PMID- 26740053 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160613 LR - 20160203 IS - 1873-5835 (Electronic) IS - 0145-2126 (Linking) VI - 41 DP - 2016 Feb TI - CD123 redirected multiple virus-specific T cells for acute myeloid leukemia. PG - 76-84 LID - S0145-2126(15)30560-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2015.12.003 [doi] AB - Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been increasingly used as a curative treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, relapse rates after HSCT in complete remission (CR) are reported between 30% and 70%. In addition, numerous studies suggested that secondary viral infection from a variety of viruses including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), adenovirus (Adv), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are among the most common causes of death post-HSCT. Currently, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based T cells have been developed to treat AML in clinical studies, while virus-specific cytotoxic T cells (VST) have been proven to be able to effectively prevent or treat viral infection after HSCT. Thus it would be desirable to develop T cells with the ability of simultaneously targeting AML relapse and viral infection. In this article, we now describe the generation of VST cells that are engineered to express CAR for a specific AML cell-surface antigen CD123 (CD123-CAR-VST). Using Dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with EBV, Adv, and CMV peptides as sources of viral antigens, we generated VST from A2 donor peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMC). VST were then transduced with retroviral vector encoding CD123-CAR to generate CD123-CAR-VST. We demonstrated that CD123-CAR-VST recognized EBV, Adv, and CMV epitopes and had HLA-restricted virus-specific cytotoxic effector function against EBV target. In addition, CD123-CAR-VST retained the specificity against CD123-positive AML cell lines such as MOLM13 and THP-1 in vitro. Thus our results suggested that CD123-CAR-VST might be a valuable candidate to simultaneously prevent or treat relapse and viral infection in AML HSCT recipients. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhou, Li AU - Zhou L AD - Shangdong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China; Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, PR China; Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Liu, Xin AU - Liu X AD - Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, PR China. FAU - Wang, Xingbing AU - Wang X AD - Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, PR China. FAU - Sun, Zimin AU - Sun Z AD - Shangdong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China; Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, PR China. Electronic address: zmsun_vip@163.com. FAU - Song, Xiao-Tong AU - Song XT AD - Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: xsong1@bcm.edu. LA - eng GR - R01CA148748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20151219 PL - England TA - Leuk Res JT - Leukemia research JID - 7706787 RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Antiviral Agents) RN - 0 (IL3RA protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) SB - IM MH - Antigens, Viral/immunology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*immunology MH - Antiviral Agents/*immunology MH - Cell Separation MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Humans MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive/*methods MH - Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit/*immunology MH - Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/*immunology MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology MH - Virus Diseases/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute myeloid leukemia OT - CD123 OT - Chimeric antigen receptor OT - Virus-specific cytotoxic T cells EDAT- 2016/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/14 06:00 CRDT- 2016/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/14 06:00 [medline] AID - S0145-2126(15)30560-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2015.12.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Res. 2016 Feb;41:76-84. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2015.12.003. Epub 2015 Dec 19.