PMID- 36612246 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230111 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Dec 30 TI - Combination of Expanded Allogeneic NK Cells and T Cell-Based Immunotherapy Exert Enhanced Antitumor Effects. LID - 10.3390/cancers15010251 [doi] LID - 251 AB - Immunotherapies based on immune checkpoint blockade, neoantigen-reactive tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and T cell receptor-engineered T cells (TCR-T) have achieved favorable clinical outcomes in tumor treatment. However, sustained immune response and tumor regression have been observed only in a few patients due to immune escape. Natural killer (NK) cells can mediate direct tumor lysis and target cancer cells with low or no expression of human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) that are no longer recognized by T cells during immune escape. Therefore, the combination of T cell-based immunotherapy and NK cell therapy is a promising strategy for improving antitumor response and response rate. However, allogeneic NK cells for adoptive cell therapy have been limited by both the required cell number and quality. Here, we developed an efficient manufacturing system that relies on genetically modified K562 cells for the expansion of high-quality NK cells derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. NK cells with the optimal expansion and activity were identified by comparing the different culture systems. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the cooperation of NK cells with tumor-reactive T cells or with NY-ESO-1-specific TCR-T cells further enhanced tumors lysis, especially against tumors with downregulated HLA-I expression. The advantages of HLA-mismatch and non-rejection by other allogeneic immune cells demonstrated the potential of "off-the-shelf" NK cells with the capacity to target tumors for immunotherapy. Our results indicate that the combination strategy based on T cell and allogeneic NK cell immunotherapy might have potential for overcoming the barrier of immune incompetence caused by HLA-I downregulation. FAU - Wang, Xiao AU - Wang X AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Yang, Xuejiao AU - Yang X AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Wang, Yueping AU - Wang Y AD - Institute of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Chen, Yunshuo AU - Chen Y AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Yang, Ying AU - Yang Y AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Shang, Siqi AU - Shang S AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Wang, Wenbo AU - Wang W AD - Department of Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China. AD - LeaLing Biopharma Company, Ltd., Suzhou 215000, China. FAU - Wang, Yueying AU - Wang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8092-7775 AD - Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. LA - eng GR - 82270164/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 20152507/Shanghai Municipal Education Commission/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221230 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC9818244 OTO - NOTNLM OT - T cell receptor-engineered T cells OT - combination immunotherapy OT - human leukocyte antigen OT - natural killer cells OT - tumor-reactive T cells COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/09 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/30 CRDT- 2023/01/08 01:08 PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/08 01:08 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers15010251 [pii] AID - cancers-15-00251 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers15010251 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2022 Dec 30;15(1):251. doi: 10.3390/cancers15010251.