamal [VerfasserIn]
Cathomen, Toni [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147205-72-9
83869-56-1
CD19-CAR T cells
CD40 Ligand
CD40L
CRISPR-Cas9
CRS
GM-CSF
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Knockout
Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells12212581

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364393270