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ArticleScience advances2025

Molecular dynamics at immune synapse lipid rafts influence the cytolytic behavior of CAR T cells.

Ahmed Z Gad, Jessica S Morris, Lea Godret-Miertschin, Melisa J Montalvo, Sybrina S Kerr, Harrison Berger, Jessica C H Lee, Amr M Saadeldin, Mohammad H Abu-Arja, Shuo Xu and 17 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Ahmed Z GadInterdepartmental Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6149-3414
Jessica S MorrisInterdepartmental Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2026-1297
Lea Godret-MiertschinTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Melisa J MontalvoWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-9395-6998
Sybrina S KerrTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6616-9909
Harrison BergerTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-6668-9191
Jessica C H LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-7318-4598
Amr M SaadeldinTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mohammad H Abu-ArjaTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4606-2269
Shuo XuTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Spyridoula VasileiouTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7970-9391
Rebecca M BrockTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4022-6189
Kristen FousekInterdepartmental Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2307-5000
Mohamed F ShehaTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2101-5872
Madhuwanti SrinivasanTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yongshuai LiWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Arash SaeediWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Kandice R LeventalDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Center for Molecular and Cell Physiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2234-3683
Ann M LeenTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Maksim MamonkinTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7178-8163
Alexandre CariseyDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1326-2205
Navin VaradarajanWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7524-8228
Meenakshi HegdeTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-7871
Sujith K JosephTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4596-1270
Ilya LeventalDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Center for Molecular and Cell Physiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1206-9545
Malini MukherjeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Nabil AhmedTexas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0982-8424

Funding

PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMK12CA090433 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CARL E ALLEN, Donald W. Parsons · 2002 to 2026
$18.5M
Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapies in Childhood CancersU54CA232568 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL, MARIS, JOHN M · 2018 to 2022
$13.1M
Training Program in Translational Biology and Molecular MedicineT32GM088129 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ROONEY, CLIONA M., VAN DEN VEYVER, IGNATIA B · 2010 to 2019
$3.0M
MusIC: A multi-scale technology for integrating dynamic cellular function and molecular profilesR01GM143243 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI VARADARAJAN, NAVIN · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090433NCI NIH HHS U54 CA232568NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143243NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM088129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CART) targeting CD19 through CD28.ζ signaling induce rapid lysis of leukemic blasts, contrasting with persistent tumor control exhibited by 4-1BB.ζ-CART. We reasoned that molecular dynamics at the CART immune synapse (CARIS) could explain differences in their tumor rejection kinetics. We observed that CD28.ζ-CART engaged in brief highly lethal CARIS and mastered serial killing, whereas 4-1BB.ζ-CART formed lengthy CARIS and relied on robust expansion and cooperative killing. We analyzed CARIS membrane lipid rafts (mLRs) and found that, upon tumor engagement, CD28.ζ-CAR molecules rapidly but transiently translocated into mLRs, mobilizing the microtubular organizing center and lytic granules to the CARIS. This enabled fast CART recovery and sensitivity to low target site density. In contrast, gradual accumulation of 4-1BB.ζ-CAR and LFA-1 molecules at mLRs built mechanically tonic CARIS mediating chronic Fas ligand-based killing. The differences in CD28.ζ- and 4-1BB.ζ-CARIS dynamics explain the distinct cytolytic behavior of CART and can guide engineering of more adaptive effective cellular products.

Indexed as

Immunological SynapsesMembrane MicrodomainsMolecular Dynamics SimulationReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCD28 AntigensCell Line, TumorCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9CD28 AntigensReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9

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PMID39792660
PMCPMC11721525

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