US20150017136A1 - Methods for engineering allogeneic and highly active t cell for immunotherapy - Google Patents

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US20150017136A1
US20150017136A1 US13/942,191 US201313942191A US2015017136A1 US 20150017136 A1 US20150017136 A1 US 20150017136A1 US 201313942191 A US201313942191 A US 201313942191A US 2015017136 A1 US2015017136 A1 US 2015017136A1
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Agnès Gouble
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Cécile Mannioui
Laurent Poirot
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  • the present invention relates to methods for developing engineered non-alloreactive T-cells for immunotherapy and more specifically to methods for modifying T-cells by inactivating both genes encoding T-cell receptor and an immune checkpoint gene to unleash the potential of immune response.
  • This method involves the use of specific rare cutting endonucleases, in particular TALE-nucleases (TAL effector endonuclease) and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to precisely target a selection of key genes in T-cells, which are available from donors or from culture of primary cells.
  • TALE-nucleases TAL effector endonuclease
  • the invention also relates to preTCR ⁇ (“pTalpha”) and functional derivatives thereof, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), multichain CAR and the use thereof to enhance the efficiency of the immunotherapy.
  • pTalpha preTCR ⁇
  • CAR Chimeric Antigen Receptor
  • the invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections.
  • Adoptive immunotherapy which involves the transfer of autologous antigen-specific T cells generated ex vivo, is a promising strategy to treat viral infections and cancer.
  • the T cells used for adoptive immunotherapy can be generated either by expansion of antigen-specific T cells or redirection of T cells through genetic engineering (Park, Rosenberg et al. 2011). Transfer of viral antigen specific T cells is a well-established procedure used for the treatment of transplant associated viral infections and rare viral-related malignancies. Similarly, isolation and transfer of tumor specific T cells has been shown to be successful in treating melanoma.
  • CARs transgenic T cell receptors or chimeric antigen receptors
  • CARs are synthetic receptors consisting of a targeting moiety that is associated with one or more signaling domains in a single fusion molecule.
  • the binding moiety of a CAR consists of an antigen-binding domain of a single-chain antibody (scFv), comprising the light and variable fragments of a monoclonal antibody joined by a flexible linker. Binding moieties based on receptor or ligand domains have also been used successfully.
  • the signaling domains for first generation CARs are derived from the cytoplasmic region of the CD3zeta or the Fc receptor gamma chains.
  • First generation CARs have been shown to successfully redirect T cell cytotoxicity, however, they failed to provide prolonged expansion and anti-tumor activity in vivo.
  • Signaling domains from co-stimulatory molecules including CD28, OX-40 (CD134), and 4-1BB (CD137) have been added alone (second generation) or in combination (third generation) to enhance survival and increase proliferation of CAR modified T cells.
  • CARs have successfully allowed T cells to be redirected against antigens expressed at the surface of tumor cells from various malignancies including lymphomas and solid tumors (Jena, Dotti et al. 2010).
  • Fc ⁇ RI is a tetrameric receptor complex consisting of ligand binding alpha subunit, a beta subunit and a homodimer of two signal-transducing gamma subunits (Metzger, Alcaraz et al. 1986).
  • Fc ⁇ RI alpha domain consists of an extracellular domain containing two Ig-like domains that bind IgE, a transmembrane domain and a short cytoplasmic tail.
  • Beta subunit contains four transmembrane segments separating amino and carboxy terminal cytoplasmic tails.
  • the gamma chain consists essentially of a transmembrane region and cytoplasmic tail containing one immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) (Cambier 1995).
  • ITAM immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
  • T lymphocytes are recovered from patients, genetically modified or selected ex vivo, cultivated in vitro in order to amplify the number of cells if necessary and finally infused into the patient.
  • the host may be manipulated in other ways that support the engraftment of the T cells or their participation in an immune response, for example pre-conditioning (with radiation or chemotherapy) and administration of lymphocyte growth factors (such as IL-2).
  • lymphocyte growth factors such as IL-2
  • Each patient receives an individually fabricated treatment, using the patient's own lymphocytes (i.e. an autologous therapy).
  • Autologous therapies face substantial technical and logistic hurdles to practical application, their generation requires expensive dedicated facilities and expert personnel, they must be generated in a short time following a patient's diagnosis, and in many cases, pretreatment of the patient has resulted in degraded immune function, such that the patient's lymphocytes may be poorly functional and present in very low numbers. Because of these hurdles, each patient's autologous cell preparation is effectively a new product, resulting in substantial variations in efficacy and safety. Ideally, one would like to use a standardized therapy in which allogeneic therapeutic cells could be pre-manufactured, characterized in detail, and available for immediate administration to patients. By allogeneic it is meant that the cells are obtained from individuals belonging to the same species but are genetically dissimilar.
  • allogeneic cells presently has many drawbacks.
  • HvG host versus graft rejection
  • allogeneic cells are able to engraft, but their endogenous TCR specificities recognize the host tissue as foreign, resulting in graft versus host disease (GvHD), which can lead to serious tissue damage and death.
  • GvHD graft versus host disease
  • glucocorticoid receptor This class of steroid hormones binds to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) present in the cytosol of T cells resulting in the translocation into the nucleus and the binding of specific DNA motifs that regulate the expression of a number of genes involved in the immunologic process.
  • Treatment of T cells with glucocorticoid steroids results in reduced levels of cytokine production leading to T cell anergy and interfering in T cell activation.
  • Alemtuzumab also known as CAMPATH1-H, is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting CD52, a 12 amino acid glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol—(GPI) linked glycoprotein (Waldmann and Hale 2005).
  • CD52 is expressed at high levels on T and B lymphocytes and lower levels on monocytes while being absent on granulocytes and bone marrow precursors.
  • Treatment with Alemtuzumab a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against CD52, has been shown to induce a rapid depletion of circulating lymphocytes and monocytes. It is frequently used in the treatment of T cell lymphomas and in certain cases as part of a conditioning regimen for transplantation.
  • the use of immunosuppressive drugs will also have a detrimental effect on the introduced therapeutic T cells. Therefore, to effectively use an adoptive immunotherapy approach in these conditions, the introduced cells would need to be resistant to the immunosuppressive treatment.
  • T cell receptors are cell surface receptors that participate in the activation of T cells in response to the presentation of antigen.
  • the TCR is generally made from two chains, alpha and beta, which assemble to form a heterodimer and associates with the CD3-transducing subunits to form the T-cell receptor complex present on the cell surface.
  • Each alpha and beta chain of the TCR consists of an immunoglobulin-like N-terminal variable (V) and constant (C) region, a hydrophobic transmembrane domain, and a short cytoplasmic region.
  • variable region of the alpha and beta chains are generated by V(D)J recombination, creating a large diversity of antigen specificities within the population of T cells.
  • T cells are activated by processed peptide fragments in association with an MHC molecule, introducing an extra dimension to antigen recognition by T cells, known as MHC restriction.
  • MHC restriction Recognition of MHC disparities between the donor and recipient through the T cell receptor leads to T cell proliferation and the potential development of GVHD. It has been shown that normal surface expression of the TCR depends on the coordinated synthesis and assembly of all seven components of the complex (Ashwell and Klusner 1990). The inactivation of TCRalpha or TCRbeta can result in the elimination of the TCR from the surface of T cells preventing recognition of alloantigen and thus GVHD.
  • TCR disruption results in the elimination of the CD3 signaling component and alters the means of further T cell expansion.
  • T-cell mediated immunity includes multiple sequential steps regulated by a balance between co-stimulatory and inhibitory signals that fine-tune the immunity response.
  • the inhibitory signals referred to as immune checkpoints are crucial for the maintenance of self-tolerance and also to limit immune-mediated collateral tissue damage.
  • the expression of immune checkpoints protein can be deregulated by tumours. The ability of tumours to co-opt these inhibitory pathways represents an important mechanism in immune resistance and limits the success of immunotherapy.
  • One of promising approaches to activating therapeutic T-cell immune response is the blockade of these immune checkpoints (Pardoll 2012).
  • Immune checkpoints represent significant barriers to activation of functional cellular immunity in cancer, and antagonistic antibodies specific for inhibitory ligands on T cells including CTLA4 and programmed death-1 (PD-1) are examples of targeted agents being evaluated in the clinics.
  • Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4; also known as CD152) downregulates the amplitude of T cell activation and treatment with antagonist CTLA4 antibodies (ipilimumab) has shown a survival benefit in patients with melanoma (Robert and Mateus 2011).
  • Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1 or PDCD1 also known as CD279) represent another very promising target for immunotherapy (Pardoll and Drake 2012; Pardoll 2012).
  • PD1 limits T cell effector functions in peripheral tissue at the time of an inflammatory response to infection and to limit autoimmunity.
  • the first clinical trial with PD1 antibody shows some cases of tumour regression (Brahmer, Drake et al. 2010).
  • Multiple additional immune checkpoint protein represent promising targets for therapeutic blockade based on recently studies.
  • T cell receptors emanate from the pre-T cell receptors (pTCR) which are expressed by immature thymocytes and are crucial for T cell development from the double negative (CD4 ⁇ CD8 ⁇ ) to the double-positive (CD4+ CD8+) stages.
  • pTCR pre-T cell receptors
  • Pre-T cells that succeed in productive rearrangements of the TCRbeta locus express a functional TCRbeta chain which pairs with an invariant preTalpha chain and CD3 signaling components to form the pre-TCR complex.
  • the expression of the preTCR at the cell surface is necessary for triggering beta-selection, a process that induces the expansion of developing T cells, enforces allelic exclusion of the TCRbeta locus and results in the induction of rearrangements at the TCRalpha locus (von Boehmer 2005).
  • thymocytes undergo a second step of selection, referred to as positive or TCRalpha/beta selection upon binding of self peptide MHC complexes expressed on thymic epithelial cells.
  • TCRalpha/beta selection upon binding of self peptide MHC complexes expressed on thymic epithelial cells.
  • TCR activation is the initiation of signaling pathways via the associated CD3 subunits that result in multiple events including clonal expansion of T cells, upregulation of activation markers on the cell surface and induction of cytotoxicity or cytokine secretion.
  • the heterologous introduction of the pTalpha transgene can result in the formation of a preTCR.
  • This pTCR can serve as a means of T cell activation or stimulation in a manner that is non-MHC dependent, thus for example allowing continued expansion of alpha/beta T-cells following TCRalpha inactivation.
  • the pTCR complex displays a similar biochemical composition as the TCR in terms of associated CD3 subunits (Carrasco, Ramiro et al. 2001).
  • pre-TCR signaling may occur in part by a ligand independent event.
  • the crystal structure of the pTCR extracellular domain has provided a structural basis for the possible ligand-independence of pTCR signaling.
  • the pTCR has been shown to form a head to tail dimer where two pTalpha-TCRbeta heterodimers associate (Pang, Berry et al. 2010).
  • the inventors have achieved the production of genetically modified T-cells, which overcome the limitations of present immunotherapy strategies, allowing them to be non-alloreactive and highly active.
  • the blockade of immune checkpoints has been realized using antibodies
  • another way to accomplish inhibition is by the inactivation of the expression of immune checkpoint genes in T cells that allow the production of engineered allogeneic T cells ideally as an “off the shelf” product. This was made possible by gene inactivation using specific TALE-nucleases directed against TCRalpha or TCRbeta coupled with inactivation of genes encoding immune checkpoint protein such as PD1 and CTLA-4.
  • TCRalpha or TCRbeta coupled with inactivation of immune checkpoint genes in T lymphocytes derived from an allogeneic donor significantly reduces the risk of GVHD, by eliminating the TCR, responsible for recognition of MHC disparities, while permitting proliferation and activity of the introduced lymphocytes.
  • these modified allogeneic T cells are expected to be highly active in patient's blood, where they can target tumor cells or infected cells.
  • TALE-nucleases In addition to the above conception of genetically modified T cells, which can be both non alloreactive and highly active, the inventors, by the use and design of specific TALE-nucleases, have concomitantly inactivated these different genes in T-cells, thereby obtaining double mutants. As a matter of fact, double gene targeting by DSB has been so far unachieved in T cells due to the difficulty of yielding and maintaining T-cells in culture over time, to their low transformation rates, and loss during selection procedures. These difficulties result in a low probability of success for obtaining such cells.
  • one significant part of the invention is to have designed specific TALE-nucleases, allowing higher rates of DSB events within the T-cells, which are well tolerated by the cells, (especially upon co-transfection), able to target the selection of genes according to the invention.
  • TALE-nucleases By using rare-cutting endonucleases, such as the TALE-nucleases described therein, the probability of obtaining double inactivation of the genes in the transfected T-cells was significantly increased, so that it now appears possible to produce engineered T cells available from donors on a regular basis, using standard procedures.
  • the present invention proposes an embodiment where T-cells are engineered to allow proliferation when TCRalpha is inactivated.
  • T-cells are engineered to allow proliferation when TCRalpha is inactivated.
  • a significant problem with T-cells that have undergone TCR subunit inactivation is that the cells can no longer be expanded through the CD3 complex.
  • the inventors indeed provide means to expand T-cells in which TCRalpha has been inactivated through the CD3 complex, by expression of preTalpha in the cells, thus restoring a functional CD3 complex in the absence of a functional alpha/beta TCR.
  • T cells are further transformed with CAR to redirect allogeneic cells specificity towards tumor associated antigens independent of MHC.
  • the invention relates to a multi-chain CAR, in which costimulatory domains are placed in their normal juxtamembrane positions to improve their functions and so enhance survival and increase proliferation of engineered T-cells.
  • the invention provides methods, polypeptides and polynucleotides that allow the effective transformation of allogeneic T cells for adoptive immunotherapy, and their facile expansion.
  • the present invention discloses methods to engineer T cells, in particular allogeneic T cells obtainable from donors, to make them suitable for immunotherapy purposes.
  • the methods of the present invention more particularly allow the precise modification of the genome of cells relevant for immunotherapy by inactivating or replacing genes involved in MHC recognition and/or immune checkpoint proteins.
  • the modified cells relevant for immunotherapy further comprise exogenous recombinant polynucleotides encoding CARs for specific cell recognition.
  • Present CARs are single fusion molecules that necessitate serial appending of signaling domains. Moving signaling domains from their natural juxtamembrane position may interfere with their function.
  • the inventors design a multi-chain CAR derived from Fc ⁇ RI to allow normal juxtamembrane position of all relevant signaling domains.
  • the high affinity IgE binding domain of Fc ⁇ RI alpha chain is replaced by an extracellular ligand-binding domain such as scFv to redirect T-cell specificity to cell targets and the N and/or C-termini tails of Fc ⁇ RI beta chain is used to place costimulatory signals in normal juxtamembrane positions.
  • pTalpha or functional variant thereof are introduced into the engineered T-cells.
  • the pTalpha or functional variant thereof used can be either full-length pTalpha, a splice variant (Saint-Ruf, Lechner et al. 1998), a C-terminal truncated version that has been shown to increase preTCR cell surface expression (Carrasco, Ramiro et al. 2001). Other additional truncations either smaller or larger than that described could be used.
  • Different preTalpha versions may further comprise signaling moieties from other molecules (CD28, CD137, CD8, TCRalpha, etc.) to promote proliferation and survival or comprise mutations that affect its ability to dimerize, such as the D22A, R24A, R102A or R117A mutations previously described in mice (Yamasaki, Ishikawa et al. 2006) or the W46R mutation described in humans (Pang, Berry et al. 2010) to decrease the proliferation potential.
  • the scFv portion of the CAR may also be fused to the extracellular domain of a pTalpha or a functional variant thereof, thus coupling the specificity towards target antigens directly with the proliferative activity of the preTCR.
  • the present invention relates to the polypeptides and the polynucleotides, which encode the rare-cutting endonucleases, to precisely target the above genes of interest, in particular TCRalpha, TCRbeta, immune checkpoint genes, thereby enabling the genetic modification of the T-cells for immunotherapy.
  • the present invention provides more particularly specific target sequences within these genes and TALE-nucleases designed to respectively target those genes.
  • the present invention also relates to the isolated cells or cell lines comprising any of the proteins, polypeptides or vectors described herein.
  • the T cells of the present invention comprise inactivated TCRalpha, TCRbeta, immune checkpoint genes for their use in immunotherapy.
  • the isolated cells of the present invention or cell lines can further comprise exogenous recombinant polynucleotides, in particular polynucleotides encoding pTalpha or functional variant thereof, CARs or multi-chain CARs.
  • the modified T cells are used as a therapeutic product, ideally as an “off the shelf” product.
  • the present invention concerns the method for treating or preventing cancer or infections in the patient by administrating an engineered T-cell obtainable by the above methods.
  • FIG. 1 Schematic representation of the normal relationship between T-cells and antigen presenting cell.
  • FIG. 2 Schematic representation of the genetically modified therapeutic T-cells according to the invention and the patient's tumor cells.
  • FIG. 3 Schematic representation of multi-chain CAR.
  • FIG. 4 Schematic of different versions of multi-chain CARs.
  • A Schematic of the Fc ⁇ RI receptor.
  • B-C Different versions of multi-chain CARs (csm1 to csm10) comprising a scFv and a CD8 stalk region fused to the transmembrane domain of Fc ⁇ RI alpha chain. At least one 41BB, CD28 and/or CD3 zeta domains can be fused to a Fc ⁇ RI alpha, beta and/or gamma chain.
  • FIG. 5 Schematic representation of one example of the method of engineering human allogenic cells for immunotherapy
  • FIG. 6 Concentration in cells per milliliter of live CD52-positive or CD52-negative cells after treatment with anti-CD52 antibody (CAMPATH1-H) with complement or controls.
  • FIG. 7 Comparison of the forward side scatter (FSC) distribution, an indicator of cell size, between TCR-positive and TCR-negative cells, or between CD52-positive and CD52-negative cells, and non activated cells as control.
  • FSC forward side scatter
  • FIG. 8 Flow cytometry analysis of CD107a expression (marker of degranulation) on targeted CD52 and TCRalpha inactivated T cells.
  • CD107 expression is analyzed on CD52+TCR ⁇ + cells (first column), CD52-TCR ⁇ cells (second column), CD52-TCR ⁇ + cells (third column) and CD52+TCR ⁇ cells (fourth column) before (A) and after incubation with Daudi cells (B);
  • C) represents flow cytometry analysis of T cells further transfected with a CAR and incubated with Daudi cells;
  • D) represents flow cytometry analysis of T cells transfected with a CAR but not incubated with Daudi cells and
  • E) represents flow cytometry analysis of T cells transfected with a CAR and treated to PMA/ionomycin (positive control).
  • FIG. 9 Deep sequencing analysis of CD52 and TRAC TALE-nucleases potential off-site targets.
  • FIG. 10 Analysis of PDCD1 and CTLA-4 genomic locus by T7-endonuclease assay. Arrows point to digested PCR products.
  • FIG. 11 Schematic representation of some examples of preTalpha constructs.
  • FIG. 12 Flow cytometry analysis of transduction efficiency (% BFP+ cells) and activity of the FL, ⁇ 18, ⁇ 48 pTalpha constructs (% CD3 surface expression) in TCR alpha inactivated Jurkat cells.
  • FIG. 13 Schematic representation of a lentiviral construct coding for pTalpha protein (preTCR ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 14 A. Representation of the experimental protocol.
  • B. Flow cytometry analysis of TCR alpha/beta, CD3 expression and BFP expression on TCRalpha inactivated T cells (KO) transduced with either BFP-2A-pTalpha ⁇ 48 (KO/ ⁇ 48) or control BFP lentiviral vector (KO/BFP) before and after purification.
  • C. Flow cytometry analysis of TCR alpha/beta and CD3 expression on purified TCR alpha inactivated cells transduced (BFPpos) or not (BFPneg) with BFP-2A-pTalpha ⁇ 48 lentiviral vector.
  • NEP represents non electroporated cells with TRAC TALE-nucleases.
  • FIG. 15 A-B. Flow cytometry analysis of early activation marker CD69 (A), late activation marker CD25 (B) expression 24 and 48 hours after re-activation with anti-CD3/CD28 beads respectively on non electroporated cells (NEP) and TCRalpha inactivated cells (KO) transduced with BFP-2A-pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48 lentiviral vector (pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48), BFP-2A-pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.4166 lentiviral vector (pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.BB) or control BFP vector (BFP).
  • BFP BFP-2A-pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48
  • BFP control BFP vector
  • pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48 histograms correspond to the signal detected in TCR inactivated cells expressing pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48 (BFP+ cells) while the KO histograms correspond to TCRalpha inactivated cells which do not express pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48 (BFP ⁇ cells)
  • pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.BB histograms correspond to the signal detected in TCR inactivated cells expressing pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.41BB (BFP+ cells) while the KO histograms correspond to TCRalpha inactivated cells which do not express pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.41BB (BFP ⁇ cells).
  • NEP (non electroporated) histograms correspond to signal detected in non engineered cells.
  • FIG. 16 Cell growth analysis of TCR alpha inactivated cells (KO) transduced with pTalpha- ⁇ 48 (pTa ⁇ 48) or control BFP vector (BFP) maintained in IL2 or in IL2 with anti-CD3/CD28 beads at different time points (x-axis).
  • the BFP+ cells number is estimated at different time points for each condition and the fold induction of these cells (y-axis) was estimated with respect to the value obtained at day 2 post re-activation.
  • the results are obtained from two independent donors.
  • cell growth was also determined for cells transduced with pTalpha- ⁇ 48.41BB (pT ⁇ - ⁇ 48.BB) and full-length pTalpha—(pT ⁇ -FL).
  • FIG. 17 Flow cytometry analysis of GFP positive cells on PBMCs electroporated with the five different Cytopulse programs. The upper line corresponds to transfection of 6 ⁇ 10 6 cells per cuvette, while the lower line corresponds to transfection of 3 ⁇ 10 6 cells per cuvette.
  • FIG. 18 Flow cytometry analysis of purified T cell mortality using viability dye (eFluor-450) and of GFP positive cells among the viable population after electroporation with GFP mRNA, GFP DNA and control pUC DNA.
  • NEP corresponds to cells that were maintained in electroporation buffer but were not electroporated and NT corresponds to non electroporated cells maintained in culture medium.
  • FIG. 19 Flow cytometry analysis of TCR alpha/beta and CD3 expression on human primary T cells following TRAC TALE-nuclease mRNA electroporation (top). Deep sequencing analysis of genomic DNA extracted from human primary T cells following TRAC TALE-nuclease mRNA electroporation (bottom).
  • FIG. 20 A. Flow cytometry analysis of CAR expression (anti F(ab′)2) after electroporation of T cells with or without mRNA encoding a single chain CAR. B. Flow cytometry analysis of CD107a expression (marker of degranulation) on electroporated T cells cocultured with daudi cells.
  • FIG. 21 A. Representation of mRNA encoding a multi-chain CAR.
  • Table 1 Description of the GR TALE-nucleases and sequences of the TALE-nucleases target sites in the human GR gene.
  • Table 2 Cleavage activity of the GR TALE-nucleases in yeast. Values are comprised between 0 and 1. Maximal value is 1.
  • Table 3 Percentage of targeted mutagenesis at endogenous TALE-nuclease target sites in 293 cells.
  • Table 4 Percentage of targeted mutagenesis at endogenous TALE-nuclease target sites in primary T lymphocytes.
  • Table 5 Description of the CD52, TRAC and TRBC TALE-nucleases and sequences of the TALE-nucleases target sites in the human corresponding genes.
  • Table 6 Additional target sequences for TRAC and CD52 TALE-nucleases.
  • Table 7 Percentage of indels for TALE-nuclease targeting CD52_T02, TRAC_T01, TRBC_T01 and TRBC_T02 targets.
  • Table 8 Percentages of CD52-negative, TCR-negative and CD52/TCR-double negative T lymphocytes after transfection of corresponding TALE-nuclease-expressing polynucleotides.
  • Table 9 Percentages of TCR-negative T lymphocytes after transfection of TRBC TALE-nuclease-expressing polynucleotides.
  • Table 10 Description of the CTLA4 and PDCD1 TALE-nucleases and sequences of the TALE-nucleases target sites in the human corresponding genes.
  • Table 11 Description of a subset of pTalpha constructs.
  • Table 12 Activity of the different pTalpha constructs in Jurkat TCR alpha inactivated cell. Activity was measured by flow cytometry analysis of CD3 expression on jurkat TCR alpha inactivated cell transfected with the different preTalpha constructs.
  • Table 13 Different cytopulse programs used to determine the minimal voltage required for electroporation in PBMC derived T-cells.
  • Table 14 Cytopulse program used to electroporate purified T-cells.
  • the present invention relates to methods for new adoptive immunotherapy strategies in treating cancer and infections.
  • the present invention relates to a method of engineering T-cells, especially for immunotherapy.
  • the method comprises:
  • this method comprises:
  • T cell-mediated immunity includes multiple sequential steps involving the clonal selection of antigen specific cells, their activation and proliferation in secondary lymphoid tissue, their trafficking to sites of antigen and inflammation, the execution of direct effector function and the provision of help (through cytokines and membrane ligands) for a multitude of effector immune cells. Each of these steps is regulated by counterbalancing stimulatory and inhibitory signal that fine-tune the response.
  • immune checkpoints means a group of molecules expressed by T cells. These molecules effectively serve as “brakes” to down-modulate or inhibit an immune response.
  • Immune checkpoint molecules include, but are not limited to Programmed Death 1 (PD-1, also known as PDCD1 or CD279, accession number: NM — 005018), Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4, also known as CD152, GenBank accession number AF414120.1), LAG3 (also known as CD223, accession number: NM — 002286.5), Tim3 (also known as HAVCR2, GenBank accession number: JX049979.1), BTLA (also known as CD272, accession number: NM — 181780.3), BY55 (also known as CD160, GenBank accession number: CR541888.1), TIGIT (also known as VSTM3, accession number: NM — 173799), B7H5 (also known as C10orf54, homolog of mouse vista gene, accession number: NM — 022153.1), LAIR1 (also known as CD305, GenBank accession number: CR542051.1), SIGL
  • CTLA-4 is a cell-surface protein expressed on certain CD4 and CD8 T cells; when engaged by its ligands (B7-1 and B7-2) on antigen presenting cells, T-cell activation and effector function are inhibited.
  • the present invention relates to a method of engineering T-cells, especially for immunotherapy, comprising genetically modifying T-cells by inactivating at least one protein involved in the immune check-point, in particular PD1 and/or CTLA-4.
  • the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of one gene, preferably two genes selected from the group consisting of PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of two genes selected from the group consisting of PD1 and TCR alpha, PD1 and TCR beta, CTLA-4 and TCR alpha, CTLA-4 and TCR beta, LAG3 and TCR alpha, LAG3 and TCR beta, Tim3 and TCR alpha, Tim3 and TCR beta, BTLA and TCR alpha, BTLA and TCR beta, BY55 and TCR alpha, BY55 and TCR beta, TIGIT and TCR alpha, TIGIT and TCR beta, B7H5 and TCR alpha, B7H5 and TCR beta, LAIR1 and TCR alpha, LAIR1 and TCR beta, SIGLEC10 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR beta, 2B4 and TCR alpha, 2B4 and TCR beta.
  • the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of more than two genes. The genetic modification is preferably operated ex-vivo.
  • the genetic modification of the method relies on the expression, in provided cells to engineer, of one rare-cutting endonuclease such that said rare-cutting endonuclease specifically catalyzes cleavage in one targeted gene thereby inactivating said targeted gene.
  • the nucleic acid strand breaks caused by the rare-cutting endonuclease are commonly repaired through the distinct mechanisms of homologous recombination or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ).
  • NHEJ non-homologous end joining
  • NHEJ non-homologous end joining
  • Said modification may be a substitution, deletion, or addition of at least one nucleotide.
  • Cells in which a cleavage-induced mutagenesis event, i.e. a mutagenesis event consecutive to an NHEJ event, has occurred can be identified and/or selected by well-known method in the art.
  • said method to engineer cells comprises at least one of the following steps:
  • said method comprises:
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease specifically targets one gene selected from the group consisting of: PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • the genetic modification of the method relies on the expression, in provided cells to engineer, of two rare-cutting endonucleases such that said each of the two rare-cutting endonucleases specifically and respectively catalyzes cleavage in each of the pairs of genes selected from the group consisting of PD1 and TCR alpha, PD1 and TCR beta, CTLA-4 and TCR alpha, CTLA-4 and TCR beta, LAG3 and TCR alpha, LAG3 and TCR beta, Tim3 and TCR alpha, Tim3 and TCR beta, BTLA and TCR alpha, BTLA and TCR beta, BY55 and TCR alpha, BY55 and TCR beta, TIGIT and TCR alpha, TIGIT and TCR beta, B7H5 and TCR alpha, B7H5 and TCR beta, LAIR1 and TCR alpha, LAIR1 and TCR beta, SIGLEC10 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR beta
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease can be a meganuclease, a Zinc finger nuclease or a TALE-nuclease.
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease is a TALE-nuclease.
  • TALE-nuclease is intended a fusion protein consisting of a DNA-binding domain derived from a Transcription Activator Like Effector (TALE) and one nuclease catalytic domain to cleave a nucleic acid target sequence.
  • TALE-nucleases have been designed for precisely targeting relevant genes for adoptive immunotherapy strategies.
  • Preferred TALE-nucleases according to the invention are those recognizing and cleaving the target sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 77 and SEQ ID NO: 78 (PD1), SEQ ID NO: 74 to SEQ ID NO: 76 (CTLA-4), SEQ ID NO: 37, 57 to 60 (TCRalpha), SEQ ID NO: 38 or 39 (TCRbeta).
  • the present invention also relates to TALE-nuclease polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 79 to SEQ ID NO: 88 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to 46.
  • the present invention also relates to polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 79 to SEQ ID NO: 88.
  • polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 79 to SEQ ID NO: 88.
  • polynucleotides, vectors encoding the above described rare-cutting endonucleases according to the invention can be associated with any one of the different methods described in the present disclosure.
  • additional catalytic domain can be further introduced into the cell with said rare-cutting endonuclease to increase mutagenesis in order to enhance their capacity to inactivate targeted genes.
  • said additional catalytic domain is a DNA end processing enzyme.
  • DNA end-processing enzymes include 5-3′ exonucleases, 3-5′ exonucleases, 5-3′ alkaline exonucleases, 5′ flap endonucleases, helicases, hosphatase, hydrolases and template-independent DNA polymerases.
  • Non limiting examples of such catalytic domain comprise of a protein domain or catalytically active derivate of the protein domain selected from the group consisting of hExol (EXO1_HUMAN), Yeast Exol (EXO1_YEAST), E. coli Exol, Human TREX2, Mouse TREX1, Human TREX1, Bovine TREX1, Rat TREX1, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) Human DNA2, Yeast DNA2 (DNA2_YEAST).
  • EXO1_HUMAN hExol
  • EXO1_YEAST Yeast Exol
  • E. coli Exol E. coli Exol
  • Human TREX2 Mouse TREX1, Human TREX1, Bovine TREX1, Rat TREX1, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) Human DNA2, Yeast DNA2 (DNA2_YEAST).
  • said additional catalytic domain has a 3′-5′-exonuclease activity, and in a more preferred embodiment, said additional catalytic domain is TREX, more preferably TREX2 catalytic domain (WO2012/058458). In another preferred embodiment, said catalytic domain is encoded by a single chain TREX polypeptide (WO2013/009525). Said additional catalytic domain may be fused to a nuclease fusion protein or chimeric protein according to the invention optionally by a peptide linker.
  • the genetic modification step of the method further comprises a step of introduction into cells an exogeneous nucleic acid comprising at least a sequence homologous to a portion of the target nucleic acid sequence, such that homologous recombination occurs between the target nucleic acid sequence and the exogeneous nucleic acid.
  • said exogenous nucleic acid comprises first and second portions which are homologous to region 5′ and 3′ of the target nucleic acid sequence, respectively.
  • Said exogenous nucleic acid in these embodiments also comprises a third portion positioned between the first and the second portion which comprises no homology with the regions 5′ and 3′ of the target nucleic acid sequence.
  • a homologous recombination event is stimulated between the target nucleic acid sequence and the exogenous nucleic acid.
  • homologous sequences of at least 50 bp, preferably more than 100 bp and more preferably more than 200 bp are used within said donor matrix. Therefore, the exogenous nucleic acid is preferably from 200 bp to 6000 bp, more preferably from 1000 bp to 2000 bp. Indeed, shared nucleic acid homologies are located in regions flanking upstream and downstream the site of the break and the nucleic acid sequence to be introduced should be located between the two arms.
  • said exogenous nucleic acid successively comprises a first region of homology to sequences upstream of said cleavage, a sequence to inactivate one targeted gene selected from the group consisting of immune checkpoint genes, TCR alpha and TCR beta and a second region of homology to sequences downstream of the cleavage.
  • Said polynucleotide introduction step can be simultaneous, before or after the introduction or expression of said rare-cutting endonuclease.
  • exogenous nucleic acid can be used to knock-out a gene, e.g. when exogenous nucleic acid is located within the open reading frame of said gene, or to introduce new sequences or genes of interest.
  • Sequence insertions by using such exogenous nucleic acid can be used to modify a targeted existing gene, by correction or replacement of said gene (allele swap as a non-limiting example), or to up- or down-regulate the expression of the targeted gene (promoter swap as non-limiting example), said targeted gene correction or replacement.
  • inactivation of genes from the group consisting of immune checkpoint genes, TCR alpha and TCR beta can be done at a precise genomic location targeted by a specific TALE-nuclease, wherein said specific TALE-nuclease catalyzes a cleavage and wherein said exogenous nucleic acid successively comprising at least a region of homology and a sequence to inactivate one targeted gene selected from the group consisting of immune checkpoint genes, TCR alpha and TCR beta which is integrated by homologous recombination.
  • several genes can be, successively or at the same time, inactivated by using several TALE-nucleases respectively and specifically targeting one defined gene and several specific polynucleotides for specific gene inactivation.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended also the inactivation of another gene selected from the group consisting of immune checkpoint genes, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • said additional genomic modification step can be an inactivation step comprising:
  • said method to engineer cell further comprises an additional genomic modification step.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended the introduction into cells to engineer of one protein of interest.
  • Said protein of interest can be, as non limiting examples, pTalpha or functional variant thereof, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), a multi-chain CAR, a bispecific antibody as described in the present disclosure.
  • Said method to engineer cell can also further comprises the introduction of rare-cutting endonuclease able to selectively inactivate by DNA cleavage a gene encoding a target for said immunosuppressive agent as described in the present disclosure.
  • the invention also relates to TALE-nucleases.
  • the invention relates to TALE-nuclease comprising:
  • Preferred TALE-nucleases according to the invention are those recognizing and cleaving the target sequence selected from the group consisting of:
  • Said TALE-nucleases preferably comprise a polypeptide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 79 to SEQ ID NO: 88 in order to cleave the respective target SEQ ID NO: 74 to 78 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to SEQ ID NO: 46, in order to cleave the respective target sequences SEQ ID NO: 37 to 39.
  • the invention encompasses polypeptides variants of the above polypeptides that share at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% and even more preferably at least 95% identity with the sequences provided in this patent application.
  • polypeptides comprising a polypeptide sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 79 to SEQ ID NO: 88 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to SEQ ID NO: 46.
  • polynucleotides are also comprised in the scope of the present invention, polynucleotides, vectors encoding the above described rare-cutting endonucleases according to the invention.
  • isolated cells or cell lines susceptible to be obtained by said method to engineer cells in particular T cells, in which at least one gene selected from the group consisting of immune checkpoint genes, preferably genes selected from the group of: PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta has been inactivated.
  • immune checkpoint genes preferably genes selected from the group of: PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta has been inactivated.
  • those genes are preferably inactivated by at least one rare-cutting endonuclease. It has been shown by the inventors that the use of TALE-nucleases was particularly advantageous to achieve double inactivation in T-cells.
  • the invention encompasses an isolated T-cell comprising at least two polynucleotides, said polynucleotides encoding at least a first and second TALE-nucleases, preferably the first TALE-nuclease being directed against a gene encoding TCR and the second being directed against a gene encoding a immune checkpoint protein, such as PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4.
  • said isolated cell further comprises one additional genomic modification.
  • said additional genomic modification is the integration of at least one exogenous polynucleotide sequence.
  • said exogenous sequence is integrated into one gene selected from the group consisting of PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • the present invention relates to a method of engineering T-cells, especially for immunotherapy.
  • this method comprises:
  • An immunosuppressive agent is an agent that suppresses immune function by one of several mechanisms of action.
  • an immunosuppressive agent is a role played by a compound which is exhibited by a capability to diminish the extent and/or voracity of an immune response.
  • an immunosuppressive agent can be a calcineurin inhibitor, a target of rapamycin, an interleukin-2 ⁇ -chain blocker, an inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, an inhibitor of dihydrofolic acid reductase, a corticosteroid or an immunosuppressive antimetabolite.
  • Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis.
  • targets for immunosuppressive agent can be a receptor for an immunosuppressive agent such as: CD52, glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a FKBP family gene member and a cyclophilin family gene member.
  • the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of one gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta. In another embodiment, the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of two genes selected from the group consisting of CD52 and GR, CD52 and TCR alpha, CDR52 and TCR beta, GR and TCR alpha, GR and TCR beta, TCR alpha and TCR beta. In another embodiment, the genetic modification step of the method relies on the inactivation of more than two genes. The genetic modification is preferably operated ex-vivo.
  • the genetic modification of the method relies on the expression, in provided cells to engineer, of one rare-cutting endonuclease such that said rare-cutting endonuclease specifically catalyzes cleavage in one targeted gene thereby inactivating said targeted gene.
  • said method to engineer cells comprises at least one of the following steps:
  • said method comprises:
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease specifically targets one gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • the genetic modification of the method relies on the expression, in provided cells to engineer, of two rare-cutting endonucleases such that said each of the two rare-cutting endonucleases specifically and respectively catalyzes cleavage in each of the pairs of genes selected from the group consisting of CD52 and GR, CD52 and TCR alpha, CDR52 and TCR beta, GR and TCR alpha, GR and TCR beta, TCR alpha and TCR beta, thereby inactivating said targeted genes.
  • more than two rare-cutting endonucleases can be expressed in cells to engineer in order to target and/or inactivate more than two genes.
  • said gene of step (b), specific for an immunosuppressive treatment is CD52 and the immunosuppressive treatment of step (d) or (e) comprises a humanized antibody targeting CD52 antigen.
  • said gene of step (b), specific for an immunosuppressive treatment is a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and the immunosuppressive treatment of step d) or (e) comprises a corticosteroid such as dexamethasone.
  • GR glucocorticoid receptor
  • said target gene of step (b), specific for an immunosuppressive treatment is a FKBP family gene member or a variant thereof and the immunosuppressive treatment of step (d) or (e) comprises FK506 also known as Tacrolimus or fujimycin.
  • said FKBP family gene member is FKBP12 or a variant thereof.
  • said gene of step (b), specific for an immunosuppressive treatment is a cyclophilin family gene member or a variant thereof and the immunosuppressive treatment of step (d) or (e) comprises cyclosporine.
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease can be a meganuclease, a Zinc finger nuclease or a TALE-nuclease.
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease is a TALE-nuclease.
  • Preferred TALE-nucleases according to the invention are those recognizing and cleaving the target sequence selected from the group consisting of:
  • Said TALE-nucleases preferably comprise a polypeptide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 7 to SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to SEQ ID NO: 48, in order to cleave the respective target sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 to 6 and SEQ ID NO: 37 to 40.
  • additional catalytic domain can be further introduced into the cell with said rare-cutting endonuclease to increase mutagenesis in order to enhance their capacity to inactivate targeted genes.
  • said additional catalytic domain is a DNA end processing enzyme.
  • DNA end-processing enzymes include 5-3′ exonucleases, 3-5′ exonucleases, 5-3′ alkaline exonucleases, 5′ flap endonucleases, helicases, hosphatase, hydrolases and template-independent DNA polymerases.
  • Non limiting examples of such catalytic domain comprise of a protein domain or catalytically active derivate of the protein domain selected from the group consisting of hExol (EXO1_HUMAN), Yeast Exol (EXO1_YEAST), E. coli Exol, Human TREX2, Mouse TREX1, Human TREX1, Bovine TREX1, Rat TREX1, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) Human DNA2, Yeast DNA2 (DNA2_YEAST).
  • EXO1_HUMAN hExol
  • EXO1_YEAST Yeast Exol
  • E. coli Exol E. coli Exol
  • Human TREX2 Mouse TREX1, Human TREX1, Bovine TREX1, Rat TREX1, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) Human DNA2, Yeast DNA2 (DNA2_YEAST).
  • said additional catalytic domain has a 3′-5′-exonuclease activity, and in a more preferred embodiment, said additional catalytic domain is TREX, more preferably TREX2 catalytic domain (WO2012/058458). In another preferred embodiment, said catalytic domain is encoded by a single chain TREX polypeptide. Said additional catalytic domain may be fused to a nuclease fusion protein or chimeric protein according to the invention optionally by a peptide linker.
  • the genetic modification step of the method further comprises a step of introduction into cells an exogeneous nucleic acid comprising at least a sequence homologous to a portion of the target nucleic acid sequence, such that homologous recombination occurs between the target nucleic acid sequence and the exogeneous nucleic acid.
  • said exogenous nucleic acid comprises first and second portions which are homologous to region 5′ and 3′ of the target nucleic acid sequence, respectively.
  • Said exogenous nucleic acid in these embodiments also comprises a third portion positioned between the first and the second portion which comprises no homology with the regions 5′ and 3′ of the target nucleic acid sequence.
  • a homologous recombination event is stimulated between the target nucleic acid sequence and the exogenous nucleic acid.
  • homologous sequences of at least 50 bp, preferably more than 100 bp and more preferably more than 200 bp are used within said donor matrix. Therefore, the exogenous nucleic acid is preferably from 200 bp to 6000 bp, more preferably from 1000 bp to 2000 bp. Indeed, shared nucleic acid homologies are located in regions flanking upstream and downstream the site of the break and the nucleic acid sequence to be introduced should be located between the two arms.
  • said exogenous nucleic acid successively comprises a first region of homology to sequences upstream of said cleavage, a sequence to inactivate one targeted gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta and a second region of homology to sequences downstream of the cleavage.
  • Said polynucleotide introduction step can be simultaneous, before or after the introduction or expression of said rare-cutting endonuclease.
  • exogenous nucleic acid can be used to knock-out a gene, e.g.
  • sequence insertions by using such exogenous nucleic acid can be used to modify a targeted existing gene, by correction or replacement of said gene (allele swap as a non-limiting example), or to up- or down-regulate the expression of the targeted gene (promoter swap as non-limiting example), said targeted gene correction or replacement.
  • inactivation of genes from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta can be done at a precise genomic location targeted by a specific TALE-nuclease, wherein said specific TALE-nuclease catalyzes a cleavage and wherein said exogenous nucleic acid successively comprising at least a region of homology and a sequence to inactivate one targeted gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta which is integrated by homologous recombination.
  • several genes can be, successively or at the same time, inactivated by using several TALE-nucleases respectively and specifically targeting one defined gene and several specific polynucleotides for specific gene inactivation.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended also the inactivation of another gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • additional genomic modification step can be an inactivation step comprising:
  • said method to engineer cell further comprises an additional genomic modification step.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended the introduction into cells to engineer of one protein of interest.
  • Said protein of interest can be, as non limiting examples, pTalpha or functional variant thereof, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), a multi-chain CAR, a bispecific antibody or rare-cutting endonuclease targeting PDCD1 or CTLA-4 as described in the present disclosure.
  • CAR Chimeric Antigen Receptor
  • multi-chain CAR a bispecific antibody or rare-cutting endonuclease targeting PDCD1 or CTLA-4 as described in the present disclosure.
  • the invention also relates to TALE-nucleases.
  • the invention relates to TALE-nuclease comprising:
  • Preferred TALE-nucleases according to the invention are those recognizing and cleaving the target sequence selected from the group consisting of:
  • Said TALE-nucleases preferably comprise a polypeptide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 7 to SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to SEQ ID NO: 48, in order to cleave the respective target sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 to 6 and SEQ ID NO: 37 to 40.
  • the invention encompasses polypeptides variants of the above polypeptides that share at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% and even more preferably at least 95% identity with the sequences provided in this patent application.
  • polypeptides comprising a polypeptide sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7 to SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO: 41 to SEQ ID NO: 48.
  • polynucleotides are also comprised in the scope of the present invention, polynucleotides, vectors encoding the above described rare-cutting endonucleases according to the invention.
  • isolated cells or cell lines susceptible to be obtained by said method to engineer cells in particular T cells, in which at least one gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta has been inactivated.
  • T cells in which at least one gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta has been inactivated.
  • two genes selected from the group consisting of CD52 and GR, CD52 and TCR alpha, CDR52 and TCR beta, GR and TCR alpha, GR and TCR beta, TCR alpha and TCR beta have been inactivated.
  • those genes are preferably inactivated by at least one rare-cutting endonuclease. It has been shown by the inventors that the use of TALE-nucleases was particularly advantageous to achieve double inactivation in T-cells.
  • the invention encompasses an isolated T-cell comprising at least two polynucleotides, said polynucleotides encoding at least a first and second TALE-nucleases, preferably the first TALE-nuclease being directed against a gene encoding TCR and the second being directed against a gene encoding a receptor for an immunosuppressive agent, such as CD52 or GR.
  • said isolated cell further comprises one additional genomic modification.
  • said additional genomic modification is the integration of at least one exogenous polynucleotide sequence.
  • said exogenous sequence is integrated into one gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, TCR alpha and TCR beta.
  • the invention relates to a method of expanding TCR alpha deficient T-cell comprising introducing into said T-cell pTalpha (also named preTCR ⁇ ) or a functional variant thereof and expanding said cells, optionally through stimulation of the CD3 complex.
  • the method comprises:
  • the invention also relates to a method of preparing T-cells for immunotherapy comprising steps of the method for expansion for T-cell.
  • the pTalpha polynucleotide sequence can be introduced randomly or else through homologous recombination, in particular the insertion could be associated with the inactivation of the TCRalpha gene.
  • a “functional variant” of the peptide refers to a molecule substantially similar to either the entire peptide or a fragment thereof.
  • a “fragment” of the pTalpha or functional variant thereof of the present Invention refers to any subset of the molecule, that is, a shorter peptide.
  • Preferred pTalpha or functional variants can be full length pTalpha or a C-terminal truncated pTalpha version. C-terminal truncated pTalpha lacks in C-terminal end one or more residues.
  • C-terminal truncated pTalpha version lacks 18, 48, 62, 78, 92, 110 or 114 residues from the C-terminus of the protein (SEQ ID NO: 107 to SEQ ID NO: 114).
  • amino acid sequence variants of the peptide can be prepared by mutations in the DNA which encodes the peptide. Such functional variants include, for example, deletions from, or insertions or substitutions of, residues within the amino acid sequence. Any combination of deletion, insertion, and substitution may also be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the final construct possesses the desired activity, in particular the restoration of a functional CD3 complex.
  • mutated residue can be at least W46R, D22A, K24A, R102A or R117A of the human pTalpha protein or aligned positions using CLUSTALW method on pTalpha family or homologue member.
  • pTalpha or variant thereof as described above comprise the mutated residue W46R (SEQ ID NO: 123) or the mutated residues D22A, K24A, R102A and R117A (SEQ ID NO: 124).
  • said pTalpha or variants are also fused to a signal-transducing domain such as CD28, OX40, ICOS, CD27, CD137 (4-1BB) and CD8 as non limiting examples (SEQ ID NO: 115 to SEQ ID NO: 120).
  • the extracellular domain of pTalpha or variants as described above can be fused to a fragment of the TCRalpha protein, particularly the transmembrane and intracellular domain of TCRalpha (SEQ ID NO: 122).
  • pTalpha variants can also be fused to the intracellular domain of TCRalpha (SEQ ID NO:121).
  • said pTalpha versions are fused to an extracellular ligand-binding domain and more preferably pTalpha or functional variant thereof is fused to a single chain antibody fragment (scFV) comprising the light (V L ) and the heavy (V H ) variable fragment of a target antigen specific monoclonal antibody joined by a flexible linker.
  • scFV single chain antibody fragment
  • amino acid sequence of pTalpha or functional variant thereof is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 107 to SEQ ID NO: 124.
  • the invention encompasses polypeptides variants of the above polypeptides that share at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% and even more preferably at least 95% identity with the sequences provided in this patent application.
  • polypeptides comprising a polypeptide sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:107 to SEQ ID NO: 124.
  • TCR alpha deficient T cell an isolated T cell that lacks expression of a functional TCR alpha chain. This may be accomplished by different means, as non limiting examples, by engineering a T cell such that it does not express any functional TCR alpha on its cell surface or by engineering a T cell such that it produces very little functional TCR alpha chain on its surface or by engineering a T cell to express mutated or truncated form of TCR alpha chain.
  • TCR alpha deficient cells can no longer be expanded through CD3 complex.
  • pTalpha or functional variant thereof is introduced into said cells, thus restoring a functional CD3 complex.
  • the method further comprises introducing into said T cells rare-cutting endonucleases able to selectively inactivate by DNA cleavage one gene encoding one component of the T-cell receptor (TCR).
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease is a TALE-nucleases.
  • TALE-nuclease is directed against one of the gene target sequences of TCRalpha selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 37 and SEQ ID NO: 57 to 60.
  • TALE-nucleases are selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 41 and SEQ ID NO: 42.
  • said method for expansion of TCR alpha deficient T-cells comprises an additional genomic modification step.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended the introduction into cells to engineer of one protein of interest.
  • Said protein of interest can be, as non limiting examples, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), particularly CAR comprising amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 73, a multi-chain CAR, particularly multi-chain CAR comprising amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 125 a bispecific antibody, rare-cutting endonucleases targeting PDCD1 or CTLA-4, particularly targeting nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 74 to SEQ ID NO: 78 or a rare-cutting endonuclease targeting a target for immunosuppressive agent as described in the present disclosure.
  • CAR Chimeric Antigen Receptor
  • polypeptides encoding pTalpha particularly functional variants described above.
  • the invention relates to a pTalpha or functional variant thereof fused to a signal transducing domain such as CD28, OX40, ICOS, CD137 and CD8. More particularly, the invention relates to pTalpha functional variant comprising amino acid sequence selected form the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 107 to SEQ ID NO: 124.
  • isolated cells or cell lines susceptible to be obtained by said method.
  • said isolated cells or cell lines are obtained by introducing into said cells a pTalpha or a functional variant thereof to support CD3 surface expression.
  • said isolated cell or cell line are further genetically modified by inactivating TCRalpha gene. This gene is preferably inactivating by at least one rare-cutting endonuclease.
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease is TALE-nuclease.
  • the invention relates to a multi-chain chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) particularly adapted to the production and expansion of engineered T-cells of the present invention.
  • CAR multi-chain chimeric antigen receptor
  • the multi-chain CAR comprising at least two of the following components:
  • FIG. 3 One example of tetrameric CAR is illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 4 Different versions of multichain CARs are represented in FIG. 4 .
  • One example of multi-chain CAR comprises amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 125.
  • the term “a part of” used herein refers to any subset of the molecule, that is a shorter peptide.
  • amino acid sequence functional variants of the polypeptide can be prepared by mutations in the DNA which encodes the polypeptide.
  • Such functional variants include, for example, deletions from, or insertions or substitutions of, residues within the amino acid sequence. Any combination of deletion, insertion, and substitution may also be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the final construct possesses the desired activity, especially to exhibit a specific anti-target cellular immune activity.
  • said extracellular ligand-binding domain is a scFv.
  • Other binding domain than scFv can also be used for predefined targeting of lymphocytes, such as camelid single-domain antibody fragments or receptor ligands like a vascular endothelial growth factor polypeptide, an integrin-binding peptide, heregulin or an IL-13 mutein, antibody binding domains, antibody hypervariable loops or CDRs as non limiting examples.
  • said polypeptide of a) further comprises a stalk region between said extracellular ligand-binding domain and said transmembrane domain.
  • the term “stalk region” used herein generally means any oligo- or polypeptide that functions to link the transmembrane domain to the extracellular ligand-binding domain. In particular, stalk region are used to provide more flexibility and accessibility for the extracellular ligand-binding domain.
  • a stalk region may comprise up to 300 amino acids, preferably 10 to 100 amino acids and most preferably 25 to 50 amino acids.
  • Stalk region may be derived from all or part of naturally occurring molecules, such as from all or part of the extracellular region of CD8, CD4 or CD28, or from all or part of an antibody constant region. Alternatively the stalk region may be a synthetic sequence that corresponds to a naturally occurring stalk sequence, or may be an entirely synthetic stalk sequence.
  • said polypeptide of a), b) and/or c) further comprises at least one signal-transducing domain.
  • said signal-transducing domain is selected from the group consisting of CD28, OX40, ICOS, CD137 and CD8.
  • said C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of Fc ⁇ RI alpha, beta and/or gamma chain fragment further comprises TNFR-associated Factor 2 (TRAF2) binding motifs.
  • said C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of Fc ⁇ RI alpha, beta and/or gamma chain is replaced by intracytoplasmic tail of costimulatory TNFR member family.
  • Cytoplasmic tail of costimulatory TNFR family member contains TRAF2 binding motifs consisting of the major conserved motif (P/S/A)X(Q/E)E) or the minor motif (PXQXXD), wherein X is any amino acid.
  • TRAF proteins are recruited to the intracellular tails of many TNFRs in response to receptor trimerization.
  • said intracytoplasmic domain of Fc ⁇ RI alpha, beta and/or gamma chain is replaced by intracytoplasmic domain of TCR zeta chain (also named CD3 zeta).
  • said intracytoplasmic domain of Fc ⁇ RI alpha, beta and/or gamma chain comprises at least one additional immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM).
  • ITAMs are well defined signaling motifs found in the intracytoplasmic tail of a variety of receptors that serve as binding sites for syk/zap70 class tyrosine kinases.
  • ITAM used in the invention examples include those derived from TCRzeta, FCRgamma, FCRbeta, CD3gamma, CD3delta, CD3epsilon, CD5, CD22, CD79a, CD79b, and CD66d.
  • FIG. 4 different versions of multi-chain CAR are illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the multi-chain CAR comprise the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 125.
  • the present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a polypeptide sequence that has at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, 95% 97% or 99% sequence identity with amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 125.
  • polynucleotides are also comprised in the scope of the present invention, polynucleotides, vectors encoding the above described multi-chain CAR according to the invention.
  • the invention relates to a method of preparing T-cells for immunotherapy comprising introducing into said T-cells the different polypeptides composing said multi-chain CAR and expanding said cells.
  • said method further comprises a step of genetically modifying said cells by inactivating at least one gene expressing one component of the TCR and/or a target for an immunosuppressive agent.
  • said gene is selected from the group consisting of TCRalpha, TCRbeta, CD52 and GR.
  • said method further comprises introducing into said T cells a rare-cutting endonuclease able to selectively inactivate by DNA cleavage said genes.
  • said rare-cutting endonuclease is TALE-nuclease.
  • Preferred TALE-nucleases according to the invention are those recognizing and cleaving the target sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 1 to 6 (GR), SEQ ID NO: 37, 57 to 60 (TCRalpha), SEQ ID NO: 38 or 39 (TCRbeta), and SEQ ID NO: 40, SEQ ID NO: 61 to SEQ ID NO: 65 (CD52).
  • said method further comprises an additional genomic modification step.
  • additional genomic modification step can be intended the introduction into cells to engineer of one protein of interest.
  • Said protein of interest can be, as non limiting examples a bispecific antibody, rare-cutting endonuclease targeting PDCD1 or CTLA-4, a pTalpha or a functional variant thereof as described in the present disclosure.
  • the present invention also relates isolated cells or cell lines susceptible to be obtained by said method to engineer cells.
  • said isolated cell comprises exogenous polynucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides composing said multi-chain CAR.
  • engineered T cells obtained by the different methods as previously described can be further exposed with bispecific antibodies.
  • Said T-cells could be exposed to bispecific antibodies ex vivo prior to administration to a patient or in vivo following administration to a patient.
  • Said bispecific antibodies comprise two variable regions with distinct antigen properties that allow bringing the engineered cells into proximity to a target antigen.
  • said bispecific antibody is directed against a tumor marker and lymphocyte antigen such as CD3 and has the potential to redirect and activate any circulating T cells against tumors.
  • the different methods described above involve introducing pTalpha or functional variants thereof, rare cutting endonuclease, TALE-nuclease, CAR or multi-chain CAR optionally with DNA-end processing enzyme or exogenous nucleic acid into a cell.
  • said pTalpha or functional variant thereof, rare cutting endonucleases, TALE-nucleases, CAR or multi-chain CAR optionally with DNA-end processing enzyme or exogenous nucleic acid can be introduced as transgenes encoded by one or as different plasmidic vectors.
  • Different transgenes can be included in one vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding ribosomal skip sequence such as a sequence encoding a 2A peptide.
  • 2A peptides which were identified in the Aphthovirus subgroup of picornaviruses, causes a ribosomal “skip” from one codon to the next without the formation of a peptide bond between the two amino acids encoded by the codons (see Donnelly et al., J. of General Virology 82: 1013-1025 (2001); Donnelly et al., J. of Gen. Virology 78: 13-21 (1997); Doronina et al., Mol. And. Cell. Biology 28(13): 4227-4239 (2008); Atkins et al., RNA 13: 803-810 (2007)).
  • codon is meant three nucleotides on an mRNA (or on the sense strand of a DNA molecule) that are translated by a ribosome into one amino acid residue.
  • two polypeptides can be synthesized from a single, contiguous open reading frame within an mRNA when the polypeptides are separated by a 2A oligopeptide sequence that is in frame.
  • Such ribosomal skip mechanisms are well known in the art and are known to be used by several vectors for the expression of several proteins encoded by a single messenger RNA.
  • 2A peptides have been used to express into the cell the rare-cutting endonuclease and a DNA end-processing enzyme or the different polypeptides of the multi-chain CAR.
  • Said plasmid vector can contain a selection marker which provides for identification and/or selection of cells which received said vector.
  • Polypeptides may be synthesized in situ in the cell as a result of the introduction of polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides into the cell. Alternatively, said polypeptides could be produced outside the cell and then introduced thereto.
  • Methods for introducing a polynucleotide construct into animal cells are known in the art and including as non limiting examples stable transformation methods wherein the polynucleotide construct is integrated into the genome of the cell, transient transformation methods wherein the polynucleotide construct is not integrated into the genome of the cell and virus mediated methods.
  • Said polynucleotides may be introduced into a cell by for example, recombinant viral vectors (e.g.
  • retroviruses adenoviruses
  • liposome adenoviruses
  • transient transformation methods include for example microinjection, electroporation or particle bombardment.
  • Said polynucleotides may be included in vectors, more particularly plasmids or virus, in view of being expressed in cells.
  • polynucleotides encoding polypeptides according to the present invention can be mRNA which is introduced directly into the cells, for example by electroporation.
  • the inventors determined the optimal condition for mRNA electroporation in T-cell.
  • the inventor used the cytoPulse technology which allows, by the use of pulsed electric fields, to transiently permeabilize living cells for delivery of material into the cells.
  • the technology based on the use of PulseAgile (Cellectis property) electroporation waveforms grants the precise control of pulse duration, intensity as well as the interval between pulses (U.S. Pat. No. 6,010,613 and International PCT application WO2004083379). All these parameters can be modified in order to reach the best conditions for high transfection efficiency with minimal mortality.
  • the first high electric field pulses allow pore formation, while subsequent lower electric field pulses allow to move the polynucleotide into the cell.
  • the inventor describe the steps that led to achievement of >95% transfection efficiency of mRNA in T cells, and the use of the electroporation protocol to transiently express different kind of proteins in T cells.
  • the invention relates to a method of transforming T cell comprising contacting said T cell with RNA and applying to T cell an agile pulse sequence consisting of:
  • the method of transforming T cell comprising contacting said T cell with RNA and applying to T cell an agile pulse sequence consisting of:
  • Electroporation medium can be any suitable medium known in the art.
  • the electroporation medium has conductivity in a range spanning 0.01 to 1.0 milliSiemens.
  • said RNA encodes a rare-cutting endonuclase, one monomer of the rare-cutting endonuclease such as Half-TALE-nuclease, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor, at least one component of the multi-chain chimeric antigen receptor, a pTalpha or functional variant thereof, an exogenous nucleic acid, one additional catalytic domain.
  • a rare-cutting endonuclase one monomer of the rare-cutting endonuclease such as Half-TALE-nuclease, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor, at least one component of the multi-chain chimeric antigen receptor, a pTalpha or functional variant thereof, an exogenous nucleic acid, one additional catalytic domain.
  • the T cells can be activated and expanded generally using methods as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,352,694; 6,534,055; 6,905,680; 6,692,964; 5,858,358; 6,887,466; 6,905,681; 7,144,575; 7,067,318; 7,172,869; 7,232,566; 7,175,843; 5,883,223; 6,905,874; 6,797,514; 6,867,041; and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060121005.
  • T cells can be expanded in vitro or in vivo.
  • the T cells of the invention are expanded by contact with a surface having attached thereto an agent that stimulates a CD3 TCR complex associated signal and a ligand that stimulates a co-stimulatory molecule on the surface of the T cells.
  • T cell populations may be stimulated in vitro such as by contact with an anti-CD3 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or an anti-CD2 antibody immobilized on a surface, or by contact with a protein kinase C activator (e.g., bryostatin) in conjunction with a calcium ionophore.
  • a protein kinase C activator e.g., bryostatin
  • a ligand that binds the accessory molecule is used for co-stimulation of an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells.
  • a population of T cells can be contacted with an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody, under conditions appropriate for stimulating proliferation of the T cells.
  • an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody may be in solution or coupled to a surface.
  • the ratio of particles to cells may depend on particle size relative to the target cell.
  • the cells such as T cells
  • the agents providing each signal may be in solution or coupled to a surface.
  • the ratio of particles to cells may depend on particle size relative to the target cell.
  • the cells such as T cells
  • the agents-coated beads and cells are subsequently separated, and then the cells are cultured.
  • the agent-coated beads and cells prior to culture, are not separated but are cultured together.
  • Cell surface proteins may be ligated by allowing paramagnetic beads to which anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 are attached (3 ⁇ 28 beads) to contact the T cells.
  • the cells for example, 4 to 10 T cells
  • beads for example, DYNABEADS® M-450 CD3/CD28 T paramagnetic beads at a ratio of 1:1
  • a buffer preferably PBS (without divalent cations such as, calcium and magnesium).
  • PBS without divalent cations such as, calcium and magnesium
  • any cell concentration may be used.
  • the mixture may be cultured for several hours (about 3 hours) to about 14 days or any hourly integer value in between. In another embodiment, the mixture may be cultured for 21 days.
  • Conditions appropriate for T cell culture include an appropriate media (e.g., Minimal Essential Media or RPMI Media 1640 or, X-vivo 5, (Lonza)) that may contain factors necessary for proliferation and viability, including serum (e.g., fetal bovine or human serum), interleukin-2 (IL-2), insulin, IFN-g, 1L-4, 1L-7, GM-CSF, -10, -2, 1L-15, TGFp, and TNF- or any other additives for the growth of cells known to the skilled artisan.
  • Other additives for the growth of cells include, but are not limited to, surfactant, plasmanate, and reducing agents such as N-acetyl-cysteine and 2-mercaptoethanoi.
  • Media can include RPMI 1640, A1M-V, DMEM, MEM, a-MEM, F-12, X-Vivo 1, and X-Vivo 20, Optimizer, with added amino acids, sodium pyruvate, and vitamins, either serum-free or supplemented with an appropriate amount of serum (or plasma) or a defined set of hormones, and/or an amount of cytokine(s) sufficient for the growth and expansion of T cells.
  • Antibiotics e.g., penicillin and streptomycin, are included only in experimental cultures, not in cultures of cells that are to be infused into a subject.
  • the target cells are maintained under conditions necessary to support growth, for example, an appropriate temperature (e.g., 37° C.) and atmosphere (e.g., air plus 5% C02). T cells that have been exposed to varied stimulation times may exhibit different characteristics
  • said cells can be expanded by co-culturing with tissue or cells. Said cells can also be expanded in vivo, for example in the subject's blood after administrating said cell into the subject.
  • T-cell obtained according to any one of the methods previously described.
  • Said T-cell according to the present invention can be derived from a stem cell.
  • the stem cells can be adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, more particularly non-human stem cells, cord blood stem cells, progenitor cells, bone marrow stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, totipotent stem cells or hematopoietic stem cells.
  • Representative human cells are CD34+ cells.
  • Said isolated cell can also be a dendritic cell, a NK-cell, a B-cell or a T-cell selected from the group consisting of inflammatory T-Iymphocytes, cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, regulatory T-lymphocytes or helper T-lymphocytes.
  • said cell can be derived from the group consisting of CD4+ T-lymphocytes and CD8+ T-lymphocytes.
  • T cells can be obtained from a number of non-limiting sources, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells, bone marrow, lymph node tissue, cord blood, thymus tissue, tissue from a site of infection, ascites, pleural effusion, spleen tissue, and tumors.
  • any number of T cell lines available and known to those skilled in the art may be used.
  • said cell can be derived from a healthy donor, from a patient diagnosed with cancer or from a patient diagnosed with an infection.
  • said cell is part of a mixed population of cells which present different phenotypic characteristics.
  • said isolated cell according to the present invention comprises one inactivated gene selected from the group consisting of CD52, GR, PD1, CTLA-4, LAG3, Tim3, BTLA, BY55, TIGIT, B7H5, LAIR1, SIGLEC10, 2B4, TCR alpha and TCR beta and/or expresses a CAR, a multi-chain CAR and/or a pTalpha transgene.
  • said isolated cell according to the present invention comprises two inactivated genes selected from the group consisting of CD52 and GR, CD52 and TCR alpha, CDR52 and TCR beta, GR and TCR alpha, GR and TCR beta, TCR alpha and TCR beta, PD1 and TCR alpha, PD1 and TCR beta, CTLA-4 and TCR beta, LAG3 and TCR alpha, LAG3 and TCR beta, Tim3 and TCR alpha, Tim3 and TCR beta, BTLA and TCR alpha, BTLA and TCR beta, BY55 and TCR alpha, BY55 and TCR beta, TIGIT and TCR alpha, TIGIT and TCR beta, B7H5 and TCR alpha, B7H5 and TCR beta, LAIR1 and TCR alpha, LAIR1 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR alpha, SIGLEC10 and TCR beta, 2B4 and TCR alpha, 2B4 and
  • TCR is rendered not functional in the cells according to the invention by inactivating TCR alpha gene and/or TCR beta gene(s).
  • the above strategies are used more particularly to avoid GvHD.
  • a particular aspect of the present invention is a method to obtain modified cells derived from an individual, wherein said cells can proliferate independently of the Major Histocompatibility Complex signaling pathway. Said method comprises the following steps:
  • Modified cells which can proliferate independently of the Major Histocompatibility Complex signaling pathway, susceptible to be obtained by this method are encompassed in the scope of the present invention.
  • Said modified cells can be used in a particular aspect of the invention for treating patients in need thereof against Host versus Graft (HvG) rejection and Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD); therefore in the scope of the present invention is a method of treating patients in need thereof against Host versus Graft (HvG) rejection and Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) comprising treating said patient by administering to said patient an effective amount of modified cells comprising inactivated TCR alpha and/or TCR beta genes.
  • isolated cell obtained by the different methods or cell line derived from said isolated cell as previously described can be used as a medicament.
  • said medicament can be used for treating cancer or infections in a patient in need thereof.
  • said isolated cell according to the invention or cell line derived from said isolated cell can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of a cancer or a viral infection in a patient in need thereof.
  • the present invention relies on methods for treating patients in need thereof, said method comprising at least one of the following steps:
  • said T cells of the invention can undergo robust in vivo T cell expansion and can persist for an extended amount of time.
  • Said treatment can be ameliorating, curative or prophylactic. It may be either part of an autologous immunotherapy or part of an allogenic immunotherapy treatment.
  • autologous it is meant that cells, cell line or population of cells used for treating patients are originating from said patient or from a Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) compatible donor.
  • HLA Human Leucocyte Antigen
  • allogeneic is meant that the cells or population of cells used for treating patients are not originating from said patient but from a donor.
  • the invention is particularly suited for allogenic immunotherapy, insofar as it enables the transformation of T-cells, typically obtained from donors, into non-alloreactive cells. This may be done under standard protocols and reproduced as many times as needed.
  • the resulted modified T cells may be pooled and administrated to one or several patients, being made available as an “off the shelf” therapeutic product.
  • Cancers that can be used with the disclosed methods are described in the previous section. Said treatment can be used to treat patients diagnosed with cancer, viral infection, autoimmune disorders or Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD). Cancers that may be treated include tumors that are not vascularized, or not yet substantially vascularized, as well as vascularized tumors.
  • the cancers may comprise nonsolid tumors (such as hematological tumors, for example, leukemias and lymphomas) or may comprise solid tumors.
  • Types of cancers to be treated with the CARs of the invention include, but are not limited to, carcinoma, blastoma, and sarcoma, and certain leukemia or lymphoid malignancies, benign and malignant tumors, and malignancies e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas.
  • carcinoma a malignant neoplasm originating from a malignant neoplasm originating from tumors.
  • sarcomas e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas.
  • adult tumors/cancers and pediatric tumors/cancers are also included.
  • It can be a treatment in combination with one or more therapies against cancer selected from the group of antibodies therapy, chemotherapy, cytokines therapy, dendritic cell therapy, gene therapy, hormone therapy, laser light therapy and radiation therapy.
  • therapies against cancer selected from the group of antibodies therapy, chemotherapy, cytokines therapy, dendritic cell therapy, gene therapy, hormone therapy, laser light therapy and radiation therapy.
  • said treatment can be administrated into patients undergoing an immunosuppressive treatment.
  • the present invention preferably relies on cells or population of cells, which have been made resistant to at least one immunosuppressive agent due to the inactivation of a gene encoding a receptor for such immunosuppressive agent.
  • the immunosuppressive treatment should help the selection and expansion of the T-cells according to the invention within the patient.
  • the administration of the cells or population of cells according to the present invention may be carried out in any convenient manner, including by aerosol inhalation, injection, ingestion, transfusion, implantation or transplantation.
  • the compositions described herein may be administered to a patient subcutaneously, intradermally, intratumorally, intranodally, intramedullary, intramuscularly, by intravenous or intralymphatic injection, or intraperitoneally.
  • the cell compositions of the present invention are preferably administered by intravenous injection.
  • the administration of the cells or population of cells can consist of the administration of 10 4 -10 9 cells per kg body weight, preferably 10 5 to 10 6 cells/kg body weight including all integer values of cell numbers within those ranges.
  • the cells or population of cells can be administrated in one or more doses.
  • said effective amount of cells are administrated as a single dose.
  • said effective amount of cells are administrated as more than one dose over a period time. Timing of administration is within the judgment of managing physician and depends on the clinical condition of the patient.
  • the cells or population of cells may be obtained from any source, such as a blood bank or a donor. While individual needs vary, determination of optimal ranges of effective amounts of a given cell type for a particular disease or conditions within the skill of the art.
  • An effective amount means an amount which provides a therapeutic or prophylactic benefit.
  • the dosage administrated will be dependent upon the age, health and weight of the recipient, kind of concurrent treatment, if any, frequency of treatment and the nature of the effect desired.
  • said effective amount of cells or composition comprising those cells are administrated parenterally.
  • Said administration can be an intravenous administration.
  • Said administration can be directly done by injection within a tumor.
  • cells are administered to a patient in conjunction with (e.g., before, simultaneously or following) any number of relevant treatment modalities, including but not limited to treatment with agents such as antiviral therapy, cidofovir and interleukin-2, Cytarabine (also known as ARA-C) or nataliziimab treatment for MS patients or efaliztimab treatment for psoriasis patients or other treatments for PML patients.
  • agents such as antiviral therapy, cidofovir and interleukin-2, Cytarabine (also known as ARA-C) or nataliziimab treatment for MS patients or efaliztimab treatment for psoriasis patients or other treatments for PML patients.
  • the T cells of the invention may be used in combination with chemotherapy, radiation, immunosuppressive agents, such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, and FK506, antibodies, or other immunoablative agents such as CAM PATH, anti-CD3 antibodies or other antibody therapies, cytoxin, fludaribine, cyclosporin, FK506, rapamycin, mycoplienolic acid, steroids, FR901228, cytokines, and irradiation.
  • immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, and FK506, antibodies
  • other immunoablative agents such as CAM PATH, anti-CD3 antibodies or other antibody therapies, cytoxin, fludaribine, cyclosporin, FK506, rapamycin, mycoplienolic acid, steroids, FR901228, cytokines, and irradiation.
  • the cell compositions of the present invention are administered to a patient in conjunction with (e.g., before, simultaneously or following) bone marrow transplantation, T cell ablative therapy using either chemotherapy agents such as, fludarabine, external-beam radiation therapy (XRT), cyclophosphamide, or antibodies such as OKT3 or CAMPATH,
  • chemotherapy agents such as, fludarabine, external-beam radiation therapy (XRT), cyclophosphamide, or antibodies such as OKT3 or CAMPATH
  • the cell compositions of the present invention are administered following B-cell ablative therapy such as agents that react with CD20, e.g., Rituxan.
  • subjects may undergo standard treatment with high dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
  • subjects receive an infusion of the expanded immune cells of the present invention.
  • expanded cells are administered before or following surgery.
  • Said modified cells obtained by any one of the methods described here can be used in a particular aspect of the invention for treating patients in need thereof against Host versus Graft (HvG) rejection and Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD); therefore in the scope of the present invention is a method of treating patients in need thereof against Host versus Graft (HvG) rejection and Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) comprising treating said patient by administering to said patient an effective amount of modified cells comprising inactivated TCR alpha and/or TCR beta genes.
  • FIG. 5 For a better understanding of the invention, one example of method to engineer human allogenic cells for immunotherapy is illustrated in FIG. 5 .
  • the method comprising a combination of one or several of the following steps:
  • Viral vectors include retrovirus, adenovirus, parvovirus (e. g. adenoassociated viruses), coronavirus, negative strand RNA viruses such as orthomyxovirus (e. g., influenza virus), rhabdovirus (e. g., rabies and vesicular stomatitis virus), paramyxovirus (e. g. measles and Sendai), positive strand RNA viruses such as picornavirus and alphavirus, and double-stranded DNA viruses including adenovirus, herpesvirus (e. g., Herpes Simplex virus types 1 and 2, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus), and poxvirus (e.
  • orthomyxovirus e. g., influenza virus
  • rhabdovirus e. g., rabies and vesicular stomatitis virus
  • paramyxovirus e. g. measles and Sendai
  • viruses include Norwalk virus, togavirus, flavivirus, reoviruses, papovavirus, hepadnavirus, and hepatitis virus, for example.
  • retroviruses include: avian leukosis-sarcoma, mammalian C-type, B-type viruses, D type viruses, HTLV-BLV group, lentivirus, spumavirus (Coffin, J. M., Retroviridae: The viruses and their replication, In Fundamental Virology, Third Edition, B. N. Fields, et al., Eds., Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, 1996).
  • cell lines can be selected from the group consisting of CHO-K1 cells; HEK293 cells; Caco2 cells; U2-OS cells; NIH 3T3 cells; NSO cells; SP2 cells; CHO-S cells; DG44 cells; K-562 cells, U-937 cells; MRCS cells; IMR90 cells; Jurkat cells; HepG2 cells; HeLa cells; HT-1080 cells; HCT-116 cells; Hu-h7 cells; Huvec cells; Molt 4 cells.
  • All these cell lines can be modified by the method of the present invention to provide cell line models to produce, express, quantify, detect, study a gene or a protein of interest; these models can also be used to screen biologically active molecules of interest in research and production and various fields such as chemical, biofuels, therapeutics and agronomy as non-limiting examples.
  • Rare-cutting endonucleases can also be for example TALE-nucleases, a new class of chimeric nucleases using a Fokl catalytic domain and a DNA binding domain derived from Transcription Activator Like Effector (TALE), a family of proteins used in the infection process by plant pathogens of the Xanthomonas genus (Boch, Scholze et al. 2009; Moscou and Bogdanove 2009; Christian, Cermak et al. 2010; Li, Huang et al.).
  • TALE Transcription Activator Like Effector
  • TALE-nuclease Fokl-based TALE-nuclease
  • ZFN Zinc-finger DNA binding domain
  • TALE-nuclease DNA cleavage by a TALE-nuclease requires two DNA recognition regions flanking an unspecific central region.
  • Rare-cutting endonucleases encompassed in the present invention can also be derived from TALE-nucleases.
  • Rare-cutting endonuclease can be a homing endonuclease, also known under the name of meganuclease. Such homing endonucleases are well-known to the art (Stoddard 2005). Homing endonucleases recognize a DNA target sequence and generate a single- or double-strand break. Homing endonucleases are highly specific, recognizing DNA target sites ranging from 12 to 45 base pairs (bp) in length, usually ranging from 14 to 40 bp in length.
  • the homing endonuclease according to the invention may for example correspond to a LAGLIDADG endonuclease, to a HNH endonuclease, or to a GIY-YIG endonuclease.
  • Preferred homing endonuclease according to the present invention can be an I-Crel variant.
  • a “co-stimulatory molecule” refers to the cognate binding partner on a Tcell that specifically binds with a co-stimulatory ligand, thereby mediating a co-stimulatory response by the cell, such as, but not limited to proliferation.
  • Co-stimulatory molecules include, but are not limited to an MHC class I molecule, BTLA and Toll ligand receptor.
  • a “co-stimulatory signal” as used herein refers to a signal, which in combination with primary signal, such as TCR/CD3 ligation, leads to T cell proliferation and/or upregulation or downregulation of key molecules.
  • subject or “patient” as used herein includes all members of the animal kingdom including non-human primates and humans.
  • TALE-nucleases targeting exons of the human GR gene were designed and produced.
  • Table 1 indicates the target sequences cleaved by each TALE-nuclease.
  • GR TALE-nuclease was composed of two independent entities (called half TALE-nucleases) each containing a repeat sequence engineered to bind and cleave GR target sequences consisting of two 17-bp long sequences (called half targets) separated by a 15-bp spacer.
  • the amino acid sequences of the N-terminal, C-terminal domains and repeat are based on the AvrBs3 TALE (ref: GenBank: X16130.1).
  • the C-terminal and the N-terminal domains are separated by two BsmBl restriction sites.
  • the repeat arrays (SEQ ID NO: 7 to 18), targeting the desired sequences (SEQ ID NO: 1 to 6) were synthesized using a solid support method composed of consecutive restriction/ligation/washing steps (International PCT application WO2013/017950).
  • the first block (coding for a di-repeat) was immobilized on a solid support through biotin/streptavidin interaction
  • the second block (tri-repeat) was then ligated to the first and after SfaNI digestion a third bloc (tri-repeat) was coupled.
  • the process was repeated using tri- or di-repeat blocks upon obtaining the desired repeat array.
  • the product was then cloned in a classical pAPG10 cloning plasmid for amplification in E. coli and sequenced.
  • the repeat array sequences thus obtained were subcloned in a yeast expression TALE vector using type IIS restriction enzymes BsmBl for the receiving plasmid and Bbvl and SfaNI for the inserted repeat sequence.
  • Nuclease activity of the six GR-TALE-nucleases were tested at 37° C. and 30° C. in our yeast SSA assay previously described (International PCT Applications WO 2004/067736 and in (Epinat, Arnould et al. 2003; Chames, Epinat et al. 2005; Arnould, Chames et al. 2006; Smith, Grizot et al. 2006) on targets containing the two TALE target sequences facing each other on the DNA strand separated by a spacer of 15 bps resulting in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 6.
  • yeast target reporter plasmids containing the TALE-nuclease DNA target sequences were constructed as previously described (International PCT Applications WO 2004/067736 and in (Epinat, Arnould et al. 2003; Chames, Epinat et al. 2005; Arnould, Chames et al. 2006; Smith, Grizot et al. 2006). TALE-nuclease cleavage activity levels, in yeast, of individual clones on the targets are presented in table 2.
  • Each TALE-nuclease construct was subcloned using restriction enzyme digestion in a mammalian expression vector under the control of a pEF1alpha long promoter.
  • HEK293cells were seeded one day prior to transfection.
  • Cells were co-transfected with 2.5 ⁇ g of each of two plasmids encoding left and right half of GRex2, GRex3T2, GRex3T4, GRex5T1, GRex5T2 or GRex5T3 TALE-nuclease recognizing the two half targets genomic sequences of interest in the GR gene under the control of EF1alpha promoter using 25 ⁇ L of lipofectamine (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • lipofectamine Invitrogen
  • TALE-nucleases targeting the T-cell receptor alpha constant chain region (TRAC_T11) target site ((TRAC_T01-L and -R TALE-nuclease (SEQ ID NO: 41 and SEQ ID NO: 42, TRAC_T01 target site (SEQ ID NO: 37)) under the control of EF1alpha promoter.
  • TALE-nucleases T-cell receptor alpha constant chain region (TRAC_T11) target site ((TRAC_T01-L and -R TALE-nuclease (SEQ ID NO: 41 and SEQ ID NO: 42, TRAC_T01 target site (SEQ ID NO: 37)
  • the double strand break generated by TALE-nucleases in GR coding sequence induces non homologous end joining (NHEJ), which is an error-prone mechanism.
  • Activity of TALE-nucleases is measured by the frequency of insertions or deletions at the genomic locus targeted.
  • PCR products were sequenced by a 454 sequencing system (454 Life Sciences). Approximately 10,000 sequences were obtained per PCR product and then analyzed for the presence of site-specific insertion or deletion events. Table 3 indicates the percentage of the sequences showing insertions or deletions at the TALE-nuclease target site among the total number of sequences in the sample. In table 3 are listed for GRex2, GRex3T2 and GRex3T4 the results of a representative experiment.
  • Each TALE-nuclease construct was subcloned using restriction enzyme digestion in an expression vector under the control of a T7 promoter.
  • mRNA encoding TALE-nucleases cleaving GR genomic sequences were synthesized from each plasmid carrying the coding sequences downstream from the T7 promoter.
  • T lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood were activated for 5 days using anti-CD3/CD28 activator beads (Life technologies) and 5 million cells were transfected by electroporation with 10 ⁇ g of each of 2 mRNAs encoding both half TALE-nucleases using a CytoLVT-P instrument (BTX-Harvard apparatus).
  • T cells transfected with 10 ⁇ g of each of the 2 mRNAs encoding both half TALE-nucleases targeting the CD52 gene (CD52_T02-L and -R TALEN (SEQ ID NO: 55 and 56), target sequence CD52_T02 SEQ ID NO: 40) are used as a control.
  • genomic DNA was isolated from transfected cells and locus specific PCRs were performed using the primers described previously. PCR products were sequenced by a 454 sequencing system (454 Life Sciences). Approximately 10,000 sequences were obtained per PCR product and then analyzed for the presence of site-specific insertion or deletion events; results are in Table 4.
  • TALE-Nucleases Cleaving the Human CD52 Gene, the Human T-Cell Receptor Alpha Constant Chain (TRAC) and the Human T-Cell Receptor Beta Constant Chains 1 and 2 (TRBC)
  • heterodimeric TALE-nucleases targeting respectively CD52, TRAC and TRBC genes were designed and produced.
  • the targeted genomic sequences consist of two 17-bp long sequences (called half targets) separated by an 11 or 15-bp spacer. Each half-target is recognized by repeats of half TALE-nucleases listed in table 5.
  • the human genome contains two functional T-cell receptor beta chains (TRBC1 and TRBC2). During the development of alpha/beta T lymphocytes, one of these two constant chains is selected in each cell to be spliced to the variable region of TCR-beta and form a functional full length beta chain.
  • TRBC1 and TRBC2 T-cell receptor beta chains
  • TALE-nucleases target sites in the human corresponding genes.
  • Target Target sequence Repeat sequence Half TALE-nuclease TRAC_T01 TTGTCCCACAGATATCC Repeat TRAC_T01-L TRAC_T01-L TALEN Agaaccctgaccctg (SEQ ID NO: 41) (SEQ ID NO: 49) CCGTGTACCAGCTGAGA Repeat TRAC_T01-R TRAC_T01-R TALEN (SEQ ID NO: 37) (SEQ ID NO: 42) (SEQ ID NO: 50) TRBC_T01 TGTGTTTGAGCCATCAG Repeat TRBC_T01-L TRBC_T01-L TALEN aagcagagatctcccc (SEQ ID NO: 43) (SEQ ID NO: 51) ACACCCAAAAGGCCACA Repeat TRBC_T01-R TRBC_T01-R TALEN (SEQ ID NO: 41) (SEQ ID NO: 49) CCGTGTACCAGCTGA
  • Target Target sequence TRAC_T02 TTTAGAAAGTTCCTGTG atgtcaagctggtcg AGAAAAGCTTTGAAACA (SEQ ID NO: 57) TRAC_T03 TCCAGTGACAAGTCTGT ctgcctattcaccga TTTTGATTCTCAAACAA (SEQ ID NO: 58) TRAC_T04 TATATCACAGACAAAAC tgtgctagacatgag GTCTATGGACTTCAAGA (SEQ ID NO: 59) TRAC_T05 TGAGGTCTATGGACTTC aagagcaacagtgct GTGGCCTGGAGCAACAA (SEQ ID NO: 60) CD52_T01 TTCCTCTTCCTCCTAC caccatcagcctcct TTACCTGTACCATAAC (SEQ ID NO: 61) CD52_T04 TTCCTCCTACTCACCA ca
  • Each TALE-nuclease construct was subcloned using restriction enzyme digestion in a mammalian expression vector under the control of pEF1alpha long promoter.
  • pEF1alpha long promoter One million HEK293 cells were seeded one day prior to transfection.
  • Cells were co-transfected with 2.5 ⁇ g of each of the two plasmids encoding the TALE-nucleases recognizing the two half targets in the genomic sequence of interest in the CD52 gene, T-cell receptor alpha constant chain region (TRAC) or T-cell receptor beta constant chain region (TRBC) under the control of the EF1-alpha promoter or 5 ⁇ g of a control pUC vector (pCLS0003) using 25 ⁇ l of lipofectamine (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • TAC T-cell receptor alpha constant chain region
  • TRBC T-cell receptor beta constant chain region
  • TALE-nucleases The double stranded cleavage generated by TALE-nucleases in CD52 or TRAC coding sequences is repaired in live cells by non homologous end joining (NHEJ), which is an error-prone mechanism.
  • NHEJ non homologous end joining
  • Activity of TALE-nucleases in live cells is measured by the frequency of insertions or deletions at the genomic locus targeted.
  • Each TALE-nuclease construct was subcloned using restriction enzyme digestion in a mammalian expression vector under the control of the T7 promoter.
  • mRNA encoding TALE-nuclease cleaving CD52 TRAC and TRBC genomic sequence were synthesized from plasmid carrying the coding sequences downstream from the T7 promoter.
  • T lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood were activated for 5 days using anti-CD3/CD28 activator beads (Life technologies) and 5 million cells were then transfected by electroporation with 10 ⁇ g of each of 2 mRNAs encoding both half TALE-nuclease (or non coding RNA as controls) using a CytoLVT-P instrument.
  • the coding sequence for CD52 and/or TRAC will be out of frame in a fraction of the cells resulting in non-functional genes.
  • T lymphocytes were transfected with mRNA encoding TALE-nuclease cleaving CD52. 7 days after transfection, cells were treated with 50 ⁇ g/ml anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody (or rat IgG as control) with or without 30% rabbit complement (Cedarlane). After 2 hours of incubation at 37° C., the cells were labeled with a fluorochrome-conjugated anti-CD52 antibody together with a fluorescent viability dye (eBioscience) and analyzed by flow cytometry to measure the frequency of CD52-positive and CD52-negative cells among live cells.
  • FIG. 6 shows the result of a representative experiment, demonstrating that CD52-negative cells are completely resistant to complement-mediated anti-CD52 antibody toxicity.
  • TRAC gene inactivation is to render T lymphocytes unresponsive to T-cell receptor stimulation.
  • T lymphocytes were transfected with mRNA encoding TALE-nuclease cleaving TRAC or CD52. 16 days after transfection, cells were treated with up to 5 ⁇ g/ml of phytohemagglutinin (PHA, Sigma-Aldrich), a T-cell mitogen acting through the T cell receptor. Cells with a functional T-cell receptor should increase in size following PHA treatment.
  • PHA phytohemagglutinin
  • FIG. 7 shows that TCR-positive cells significantly increase in size after PHA treatment whereas TCR-negative cells have the same size as untreated cells indicating that TRAC inactivation rendered them unresponsive to TCR-signaling.
  • CD52-positive and CD52-negative increase in size to same extent.
  • CD52-negative/TCR ⁇ -negative cells and CD52-positive/TCR ⁇ -positive have the same ability to degranulate in response to PMA/ionomycin (positive control) or CD19+ Daudi cells.
  • CD107 upregulation is dependent on the presence of a CD19+.
  • TALE-nuclease transfection can lead to genotoxicity and off-target cleavage at ‘close match’ target sequences or by mispairing of half-TALE-nucleases.
  • sequences in the human genome that presented the potential for off-site cleavage. To generate this list, we identified all the sequences in the genome with up to 4 substitutions compared to the original half targets and then identified the pairs of potential half targets in a head to head orientation with a spacer of 9 to 30 bp from each other.
  • heterodimeric TALE-nucleases targeting respectively PDCD1 and CTLA4 genes were designed and produced.
  • the targeted genomic sequences consist of two 17-bp long sequences (called half targets) separated by an 11 or 15-bp spacer. Each half-target is recognized by repeats of half TALE-nucleases listed in table 10.
  • Each TALE-nuclease construct was subcloned using restriction enzyme digestion in a mammalian expression vector under the control of the pEF1alpha long promoter.
  • One million HEK293 cells were seeded one day prior to transfection.
  • Cells were co-transfected with 2.5 ⁇ g of each of two plasmids encoding the TALE-nucleases recognizing the two half targets in the genomic sequence of interest in the PDCD1 and CTLA-4 gene under the control of the EF1-alpha promoter or 5 ⁇ g of a control pUC vector (pCLS0003) using 25 ⁇ l of lipofectamine (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • TALE-nucleases The double stranded cleavage generated by TALE-nucleases in PDCD1 or CTLA-4 coding sequences is repaired in live cells by non homologous end joining (NHEJ), which is an error-prone mechanism.
  • NHEJ non homologous end joining
  • Activity of TALE-nucleases in live cells is measured by the frequency of insertions or deletions at the genomic locus targeted.
  • PCR products were analyzed by T7-endonuclease assay: briefly, after denaturation and reannealing of the PCR product, T7 endonuclease will specifically digest mismatched DNA composed of wild type and mutated strands. The digestion product is then resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The presence of a digested product is indicative of mutated sequences induced by TALE-nuclease activity. Results are displayed in FIG. 10 where arrows point to the digested PCR products. They demonstrate that PDCD1_T1, PDCD1_T3, CTLA4_T1, CTLA4_T3 and CTLA4_T4 TALE-nucleases all exhibit mutagenic nuclease activity at their target sites.
  • the human pTalpha gene encodes a transmembrane glycoprotein comprising an extracellular Ig-like domain, a hydrophobic transmembrane domain and a large C-terminal intracytoplasmic tail.
  • Different versions derived from human pTalpha glycoprotein have been designed and are described in Table 11 and represented in FIG. 11 .
  • pTalpha- ⁇ 92 Truncated Human pTalpha glycoprotein lacking 92 112 residues from the C-terminus.
  • pTalpha- ⁇ 110 Truncated Human pTalpha glycoprotein lacking 110 113 residues from the C-terminus.
  • pTalpha- ⁇ 114 Truncated Human pTalpha glycoprotein lacking 114 114 residues from the C-terminus.
  • pTalpha-FL-CD28 Full-length of human pTalpha glycoprotein fused in 115 C-terminus with CD28 activation domain.
  • pTalpha-FL-CD8 Full-length of human pTalpha glycoprotein fused in 116 C-terminus with CD8 activation domain.
  • pTalpha-FL-4-1BB Full-length of human pTalpha glycoprotein fused in 117 C-terminus with 4-1BB activation domain.
  • the different preTalpha constructs tested include:
  • a cell line was generated in which the TCRalpha gene was disrupted using TALEN targeting TRAC.
  • Jurkat cells a T-cell leukemia cell line
  • plasmids coding for the TALEN cleaving TRAC using CytoPulse electroporation and the KO cells (TCR ⁇ / ⁇ NEG ; CD3 NEG ) where then purified by negative selection using CD3 magnetic beads.
  • the KO population JKT_KO ⁇ 3 cells was amplified and used for screening of the different pTalpha variants.
  • FIG. 12 is a representative example of the transfection efficiencies (% of BFP+ cells) and activity of the FL, ⁇ 18 and ⁇ 48 pTalpha constructs in JKT_KO ⁇ 3 cells, based on the % of CD3+ cells, determined by flow cytometry. The results from the different constructs are grouped in Table 12.
  • pTalpha-FL and pTalpha- ⁇ 48 versions were cloned into a self-inactivating pLV-SFFV-BFP-2A-PCTRA lentiviral vector that codes for Blue Fluorescent protein (BFP) under the SFFV promoter followed by the self-cleaving T2A peptide ( FIG. 13 ).
  • BFP Blue Fluorescent protein
  • T lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood were activated for 72 hours using anti-CD3/CD28 activator beads (Life technologies) and 4.5 million cells were transfected by electroporation with 10 ⁇ g mRNA encoding the TALE-nuclease targeting TCR alpha constant chain region (TRAC) using a CytoLVT-S instrument (BTX-Harvard Harbour). Two days after electroporation, T cells were transduced with either the LV-SFFV-BFP-2A-pTalpha- ⁇ 48 or LV-SFFV-BFP-2A-control lentiviral vectors. CD3 negative and CD3low T cells were then purified using anti-CD3 magnetic beads (Miltenyi Biotech). This experimental protocol is represented in FIG. 14A .
  • FIG. 14B represents flow cytometry analysis of TCRalpha/beta, CD3 cell surface expression, and BFP expression on TCRalpha inactivated T cells (KO) transduced with either BFP-2A-pTalpha ⁇ 48 (KO/ ⁇ 48) or control BFP lentiviral vector (KO/BFP) before and after purification with CD3 beads.
  • TCRalpha inactivated cells transduced with the BFP-T2A-pTalpha- ⁇ 48 vector show higher levels of CD3 compared to non transduced cells (BFP ⁇ cells). No differences are observed among cells transduced with the control BFP vector.
  • TCR alpha inactivated T cells transduced with pTalpha- ⁇ 48 and pTalpha- ⁇ 48.41BB were generated from primary human T-cells as described in previous section and in FIG. 14A .
  • FIG. 14A To detect signaling via CD3, cells were re-activated using anti-CD3/CD28-coated beads 3 days after purification of TCR alpha inactivated T cells with CD3 beads ( FIG. 14A ). Cells were stained with fluorochrome-conjugated anti-CD69 (early activation marker) and anti-CD25 (late activation marker), 24 and 48 hours after re-activation respectively and analyzed by flow cytometry ( FIG. 15A-B ). As represented in FIG.
  • TCR alpha inactivated cells expressing pTalpha- ⁇ 48 show upregulation of the activation markers, to levels similar to those observed in TCRalpha/beta expressing cells (NEP: non electroporated cells).
  • Another indicator of T cell activation is an increase in cell size which is sometimes referred to as “blasting”.
  • the capacity of the preTCR complexes to induce “blasting” was measured by flow cytometry analysis of the cell size 72 hours after re-activation using anti-CD3/CD28-beads ( FIG. 15C ). Stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 beads induced comparable increases in cell size in cells expressing TCRalpha/beta complexes vs. cells expressing pTalpha- ⁇ 48 or pTalpha- ⁇ 48.4166. Taken together, these results suggest that preTCR complexes are competent to transduce signals that efficiently couple to the mechanisms mediating activation marker upregulation.
  • TCRalpha inactivated cells expressing pTalpha- ⁇ 48 displayed greater expansion than TCR alpha inactivated cells expressing only the BFP control vector.
  • TCRalpha inactivated cells expressing pTalpha- ⁇ 48.4166 or full-length pTalpha were also included, displaying also greater expansion than TCRalpha inactivated cells expressing only the BFP control vector.
  • the data shown in FIG. 18 indicates that the electroporation of RNA with the optimal condition determined here is no toxic and allows transfection of more than 95% of the viable cells.
  • RNA transfection has no impact on cellular viability and allows uniform expression levels of the transfected gene of interest in the cellular population.
  • Efficient transfection can be achieved early after cellular activation, independently of the activation method used (PHA/IL-2 or CD3/CD28-coated-beads).
  • the inventors have succeeded in transfecting cells from 72 h after activation with efficiencies of >95%.
  • efficient transfection of T cells after thawing and activation can also be obtained using the same electroporation protocol.
  • Transcription activator-like effector nucleases are site-specific nucleases generated by the fusion of a TAL DNA binding domain to a DNA cleavage domain. They are powerful genome editing tools as they induce double-strand breaks at practically any desired DNA sequence. These double-strand breaks activate Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), an error-prone DNA repair mechanism, potentially leading to inactivation of any desired gene of interest.
  • NHEJ Non-homologous end-joining
  • TALE-nuclease-induced DNA breaks can be repaired by homologous recombination, therefore offering the possibility of modifying at will the gene sequence.
  • TALE-nuclease designed to specifically cleave a sequence in the human gene coding for the alpha chain of the T cell antigen receptor (TRAC). Mutations induced in this sequence are expected to result in gene inactivation and loss of TCR ⁇ complex from the cell surface.
  • TRAC TALE-nuclease RNA or non coding RNA as control are transfected into activated primary human T lymphocytes using Cytopulse technology.
  • the electroporation sequence consisted in 2 pulses of 1200 V followed by four pulses of 130 V as described in Table 14.
  • FIG. 19 By flow cytometry analysis of TCR surface expression 7 days post electroporation ( FIG. 19 , top panel), we observed that 44% of T cells lost the expression of TCR ⁇ .
  • FIG. 19 shows examples of the mutated alleles.
  • T cells preactivated several days (3-5) with anti-CD3/CD28 coated beads and IL2 were resuspended in cytoporation buffer T, and electroporated in 0.4 cm cuvettes without mRNA or with 10 ⁇ g of mRNA encoding a single chain CAR (SEQ ID NO: 73) using the program described in Table 14.
  • FIG. 20 A indicates that the vast majority of the live T cells electroporated with the monocitronic mRNA described previously express the CAR at their surface.
  • T cells 24 hours post electroporation, T cells were cocultured with Daudi (CD19 + ) cells for 6 hours and analyzed by flow cytometry to detect the expression of the degranulation marker CD107a at their surface (Betts, Brenchley et al. 2003).
  • T cells preactivated several days (3-5) with anti CD3/CD28 coated beads and IL2 were electroporated in cytoporation buffer T, and electroporated in 0.4 cm cuvettes without mRNA or with 45 ⁇ g of mRNA encoding a multi-chain CAR (SEQ ID NO: 125, encoded by SEQ ID NO: 126, FIG. 21A and FIG. 4B (csm4)) using the program as described in Table 14.
  • SEQ ID NO: 125 encoded by SEQ ID NO: 126, FIG. 21A and FIG. 4B (csm4)
  • T cells 24 hours post electroporation, T cells were cocultured with Daudi (CD19 + ) for 6 hours and analyzed by flow cytometry to detect the expression of the degranulation marker CD107a at their surface.
  • the data shown in FIG. 21 indicates that the majority of the cells electroporated with the polycistronic mRNA described previously degranulate in the presence of target cells expressing CD19.

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