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ArticleBlood advances2020

Combining T-cell-specific activation and in vivo gene delivery through CD3-targeted lentiviral vectors.

Annika M Frank, Angela H Braun, Lea Scheib, Shiwani Agarwal, Irene C Schneider, Floriane Fusil, Séverine Perian, Ugur Sahin, Frederic B Thalheimer, Els Verhoeyen and 1 more

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Article in Blood advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Annika M FrankDivision of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Angela H BraunMolecular Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Lea ScheibMolecular Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Shiwani AgarwalMolecular Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Irene C SchneiderIrene Schneider Consulting, Hanau, Germany.
Floriane FusilInternational Center for Infectiology, Research Team Enveloped Viruses, Vectors and Innate Responses, INSERM, Unité 1111, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
Séverine PerianInternational Center for Infectiology, Research Team Enveloped Viruses, Vectors and Innate Responses, INSERM, Unité 1111, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
Ugur SahinTranslational Oncology at the University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and.
Frederic B ThalheimerMolecular Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Els VerhoeyenInternational Center for Infectiology, Research Team Enveloped Viruses, Vectors and Innate Responses, INSERM, Unité 1111, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
Christian J BuchholzDivision of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Paul Ehrlich Institut · DEUniversité Côte d'Azur · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic modification of T lymphocytes is a key issue in research and therapy. Conventional lentiviral vectors (LVs) are neither selective for T cells nor do they modify resting or minimally stimulated cells, which is crucial for applications, such as efficient in vivo modification of T lymphocytes. Here, we introduce novel CD3-targeted LVs (CD3-LVs) capable of genetically modifying human T lymphocytes without prior activation. For CD3 attachment, agonistic CD3-specific single-chain variable fragments were chosen. Activation, proliferation, and expansion mediated by CD3-LVs were less rapid compared with conventional antibody-mediated activation owing to lack of T-cell receptor costimulation. CD3-LVs delivered genes not only selectively into T cells but also under nonactivating conditions, clearly outperforming the benchmark vector vesicular stomatitis-LV glycoproteins under these conditions. Remarkably, CD3-LVs were properly active in gene delivery even when added to whole human blood in absence of any further stimuli. Upon administration of CD3-LV into NSG mice transplanted with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, efficient and exclusive transduction of CD3+ T cells in all analyzed organs was achieved. Finally, the most promising CD3-LV successfully delivered a CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) into T lymphocytes in vivo in humanized NSG mice. Generation of CAR T cells was accompanied by elimination of human CD19+ cells from blood. Taken together, the data strongly support implementation of T-cell-activating properties within T-cell-targeted vector particles. These particles may be ideally suited for T-cell-specific in vivo gene delivery.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsLentivirusAnimalsLeukocytes, MononuclearMiceT-LymphocytesTransduction, Genetic

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PMID33216892
PMCPMC7686896
OpenAlexW3099186188

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