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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2025

Targeting BCL11B in CAR-engineered lymphoid progenitors drives NK-like cell development with prolonged anti-leukemic activity.

Franziska Baatz, Arnab Ghosh, Jessica Herbst, Saskia Polten, Johann Meyer, Manuel Rhiel, Tobias Maetzig, Robert Geffers, Michael Rothe, Antonella Lucia Bastone and 11 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Franziska BaatzDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Department of Oncology and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Arnab GhoshAdult BMT Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jessica HerbstDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Department of Oncology and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Saskia PoltenDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Johann MeyerInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Manuel RhielInstitute for Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Tobias MaetzigInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Robert GeffersGenome Analytics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Michael RotheInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Antonella Lucia BastoneInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Philipp John-NeekInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; REBIRTH - Research Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jörg FrühaufClinic for Radiation Therapy and special Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Britta Eiz-VesperInstitute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Agnes BonifaciusInstitute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Christine S FalkInstitute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Constantin V KaisenbergDepartment of Obstetrics, Clinic of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Toni CathomenInstitute for Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Axel SchambachInstitute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Marcel R M van den BrinkCity of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
Michael HustDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Martin G SauerDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Department of Oncology and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: sauer.martin@mh-hannover.de.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-induced suppression of the transcription factor B cell CLL/lymphoma 11B (BCL11B) propagates CAR-induced killer (CARiK) cell development from lymphoid progenitors. Here, we show that CRISPR-Cas9-mediated Bcl11b knockout in human and murine early lymphoid progenitors distinctively modulates this process either alone or in combination with a CAR. Upon adoptive transfer into hematopoietic stem cell recipients, Bcl11b-edited progenitors mediated innate-like antigen-independent anti-leukemic immune responses. With CAR expression allowing for additional antigen-specific responses, the progeny of double-edited lymphoid progenitors acquired prolonged anti-leukemic activity in vivo. These findings give important insights into how Bcl11b targeting can be used to tailor anti-leukemia functionality of CAR-engineered lymphoid progenitor cells.

Indexed as

Killer Cells, NaturalLeukemiaLymphoid Progenitor CellsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor ProteinsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCRISPR-Cas SystemsHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMiceBCL11B protein, humanReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor Proteinsacute myeloid leukemiaadoptive immunotherapyBCL11Bgene editinghematopoietic stem cell transplantationlymphoid progenitorsNK cell differentiation

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PMID39955618
PMCPMC11997514

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