PMID- 31676276 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210110 IS - 2531-1387 (Electronic) IS - 2531-1379 (Print) IS - 2531-1379 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Apr-Jun TI - Establishment of a simple and efficient platform for car-t cell generation and expansion: from lentiviral production to in vivo studies. PG - 150-158 LID - S2531-1379(19)30135-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.htct.2019.06.007 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Adoptive transfer of T cells expressing a CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) has shown impressive response rates for the treatment of CD19 + B-cell malignancies in numerous clinical trials. The CAR molecule, which recognizes cell-surface tumor-associated antigen independently of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), is composed by one or more signaling molecules to activate genetically modified T cells for killing, proliferation, and cytokine production. OBJECTIVES: In order to make this treatment available for a larger number of patients, we developed a simple and efficient platform to generate and expand CAR-T cells. METHODS: Our approach is based on a lentiviral vector composed by a second-generation CAR that signals through a 41BB and CD3-zeta endodomain. CONCLUSIONS: In this work, we show a high-level production of the lentiviral vector, which was successfully used to generate CAR-T cells. The CAR-T cells produced were highly cytotoxic and specific against CD19+ cells in vitro and in vivo, being able to fully control disease progression in a xenograft B-cell lymphoma mouse model. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of producing CAR-T cells in an academic context and can serve as a paradigm for similar institutions. Nevertheless, the results presented may contribute favoring the translation of the research to the clinical practice. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Associacao Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved. FAU - Picanco-Castro, Virginia AU - Picanco-Castro V AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: virginia.picanco@hemocentro.fmrp.usp.br. FAU - Moco, Pablo Diego AU - Moco PD AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - Mizukami, Amanda AU - Mizukami A AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - Vaz, Leticia Delfini AU - Vaz LD AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - de Souza Fernandes Pereira, Marcelo AU - de Souza Fernandes Pereira M AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - Silvestre, Renata Nacasaki AU - Silvestre RN AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - de Azevedo, Julia Teixeira Cottas AU - de Azevedo JTC AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - de Sousa Bomfim, Aline AU - de Sousa Bomfim A AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - de Abreu Neto, Mario Soares AU - de Abreu Neto MS AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - Malmegrim, Kelen Cristina Ribeiro AU - Malmegrim KCR AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas de Ribeirao Preto da Ribeirao Preto (FCFRP), SP, Brazil. FAU - Swiech, Kamilla AU - Swiech K AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas de Ribeirao Preto da Ribeirao Preto (FCFRP), SP, Brazil. FAU - Covas, Dimas Tadeu AU - Covas DT AD - Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Hemocentro, Centro de Terapia Celular CTC, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto da Ribeirao Preto (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191009 PL - Brazil TA - Hematol Transfus Cell Ther JT - Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy JID - 101725732 PMC - PMC7248496 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CAR-T cells OT - CD19 OT - Cell expansion OT - Cytotoxicity OT - Immunotherapy OT - In vitro OT - In vivo xenograft model OT - Lentiviral vector production EDAT- 2019/11/05 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/05 06:01 PMCR- 2019/10/09 CRDT- 2019/11/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2531-1379(19)30135-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.htct.2019.06.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hematol Transfus Cell Ther. 2020 Apr-Jun;42(2):150-158. doi: 10.1016/j.htct.2019.06.007. Epub 2019 Oct 9.