<p>Advancements in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have been limited by an incomplete understanding of CAR T-cell differentiation in patients. Here, we show via single-cell, multi-modal, and longitudinal analyses, that CD8<sup>+</sup> CAR T cells from DLBCL patients successfully treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel undergo two distinct waves of clonal expansion in vivo. The first wave is dominated by an exhausted-like effector memory phenotype during peak expansion (day 8–14). The second wave is dominated by a terminal effector phenotype during the post-peak persistence period (day 21–28). Importantly, the two waves have distinct ontogeny from the infusion product and are biologically uncoupled. Precursors of the first wave exhibit more effector-like signatures, whereas precursors of the second wave exhibit more stem-like signatures. We demonstrate that CAR T-cell expansion and persistence are mediated by clonally, phenotypically, and ontogenically distinct CAR T-cell populations that serve complementary clinical purposes.</p>

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Two-stage CD8+ CAR T-cell differentiation in patients with large B-cell lymphoma

  • Guoshuai Cao,
  • Yifei Hu,
  • Tony Pan,
  • Erting Tang,
  • Nicholas Asby,
  • Thomas Althaus,
  • Jun Wan,
  • Peter A. Riedell,
  • Michael R. Bishop,
  • Justin P. Kline,
  • Jun Huang

摘要

Advancements in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have been limited by an incomplete understanding of CAR T-cell differentiation in patients. Here, we show via single-cell, multi-modal, and longitudinal analyses, that CD8+ CAR T cells from DLBCL patients successfully treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel undergo two distinct waves of clonal expansion in vivo. The first wave is dominated by an exhausted-like effector memory phenotype during peak expansion (day 8–14). The second wave is dominated by a terminal effector phenotype during the post-peak persistence period (day 21–28). Importantly, the two waves have distinct ontogeny from the infusion product and are biologically uncoupled. Precursors of the first wave exhibit more effector-like signatures, whereas precursors of the second wave exhibit more stem-like signatures. We demonstrate that CAR T-cell expansion and persistence are mediated by clonally, phenotypically, and ontogenically distinct CAR T-cell populations that serve complementary clinical purposes.