Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies targeting B cell-restricted antigens CD19, CD20, or CD22 can produce potent clinical responses for some B cell malignancies, but relapse remains common. Camelid single-domain antibodies (sdAbs or nanobodies) are smaller, simpler, and easier to recombi...

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Main Authors: Scott McComb, Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi, Kevin A. Hay, Brian A. Keller, Sharlene Faulkes, Michael Rutherford, Tina Nguyen, Alex Shepherd, Cunle Wu, Anne Marcil, Annie Aubry, Greg Hussack, Devanand M. Pinto, Shannon Ryan, Shalini Raphael, Henk van Faassen, Ahmed Zafer, Qin Zhu, Susanne Maclean, Anindita Chattopadhyay, Komal Gurnani, Rénald Gilbert, Christine Gadoury, Umar Iqbal, Dorothy Fatehi, Anna Jezierski, Jez Huang, Robert A. Pon, Mhairi Sigrist, Robert A. Holt, Brad H. Nelson, Harold Atkins, Natasha Kekre, Eric Yung, John Webb, Julie S. Nielsen, Risini D. Weeratna
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author Scott McComb
Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi
Kevin A. Hay
Brian A. Keller
Sharlene Faulkes
Michael Rutherford
Tina Nguyen
Alex Shepherd
Cunle Wu
Anne Marcil
Annie Aubry
Greg Hussack
Devanand M. Pinto
Shannon Ryan
Shalini Raphael
Henk van Faassen
Ahmed Zafer
Qin Zhu
Susanne Maclean
Anindita Chattopadhyay
Komal Gurnani
Rénald Gilbert
Christine Gadoury
Umar Iqbal
Dorothy Fatehi
Anna Jezierski
Jez Huang
Robert A. Pon
Mhairi Sigrist
Robert A. Holt
Brad H. Nelson
Harold Atkins
Natasha Kekre
Eric Yung
John Webb
Julie S. Nielsen
Risini D. Weeratna
author_facet Scott McComb
Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi
Kevin A. Hay
Brian A. Keller
Sharlene Faulkes
Michael Rutherford
Tina Nguyen
Alex Shepherd
Cunle Wu
Anne Marcil
Annie Aubry
Greg Hussack
Devanand M. Pinto
Shannon Ryan
Shalini Raphael
Henk van Faassen
Ahmed Zafer
Qin Zhu
Susanne Maclean
Anindita Chattopadhyay
Komal Gurnani
Rénald Gilbert
Christine Gadoury
Umar Iqbal
Dorothy Fatehi
Anna Jezierski
Jez Huang
Robert A. Pon
Mhairi Sigrist
Robert A. Holt
Brad H. Nelson
Harold Atkins
Natasha Kekre
Eric Yung
John Webb
Julie S. Nielsen
Risini D. Weeratna
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description Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies targeting B cell-restricted antigens CD19, CD20, or CD22 can produce potent clinical responses for some B cell malignancies, but relapse remains common. Camelid single-domain antibodies (sdAbs or nanobodies) are smaller, simpler, and easier to recombine than single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) used in most CARs, but fewer sdAb-CARs have been reported. Thus, we sought to identify a therapeutically active sdAb-CAR targeting human CD22. Immunization of an adult Llama glama with CD22 protein, sdAb-cDNA library construction, and phage panning yielded >20 sdAbs with diverse epitope and binding properties. Expressing CD22-sdAb-CAR in Jurkat cells drove varying CD22-specific reactivity not correlated with antibody affinity. Changing CD28- to CD8-transmembrane design increased CAR persistence and expression in vitro. CD22-sdAb-CAR candidates showed similar CD22-dependent CAR-T expansion in vitro, although only membrane-proximal epitope targeting CD22-sdAb-CARs activated direct cytolytic killing and extended survival in a lymphoma xenograft model. Based on enhanced survival in blinded xenograft studies, a lead CD22sdCAR-T was selected, achieving comparable complete responses to a benchmark short linker m971-scFv CAR-T in high-dose experiments. Finally, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry confirm tissue and cellular-level specificity of the lead CD22-sdAb. This presents a complete report on preclinical development of a novel CD22sdCAR therapeutic.
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spelling doaj-art-2b9541fc680c4b00a851c3c1cf34b8142024-11-24T04:15:30ZengElsevierMolecular Therapy: Oncology2950-32992024-03-01321200775Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22Scott McComb0Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi1Kevin A. Hay2Brian A. Keller3Sharlene Faulkes4Michael Rutherford5Tina Nguyen6Alex Shepherd7Cunle Wu8Anne Marcil9Annie Aubry10Greg Hussack11Devanand M. Pinto12Shannon Ryan13Shalini Raphael14Henk van Faassen15Ahmed Zafer16Qin Zhu17Susanne Maclean18Anindita Chattopadhyay19Komal Gurnani20Rénald Gilbert21Christine Gadoury22Umar Iqbal23Dorothy Fatehi24Anna Jezierski25Jez Huang26Robert A. Pon27Mhairi Sigrist28Robert A. Holt29Brad H. Nelson30Harold Atkins31Natasha Kekre32Eric Yung33John Webb34Julie S. Nielsen35Risini D. Weeratna36Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Centre for Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Corresponding author: Scott McComb, Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Canada.Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaTerry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Division of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDivision of Anatomical Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDivision of Anatomical Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Division of Hematopathology and Transfusion Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaTerry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaDeeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Victoria, BC, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDeeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Victoria, BC, CanadaDeeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Victoria, BC, CanadaHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CanadaChimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies targeting B cell-restricted antigens CD19, CD20, or CD22 can produce potent clinical responses for some B cell malignancies, but relapse remains common. Camelid single-domain antibodies (sdAbs or nanobodies) are smaller, simpler, and easier to recombine than single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) used in most CARs, but fewer sdAb-CARs have been reported. Thus, we sought to identify a therapeutically active sdAb-CAR targeting human CD22. Immunization of an adult Llama glama with CD22 protein, sdAb-cDNA library construction, and phage panning yielded >20 sdAbs with diverse epitope and binding properties. Expressing CD22-sdAb-CAR in Jurkat cells drove varying CD22-specific reactivity not correlated with antibody affinity. Changing CD28- to CD8-transmembrane design increased CAR persistence and expression in vitro. CD22-sdAb-CAR candidates showed similar CD22-dependent CAR-T expansion in vitro, although only membrane-proximal epitope targeting CD22-sdAb-CARs activated direct cytolytic killing and extended survival in a lymphoma xenograft model. Based on enhanced survival in blinded xenograft studies, a lead CD22sdCAR-T was selected, achieving comparable complete responses to a benchmark short linker m971-scFv CAR-T in high-dose experiments. Finally, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry confirm tissue and cellular-level specificity of the lead CD22-sdAb. This presents a complete report on preclinical development of a novel CD22sdCAR therapeutic.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950329924000171MT: Regular Issuechimeric antigen receptorsCD22CAR-Tnanobodysingle-domain antibody
spellingShingle Scott McComb
Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi
Kevin A. Hay
Brian A. Keller
Sharlene Faulkes
Michael Rutherford
Tina Nguyen
Alex Shepherd
Cunle Wu
Anne Marcil
Annie Aubry
Greg Hussack
Devanand M. Pinto
Shannon Ryan
Shalini Raphael
Henk van Faassen
Ahmed Zafer
Qin Zhu
Susanne Maclean
Anindita Chattopadhyay
Komal Gurnani
Rénald Gilbert
Christine Gadoury
Umar Iqbal
Dorothy Fatehi
Anna Jezierski
Jez Huang
Robert A. Pon
Mhairi Sigrist
Robert A. Holt
Brad H. Nelson
Harold Atkins
Natasha Kekre
Eric Yung
John Webb
Julie S. Nielsen
Risini D. Weeratna
Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
Molecular Therapy: Oncology
MT: Regular Issue
chimeric antigen receptors
CD22
CAR-T
nanobody
single-domain antibody
title Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
title_full Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
title_fullStr Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
title_full_unstemmed Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
title_short Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
title_sort discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human cd22
topic MT: Regular Issue
chimeric antigen receptors
CD22
CAR-T
nanobody
single-domain antibody
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950329924000171
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