PMID- 16720899 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060711 LR - 20210102 IS - 0257-277X (Print) IS - 0257-277X (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 1 DP - 2006 TI - Redirection of T cells by delivering a transgenic mouse-derived MDM2 tumor antigen-specific TCR and its humanized derivative is governed by the CD8 coreceptor and affects natural human TCR expression. PG - 67-87 AB - Retroviral transfer of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) genes selected by circumventing tolerance to broad tumor- and leukemia-associated antigens in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*0201 (A2.1) transgenic (Tg) mice allows the therapeutic reprogramming of human T lymphocytes. Using a human CD8 x A2.1/Kb mouse derived TCR specific for natural peptide-A2.1 (pA2.1) complexes comprising residues 81-88 of the human homolog of the murine double-minute 2 oncoprotein, MDM2(81-88), we found that the heterodimeric CD8 alpha beta coreceptor, but not normally expressed homodimeric CD8 alpha alpha, is required for tetramer binding and functional redirection of TCR- transduced human T cells. CD8+T cells that received a humanized derivative of the MDM2 TCR bound pA2.1 tetramers only in the presence of an anti-human-CD8 anti-body and required more peptide than wild-type (WT) MDM2 TCR+T cells to mount equivalent cytotoxicity. They were, however, sufficiently effective in recognizing malignant targets including fresh leukemia cells. Most efficient expression of transduced TCR in human T lymphocytes was governed by mouse as compared to human constant (C) alphabeta domains, as demonstrated with partially humanized and murinized TCR of primary mouse and human origin, respectively. We further observed a reciprocal relationship between the level of Tg WT mouse relative to natural human TCR expression, resulting in T cells with decreased normal human cell surface TCR. In contrast, natural human TCR display remained unaffected after delivery of the humanized MDM2 TCR. These results provide important insights into the molecular basis of TCR gene therapy of malignant disease. FAU - Voss, Ralf-Holger AU - Voss RH AD - Department of Hematology and Oncology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Kuball, Jurgen AU - Kuball J FAU - Engel, Renate AU - Engel R FAU - Guillaume, Philippe AU - Guillaume P FAU - Romero, Pedro AU - Romero P FAU - Huber, Christoph AU - Huber C FAU - Theobald, Matthias AU - Theobald M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Immunol Res JT - Immunologic research JID - 8611087 RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (HLA-A2 Antigen) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (MDM2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/*immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - HLA-A2 Antigen/immunology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2/genetics/*immunology MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/*immunology MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Self Tolerance/immunology EDAT- 2006/05/25 09:00 MHDA- 2006/07/13 09:00 CRDT- 2006/05/25 09:00 PHST- 1999/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 1999/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 1999/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/05/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/07/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/05/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - IR:34:1:67 [pii] AID - 10.1385/IR:34:1:67 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Res. 2006;34(1):67-87. doi: 10.1385/IR:34:1:67.