细胞外域,链和跨膜决定因素影响了新型抗艾滋病毒化学抗原受体 (CAR) 结构的表面CD4表达
Giorgio Zenere1,2, Chengxiang Wu1, Cecily C Midkiff1
1Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America.
PloS one
|August 12, 2024
概括
优化用于HIV治疗的仿真抗原受体 (CAR) - - T细胞需要了解CAR的结构元素. 这项研究确定了提高CAR T细胞表面表达和抗HIV活性至关重要的关键动机.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 化学抗原受体 (CAR) -T细胞疗法在艾滋病毒治疗方面表现有前途.
- 目前的CAR设计需要针对慢性艾滋病毒感染的有效性进行优化.
研究的目的:
- 确定新型抗艾滋病毒CAR中的关键结构元素,以改善表面表达.
- 评估细胞外,链和跨膜 (TM) 领域对CAR功能的影响.
主要方法:
- 构建新的抗艾滋病毒CAR变体,在细胞外,链和TM领域进行修改.
- 使用流细胞计和共聚焦显微镜评估CAR表面和细胞内表达.
- 评估工程CAR T细胞对艾滋病毒感染细胞的细胞毒性活性.
主要成果:
- 一个新型的CAR结合了截断的CD4细胞外域和CD8α链/TM,最初显示表面表达不佳.
- 缩短CD8α链,并将LYC图案添加到CD8α TM域中,完全恢复了细胞内和细胞外CAR表达.
- 在LYC基因 (TTA或TTC) 中的突变严重废除了CAR表达.
- 删除FQKAS基因增强了CD4-CAR表面表达,并导致HIV Env+点细胞的细胞毒性杀死.
结论:
- 在链和TM领域内的特定图案,特别是LYC图案,对于最佳的CAR表面表达至关重要.
- 结构修改可以显著提高CAR T细胞在HIV治疗中的疗效.
- 需要进一步进行结构分析,以制定有效的CAR开发设计指南.
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