<p>Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy has shown great success in clinical cancer, bringing hope to apply CAR strategies to other clinical settings. Here we developed a CAR macrophage (CAR-M) that recognizes the major inflammatory molecule tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and activates an intracellular IL-4 signalling pathway, thereby programming engineered macrophages for an anti-inflammatory function. CAR-M therapy has exhibited efficacy in mouse models of both acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. In kidney ischaemia reperfusion injury (IRI), infused CAR-Ms switched to an anti-inflammatory phenotype in inflamed kidney and attenuated kidney IRI. The anti-inflammatory phenotype of infused CAR-Ms switched off during the recovery phase of kidney IRI, coinciding with the disappearance of TNF. In Adriamycin-induced nephropathy, a model of chronic inflammatory disease, infused CAR-Ms maintained an anti-inflammatory phenotype for several weeks in response to sustained high levels of TNF and improved kidney function and structure. CAR-Ms also effectively reduced tissue injury in another organ, the liver. Human anti-TNF CAR-Ms exhibit anti-inflammatory phenotype and function in response to TNF. The CAR-M design, using signal switching, holds promise for the treatment of a broad range of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.</p>

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Targeting inflammation with chimeric antigen receptor macrophages using a signal switch

  • Qi Cao,
  • Yiping Wang,
  • Jianwei Chen,
  • Ruifeng Wang,
  • Titi Chen,
  • Brian Gloss,
  • Scott A. Read,
  • Xuerong Wang,
  • Vincent W. S. Lee,
  • Leighton Clancy,
  • Natasha M. Rogers,
  • Stephen I. Alexander,
  • Guoping Zheng,
  • Di Yu,
  • David C. H. Harris

摘要

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy has shown great success in clinical cancer, bringing hope to apply CAR strategies to other clinical settings. Here we developed a CAR macrophage (CAR-M) that recognizes the major inflammatory molecule tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and activates an intracellular IL-4 signalling pathway, thereby programming engineered macrophages for an anti-inflammatory function. CAR-M therapy has exhibited efficacy in mouse models of both acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. In kidney ischaemia reperfusion injury (IRI), infused CAR-Ms switched to an anti-inflammatory phenotype in inflamed kidney and attenuated kidney IRI. The anti-inflammatory phenotype of infused CAR-Ms switched off during the recovery phase of kidney IRI, coinciding with the disappearance of TNF. In Adriamycin-induced nephropathy, a model of chronic inflammatory disease, infused CAR-Ms maintained an anti-inflammatory phenotype for several weeks in response to sustained high levels of TNF and improved kidney function and structure. CAR-Ms also effectively reduced tissue injury in another organ, the liver. Human anti-TNF CAR-Ms exhibit anti-inflammatory phenotype and function in response to TNF. The CAR-M design, using signal switching, holds promise for the treatment of a broad range of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.