<p>Excessive cardiac fibrosis is a key cause of heart failure and adverse ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. The abnormally activated fibroblasts after scar maturation are the chief culprit. Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse cardiac interstitial cells after myocardial infarction depicts a late-activated fibroblast subpopulation F-Act and initially identifies its characteristic antigen CD248, which is also verified in human hearts. On this basis, we develop a CD248-targeted biotin-binding immune receptor T cell therapy against F-Act to correct cardiac repair disorders. In our study, the precise removal of F-Act after the scar matured effectively inhibits fibrotic expansion in the peri-infarct zone and improves cardiac function. This therapy provides an idea for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis and also promotes the application of engineered T cells to non-tumor diseases.</p>

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CD248-targeted BBIR-T cell therapy against late-activated fibroblasts in cardiac repair after myocardial infarction

  • Haiting Chen,
  • Ke Hu,
  • Qi Tang,
  • Junzhuo Wang,
  • Qianyu Gu,
  • Jiayu Chen,
  • Jiaxin Hu,
  • Ningxin Peng,
  • Meng Guo,
  • Yaohui Jiang,
  • Qingbo Xu,
  • Jun Xie

摘要

Excessive cardiac fibrosis is a key cause of heart failure and adverse ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. The abnormally activated fibroblasts after scar maturation are the chief culprit. Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse cardiac interstitial cells after myocardial infarction depicts a late-activated fibroblast subpopulation F-Act and initially identifies its characteristic antigen CD248, which is also verified in human hearts. On this basis, we develop a CD248-targeted biotin-binding immune receptor T cell therapy against F-Act to correct cardiac repair disorders. In our study, the precise removal of F-Act after the scar matured effectively inhibits fibrotic expansion in the peri-infarct zone and improves cardiac function. This therapy provides an idea for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis and also promotes the application of engineered T cells to non-tumor diseases.