Abstract:
:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an attractive target for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy. CAR T cells have proved remarkably potent in targeted killing of cancer cells, and we surmised that CAR T cells could prove useful in eradicating HIV-infected cells. Toward this goal, we interrogate several neutralizing single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) that target different regions of the HIV envelope glycoprotein, gp120. We find here that CAR T cells with scFv from NIH45-46 antibody demonstrated the highest cytotoxicity. Although NIH45-46 CAR T cells are capable of eliminating antigen-expressing cells, we wanted to address HIV reactivation from ex vivo culture of HIV patient-derived CAR T cells. In order to capitalize on the HIV reactivation, we developed a conditionally replicating lentiviral vector (crLV). The crLV can hijack HIV machinery, forming a chimeric lentivirus (LV) instead of HIV and delivered to uninfected cells. We find that CAR T cells generated with crLVs have similar CAR-mediated functionality as traditional CARs. We also demonstrate crLVs' capability of expanding CAR percentage and protecting CD4 CAR T cell in HIV donors. Collectively, we demonstrate here that the novel crLV NIH45-46 CAR can serve as a strategy to combat HIV, as well as overcome HIV reactivation in CD4+ CAR T cells.
journal_name
Mol Ther Methods Clin Devjournal_title
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical developmentauthors
Urak RZ,Soemardy C,Ray R,Li S,Shevchenko G,Scott T,Lim L,Wang X,Morris KVdoi
10.1016/j.omtm.2020.09.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-09-28 00:00:00pages
285-294issn
2329-0501pii
S2329-0501(20)30199-6journal_volume
19pub_type
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