BCKDK modification enhances the anticancer efficacy of CAR-T cells by reprogramming branched chain amino acid metabolism.
Mol Ther
; 32(9): 3128-3144, 2024 Sep 04.
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| ID: mdl-38734897
ABSTRACT
Altered branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), including leucine, isoleucine, and valine, are frequently observed in patients with advanced cancer. We evaluated the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-mediated cancer cell lysis potential in the immune microenvironment of BCAA supplementation and deletion. BCAA supplementation increased cancer cell killing percentage, while accelerating BCAA catabolism and decreasing BCAA transporter decreased cancer cell lysis efficacy. We thus designed BCKDK engineering CAR T cells for the reprogramming of BCAA metabolism in the tumor microenvironment based on the genotype and phenotype modification. BCKDK overexpression (OE) in CAR-T cells significantly improved cancer cell lysis, while BCKDK knockout (KO) resulted in inferior lysis potential. In an in vivo experiment, BCKDK-OE CAR-T cell treatment significantly prolonged the survival of mice bearing NALM6-GL cancer cells, with the differentiation of central memory cells and an increasing proportion of CAR-T cells in the peripheral circulation. BCKDK-KO CAR-T cell treatment resulted in shorter survival and a decreasing percentage of CAR-T cells in the peripheral circulation. In conclusion, BCKDK-engineered CAR-T cells exert a distinct phenotype for superior anticancer efficiency.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Immunotherapy, Adoptive
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Tumor Microenvironment
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Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
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Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Mol Ther
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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TERAPEUTICA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Country of publication:
Estados Unidos