title: Grafting primary human T lymphocytes with cancer-specific chimeric single chain and two chain TCR.
abstract: Primary human activated T lymphocytes were genetically grafted with chimeric T cell receptors (TCR). Three domain single chain (sc-) TCR as well as two chain (tc-) TCR gene constructs were derived from the melanoma-specific cytotoxic human T cell (CTL) clone 82/30, and linked to the CD3-zeta signaling element. Chimeric TCR alpha and beta receptor genes were structurally designed to prevent pairing with endogenous TCR alpha and beta chains in order to prevent the generation of unpredictable immune specificities. After transduction of polyclonally activated human peripheral blood lymphocytes with retroviral vectors harboring the chimeric receptor genes, genetically engineered cells specifically recognized and responded to MAGE-A1POS/HLA-A1POS cells. Importantly, each type of transduced T lymphocytes that bound specifically to peptide/MHC complexes also showed specific antitumor reactivity as well as lymphokine production. Genetically engineered primary human T lymphocytes expressing chimeric sc- or tc-TCR therefore hold promise for disease-specific therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Tumor Immunology, Academic Hospital Rotterdam/Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Willemsen
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Weijtens
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronteltap
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Eshhar
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gratama
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chames
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bolhuis
mesh_terms: D002678:Chimera; D002999:Clone Cells; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology; D015202:Protein Engineering; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D012190:Retroviridae; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor