Yuxin Li, Tao Gao, Zhaoxin Han, Valeria M. Stepanova, Han Wang, Hongmin Chen, Alexey Stepanov, Senlian Hong
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A Comparative Mechanistic Study of Live-Cell Glycocalyx Engineering: Improving Adoptive Cell Therapies Against B Lymphoma
Adoptive cell therapies (ACTs) have achieved remarkable clinical success in treating cancers; however, their broader application is greatly impeded by high cost and restricted antigen specificity. Recently, engineering the glycocalyx has provided a convenient transgene-free means to design ACTs with high-avidity glycan ligands to target CD22, offering a new avenue for B lymphoma immunotherapy. In this work, we perform a comparative analysis of the molecular profiles involved in metabolic or chemoenzymatic glycocalyx engineering and explore their multiplexing capability. The glycoproteomic results revealed content-dependent customization of the NK-92MI glycocalyx. Compared with metabolic engineering, exogenous chemoenzymatic engineering has comparable or even superior ligand-loading efficiency, with some immune synapse components modified to facilitate their spatial recognition against target cells. Next, we tested the orthogonal creation of ligands on natural killer (NK)-92MI cells by further engineering α2,3-sialylated N-acetyllactosamine moieties to produce selectin ligands that are essential for better in vivo eradication of mouse xenograft B lymphoma. Finally, we demonstrate that analogous engineering of CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells to produce CD19/CD22 bitargeted therapy can enhance antigen targeting and tumor cell killing, offering an alternative cost-efficient agent for treating cancer relapse with decreased levels of CD19 antigens. These findings establish a mechanistic foundation for glycocalyx engineering and support the rational design of next-generation ACTs against B lymphoma.
期刊介绍:
Engineering, an international open-access journal initiated by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2015, serves as a distinguished platform for disseminating cutting-edge advancements in engineering R&D, sharing major research outputs, and highlighting key achievements worldwide. The journal's objectives encompass reporting progress in engineering science, fostering discussions on hot topics, addressing areas of interest, challenges, and prospects in engineering development, while considering human and environmental well-being and ethics in engineering. It aims to inspire breakthroughs and innovations with profound economic and social significance, propelling them to advanced international standards and transforming them into a new productive force. Ultimately, this endeavor seeks to bring about positive changes globally, benefit humanity, and shape a new future.