| Item Type: | Article | 
|---|---|
| Title: | TCR-transgenic lymphocytes specific for HMMR/Rhamm limit tumor outgrowth in vivo | 
| Creators Name: | Spranger, S., Jeremias, I., Wilde, S., Leisegang, M., Staerck, L., Mosetter, B., Uckert, W., Heemskerk, M.H.M., Schendel, D.J. and Frankenberger, B. | 
| Abstract: | The hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (HMMR/Rhamm) is overexpressed in numerous tumor types, including acute lymphoid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Several studies have reported the existence of T-cell responses directed against HMMR in AML patients that are linked to better clinical outcome. Therefore, we explored the use of HMMR-specific TCRs for transgenic expression in lymphocytes and their in vivo impact on HMMR+ solid tumors and disseminated leukemia. We obtained TCRs via an in vitro priming approach in combination with CD137-mediated enrichment. Recipient lymphocytes expressing transgenic TCR revealed the specific tumor recognition pattern seen with the original T cells. Adoptive transfer experiments using a humanized xenograft mouse model resulted in significantly retarded solid tumor outgrowth, which was enhanced using IL-15-conditioned, TCR-transgenic effector memory cells. These cells also showed an increased potency to retard the outgrowth of disseminated AML, and this was further improved using CD8-enriched effector memory cells. To define a safe clinical setting for HMMR-TCR gene therapy, we analyzed transgenic T-cell recognition of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and found on-target killing of HLA-A2(+) HSCs. Our findings clearly limit the use of HMMR-TCR therapy to MHC-mismatched HSC transplantation, in which HLA-A2 differences can be used to restrict recognition to patient HSCs and leukemia. | 
| Keywords: | Adoptive Immunotherapy, CD44 Antigens, Cell Growth Processes, Cultured Cells, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Gene Therapy, HEK293 Cells, K562 Cells, Lymphocytes, Neoplasms, T-Cell Antigen Receptors, T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity, Transgenic Mice, Transfection, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Animals, Mice | 
| Source: | Blood | 
| ISSN: | 0006-4971 | 
| Publisher: | American Society of Hematology | 
| Volume: | 119 | 
| Number: | 15 | 
| Page Range: | 3440-3449 | 
| Date: | 12 April 2012 | 
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2011-06-357939 | 
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed | 
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