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Engagement of an optimized lentiviral vector enhances the expression and cytotoxicity of CAR in human NK cells.
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Molecular Immunology . Mar2023, Vol. 155, p91-99. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Adoptive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T or NK cells (CAR-T/NK) have emerged as a novel form of disease treatment. Lentiviral vectors (LVs) are commonly employed to engineer NK cells for the efficient expression of CARs. This study reported the influence of single-promoter and dual-promoter LVs on the CAR expression and cytotoxicity of engineered NK cells. We constructed a third-generation NKG2D-based CAR that kills cancer cells by targeting up to eight stress-induced ligands (NKG2DLs). Our results demonstrated that the CAR exhibits both a higher expression level and a higher coexpression concordance with the GFP reporter in HEK-293T or NK92 cells by utilizing the optimized single-promoter pCDHsp rather than the original dual-promoter pCDHdp. After puromycin selection, the pCDHsp produces robust CAR expression and enhanced in vitro cytotoxicity of engineered NK cells. Therefore, infection with a single-promoter pCDHsp lentivector is recommended to prepare CAR-engineered NK cells. This research helps to optimize the production of CAR-NK cells and enhance their functional activity, to provide CAR-NK cell products with better and more uniform quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01615890
- Volume :
- 155
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Molecular Immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162171894
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2023.01.010