PMID- 23741009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131105 LR - 20240104 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 122 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug 22 TI - Toward eliminating HLA class I expression to generate universal cells from allogeneic donors. PG - 1341-9 LID - 10.1182/blood-2013-03-478255 [doi] AB - Long-term engraftment of allogeneic cells necessitates eluding immune-mediated rejection, which is currently achieved by matching for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) expression, immunosuppression, and/or delivery of donor-derived cells to sanctuary sites. Genetic engineering provides an alternative approach to avoid clearance of cells that are recognized as "non-self" by the recipient. To this end, we developed designer zinc finger nucleases and employed a "hit-and-run" approach to genetic editing for selective elimination of HLA expression. Electro-transfer of mRNA species coding for these engineered nucleases completely disrupted expression of HLA-A on human T cells, including CD19-specific T cells. The HLA-A(neg) T-cell pools can be enriched and evade lysis by HLA-restricted cytotoxic T-cell clones. Recognition by natural killer cells of cells that had lost HLA expression was circumvented by enforced expression of nonclassical HLA molecules. Furthermore, we demonstrate that zinc finger nucleases can eliminate HLA-A expression from embryonic stem cells, which broadens the applicability of this strategy beyond infusing HLA-disparate immune cells. These findings establish that clinically appealing cell types derived from donors with disparate HLA expression can be genetically edited to evade an immune response and provide a foundation whereby cells from a single donor can be administered to multiple recipients. FAU - Torikai, Hiroki AU - Torikai H AD - Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Reik, Andreas AU - Reik A FAU - Soldner, Frank AU - Soldner F FAU - Warren, Edus H AU - Warren EH FAU - Yuen, Carrie AU - Yuen C FAU - Zhou, Yuanyue AU - Zhou Y FAU - Crossland, Denise L AU - Crossland DL FAU - Huls, Helen AU - Huls H FAU - Littman, Nicholas AU - Littman N FAU - Zhang, Ziying AU - Zhang Z FAU - Tykodi, Scott S AU - Tykodi SS FAU - Kebriaei, Partow AU - Kebriaei P FAU - Lee, Dean A AU - Lee DA FAU - Miller, Jeffrey C AU - Miller JC FAU - Rebar, Edward J AU - Rebar EJ FAU - Holmes, Michael C AU - Holmes MC FAU - Jaenisch, Rudolf AU - Jaenisch R FAU - Champlin, Richard E AU - Champlin RE FAU - Gregory, Philip D AU - Gregory PD FAU - Cooper, Laurence J N AU - Cooper LJ LA - eng GR - CA16672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA120956/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 HD045022/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 CA084198/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA120956/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA141303/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA124782/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA124782/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HD045022/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA084198/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA087869/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA148600/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA087869/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA116127/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R33 CA116127/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA141303/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130605 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD19) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - EC 3.1.- (Deoxyribonucleases) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD19/metabolism MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology MH - Deoxyribonucleases/*genetics MH - Electroporation MH - Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology MH - Gene Transfer Techniques MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Engineering MH - Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - *Transplantation, Homologous MH - Zinc Fingers PMC - PMC3750336 EDAT- 2013/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/06 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/22 CRDT- 2013/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)54231-6 [pii] AID - 2013/478255 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2013-03-478255 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2013 Aug 22;122(8):1341-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-478255. Epub 2013 Jun 5.