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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Soluble factors released by peripheral blood-derived CAR-NK cells cause bystander myeloid cell activation.

Supreet Khanal, Alan Baer, Md Kamal Hossain, Winston Colon-Moran, Santosh Panthi, Nirjal Bhattarai

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Supreet KhanalTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Alan BaerTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Md Kamal HossainTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Winston Colon-MoranTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Santosh PanthiTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Nirjal BhattaraiTumor Vaccine and Biotechnology Branch, Office of Cellular Therapy and Human Tissues, Office of Therapeutic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: CAR-T cell therapy is associated with life-threatening inflammatory toxicities, partly due to the activation and secretion of inflammatory cytokines by bystander myeloid cells (BMCs). However, due to limited clinical data, it is unclear whether CAR-NK cells cause similar toxicities. Methods: We characterized the soluble factors (SFs) released by activated human CAR-T and CAR-NK cells and assessed their role in BMC activation (BMCA). Results: We found that SFs from both activated, peripheral blood-derived CAR-T (PB-CAR-T) and CAR-NK (PB-CAR-NK) cells induced BMCA; however, PB-CAR-NK cells caused significantly lower BMCA compared to PB-CAR-T cells. Interestingly, SFs from cord-blood-derived (CB) NK cells caused little to no BMCA, consistent with previous clinical studies showing minimal inflammatory toxicity with CB-CAR-NK cells. Comparative analysis of SFs released by PB-NK and PB-CAR-NK cells following CAR-dependent and CAR-independent activation revealed several candidate factors with the potential to cause BMCA. Antibody-mediated neutralization studies identified a combination of four factors that contribute to PB-CAR-NK cell-mediated BMCA. siRNA-mediated knockdown studies confirmed that inactivating these four factors in PB-CAR-NK cells significantly reduces BMCA. Importantly, neutralization or knockdown of these four factors did not affect CAR-NK cell potency. Discussion: These data suggest that specific SFs released by PB-CAR-NK cells activate BMCs and have the potential to contribute to inflammatory toxicities. Furthermore, inactivation of these four factors in PB-CAR-NK cells could reduce inflammatory toxicities and improve safety of PB-CAR-NK cell therapy without compromising potency.

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Bystander EffectImmunotherapy, AdoptiveKiller Cells, NaturalMyeloid CellsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCytokinesHumansLymphocyte ActivationCytokinesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR (chimeric antigen receptor)CRSinflammationneurotoxicityNK cell

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PMCPMC11703831

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