PMID- 33136521 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210920 LR - 20210920 IS - 1942-0870 (Electronic) IS - 1942-0862 (Print) IS - 1942-0862 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan-Dec TI - CAR-J cells for antibody discovery and lead optimization of TCR-like immunoglobulins. PG - 1840709 LID - 10.1080/19420862.2020.1840709 [doi] LID - 1840709 AB - T-cell bispecific antibodies (TCBs) are a novel class of engineered immunoglobulins that unite monovalent binding to the T-cell receptor (TCR) CD3e chain and bivalent binding to tumor-associated antigens in order to recruit and activate T-cells for tumor cell killing. In vivo, T-cell activation is usually initiated via the interaction of the TCR with the peptide-HLA complex formed by the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and peptides derived from intracellular proteins. TCR-like antibodies (TCRLs) that recognize pHLA-epitopes extend the target space of TCBs to peptides derived from intracellular proteins, such as those overexpressed during oncogenesis or created via mutations found in cancer. One challenge during lead identification of TCRL-TCBs is to identify TCRLs that specifically, and ideally exclusively, recognize the desired pHLA, but not unrelated pHLAs. In order to identify TCRLs suitable for TCRL-TCBs, large numbers of TCRLs have to be tested in the TCB format. Here, we propose a novel approach using chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to facilitate the identification of highly selective TCRLs. In this new so-called TCRL-CAR-J approach, TCRL-candidates are transduced as CARs into Jurkat reporter-cells, and subsequently assessed for their specificity profile. This work demonstrates that the CAR-J reporter-cell assay can be applied to predict the profile of TCRL-TCBs without the need to produce each candidate in the final TCB format. It is therefore useful in streamlining the identification of TCRL-TCBs. FAU - Jost, Christian AU - Jost C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4169-5879 AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. AD - Athebio AG , Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Darowski, Diana AU - Darowski D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8778-7920 AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Challier, John AU - Challier J AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Pulko, Vesna AU - Pulko V AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Hanisch, Lydia J AU - Hanisch LJ AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Xu, Wei AU - Xu W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5404-7523 AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Mossner, Ekkehard AU - Mossner E AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Bujotzek, Alexander AU - Bujotzek A AD - Roche Innovation Center Munich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Penzberg, Germany. FAU - Klostermann, Stefan AU - Klostermann S AD - Roche Innovation Center Munich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Penzberg, Germany. FAU - Umana, Pablo AU - Umana P AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. FAU - Kontermann, Roland E AU - Kontermann RE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7139-1350 AD - University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart, Germany. FAU - Klein, Christian AU - Klein C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7594-7280 AD - Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development , Schlieren, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - MAbs JT - mAbs JID - 101479829 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Bispecific) RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Receptors, Chimeric Antigen) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Bispecific/*analysis MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunoassay/*methods MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive/*methods MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/immunology PMC - PMC7646475 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Lead identification OT - T-cell bispecific antibodies (TCB) OT - T-cell receptor (TCR) OT - TCR-like antibodies (TCRL) OT - Wilms tumor protein (WT1) OT - cellular assay OT - chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) OT - human leukocyte antigen (HLA) OT - major histocompatibility complex (MHC) EDAT- 2020/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/21 06:00 PMCR- 2020/11/02 CRDT- 2020/11/02 17:11 PHST- 2020/11/02 17:11 [entrez] PHST- 2020/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1840709 [pii] AID - 10.1080/19420862.2020.1840709 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - MAbs. 2020 Jan-Dec;12(1):1840709. doi: 10.1080/19420862.2020.1840709.