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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2022

Automated, scaled, transposon-based production of CAR T cells.

Dominik Lock, Razieh Monjezi, Caroline Brandes, Stephan Bates, Simon Lennartz, Karin Teppert, Leon Gehrke, Rafailla Karasakalidou-Seidt, Teodora Lukic, Marco Schmeer and 8 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Current Non-Viral-Based Strategies to Manufacture CAR-T Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Automated manufacture of ΔNPM1 TCR-engineered T cells for AML therapy.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dominik Lock *Miltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany dominiklo@miltenyi.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3056-4582
Razieh Monjezi *Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Caroline BrandesMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9966-4381
Stephan BatesMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Simon LennartzMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Karin TeppertMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2645-6781
Leon GehrkeMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Rafailla Karasakalidou-SeidtMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Teodora LukicMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Marco SchmeerPlasmidFactory GmbH und Co KG, Bielefeld, Germany.
Martin SchleefPlasmidFactory GmbH und Co KG, Bielefeld, Germany.
Niels WerchauMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Matthias EyrichUniversitätskinderklinik, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8099-5903
Mario AssenmacherMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Andrew KaiserMiltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Sabrina Prommersberger *Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Thomas Schaser *Miltenyi Biotec BV & Co KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Michael HudecekMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Miltenyi Biotec (Germany) · DEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is an increasing demand for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell products from patients and care givers. Here, we established an automated manufacturing process for CAR T cells on the CliniMACS Prodigy platform that is scaled to provide therapeutic doses and achieves gene-transfer with virus-free Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposition.

methodsWe used an advanced CliniMACS Prodigy that is connected to an electroporator unit and performed a series of small-scale development and large-scale confirmation runs with primary human T cells. Transposition was accomplished with minicircle (MC) DNA-encoded SB100X transposase and pT2 transposon encoding a CD19 CAR.

resultsWe defined a bi-pulse electroporation shock with bi-directional and unidirectional electric field, respectively, that permitted efficient MC insertion and maintained a high frequency of viable T cells. In three large scale runs, 2E8 T cells were enriched from leukapheresis product, activated, gene-engineered and expanded to yield up to 3.5E9 total T cells/1.4E9 CAR-modified T cells within 12 days (CAR-modified T cells: 28.8%±12.3%). The resulting cell product contained highly pure T cells (97.3±1.6%) with balanced CD4/CD8 ratio and a high frequency of T cells with central memory phenotype (87.5%±10.4%). The transposon copy number was 7.0, 9.4 and 6.8 in runs #1-3, respectively, and gene analyses showed a balanced expression of activation/exhaustion markers. The CD19 CAR T cell product conferred potent anti-lymphoma reactivity in pre-clinical models. Notably, the operator hands-on-time was substantially reduced compared with conventional non-automated CAR T cell manufacturing campaigns.

conclusionsWe report on the first automated transposon-based manufacturing process for CAR T cells that is ready for formal validation and use in clinical manufacturing campaigns. This process and platform have the potential to facilitate access of patients to CAR T cell therapy and to accelerate scaled, multiplexed manufacturing both in the academic and industry setting.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAntigens, CD19HumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesAntigens, CD19Receptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCell EngineeringImmunotherapyReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTranslational Medical Research

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PMID36096530
PMCPMC9472140
OpenAlexW4295453455

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