US20210032332A1 - Signalling system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a chimeric antigen receptor signalling system.
- Chimeric antigen receptors are proteins which graft the specificity of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to the effector function of a T-cell. Their usual form is that of a type I transmembrane domain protein with an antigen recognizing amino terminus, a spacer, a transmembrane domain all connected to a compound endodomain which transmits T-cell survival and activation signals (see FIG. 1A ).
- scFv single-chain variable fragments
- MAS macrophage activation syndrome
- On-target off-tumour toxicity i.e. recognition of the target antigen on normal tissues.
- MAS is presumed to be caused by persistent antigen-driven activation and proliferation of T-cells which in turn release copious inflammatory cytokines leading to hyper-activation of macrophages and a feed-forward cycle of immune activation.
- a large spike in serum IL-6 is characteristic and the syndrome can result in a severe systemic illness requiring ICU admission.
- On-target off-tumour toxicity has been reported with other CARs, for example a group of patients treated with a CAR against the renal cell carcinoma antigen CAIX developed unexpected and treatment limiting biliary toxicity.
- Two fatalities have been reported with CAR studies: one patient died of a respiratory distress syndrome which occurred immediately post-infusion of a large dose of 3rd generation anti-ERBB2 CAR T-cells; a further patient died in a different study after a possible cytokine storm following treatment of CLL with a second generation anti-CD19 CAR.
- CAR T-cells do not have a half-life and one cannot cease administration and wait for the agent to breakdown/become excreted. CAR T-cells are autonomous and can engraft and proliferate. Toxicity can therefore be progressive and fulminant.
- Suicide genes are genetically expressed elements which can conditionally destroy cells which express them. Examples include Herpes-simplex virus thymidine kinase, which renders cells susceptible to Ganciclovir; inducible Caspase 9, which renders cells susceptible to a small molecular homodimerizer and CD20 and RQR8, which renders cells susceptible to Rituximab.
- This technology adds a certain amount of safety to CAR T-cell therapy, however there are limitations. Firstly, it is a binary approach wherein all the CAR T-cells are destroyed upon addition of the suicide agent. In addition, medicinal therapeutics often have a therapeutic window. With a suicide gene the potency of the product cannot be tuned such that efficacy with tolerable toxicity can be achieved. Secondly, it is not clear whether a suicide gene would help with some of the immune-toxicities described above: for instance by the time a macrophage activation syndrome had been triggered, it may well no longer need the CAR T-cells to perpetuate and the suicide gene would no longer be helpful. The more acute cytokine release syndromes probably occur too quickly for the suicide gene to work.
- FIG. 1 a) Schematic diagram illustrating a classical CAR. (b) to (d): Different generations and permutations of CAR endodomains: (b) initial designs transmitted ITAM signals alone through Fc ⁇ R1- ⁇ or CD3 ⁇ endodomain, while later designs transmitted additional (c) one or (d) two co-stimulatory signals in the same compound endodomain.
- FIG. 2 Structure of TetR and TiP.
- TiP can be seen engaged deep within the TetR homodimer associating with many of the residues tetracycline associates with.
- FIG. 3 (a) A membrane spanning receptor component comprises an extracellular antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular linker to TetR.
- a separate molecule, the signalling component comprises an intracellular protein which is generated by fusion of TiP to one or several T-cell signalling domains.
- the receptor and the signalling components interact and in the presence of cognate antigen the system signals.
- TiP In the presence of tetracycline or tetracycline analogues, TiP is displaced from TetR and the receptor can not transmit signals even in the presence of cognate antigen.
- FIG. 4 Intracellular linker domain derived from CD4.
- FIG. 5 Teest construct with eGFP to demonstrate function of the system.
- b Fluorescent micrograph of SupT1 cells expressing this construct in the absence of tetracycline. The eGFP fluorescence can clearly be seen at the cell membrane;
- FIG. 6 Insertitial TetCAR construct and control
- a bicistronic construct expressed as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield: a signalling component which comprises TiP fused via a flexible linker to the endodomain of CD3-Zeta; and a receptor component which comprises a CD33 recognizing scFv, a spacer derived from the Fc domain of IgG1, a CD4 derived transmembrane and intracellular domain; and TetR.
- a control was also constructed which was identical except TiP was absent from the signalling component.
- annotated amino-acid sequence of the basic TetCAR is shown.
- FIG. 7 Fluorescence of the initial TetR construct in comparison with control.
- TetCAR was expressed in BW5 T-cells. These T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence of tetracycline or in the presence of increasing concentrations of tetracycline. T-cells challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells do not activate in either the presence or absence of Tetracyline; T-cells challenged with SupT1 cells expressing CD33 activate in the absence of Tetracycline, but activation is rapidly inhibited in the presence of tetracycline with activation fully inhibited in the presence of 100nM of Tetracycline.
- FIG. 8 Dual tetR domain tetCARs.
- tetR is expressed as a single-chain with two TetRs attached together. If tetR domains with differing affinity for tetracycline (and hence TiP) are used, the kinetics of Tetracycline mediated displacement of TiP can modulate the levels of signalling.
- FIG. 9 A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of signalling components containing single endodomains.
- a single CAR is expressed with many different signalling components all of which comprise TiP at their amino terminus but a different individual signalling domain, in contrast to a compound signalling domain. These randomly interact with the receptor component. Lack of steric interaction between the different signalling domains and their second messengers improves their function.
- FIG. 10 A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of signalling components containing single endodomains and different TiP domains.
- Each signalling component comprises of an individual signalling domain.
- Each signalling component also comprises of a TiP, however each TiP has different affinities to the TetR domain. Hence the stoichiometry of the interactions between the CAR and the signalling domains can be varied.
- the signalling system is constructed such that OX40>CD3Zeta>CD28.
- FIG. 11 A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of receptor components and a plurality of signalling components, each signalling component containing a single endodomain.
- FIG. 12 TetCAR signalling in primary cells
- FIG. 13 Interferon-Gamma release from non-transduced T-cells, and T-cells transduced with the different CAR construct challenged ((i) Classical first generation CAR, (ii) tetCAR and (iii) control tetCAR), with SupT1 cells, SupT1.CD19 cells in different concentrations of Tetracyline.
- FIG. 14 Killing of target cells.
- a chromium release assay was used to demonstrate killing of target cells (SupT1.CD19) in the absence of tetracycline. Key: (i)—regular CAR; (ii)—tetCAR; (iii)—control tetCAR (no TiP on endodomain).
- the present inventors have found that it is possible to separate the antigen-recognition and signalling components of a CAR to produce a system in which signalling can be rapidly inhibited/terminated despite continued binding of antigen to an antigen-recognition component of the CAR system.
- This inhibition of signalling occurs in the presence of an agent, such as a small molecule, which inhibits the co-localisation and interaction which would otherwise occur between an extracellular antigen-binding component (referred to herein as the receptor component) and an intracellular signalling component of the CAR.
- the present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) system comprising;
- binding of the first and second binding domains is disrupted by the presence of an agent, such that in the absence of the agent the receptor component and the signalling component heterodimerize and binding of the antigen binding domain to antigen results in signalling through the signalling domain, whereas in the presence of the agent the receptor component and the signalling component do not heterodimerize and binding of the antigen binding domain to antigen does not result in signalling through the signalling domain.
- the receptor component may comprise a linker between the transmembrane domain and the first binding domain.
- the linker may comprise or consist of the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
- the first binding domain may comprise Tet Repressor Protein (TetR) or a variant thereof and the second binding domain may comprise TetR inducing Peptide (TiP, as described by Klotzsche et al; The Journal of biological chemistry; 2005; 280(26); 24591-9) (TiP); or vice versa.
- TetR Tet Repressor Protein
- TiP TetR inducing Peptide
- the agent may be tetracycline, doxycycline or minocycline or an analogue thereof.
- the receptor component may comprise two first binding domains which are TetR domains.
- the two TetR domains may be separated by a linker.
- Each TetR domain may have a different affinity for the agent.
- the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention may comprise multiple receptor components, each recognizing a different antigen.
- the first binding domains of the multiple receptor components may differ in binding to the second binding domain of the signalling component such that each antigen propagates different signalling strengths.
- the first binding domains of the multiple receptor components may differ in binding to the agent such that each antigen propagates different signalling strengths in the presence of the agent.
- the signalling domain of the signalling component may comprise a single endodomain selected from CD3 zeta endodomain, CD28 endodomain, 41BB endodomain and OX40 endodomain.
- the signalling domain of the signalling component may comprise at least one of CD3 zeta endodomain, CD28 endodomain, 41BB endodomain and OX40 endodomain.
- the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention may comprise a plurality of signalling components, each comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain, wherein the second binding domains each recognise the same first binding domain of the receptor component but the signalling domains comprise different endodomains.
- the plurality of signalling components may comprise a plurality of second binding domains, each of which independently recognises the first binding domain of the receptor component with different affinities.
- the present invention provides a receptor component suitable for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention which comprises an antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain and a first binding domain.
- the present invention provides a signalling component suitable for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention which comprises a signalling domain and a second binding domain.
- the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the receptor component according to the second aspect of the invention.
- the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the signalling component according to the third aspect of the invention.
- the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a CAR system of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the receptor component and signalling component are co-expressed by means of a self-cleaving peptide which is cleaved between the receptor component and the signalling component after translation.
- the present invention provides a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention.
- the present invention provides a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector or a transposon comprising a vector according to the seventh aspect of the invention.
- the present invention provides a T cell or NK cell which expresses a receptor component according to the second aspect of the invention and a signalling component according to the third aspect of the invention.
- the T cell or NK cell may comprise a nucleic acid according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention.
- the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of T cells or NK cells according to the ninth aspect of the invention.
- the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- the present invention relates to a method for treating and/or preventing a disease, which comprises the step of administering a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention to a subject.
- the method according to the twelfth aspect of the invention may comprise the following steps:
- the method may involve administration of T cells/NK cells to a subject, which Tcells/NK cells have been previously isolated from the subject and transduced/transfected with a nucleic acid sequence according to any of the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention.
- the method according to the twelfth aspect of the invention may involve monitoring toxic activity in the subject and comprise the step of administering an agent for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention to the subject to reduce adverse toxic effects.
- the method may involve monitoring the progression of disease and/or monitoring toxic activity in the subject and comprise the step of administering an agent for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention to the subject to provide acceptable levels of disease progression and/or toxic activity.
- the disease may be cancer.
- the present invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- the present invention provides a kit which comprises a nucleic acid according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh of eighth aspect of the invention.
- the present invention relates to a method for making a T or NK cell according to the ninth aspect of the invention, which comprises the step of introducing a nucleic acid sequence according to fourth to sixth aspect of the invention or the vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention into a T or NK cell.
- the T or NK cell may be from a sample isolated from a subject.
- the present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in a subject which comprises a T or NK cell according to the ninth aspect of the invention which method comprises the step of administering the agent to the subject.
- the present invention therefore provides a CAR system in which signalling can be inhibited in the presence of an agent, for example a small molecule, which prevents co-localisation of the receptor component and signalling component.
- an agent for example a small molecule, which prevents co-localisation of the receptor component and signalling component.
- This allows CAR signalling and thus the potency of CAR cells to be reversibly terminated in a controllable manner in order to avoid potential toxic effects associated with unabated CAR signalling.
- the present system also allows the potency of CAR cells to be controlled pharmacologically and tuned to an acceptable balance between achieving the desired therapeutic effect and avoiding unwanted toxicities.
- Classical CARs which are shown schematically in FIG. 1 , are chimeric type I trans-membrane proteins which connect an extracellular antigen-recognizing domain (binder) to an intracellular signalling domain (endodomain).
- the binder is typically a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from a monoclonal antibody (mAb), but it can be based on other formats which comprise an antibody-like antigen binding site.
- scFv single-chain variable fragment
- mAb monoclonal antibody
- a spacer domain may be necessary to isolate the binder from the membrane and to allow it a suitable orientation.
- a common spacer domain used is the Fc of IgG1. More compact spacers can suffice e.g. the stalk from CD8a and even just the IgG1 hinge alone, depending on the antigen.
- a trans-membrane domain anchors the protein in the cell membrane and connects the spacer to the endodomain.
- the co-stimulatory domain most commonly used is that of CD28. This supplies the most potent co-stimulatory signal - namely immunological signal 2, which triggers T-cell proliferation.
- Some receptors have also been described which include TNF receptor family endodomains, such as the closely related OX40 and 41BB which transmit survival signals.
- Even more potent third generation CARs have now been described which have endodomains capable of transmitting activation, proliferation and survival signals.
- CAR-encoding nucleic acids may be transferred to T cells using, for example, retroviral vectors.
- retroviral vectors In this way, a large number of antigen-specific T cells can be generated for adoptive cell transfer.
- the CAR binds the target-antigen, this results in the transmission of an activating signal to the T-cell it is expressed on.
- the CAR directs the specificity and cytotoxicity of the T cell towards cells expressing the targeted antigen.
- the present invention relates to a CAR system in which the antigen-recognizing/antigen binding domain and transmembrane domain are provided on a first molecule (termed herein ‘receptor component’), which localizes to the cell membrane.
- the intracellular signalling domain is provided on a second, intracellular molecule (termed herein ‘signalling component’).
- the receptor component comprises a first binding domain and the signalling component comprises a second binding domain which specifically binds to the first binding domain of the receptor component.
- binding of the first binding domain to the second binding domain causes heterodimerization and co-localization of the receptor component and the signalling component.
- antigen binds to the antigen binding domain of the receptor component there is signalling through the signalling component.
- the first or second binding domain is also capable of binding a further agent in addition to the reciprocal binding domain.
- the further agent may be, for example, a small molecule.
- the binding between the agent and the first or second binding domain is of a higher affinity than the binding between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- the agent when it is present it preferentially binds to the first or second binding domain and inhibits/disrupts the heterodimerization between the receptor component and the signalling component.
- antigen binds to the antigen binding domain of the receptor component in the presence of the further agent there is no signalling through the signalling component.
- the receptor component and signalling component are located in a stochastically dispersed manner and binding of antigen by the antigen-binding domain of the receptor component does not result in signalling through the signaling component.
- co-localization or ‘heterodimerization’ of the receptor and signalling components is analogous to ligation/recruitment of the signalling component to the receptor component via binding of the first binding domain of the receptor component and the second binding domain of the signalling component.
- Antigen binding by the receptor component in the presence of the agent may be termed as resulting in ‘non-productive’ signalling through the signalling component. Such signalling does not result in cell activation, for example T cell activation. Antigen binding by the receptor component in the absence of the agent may be termed as resulting in ‘productive’ signalling through the signalling component. This signalling results in T-cell activation, triggering for example target cell killing and T cell activation.
- Antigen binding by the receptor component in the absence of the agent may result in signalling through the signalling component which is 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 1,000 or 10,000-fold higher than the signalling which occurs when antigen is bound by the receptor component in the presence of the agent.
- Signalling through the signalling component may be determined by a variety of methods known in the art. Such methods include assaying signal transduction, for example assaying levels of specific protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), breakdown of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PIP 2 ), activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and elevation of intracellular calcium ion concentration.
- PTKs protein tyrosine kinases
- PIP 2 protein kinase C
- Functional readouts such as clonal expansion of T cells, upregulation of activation markers on the cell surface, differentiation into effector cells and induction of cytotoxicity or cytokine secretion may also be utilised.
- the inventors determined levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) produced by T-cells expressing a receptor component and signalling component of the CAR system according to the present invention upon binding of antigen to the receptor component in the presence of varying concentrations of an agent.
- IL-2 interleukin-2
- the first binding domain, second binding domain and agent of the present CAR system may be any combination of molecules/peptides/domains which enable the selective co-localization and dimerization of the receptor component and signalling component in the absence of the agent.
- the first binding domain and second binding domain are capable of specifically binding.
- the signalling system of the present invention is not limited by the arrangement of a specific dimerization system.
- the receptor component may comprise either the first binding domain or the second binding domain of a given dimerization system so long as the signalling component comprises the corresponding, complementary binding domain which enables the receptor component and signalling component to co-localize in the absence of the agent.
- the first binding domain and second binding domain may be a peptide domain and a peptide binding domain; or vice versa.
- the peptide domain and peptide binding domain may be any combination of peptides/domains which are capable of specific binding.
- the agent is a molecule, for example a small molecule, which is capable of specifically binding to the first binding domain or the second binding domain at a higher affinity than the binding between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- the binding system may be based on a peptide:peptide binding domain system.
- the first or second binding domain may comprise the peptide binding domain and the other binding domain may comprise a peptide mimic which binds the peptide binding domain with lower affinity than the peptide.
- the use of peptide as agent disrupts the binding of the peptide mimic to the peptide binding domain through competitive binding.
- the peptide mimic may have a similar amino acid sequence to the “wild-type” peptide, but with one of more amino acid changes to reduce binding affinity for the peptide binding domain.
- the agent may bind the first binding domain or the second binding domain with at least 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 or 10000-fold greater affinity than the affinity between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- the agent may be any pharmaceutically acceptable molecule which preferentially binds the first binding domain or the second binding domain with a higher affinity than the affinity between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- the agent is capable of being delivered to the cytoplasm of a target cell and being available for intracellular binding.
- the agent may be capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier.
- TetR Tet repressor
- TiP TetR interacting protein
- tetracycline system Klotzsche et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 280, 24591-24599 (2005); Luckner et al.; J. Mol. Biol. 368, 780-790 (2007).
- TetR Tet Repressor
- the Tet operon is a well-known biological operon which has been adapted for use in mammalian cells.
- the TetR binds tetracycline as a homodimer and undergoes a conformational change which then modulates the DNA binding of the TetR molecules.
- Klotzsche et al. (as above), described a phage-display derived peptide which activates the TetR.
- This protein (TetR interacting protein/TiP) has a binding site in TetR which overlaps, but is not identical to, the tetracycline binding site (Luckner et al.; as above).
- TiP and tetracycline compete for binding of TetR.
- the first binding domain of the receptor component may be TetR or TiP, providing that the second binding domain of the signalling component is the corresponding, complementary binding partner.
- the first binding domain of the receptor component is TetR
- the second binding domain of the signalling component is TiP.
- the first binding domain of the receptor component is TiP
- the second binding domain of the signalling component is TetR.
- first binding domain or second binding domain may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2:
- the receptor component may comprise a linker between the transmembrane domain and the first binding domain (TetR).
- the linker enables TetR to homodimerize with a TetR from a neighbouring receptor component and orient in the correct direction.
- the linker may be the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
- the linker may alternatively comprise an alternative linker sequence which has similar length and/or domain spacing properties as the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
- the linker may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 providing it provides the function of enabling TetR to homodimerize with a TetR from a neighbouring receptor component and orient in the correct direction.
- TetR is xenogenic and immunogenic.
- the TetR sequence may therefore be a variant which is less immunogenic but retains the ability to specifically bind TiP.
- the agent may be tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline or an analogue thereof.
- An analogue refers to a variant of tetracycline, doxycycline or minocycline which retains the ability to specifically bind to TetR.
- binding domains and agents which may be used in the present CAR system are known in the art.
- the CAR system may use a streptavidin/biotin-based binding system.
- the first or second binding domain may comprise one or more streptavidin-binding epitope(s).
- the other binding domain may comprise a biotin mimic.
- Streptavidin is a 52.8 kDa protein from the bacterium Streptomyces avidinii . Streptavidin homo-tetramers have a very high affinity for biotin (vitamin B7 or vitamin H), with a dissociation constant (Kd) ⁇ 10 15 M.
- the biotin mimic has a lower affinity for streptavidin than wild-type biotin, so that biotin itself can be used as the agent to disrupt or prevent heterodimerisation between the streptavidin domain and the biotin mimic domain.
- the biotin mimic may bind streptavidin with for example with a Kd of 1 nM to 100 uM.
- the ‘biotin mimic’ domain may, for example, comprise a short peptide sequence (for example 6 to 20, 6 to 18, 8 to 18 or 8 to 15 amino acids) which specifically binds to streptavidin.
- the biotin mimic may comprise a sequence as shown in Table 1.
- the biotin mimic may be selected from the following group: Streptagll, Flankedccstreptag and ccstreptag.
- the streptavidin domain may comprise streptavidin having the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 11 or a fragment or variant thereof which retains the ability to bind biotin.
- Full length Streptavidin has 159 amino acids.
- the N and C termini of the 159 residue full-length protein are processed to give a shorter ‘core’ streptavidin, usually composed of residues 13-139; removal of the N and C termini is necessary for the high biotin-binding affinity.
- Streptavidin exists in nature as a homo-tetramer.
- the secondary structure of a streptavidin monomer is composed of eight antiparallel ⁇ -strands, which fold to give an antiparallel beta barrel tertiary structure.
- a biotin binding-site is located at one end of each ⁇ -barrel.
- Four identical streptavidin monomers i.e. four identical ⁇ -barrels
- the biotin binding-site in each barrel consists of residues from the interior of the barrel, together with a conserved Trp120 from neighbouring subunit. In this way, each subunit contributes to the binding site on the neighbouring subunit, and so the tetramer can also be considered a dimer of functional dimers.
- the streptavidin domain of the CAR system of the present invention may consist essentially of a streptavidin monomer, dimer or tetramer.
- sequence of the streptavidin monomer, dimer or tetramer may comprise all or part of the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 11, or a variant thereof which retains the capacity to bind biotin.
- a variant streptavidin sequence may have at least 70, 80, 90, 95 or 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 11 or a functional portion thereof.
- Variant streptavidin may comprise one or more of the following amino acids, which are involved in biotin binding: residues Asn23, Tyr43, Ser27, Ser45, Asn49, Ser88, Thr90 and Asp128.
- Variany streptavidin may, for example, comprise all 8 of these residues.
- variant streptavidin is present in the binding domain as a dimer or teramer, it may also comprise Trp120 which is involved in biotin binding by the neighbouring subunit.
- Small molecules agents which disrupt protein-protein interactions have long been developed for pharmaceutical purpose (reviewed by Vassilev et al; Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions ISBN: 978-3-642-17082-9).
- a CAR system as described may use such a small molecule.
- the proteins or peptides whose interaction is disrupted can be used as the first and/or second binding domains and the small molecule may be used as the agent which inhibits CAR activation.
- Such a system may be varied by altering the small molecule and proteins such the system functions as described but the small molecule is devoid of unwanted pharmacological activity (e.g. in a manner similar to that described by Rivera et al (Nature Med; 1996; 2; 1028-1032).
- Second binding domains which competitively bind to the same first binding domain as the agents described above, and thus may be used to co-localise the receptor component and signalling component of the present signalling system in the absence of the agent, may be identified using techniques and methods which are well known in the art. For example such second binding domains may be identified by display of a single domain VHH library.
- the first binding domain and/or second binding domain of the present signalling system may comprise a variant(s) which is able to specifically bind to the reciprocal binding domain and thus facilitate co-localisation of the receptor component and signalling component.
- Variant sequences may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to the wild-type sequence, provided that the sequences provide an effective dimerization system. That is, provided that the sequences facilitate sufficient co-localisation of the receptor and signalling components, in the absence of the agent, for productive signalling to occur upon binding of the antigen-binding domain to antigen.
- the present invention also relates to a method for inhibiting the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention, which method comprises the step of administering the agent.
- administration of the agent results in a disruption of the co-localization between the receptor component and the signalling component, such that signalling through the signalling component is inhibited even upon binding of antigen to the antigen binding domain.
- the first and second binding domains may facilitate signalling through the CAR system which is proportional to the concentration of the agent which is present.
- the agent binds the first binding domain or the second binding domain with a higher affinity than binding affinity between the first and second binding domains
- co-localization of the receptor and signalling components may not be completely ablated in the presence of low concentrations of the agent.
- low concentrations of the agent may decrease the total level of signalling in response to antigen without completely inhibiting it.
- the specific concentrations of agent will differ depending on the level of signalling required and the specific binding domains and agent. Levels of signalling and the correlation with concentration of agent can be determined using methods known in the art, as described above.
- the present invention provides a receptor component comprising an antigen-binding domain, an optional spacer domain, a transmembrane domain and a first biding domain.
- the receptor component When expressed in a cell, the receptor component localises to the cell membrane.
- the antigen-binding domain of the molecule is orientated on the extracellular side of the membrane and the first binding domain is localised to the intracellular side of the membrane.
- the receptor component therefore provides the antigen-binding function of the CAR system of the present invention.
- the antigen-binding domain is the portion of a classical CAR which recognizes antigen.
- the antigen-binding is located within the receptor component.
- the antigen-binding domain may comprise: a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from a monoclonal antibody; a natural ligand of the target antigen; a peptide with sufficient affinity for the target; a single domain binder such as a camelid; an artificial binder single as a Darpin; or a single-chain derived from a T-cell receptor.
- scFv single-chain variable fragment
- tumour associated antigens are known, as shown in the following Table 1.
- the antigen-binding domain used in the present invention may be a domain which is capable of binding a TAA as indicated therein.
- the transmembrane domain is the sequence of a classical CAR that spans the membrane.
- the transmembrane domain is located in the receptor component. It may comprise a hydrophobic alpha helix.
- the transmembrane domain may be derived from CD28, which gives good receptor stability.
- the receptor component of the CAR system of the present invention may comprise a signal peptide so that when the receptor component is expressed in a cell, such as a T-cell, the nascent protein is directed to the endoplasmic reticulum and subsequently to the cell surface, where it is expressed.
- the core of the signal peptide may contain a long stretch of hydrophobic amino acids that has a tendency to form a single alpha-helix.
- the signal peptide may begin with a short positively charged stretch of amino acids, which helps to enforce proper topology of the polypeptide during translocation.
- At the end of the signal peptide there is typically a stretch of amino acids that is recognized and cleaved by signal peptidase.
- Signal peptidase may cleave either during or after completion of translocation to generate a free signal peptide and a mature protein.
- the free signal peptides are then digested by specific proteases.
- the signal peptide may be at the amino terminus of the molecule.
- the signal peptide may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 12, 13 or 14 or a variant thereof having 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 amino acid mutations (insertions, substitutions or additions) provided that the signal peptide still functions to cause cell surface expression of the CAR.
- SEQ ID NO: 12 MGTSLLCWMALCLLGADHADG
- the signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 12 is compact and highly efficient. It is predicted to give about 95% cleavage after the terminal glycine, giving efficient removal by signal peptidase.
- SEQ ID NO: 13 MSLPVTALLLPLALLLHAARP
- the signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 13 is derived from IgG1.
- SEQ ID NO: 14 MAVPTQVLGLLLLWLTDARC
- the signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 14 is derived from CD8.
- the CAR system described herein may comprise a spacer sequence to connect the antigen-binding domain with the transmembrane domain in the receptor component.
- a flexible spacer allows the antigen-binding domain to orient in different directions to facilitate binding.
- the spacer sequence may, for example, comprise an IgG1 Fc region, an IgG1 hinge or a human CD8 stalk or the mouse CD8 stalk.
- the spacer may alternatively comprise an alternative linker sequence which has similar length and/or domain spacing properties as an IgG1 Fc region, an IgG1 hinge or a CD8 stalk.
- a human IgG1 spacer may be altered to remove Fc binding motifs.
- amino acid sequences for these spacers are given below:
- Receptor Component Comprising a Plurality of First Binding Domains
- the receptor component may comprise a plurality of first binding domains and thus be capable of recruiting more than one signalling component.
- the plurality of first binding domains may be present in a single intracellular domain of the receptor component.
- the receptor component may comprise an appropriate number of transmembrane domains such that each first binding domain is orientated on the intracellular side of the cell membrane.
- the receptor component may comprise 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, or more transmembrane domains. In this way, a single receptor component may recruit multiple signalling components amplifying signalling in response to antigen.
- the first binding domains may each be variants which have a different affinity for the second binding domain of the signalling component.
- the CAR system may comprise two or more receptor components each recognizing different antigens but comprising of the same intracellular first binding domain.
- Such a CAR system would be capable of recognizing multiple antigens ( FIG. 11 ). This might be useful for instance in avoiding tumour escape.
- the first binding domains of the receptor components differ in residues which dictate their affinity for the second binding domain of the signalling component. In this way, a CAR system can be tuned such that signalling in response to one antigen is greater or lesser than the response to another ( FIG. 11 ). This might be useful for instance when targeting two tumour antigens simultaneously but one is expressed at a higher density than the other. Response to this antigen could be tuned down to avoid toxicity caused by over-stimulation.
- Methods suitable for altering the amino acid residues of the first or second binding domain such that the binding affinity between the two domains is altered are known in the art and include substitution, addition and removal of amino acids using both targeted and random mutagenesis.
- Methods for determining the binding affinity between a first binding domain and a second binding domain are also well known in the art and include bioinformatics prediction of protein-protein interactions, affinity electrophoresis, surface plasma resonance, bio-layer interferometry, dual polarisation interferometry, static light scattering and dynamic light scattering.
- the present invention also provides a signalling component comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain.
- the signalling component is a soluble molecule and thus localises to the cytoplasm when it is expressed in a cell, for example a T cell.
- the intracellular signalling domain is the signal-transmission portion of a classical CAR.
- the intracellular signalling domain (signalling domain) is located in the signalling component.
- the membrane-bound, receptor component and the intracellular signalling component are brought into proximity. After antigen recognition, receptors cluster, native CD45 and CD148 are excluded from the synapse and a signal is transmitted to the cell.
- the signalling domain of the signalling component is analogous to the endodomain of a classical CAR molecule.
- CD3-zeta endodomain which contains 3 ITAMs. This transmits an activation signal to the T cell after antigen is bound.
- CD3-zeta may not provide a fully competent activation signal and additional co-stimulatory signalling may be needed.
- chimeric CD28 and OX40 can be used with CD3-Zeta to transmit a proliferative/survival signal, or all three can be used together (illustrated in FIG. 1B ).
- the signalling component described herein comprises a signalling domain, it may comprise the CD3-Zeta endodomain alone, the CD3-Zeta endodomain with that of either CD28 or
- OX40 or the CD28 endodomain and OX40 and CD3-Zeta endodomain ( FIG. 3A ).
- the signalling component of a CAR system may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 20, 21 or 22 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity.
- a variant sequence may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 20, 21 or 22, provided that the sequence provides an effective intracellular signalling domain.
- the signalling system according to the first aspect of the present invention may comprise a plurality of signalling components, each comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain, wherein each second binding domain is bound by the same first binding domain of the receptor component but the signalling domains comprise different endodomains ( FIG. 9 ). In this way, multiple different endodomains can be activated simultaneously. This is advantageous over a compound signalling domain since each signalling domain remains unencumbered from other signalling domains.
- each signalling component comprises a second binding domain which differs in residues which alter their affinity to the first binding domain of the receptor component
- the signalling components comprising different signalling domains ligate to the first binding domain with differing kinetics ( FIG. 10 ).
- This allows greater control over the signalling in response to antigen-binding by the receptor component as different signalling components are recruited to the receptor component in varying kinetics/dynamics.
- an optimal T-cell activation signal may require different proportions of different immunological signals.
- the present invention further provides a nucleic acid encoding the receptor component of the second aspect and a nucleic acid encoding a signalling component of the third aspect.
- polynucleotide As used herein, the terms “polynucleotide”, “nucleotide”, and “nucleic acid” are intended to be synonymous with each other.
- Nucleic acids according to the invention may comprise DNA or RNA. They may be single-stranded or double-stranded. They may also be polynucleotides which include within them synthetic or modified nucleotides. A number of different types of modification to oligonucleotides are known in the art. These include methylphosphonate and phosphorothioate backbones, addition of acridine or polylysine chains at the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of the molecule. For the purposes of the use as described herein, it is to be understood that the polynucleotides may be modified by any method available in the art. Such modifications may be carried out in order to enhance the in vivo activity or life span of polynucleotides of interest.
- variant in relation to a nucleotide sequence include any substitution of, variation of, modification of, replacement of, deletion of or addition of one (or more) nucleic acid from or to the sequence.
- the nucleic acid of the invention may be a nucleic acid which encodes both the receptor component and the signalling component.
- the nucleic acid may produce a polypeptide which comprises the receptor component and the signalling component joined by a cleavage site.
- the cleavage site may be self-cleaving, such that when the polypeptide is produced, it is immediately cleaved into the receptor component and the signalling component without the need for any external cleavage activity.
- FMDV Foot-and-Mouth disease virus
- the nucleic acid may produce a polypeptide which comprises the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 25.
- antigen binding domain sequence may be included. Any antigen binding domain may be included, for example an scFV, as described herein.
- the co-expressing sequence may be an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES).
- the co-expressing sequence may be an internal promoter.
- the present invention also provides a kit comprising a nucleic acid encoding the receptor component of the second aspect and/or a nucleic acid encoding a signalling component of the third aspect.
- the present invention also provides a vector, or kit of vectors which comprises one or more nucleic acid sequence(s) encoding a receptor component of the second aspect and/or signalling component of the third aspect of the invention.
- a vector may be used to introduce the nucleic acid sequence(s) into a host cell so that it expresses the receptor component and signalling component of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- the vector may, for example, be a plasmid or a viral vector, such as a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector, or a transposon based vector or synthetic mRNA.
- the vector may be capable of transfecting or transducing a T cell or a NK cell.
- the present invention also relates to an immune cell comprising the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise a nucleic acid or a vector of the present invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise a receptor component and a signalling component of the present invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise at least one signalling component of the present invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise one, two, three, four, five, up to a plurality of signalling components of the present invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise at least one receptor component of the present invention.
- the cytolytic immune cell may comprise one, two, three, four, five, up to a plurality of receptor components of the present invention.
- Cytolytic immune cells can be T cells or T lymphocytes which are a type of lymphocyte that play a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as B cells and natural killer cells (NK cells), by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on the cell surface.
- TCR T-cell receptor
- Helper T helper cells assist other white blood cells in immunologic processes, including maturation of B cells into plasma cells and memory B cells, and activation of cytotoxic T cells and macrophages.
- TH cells express CD4 on their surface.
- TH cells become activated when they are presented with peptide antigens by MHC class II molecules on the surface of antigen presenting cells (APCs).
- APCs antigen presenting cells
- These cells can differentiate into one of several subtypes, including TH1, TH2, TH3, TH17, Th9, or TFH, which secrete different cytokines to facilitate different types of immune responses.
- Cytolytic T cells destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells, and are also implicated in transplant rejection.
- CTLs express the CD8 at their surface. These cells recognize their targets by binding to antigen associated with MHC class I, which is present on the surface of all nucleated cells.
- MHC class I MHC class I
- IL-10 adenosine and other molecules secreted by regulatory T cells, the CD8+ cells can be inactivated to an anergic state, which prevent autoimmune diseases such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
- Memory T cells are a subset of antigen-specific T cells that persist long-term after an infection has resolved. They quickly expand to large numbers of effector T cells upon re-exposure to their cognate antigen, thus providing the immune system with “memory” against past infections.
- Memory T cells comprise three subtypes: central memory T cells (TCM cells) and two types of effector memory T cells (TEM cells and TEMRA cells). Memory cells may be either CD4+ or CD8+. Memory T cells typically express the cell surface protein CD45RO.
- Treg cells Regulatory T cells
- suppressor T cells are crucial for the maintenance of immunological tolerance. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
- Treg cells Two major classes of CD4+ Treg cells have been described—naturally occurring Treg cells and adaptive Treg cells.
- Naturally occurring Treg cells arise in the thymus and have been linked to interactions between developing T cells with both myeloid (CD11c+) and plasmacytoid (CD123+) dendritic cells that have been activated with TSLP.
- Naturally occurring Treg cells can be distinguished from other T cells by the presence of an intracellular molecule called FoxP3. Mutations of the FOXP3 gene can prevent regulatory T cell development, causing the fatal autoimmune disease IPEX.
- Adaptive Treg cells may originate during a normal immune response.
- NK cells Natural Killer Cells
- MHC Multiple Access to Cells
- NK cells are a type of cytolytic cell which form part of the innate immune system. NK cells provide rapid responses to innate signals from virally infected cells in an MHC independent manner
- NK cells (belonging to the group of innate lymphoid cells) are defined as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) and constitute the third kind of cells differentiated from the common lymphoid progenitor generating B and T lymphocytes. NK cells are known to differentiate and mature in the bone marrow, lymph node, spleen, tonsils and thymus where they then enter into the circulation.
- LGL large granular lymphocytes
- the CAR cells of the invention may be any of the cell types mentioned above.
- T or NK cells expressing the molecules of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention may either be created ex vivo either from a patient's own peripheral blood (1st party), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (2nd party), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (3rd party).
- T or NK cells expressing the molecules of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention may be derived from ex vivo differentiation of inducible progenitor cells or embryonic progenitor cells to T cells.
- an immortalized T-cell line which retains its lytic function and could act as a therapeutic may be used.
- CAR cells are generated by introducing DNA or RNA coding for the receptor component and signalling component by one of many means including transduction with a viral vector, transfection with DNA or RNA.
- the CAR cell of the invention may be an ex vivo T or NK cell from a subject.
- the T or NK cell may be from a peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) sample.
- PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cell
- T or NK cells may be activated and/or expanded prior to being transduced with nucleic acid encoding the molecules providing the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention, for example by treatment with an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody.
- the T or NK cell of the invention may be made by:
- the T or NK cells may then by purified, for example, selected on the basis of expression of the antigen-binding domain of the antigen-binding polypeptide.
- the present invention also provides a kit which comprises a T or NK cell comprising the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- the present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a plurality of cytolytic immune cells expressing the components of the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention.
- the pharmaceutical composition may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
- the pharmaceutical composition may optionally comprise one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds.
- Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- the present invention provides a method for treating and/or preventing a disease which comprises the step of administering the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention (for example in a pharmaceutical composition as described above) to a subject.
- a method for treating a disease relates to the therapeutic use of the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention.
- the cells may be administered to a subject having an existing disease or condition in order to lessen, reduce or improve at least one symptom associated with the disease and/or to slow down, reduce or block the progression of the disease.
- the method for preventing a disease relates to the prophylactic use of the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention.
- cytolytic immune cells of the present invention may be administered to a subject who has not yet contracted the disease and/or who is not showing any symptoms of the disease to prevent or impair the cause of the disease or to reduce or prevent development of at least one symptom associated with the disease.
- the subject may have a predisposition for, or be thought to be at risk of developing, the disease.
- the method may involve the steps of:
- the T or NK cell-containing sample may be isolated from a subject or from other sources, for example as described above.
- the T or NK cells may be isolated from a subject's own peripheral blood (1st party), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (2nd party), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (3rd party).
- the methods provided by the present invention for treating a disease may involve monitoring the progression of the disease and any toxic activity and administering an agent suitable for use in the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention to inhibit CAR signalling and thereby reduce or lessen any adverse toxic effects.
- the methods provided by the present invention for treating a disease may involve monitoring the progression of the disease and monitoring any toxic activity and adjusting the dose of the agent administered to the subject to provide acceptable levels of disease progression and toxic activity.
- Monitoring the progression of the disease means to assess the symptoms associated with the disease over time to determine if they are reducing/improving or increasing/worsening.
- Toxic activities relate to adverse effects caused by the CAR cells of the invention following their administration to a subject.
- Toxic activities may include, for example, immunological toxicity, biliary toxicity and respiratory distress syndrome.
- the level of signalling through the signalling system of the first aspect of the invention may be adjusted by altering the amount of agent present, or the amount of time the agent is present.
- the level of CAR cell activation may be augmented by decreasing the dose of agent administered to the subject or decreasing the frequency of its administration.
- the level of CAR cell activation may be reduced by increasing the dose of the agent, or the frequency of administration to the subject.
- the present invention also provides a method for treating and/or preventing a disease in a subject which subject comprises cells of the invention, which method comprises the step of administering an agent suitable for use in the CAR system according to the first aspect to the subject.
- this method involves administering a suitable agent to a subject which already comprises CAR cells of the present invention.
- the dose of agent administered to a subject, or the frequency of administration may be altered in order to provide an acceptable level of both disease progression and toxic activity.
- the specific level of disease progression and toxic activities determined to be ‘acceptable’ will vary according to the specific circumstances and should be assessed on such a basis.
- the present invention provides a method for altering the activation level of the
- the agent may be administered in the form of a pharmaceutical composition.
- the pharmaceutical composition may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
- the pharmaceutical composition may optionally comprise one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds.
- Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- the present invention provides a CAR cell of the present invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- the invention also relates to the use of a CAR cell of the present invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- the present invention also provides an agent suitable for inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- the present invention also provides an agent for use in inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in a CAR cell.
- the invention also provides the use of an agent suitable for inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- the disease to be treated and/or prevented by the methods of the present invention may be an infection, such as a viral infection.
- the methods of the invention may also be for the control of pathogenic immune responses, for example in autoimmune diseases, allergies and graft-vs-host rejection.
- the methods may be for the treatment of a cancerous disease, such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer (renal cell), leukaemia, lung cancer, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and thyroid cancer.
- a cancerous disease such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer (renal cell), leukaemia, lung cancer, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and thyroid cancer.
- the CAR cells of the present invention may be capable of killing target cells, such as cancer cells.
- the target cell may be recognisable by expression of a TAA, for example the expression of a TAA provided above in Table 1.
- the CAR cells and pharmaceutical compositions of present invention may be for use in the treatment and/or prevention of the diseases described above.
- the CAR cells and pharmaceutical compositions of present invention may be for use in any of the methods described above.
- a bicistronic construct was expressed as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield TiP fused to eGFP and a CAR with TetR as its endodomain ( FIG. 5 a ).
- a bicistronic construct was expressed in BW5 T cells as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield a signalling component which comprises TiP fused via a flexible linker to the endodomain of CD3-Zeta; and a receptor component which comprises a CD33 recognizing scFv, a spacer derived from the Fc domain of IgG1, a CD4 derived transmembrane and intracellular domain; and TetR ( FIG. 6 a ).
- a control was also expressed which was identical except that TiP was absent from the signalling component ( FIG. 6 b ).
- the BW5 T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence of tetracycline or in the presence of increasing concentrations of tetracycline.
- T-cells challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells did not activate in either the presence or absence of Tetracyline;
- T-cells challenged with SupT1 cells expressing CD33 were activated in the absence of Tetracycline, but activation is rapidly inhibited in the presence of tetracycline with activation fully inhibited in the presence of 100 nM of tetracycline ( FIG. 7 a ).
- Control TetCAR which lacks the TiP domain was also transduced into BW5. Once again, these T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence or in the presence of increasing concentration of Tetracycline. A lack of TiP element in signalling component resulted in no signalling in any conditions ( FIG. 7 b ).
- SupT1 cells (which are CD19 negative), were engineered to be CD19 positive giving target negative and positive cell lines which were as similar as possible.
- Primary human T-cells from 3 donors were transduced with three CAR constructs: (i) “Classical” 1st generation anti-CD19 CAR; (ii) 1st generation anti-CD19 tetCAR; (iii) Control anti-CD19 tetCAR where TiP is missing from endodomain.
- Non-transduced T-cells and T-cells transduced with the different CAR constructs were challenged 1:1 with either SupT1 cells or SupT1.CD19 cells in the presence of different concentrations of Tetracycline. Supernatant was sampled 48 hours after challenge.
- SupT1 and SupT1.CD19 cells were loaded with 51 Cr and incubated with control and Tet-CAR T-cells for 4 hours in the presence or absence of tetracycline. Lysis of target cells was determined by counting 51 Cr in the supernatant. The results are shown in FIG. 14 . It was shown that Tet-CAR T-cells lysed SupT1.CD19 target cells only in the absence of Tetracycline.
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- The present invention relates to a chimeric antigen receptor signalling system.
- Traditionally, antigen-specific T-cells have been generated by selective expansion of peripheral blood T-cells natively specific for the target antigen. However, it is difficult and quite often impossible to select and expand large numbers of T-cells specific for most cancer antigens. Gene-therapy with integrating vectors affords a solution to this problem as transgenic expression of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) allows generation of large numbers of T cells specific to any surface antigen by ex vivo viral vector transduction of a bulk population of peripheral blood T-cells.
- Chimeric antigen receptors are proteins which graft the specificity of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to the effector function of a T-cell. Their usual form is that of a type I transmembrane domain protein with an antigen recognizing amino terminus, a spacer, a transmembrane domain all connected to a compound endodomain which transmits T-cell survival and activation signals (see
FIG. 1A ). - The most common forms of these molecules are fusions of single-chain variable fragments (scFv) derived from monoclonal antibodies which recognize a target antigen, fused via a spacer and a trans-membrane domain to a signalling endodomain. Such molecules result in activation of the T-cell in response to recognition by the scFv of its target. When T cells express such a CAR, they recognize and kill target cells that express the target antigen. Several CARs have been developed against tumour associated antigens, and adoptive transfer approaches using such CAR-expressing T cells are currently in clinical trial for the treatment of various cancers.
- A number of toxicities have been reported from CAR studies, and additional theoretical toxicities exist. Such toxicities include immunological toxicity caused by sustained intense activation of the CAR T-cells resulting in a macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and “On-target off-tumour” toxicity i.e. recognition of the target antigen on normal tissues. MAS is presumed to be caused by persistent antigen-driven activation and proliferation of T-cells which in turn release copious inflammatory cytokines leading to hyper-activation of macrophages and a feed-forward cycle of immune activation. A large spike in serum IL-6 is characteristic and the syndrome can result in a severe systemic illness requiring ICU admission.
- On-target off-tumour toxicity has been reported with other CARs, for example a group of patients treated with a CAR against the renal cell carcinoma antigen CAIX developed unexpected and treatment limiting biliary toxicity. Two fatalities have been reported with CAR studies: one patient died of a respiratory distress syndrome which occurred immediately post-infusion of a large dose of 3rd generation anti-ERBB2 CAR T-cells; a further patient died in a different study after a possible cytokine storm following treatment of CLL with a second generation anti-CD19 CAR.
- These toxicities are very difficult to predict even with detailed animal studies or non-human primate work. Crucially, unlike small molecules and biologics, CAR T-cells do not have a half-life and one cannot cease administration and wait for the agent to breakdown/become excreted. CAR T-cells are autonomous and can engraft and proliferate. Toxicity can therefore be progressive and fulminant.
- Suicide genes are genetically expressed elements which can conditionally destroy cells which express them. Examples include Herpes-simplex virus thymidine kinase, which renders cells susceptible to Ganciclovir;
inducible Caspase 9, which renders cells susceptible to a small molecular homodimerizer and CD20 and RQR8, which renders cells susceptible to Rituximab. - This technology adds a certain amount of safety to CAR T-cell therapy, however there are limitations. Firstly, it is a binary approach wherein all the CAR T-cells are destroyed upon addition of the suicide agent. In addition, medicinal therapeutics often have a therapeutic window. With a suicide gene the potency of the product cannot be tuned such that efficacy with tolerable toxicity can be achieved. Secondly, it is not clear whether a suicide gene would help with some of the immune-toxicities described above: for instance by the time a macrophage activation syndrome had been triggered, it may well no longer need the CAR T-cells to perpetuate and the suicide gene would no longer be helpful. The more acute cytokine release syndromes probably occur too quickly for the suicide gene to work.
- There is thus a need for alternative methods for controlling CAR T-cells that are not associated with the disadvantages and problems mentioned above.
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FIG. 1 —a) Schematic diagram illustrating a classical CAR. (b) to (d): Different generations and permutations of CAR endodomains: (b) initial designs transmitted ITAM signals alone through FcεR1-γ or CD3ζ endodomain, while later designs transmitted additional (c) one or (d) two co-stimulatory signals in the same compound endodomain. -
FIG. 2 —Structures of TetR and TiP. (a) sequence of TiP attached at the amino-terminus of an arbitrary protein; (b) Crystallography derived structure of TiP interacting with TetR (from PDB 2NS8 and Luckner et al (J. Mol. Biol. 368, 780-790 (2007)). TiP can be seen engaged deep within the TetR homodimer associating with many of the residues tetracycline associates with. -
FIG. 3 —(a) A membrane spanning receptor component comprises an extracellular antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular linker to TetR. A separate molecule, the signalling component, comprises an intracellular protein which is generated by fusion of TiP to one or several T-cell signalling domains. In the absence of tetracycline or tetracycline analogues, the receptor and the signalling components interact and in the presence of cognate antigen the system signals. (b) In the presence of tetracycline or tetracycline analogues, TiP is displaced from TetR and the receptor can not transmit signals even in the presence of cognate antigen. -
FIG. 4 —Intracellular linker domain derived from CD4. -
FIG. 5 —Test construct with eGFP to demonstrate function of the system. (a) a bicistronic construct expressed as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield: TiP fused to eGFP; and a CAR with TetR as its endodomain. (b) Fluorescent micrograph of SupT1 cells expressing this construct in the absence of tetracycline. The eGFP fluorescence can clearly be seen at the cell membrane; (c) Fluorescent micrograph of the same cells but now in the presence of tetracycline. Here, the eGFP is cytoplasmic showing that tetracycline has displaced TiP. -
FIG. 6 —Initial TetCAR construct and control (a) a bicistronic construct expressed as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield: a signalling component which comprises TiP fused via a flexible linker to the endodomain of CD3-Zeta; and a receptor component which comprises a CD33 recognizing scFv, a spacer derived from the Fc domain of IgG1, a CD4 derived transmembrane and intracellular domain; and TetR. (b) a control was also constructed which was identical except TiP was absent from the signalling component. (c) annotated amino-acid sequence of the basic TetCAR is shown. -
FIG. 7 —Function of the initial TetR construct in comparison with control. (a) TetCAR was expressed in BW5 T-cells. These T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence of tetracycline or in the presence of increasing concentrations of tetracycline. T-cells challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells do not activate in either the presence or absence of Tetracyline; T-cells challenged with SupT1 cells expressing CD33 activate in the absence of Tetracycline, but activation is rapidly inhibited in the presence of tetracycline with activation fully inhibited in the presence of 100nM of Tetracycline. (b) Control TetCAR which lacks the TiP domain was transduced into BW5. Once again, these T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence or in the presence of increasing concentration of Tetracycline. A lack of TiP element in the signalling component resulted in no signalling in any conditions. -
FIG. 8 —Dual tetR domain tetCARs. tetR is expressed as a single-chain with two TetRs attached together. If tetR domains with differing affinity for tetracycline (and hence TiP) are used, the kinetics of Tetracycline mediated displacement of TiP can modulate the levels of signalling. -
FIG. 9 —A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of signalling components containing single endodomains. A single CAR is expressed with many different signalling components all of which comprise TiP at their amino terminus but a different individual signalling domain, in contrast to a compound signalling domain. These randomly interact with the receptor component. Lack of steric interaction between the different signalling domains and their second messengers improves their function. -
FIG. 10 —A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of signalling components containing single endodomains and different TiP domains. Each signalling component comprises of an individual signalling domain. Each signalling component also comprises of a TiP, however each TiP has different affinities to the TetR domain. Hence the stoichiometry of the interactions between the CAR and the signalling domains can be varied. In the example shown, the signalling system is constructed such that OX40>CD3Zeta>CD28. -
FIG. 11 —A tetCAR signalling system utilising a plurality of receptor components and a plurality of signalling components, each signalling component containing a single endodomain. -
FIG. 12 —TetCAR signalling in primary cells (a) Different constructs tested: (i) Classic CAR; (ii) tetCAR; (iii) control tetCAR where TiP has been deleted. (b) non-transduced and SupT1.CD19 cells stained for CD19; (c) Non-transduced T-cells and T-cells transduced with the different CAR constructs stained with anti-Fc. -
FIG. 13 —Interferon-Gamma release from non-transduced T-cells, and T-cells transduced with the different CAR construct challenged ((i) Classical first generation CAR, (ii) tetCAR and (iii) control tetCAR), with SupT1 cells, SupT1.CD19 cells in different concentrations of Tetracyline. -
FIG. 14 —Killing of target cells. A chromium release assay was used to demonstrate killing of target cells (SupT1.CD19) in the absence of tetracycline. Key: (i)—regular CAR; (ii)—tetCAR; (iii)—control tetCAR (no TiP on endodomain). - The present inventors have found that it is possible to separate the antigen-recognition and signalling components of a CAR to produce a system in which signalling can be rapidly inhibited/terminated despite continued binding of antigen to an antigen-recognition component of the CAR system. This inhibition of signalling occurs in the presence of an agent, such as a small molecule, which inhibits the co-localisation and interaction which would otherwise occur between an extracellular antigen-binding component (referred to herein as the receptor component) and an intracellular signalling component of the CAR.
- Thus in a first aspect the present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) system comprising;
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- (i) a receptor component comprising an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain and a first binding domain; and
- (ii) an intracellular signalling component comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain which specifically binds the first binding domain of the receptor component;
- wherein, binding of the first and second binding domains is disrupted by the presence of an agent, such that in the absence of the agent the receptor component and the signalling component heterodimerize and binding of the antigen binding domain to antigen results in signalling through the signalling domain, whereas in the presence of the agent the receptor component and the signalling component do not heterodimerize and binding of the antigen binding domain to antigen does not result in signalling through the signalling domain.
- The receptor component may comprise a linker between the transmembrane domain and the first binding domain.
- The linker may comprise or consist of the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
- The first binding domain may comprise Tet Repressor Protein (TetR) or a variant thereof and the second binding domain may comprise TetR inducing Peptide (TiP, as described by Klotzsche et al; The Journal of biological chemistry; 2005; 280(26); 24591-9) (TiP); or vice versa. In this case the agent may be tetracycline, doxycycline or minocycline or an analogue thereof.
- The receptor component may comprise two first binding domains which are TetR domains. The two TetR domains may be separated by a linker. Each TetR domain may have a different affinity for the agent.
- The CAR system of the first aspect of the invention may comprise multiple receptor components, each recognizing a different antigen.
- The first binding domains of the multiple receptor components may differ in binding to the second binding domain of the signalling component such that each antigen propagates different signalling strengths.
- The first binding domains of the multiple receptor components may differ in binding to the agent such that each antigen propagates different signalling strengths in the presence of the agent.
- The signalling domain of the signalling component may comprise a single endodomain selected from CD3 zeta endodomain, CD28 endodomain, 41BB endodomain and OX40 endodomain.
- The signalling domain of the signalling component may comprise at least one of CD3 zeta endodomain, CD28 endodomain, 41BB endodomain and OX40 endodomain.
- The CAR system of the first aspect of the invention may comprise a plurality of signalling components, each comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain, wherein the second binding domains each recognise the same first binding domain of the receptor component but the signalling domains comprise different endodomains.
- The plurality of signalling components may comprise a plurality of second binding domains, each of which independently recognises the first binding domain of the receptor component with different affinities.
- In a second aspect the present invention provides a receptor component suitable for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention which comprises an antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain and a first binding domain.
- In a third aspect the present invention provides a signalling component suitable for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention which comprises a signalling domain and a second binding domain.
- In a fourth aspect the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the receptor component according to the second aspect of the invention.
- In a fifth aspect the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the signalling component according to the third aspect of the invention.
- In a sixth aspect the present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a CAR system of the first aspect of the invention, wherein the receptor component and signalling component are co-expressed by means of a self-cleaving peptide which is cleaved between the receptor component and the signalling component after translation.
- In a seventh aspect the present invention provides a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention.
- In an eighth aspect the present invention provides a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector or a transposon comprising a vector according to the seventh aspect of the invention.
- In a ninth aspect the present invention provides a T cell or NK cell which expresses a receptor component according to the second aspect of the invention and a signalling component according to the third aspect of the invention.
- The T cell or NK cell may comprise a nucleic acid according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention.
- In a tenth aspect the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of T cells or NK cells according to the ninth aspect of the invention.
- In an eleventh aspect the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- In a twelfth aspect the present invention relates to a method for treating and/or preventing a disease, which comprises the step of administering a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention to a subject.
- The method according to the twelfth aspect of the invention may comprise the following steps:
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- (i) isolation of a T cell or NK containing sample;
- (ii) transduction or transfection of the T or NK cells with a nucleic acid sequence according to any of the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention; and
- (iii) administering the T cells or NK cells from (ii) to a subject.
- The method may involve administration of T cells/NK cells to a subject, which Tcells/NK cells have been previously isolated from the subject and transduced/transfected with a nucleic acid sequence according to any of the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention.
- The method according to the twelfth aspect of the invention may involve monitoring toxic activity in the subject and comprise the step of administering an agent for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention to the subject to reduce adverse toxic effects.
- The method may involve monitoring the progression of disease and/or monitoring toxic activity in the subject and comprise the step of administering an agent for use in the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention to the subject to provide acceptable levels of disease progression and/or toxic activity.
- In the use of a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention or a method according to the twelfth aspect of the invention, the disease may be cancer.
- In a thirteenth aspect the present invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition according to the tenth aspect of the invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- In a fourteenth aspect the present invention provides a kit which comprises a nucleic acid according to the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention or a vector according to the seventh of eighth aspect of the invention.
- In a fifteenth aspect the present invention relates to a method for making a T or NK cell according to the ninth aspect of the invention, which comprises the step of introducing a nucleic acid sequence according to fourth to sixth aspect of the invention or the vector according to the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention into a T or NK cell.
- The T or NK cell may be from a sample isolated from a subject.
- In a sixteenth aspect the present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in a subject which comprises a T or NK cell according to the ninth aspect of the invention which method comprises the step of administering the agent to the subject.
- The present invention therefore provides a CAR system in which signalling can be inhibited in the presence of an agent, for example a small molecule, which prevents co-localisation of the receptor component and signalling component. This allows CAR signalling and thus the potency of CAR cells to be reversibly terminated in a controllable manner in order to avoid potential toxic effects associated with unabated CAR signalling. Further the present system also allows the potency of CAR cells to be controlled pharmacologically and tuned to an acceptable balance between achieving the desired therapeutic effect and avoiding unwanted toxicities.
- Classical CARs, which are shown schematically in
FIG. 1 , are chimeric type I trans-membrane proteins which connect an extracellular antigen-recognizing domain (binder) to an intracellular signalling domain (endodomain). The binder is typically a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from a monoclonal antibody (mAb), but it can be based on other formats which comprise an antibody-like antigen binding site. A spacer domain may be necessary to isolate the binder from the membrane and to allow it a suitable orientation. A common spacer domain used is the Fc of IgG1. More compact spacers can suffice e.g. the stalk from CD8a and even just the IgG1 hinge alone, depending on the antigen. A trans-membrane domain anchors the protein in the cell membrane and connects the spacer to the endodomain. - Early CAR designs had endodomains derived from the intracellular parts of either the y chain of the FcεR1 or CD3ζ. Consequently, these first generation receptors transmitted
immunological signal 1, which was sufficient to trigger T-cell killing of cognate target cells but failed to fully activate the T-cell to proliferate and survive. To overcome this limitation, compound endodomains have been constructed: fusion of the intracellular part of a T-cell co-stimulatory molecule to that of CD3 results in second generation receptors which can transmit an activating and co-stimulatory signal simultaneously after antigen recognition. - The co-stimulatory domain most commonly used is that of CD28. This supplies the most potent co-stimulatory signal - namely
immunological signal 2, which triggers T-cell proliferation. Some receptors have also been described which include TNF receptor family endodomains, such as the closely related OX40 and 41BB which transmit survival signals. Even more potent third generation CARs have now been described which have endodomains capable of transmitting activation, proliferation and survival signals. - CAR-encoding nucleic acids may be transferred to T cells using, for example, retroviral vectors. In this way, a large number of antigen-specific T cells can be generated for adoptive cell transfer. When the CAR binds the target-antigen, this results in the transmission of an activating signal to the T-cell it is expressed on. Thus the CAR directs the specificity and cytotoxicity of the T cell towards cells expressing the targeted antigen.
- In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a CAR system in which the antigen-recognizing/antigen binding domain and transmembrane domain are provided on a first molecule (termed herein ‘receptor component’), which localizes to the cell membrane. The intracellular signalling domain is provided on a second, intracellular molecule (termed herein ‘signalling component’).
- Importantly, the receptor component comprises a first binding domain and the signalling component comprises a second binding domain which specifically binds to the first binding domain of the receptor component. Thus binding of the first binding domain to the second binding domain causes heterodimerization and co-localization of the receptor component and the signalling component. When antigen binds to the antigen binding domain of the receptor component there is signalling through the signalling component.
- The first or second binding domain is also capable of binding a further agent in addition to the reciprocal binding domain. The further agent may be, for example, a small molecule. The binding between the agent and the first or second binding domain is of a higher affinity than the binding between the first binding domain and the second binding domain. Thus, when the agent is present it preferentially binds to the first or second binding domain and inhibits/disrupts the heterodimerization between the receptor component and the signalling component. When antigen binds to the antigen binding domain of the receptor component in the presence of the further agent there is no signalling through the signalling component.
- Specifically, in the presence of the agent, the receptor component and signalling component are located in a stochastically dispersed manner and binding of antigen by the antigen-binding domain of the receptor component does not result in signalling through the signaling component.
- Herein ‘co-localization’ or ‘heterodimerization’ of the receptor and signalling components is analogous to ligation/recruitment of the signalling component to the receptor component via binding of the first binding domain of the receptor component and the second binding domain of the signalling component.
- Antigen binding by the receptor component in the presence of the agent may be termed as resulting in ‘non-productive’ signalling through the signalling component. Such signalling does not result in cell activation, for example T cell activation. Antigen binding by the receptor component in the absence of the agent may be termed as resulting in ‘productive’ signalling through the signalling component. This signalling results in T-cell activation, triggering for example target cell killing and T cell activation.
- Antigen binding by the receptor component in the absence of the agent may result in signalling through the signalling component which is 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 1,000 or 10,000-fold higher than the signalling which occurs when antigen is bound by the receptor component in the presence of the agent.
- Signalling through the signalling component may be determined by a variety of methods known in the art. Such methods include assaying signal transduction, for example assaying levels of specific protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), breakdown of
phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PIP2), activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and elevation of intracellular calcium ion concentration. Functional readouts, such as clonal expansion of T cells, upregulation of activation markers on the cell surface, differentiation into effector cells and induction of cytotoxicity or cytokine secretion may also be utilised. As an illustration, in the present examples the inventors determined levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) produced by T-cells expressing a receptor component and signalling component of the CAR system according to the present invention upon binding of antigen to the receptor component in the presence of varying concentrations of an agent. - The first binding domain, second binding domain and agent of the present CAR system may be any combination of molecules/peptides/domains which enable the selective co-localization and dimerization of the receptor component and signalling component in the absence of the agent.
- As such, the first binding domain and second binding domain are capable of specifically binding.
- The signalling system of the present invention is not limited by the arrangement of a specific dimerization system. The receptor component may comprise either the first binding domain or the second binding domain of a given dimerization system so long as the signalling component comprises the corresponding, complementary binding domain which enables the receptor component and signalling component to co-localize in the absence of the agent.
- The first binding domain and second binding domain may be a peptide domain and a peptide binding domain; or vice versa. The peptide domain and peptide binding domain may be any combination of peptides/domains which are capable of specific binding.
- The agent is a molecule, for example a small molecule, which is capable of specifically binding to the first binding domain or the second binding domain at a higher affinity than the binding between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- For example, the binding system may be based on a peptide:peptide binding domain system. The first or second binding domain may comprise the peptide binding domain and the other binding domain may comprise a peptide mimic which binds the peptide binding domain with lower affinity than the peptide. The use of peptide as agent disrupts the binding of the peptide mimic to the peptide binding domain through competitive binding. The peptide mimic may have a similar amino acid sequence to the “wild-type” peptide, but with one of more amino acid changes to reduce binding affinity for the peptide binding domain.
- For example, the agent may bind the first binding domain or the second binding domain with at least 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 or 10000-fold greater affinity than the affinity between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- The agent may be any pharmaceutically acceptable molecule which preferentially binds the first binding domain or the second binding domain with a higher affinity than the affinity between the first binding domain and the second binding domain.
- The agent is capable of being delivered to the cytoplasm of a target cell and being available for intracellular binding.
- The agent may be capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier.
- Small molecule systems for controlling the co-localization of peptides are known in the art, for example the Tet repressor (TetR), TetR interacting protein (TiP), tetracycline system (Klotzsche et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 280, 24591-24599 (2005); Luckner et al.; J. Mol. Biol. 368, 780-790 (2007)).
- The Tet operon is a well-known biological operon which has been adapted for use in mammalian cells. The TetR binds tetracycline as a homodimer and undergoes a conformational change which then modulates the DNA binding of the TetR molecules. Klotzsche et al. (as above), described a phage-display derived peptide which activates the TetR. This protein (TetR interacting protein/TiP) has a binding site in TetR which overlaps, but is not identical to, the tetracycline binding site (Luckner et al.; as above). Thus TiP and tetracycline compete for binding of TetR.
- In the present CAR system the first binding domain of the receptor component may be TetR or TiP, providing that the second binding domain of the signalling component is the corresponding, complementary binding partner. For example if the first binding domain of the receptor component is TetR, the second binding domain of the signalling component is TiP. If the first binding domain of the receptor component is TiP, the second binding domain of the signalling component is TetR.
- For example, the first binding domain or second binding domain may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2:
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-TetR SEQ ID NO: 1 MSRLDKSKVINSALELLNEVGIEGLTTRKLAQKLGVEQPTLYWHVKNKRA LLDALAIEMLDRHHTHFCPLEGESWQDFLRNNAKSFRCALLSHRDGAKVH LGTRPTEKQYETLENQLAFLCQQGFSLENALYALSAVGH -TiP SEQ ID NO: 2 MWTWNAYAFAAPSGGGS - TetR must homodimerize in order to function. Thus when the first binding domain on the receptor component is TetR, the receptor component may comprise a linker between the transmembrane domain and the first binding domain (TetR). The linker enables TetR to homodimerize with a TetR from a neighbouring receptor component and orient in the correct direction.
- The linker may be the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
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-modified CD4 endodomain SEQ ID NO: 3 ALIVLGGVAGLLLFIGLGIFFCVRCRHRRRQAERMAQIKRVVSEKKTAQA PHRFQKTCSPI - The linker may alternatively comprise an alternative linker sequence which has similar length and/or domain spacing properties as the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3.
- The linker may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 providing it provides the function of enabling TetR to homodimerize with a TetR from a neighbouring receptor component and orient in the correct direction.
- One potential disadvantage of the TetR/TiP system is TetR is xenogenic and immunogenic.
- The TetR sequence may therefore be a variant which is less immunogenic but retains the ability to specifically bind TiP.
- Where the first and second binding domains are TetR or TiP or a variant thereof, the agent may be tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline or an analogue thereof.
- An analogue refers to a variant of tetracycline, doxycycline or minocycline which retains the ability to specifically bind to TetR.
- Other combinations of binding domains and agents which may be used in the present CAR system are known in the art. For example, the CAR system may use a streptavidin/biotin-based binding system.
- The first or second binding domain may comprise one or more streptavidin-binding epitope(s). The other binding domain may comprise a biotin mimic.
- Streptavidin is a 52.8 kDa protein from the bacterium Streptomyces avidinii. Streptavidin homo-tetramers have a very high affinity for biotin (vitamin B7 or vitamin H), with a dissociation constant (Kd) ˜1015 M. The biotin mimic has a lower affinity for streptavidin than wild-type biotin, so that biotin itself can be used as the agent to disrupt or prevent heterodimerisation between the streptavidin domain and the biotin mimic domain. The biotin mimic may bind streptavidin with for example with a Kd of 1 nM to 100 uM.
- The ‘biotin mimic’ domain may, for example, comprise a short peptide sequence (for example 6 to 20, 6 to 18, 8 to 18 or 8 to 15 amino acids) which specifically binds to streptavidin.
- The biotin mimic may comprise a sequence as shown in Table 1.
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TABLE 1 Biotin mimicking peptides. name Sequence affinity Long nanotag DVEAWLDERVPLVET (SEQ ID NO: 4) 3.6 nM Short nanotag DVEAWLGAR (SEQ ID NO: 5) 17 nM Streptag WRHPQFGG (SEQ ID NO: 6) 72 uM streptagII WSHPQFEK (SEQ ID NO: 7) SBP-tag MDEKTTGWRGGHVVEGLAGELEQLRARLEHHPQGQREP 2.5 nM (SEQ ID NO: 8) ccstreptag CHPQGPPC (SEQ ID NO: 9) 230 nM flankedccstreptag AECHPQGPPCIEGRK (SEQ ID NO: 10) - The biotin mimic may be selected from the following group: Streptagll, Flankedccstreptag and ccstreptag.
- The streptavidin domain may comprise streptavidin having the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 11 or a fragment or variant thereof which retains the ability to bind biotin.
- Full length Streptavidin has 159 amino acids. The N and C termini of the 159 residue full-length protein are processed to give a shorter ‘core’ streptavidin, usually composed of residues 13-139; removal of the N and C termini is necessary for the high biotin-binding affinity.
- The sequence of “core” streptavidin (residues 13-139) is shown as SEQ ID No. 11
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SEQ ID No. 11 EAGITGTWYNQLGSTFIVTAGADGALTGTYESAVGNAESRYVLTGRYDSA PATDGSGTALGWTVAWKNNYRNAHSATTWSGQYVGGAEARINTQWLLTSG TTEANAWKSTLVGHDTFTKVKPSAAS - Streptavidin exists in nature as a homo-tetramer. The secondary structure of a streptavidin monomer is composed of eight antiparallel β-strands, which fold to give an antiparallel beta barrel tertiary structure. A biotin binding-site is located at one end of each β-barrel. Four identical streptavidin monomers (i.e. four identical β-barrels) associate to give streptavidin's tetrameric quaternary structure. The biotin binding-site in each barrel consists of residues from the interior of the barrel, together with a conserved Trp120 from neighbouring subunit. In this way, each subunit contributes to the binding site on the neighbouring subunit, and so the tetramer can also be considered a dimer of functional dimers.
- The streptavidin domain of the CAR system of the present invention may consist essentially of a streptavidin monomer, dimer or tetramer.
- The sequence of the streptavidin monomer, dimer or tetramer may comprise all or part of the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 11, or a variant thereof which retains the capacity to bind biotin.
- A variant streptavidin sequence may have at least 70, 80, 90, 95 or 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 11 or a functional portion thereof. Variant streptavidin may comprise one or more of the following amino acids, which are involved in biotin binding: residues Asn23, Tyr43, Ser27, Ser45, Asn49, Ser88, Thr90 and Asp128. Variany streptavidin may, for example, comprise all 8 of these residues. Where variant streptavidin is present in the binding domain as a dimer or teramer, it may also comprise Trp120 which is involved in biotin binding by the neighbouring subunit.
- Small molecules agents which disrupt protein-protein interactions have long been developed for pharmaceutical purpose (reviewed by Vassilev et al; Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions ISBN: 978-3-642-17082-9). A CAR system as described may use such a small molecule. The proteins or peptides whose interaction is disrupted (or relevant fragments of these proteins) can be used as the first and/or second binding domains and the small molecule may be used as the agent which inhibits CAR activation. Such a system may be varied by altering the small molecule and proteins such the system functions as described but the small molecule is devoid of unwanted pharmacological activity (e.g. in a manner similar to that described by Rivera et al (Nature Med; 1996; 2; 1028-1032).
- A list of proteins/peptides whose interaction is disruptable using an agent such as a small molecule is given in Table 2. These disputable protein-protein interactions (PPI) may be used in the CAR system of the present invention. Further information on these PPIs is available from White et al 2008 (Expert Rev. Mol. Med. 10: e8).
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TABLE 2 Interacting Protein 1Interacting Protein 2Inhibitor of PPI p53 MDM2 Nutlin Anti-apoptotic Bcl2 Apoptotic Bcl2 GX015 and member member ABT-737 Caspase-3, -7 or -9 X-linked inhibitor of DIABLO and apoptosis protein (XIAP) DIABLO mimetics RAS RAF Furano-indene derivative FR2-7 PD2 domain of DVL FJ9 T-cell factor (TCF) Cyclic AMP response ICG-001 element binding protein (CBP) - Second binding domains which competitively bind to the same first binding domain as the agents described above, and thus may be used to co-localise the receptor component and signalling component of the present signalling system in the absence of the agent, may be identified using techniques and methods which are well known in the art. For example such second binding domains may be identified by display of a single domain VHH library.
- The first binding domain and/or second binding domain of the present signalling system may comprise a variant(s) which is able to specifically bind to the reciprocal binding domain and thus facilitate co-localisation of the receptor component and signalling component.
- Variant sequences may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to the wild-type sequence, provided that the sequences provide an effective dimerization system. That is, provided that the sequences facilitate sufficient co-localisation of the receptor and signalling components, in the absence of the agent, for productive signalling to occur upon binding of the antigen-binding domain to antigen.
- The present invention also relates to a method for inhibiting the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention, which method comprises the step of administering the agent. As described above, administration of the agent results in a disruption of the co-localization between the receptor component and the signalling component, such that signalling through the signalling component is inhibited even upon binding of antigen to the antigen binding domain.
- The first and second binding domains may facilitate signalling through the CAR system which is proportional to the concentration of the agent which is present. Thus, whilst the agent binds the first binding domain or the second binding domain with a higher affinity than binding affinity between the first and second binding domains, co-localization of the receptor and signalling components may not be completely ablated in the presence of low concentrations of the agent. For example, low concentrations of the agent may decrease the total level of signalling in response to antigen without completely inhibiting it. The specific concentrations of agent will differ depending on the level of signalling required and the specific binding domains and agent. Levels of signalling and the correlation with concentration of agent can be determined using methods known in the art, as described above.
- The present invention provides a receptor component comprising an antigen-binding domain, an optional spacer domain, a transmembrane domain and a first biding domain. When expressed in a cell, the receptor component localises to the cell membrane. Here, the antigen-binding domain of the molecule is orientated on the extracellular side of the membrane and the first binding domain is localised to the intracellular side of the membrane.
- The receptor component therefore provides the antigen-binding function of the CAR system of the present invention.
- The antigen-binding domain is the portion of a classical CAR which recognizes antigen. In the signalling system of the present invention the antigen-binding is located within the receptor component.
- Numerous antigen-binding domains are known in the art, including those based on the antigen binding site of an antibody, antibody mimetics, and T-cell receptors. For example, the antigen-binding domain may comprise: a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from a monoclonal antibody; a natural ligand of the target antigen; a peptide with sufficient affinity for the target; a single domain binder such as a camelid; an artificial binder single as a Darpin; or a single-chain derived from a T-cell receptor.
- Various tumour associated antigens (TAA) are known, as shown in the following Table 1. The antigen-binding domain used in the present invention may be a domain which is capable of binding a TAA as indicated therein.
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TABLE 1 Cancer type TAA Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma CD19, CD20 Breast cancer ErbB2, MUC1 AML CD13, CD33 Neuroblastoma GD2, NCAM, ALK, GD2 B-CLL CD19, CD52, CD160 Colorectal cancer Folate binding protein, CA-125 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia CD5, CD19 Glioma EGFR, Vimentin Multiple myeloma BCMA, CD138 Renal Cell Carcinoma Carbonic anhydrase IX, G250 Prostate cancer PSMA Bowel cancer A33 - The transmembrane domain is the sequence of a classical CAR that spans the membrane. In the signalling system of the present invention the transmembrane domain is located in the receptor component. It may comprise a hydrophobic alpha helix. The transmembrane domain may be derived from CD28, which gives good receptor stability.
- The receptor component of the CAR system of the present invention may comprise a signal peptide so that when the receptor component is expressed in a cell, such as a T-cell, the nascent protein is directed to the endoplasmic reticulum and subsequently to the cell surface, where it is expressed.
- The core of the signal peptide may contain a long stretch of hydrophobic amino acids that has a tendency to form a single alpha-helix. The signal peptide may begin with a short positively charged stretch of amino acids, which helps to enforce proper topology of the polypeptide during translocation. At the end of the signal peptide there is typically a stretch of amino acids that is recognized and cleaved by signal peptidase. Signal peptidase may cleave either during or after completion of translocation to generate a free signal peptide and a mature protein. The free signal peptides are then digested by specific proteases.
- The signal peptide may be at the amino terminus of the molecule.
- The signal peptide may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 12, 13 or 14 or a variant thereof having 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 amino acid mutations (insertions, substitutions or additions) provided that the signal peptide still functions to cause cell surface expression of the CAR.
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SEQ ID NO: 12: MGTSLLCWMALCLLGADHADG - The signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 12 is compact and highly efficient. It is predicted to give about 95% cleavage after the terminal glycine, giving efficient removal by signal peptidase.
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SEQ ID NO: 13: MSLPVTALLLPLALLLHAARP - The signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 13 is derived from IgG1.
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SEQ ID NO: 14: MAVPTQVLGLLLLWLTDARC - The signal peptide of SEQ ID NO: 14 is derived from CD8.
- The CAR system described herein may comprise a spacer sequence to connect the antigen-binding domain with the transmembrane domain in the receptor component. A flexible spacer allows the antigen-binding domain to orient in different directions to facilitate binding.
- The spacer sequence may, for example, comprise an IgG1 Fc region, an IgG1 hinge or a human CD8 stalk or the mouse CD8 stalk. The spacer may alternatively comprise an alternative linker sequence which has similar length and/or domain spacing properties as an IgG1 Fc region, an IgG1 hinge or a CD8 stalk. A human IgG1 spacer may be altered to remove Fc binding motifs.
- Examples of amino acid sequences for these spacers are given below:
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(hinge-CH2CH3 of human IgG1) SEQ ID NO: 15 AEPKSPDKTHTCPPCPAPPVAGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMIARTPEVTCVVV DVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDW LNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQ VSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLT VDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKKD SEQ ID NO: 16 (human CD8 stalk): TTTPAPRPPTPAPTIASQPLSLRPEACRPAAGGAVHTRGLDFACDI SEQ ID NO: 17 (human IgG1 hinge): AEPKSPDKTHTCPPCPKDPK (CD2 ectodomain) SEQ ID NO: 18 KEITNALETVVGALGQDINLDIPSFQMSDDIDDIKWEKTSDKKKIAQFR KEKETFKEKDTYKLFKNGTLKIKHLKTDDQDIYKVSIYDTKGKNVLEKI FDLKIQERVSKPKISVVTCINTTLTCEVIVINGTDPELNLYQDGKHLKL SQRVITHKVVTTSLSAKFKCTAGNKVSKESSVEPVSCPEKGLD (CD34 ectodomain) SEQ ID NO: 19 SLDNNGTATPELPTQGTFSNVSTNVSYQETTTPSTLGSTSLHPVSQHGN EATTNITETTVKFTSTSVITSVYGNTNSSVQSQTSVISTVFTTPANVST PETTLKPSLSPGNVSDLSTTSTSLATSPTKPYTSSSPILSDIKAEIKCS GIREVKLTQGICLEQNKTSSCAEFKKDRGEGLARVLCGEEQADADAGAQ VCSLLLAQSEVRPQCLLLVLANRTEISSKLQLMKKHQSDLKKLGILDFT EQDVASHQSYSQKT - The receptor component may comprise a plurality of first binding domains and thus be capable of recruiting more than one signalling component.
- The plurality of first binding domains may be present in a single intracellular domain of the receptor component.
- The receptor component may comprise an appropriate number of transmembrane domains such that each first binding domain is orientated on the intracellular side of the cell membrane. For example the receptor component may comprise 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, or more transmembrane domains. In this way, a single receptor component may recruit multiple signalling components amplifying signalling in response to antigen.
- The first binding domains may each be variants which have a different affinity for the second binding domain of the signalling component.
- In another embodiment of the invention, the CAR system may comprise two or more receptor components each recognizing different antigens but comprising of the same intracellular first binding domain. Such a CAR system would be capable of recognizing multiple antigens (
FIG. 11 ). This might be useful for instance in avoiding tumour escape. In a further related aspect of the invention, the first binding domains of the receptor components differ in residues which dictate their affinity for the second binding domain of the signalling component. In this way, a CAR system can be tuned such that signalling in response to one antigen is greater or lesser than the response to another (FIG. 11 ). This might be useful for instance when targeting two tumour antigens simultaneously but one is expressed at a higher density than the other. Response to this antigen could be tuned down to avoid toxicity caused by over-stimulation. - Methods suitable for altering the amino acid residues of the first or second binding domain such that the binding affinity between the two domains is altered are known in the art and include substitution, addition and removal of amino acids using both targeted and random mutagenesis. Methods for determining the binding affinity between a first binding domain and a second binding domain are also well known in the art and include bioinformatics prediction of protein-protein interactions, affinity electrophoresis, surface plasma resonance, bio-layer interferometry, dual polarisation interferometry, static light scattering and dynamic light scattering.
- The present invention also provides a signalling component comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain. The signalling component is a soluble molecule and thus localises to the cytoplasm when it is expressed in a cell, for example a T cell.
- No signalling occurs through the signalling domain of the signalling component unless it is co-localised with the receptor component provided by the present invention. Such co-localisation occurs only in the absence of the agent, as described above.
- The intracellular signalling domain is the signal-transmission portion of a classical CAR. In the signalling system of the present invention the intracellular signalling domain (signalling domain) is located in the signalling component. In the absence of the agent, the membrane-bound, receptor component and the intracellular signalling component are brought into proximity. After antigen recognition, receptors cluster, native CD45 and CD148 are excluded from the synapse and a signal is transmitted to the cell.
- As such the signalling domain of the signalling component is analogous to the endodomain of a classical CAR molecule.
- The most commonly used signalling domain component is that of CD3-zeta endodomain, which contains 3 ITAMs. This transmits an activation signal to the T cell after antigen is bound. CD3-zeta may not provide a fully competent activation signal and additional co-stimulatory signalling may be needed. For example, chimeric CD28 and OX40 can be used with CD3-Zeta to transmit a proliferative/survival signal, or all three can be used together (illustrated in
FIG. 1B ). - The signalling component described herein comprises a signalling domain, it may comprise the CD3-Zeta endodomain alone, the CD3-Zeta endodomain with that of either CD28 or
- OX40 or the CD28 endodomain and OX40 and CD3-Zeta endodomain (
FIG. 3A ). - The signalling component of a CAR system according to the present invention may comprise the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 20, 21 or 22 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity.
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-CD3 Z endodomain SEQ ID NO: 20 RVKFSRSADAPAYQQGQNQLYNELNLGRREEYDVLDKRRGRDPEMGGKPR RKNPQEGLYNELQKDKMAEAYSEIGMKGERRRGKGHDGLYQGLSTATKDT YDALHMQALPPR -CD28 and CD3 Zeta endodomains SEQ ID NO: 21 SKRSRLLHSDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRSRVKFSRSADA PAYQQGQNQLYNELNLGRREEYDVLDKRRGRDPEMGGKPRRKNPQEGLYN ELQKDKMAEAYSEIGMKGERRRGKGHDGLYQGLSTATKDTYDALHMQALP PR -CD28, OX40 and CD3 Zeta endodomains SEQ ID NO: 22 SKRSRLLHSDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRSRDQRLPPDAH KPPGGGSFRTPIQEEQADAHSTLAKIRVKFSRSADAPAYQQGQNQLYNEL NLGRREEYDVLDKRRGRDPEMGGKPRRKNPQEGLYNELQKDKMAEAYSEI GMKGERRRGKGHDGLYQGLSTATKDTYDALHMQALPPR - A variant sequence may have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 20, 21 or 22, provided that the sequence provides an effective intracellular signalling domain.
- The signalling system according to the first aspect of the present invention may comprise a plurality of signalling components, each comprising a signalling domain and a second binding domain, wherein each second binding domain is bound by the same first binding domain of the receptor component but the signalling domains comprise different endodomains (
FIG. 9 ). In this way, multiple different endodomains can be activated simultaneously. This is advantageous over a compound signalling domain since each signalling domain remains unencumbered from other signalling domains. - If each signalling component comprises a second binding domain which differs in residues which alter their affinity to the first binding domain of the receptor component, the signalling components comprising different signalling domains ligate to the first binding domain with differing kinetics (
FIG. 10 ). This allows greater control over the signalling in response to antigen-binding by the receptor component as different signalling components are recruited to the receptor component in varying kinetics/dynamics. This is advantageous since rather than a fixed equal ratio of signal transmitted by a compound endodomain, an optimal T-cell activation signal may require different proportions of different immunological signals. - The present invention further provides a nucleic acid encoding the receptor component of the second aspect and a nucleic acid encoding a signalling component of the third aspect.
- As used herein, the terms “polynucleotide”, “nucleotide”, and “nucleic acid” are intended to be synonymous with each other.
- It will be understood by a skilled person that numerous different polynucleotides and nucleic acids can encode the same polypeptide as a result of the degeneracy of the genetic code. In addition, it is to be understood that skilled persons may, using routine techniques, make nucleotide substitutions that do not affect the polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotides described here to reflect the codon usage of any particular host organism in which the polypeptides are to be expressed.
- Nucleic acids according to the invention may comprise DNA or RNA. They may be single-stranded or double-stranded. They may also be polynucleotides which include within them synthetic or modified nucleotides. A number of different types of modification to oligonucleotides are known in the art. These include methylphosphonate and phosphorothioate backbones, addition of acridine or polylysine chains at the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of the molecule. For the purposes of the use as described herein, it is to be understood that the polynucleotides may be modified by any method available in the art. Such modifications may be carried out in order to enhance the in vivo activity or life span of polynucleotides of interest.
- The terms “variant”, “homologue” or “derivative” in relation to a nucleotide sequence include any substitution of, variation of, modification of, replacement of, deletion of or addition of one (or more) nucleic acid from or to the sequence.
- The nucleic acid of the invention may be a nucleic acid which encodes both the receptor component and the signalling component.
- The nucleic acid may produce a polypeptide which comprises the receptor component and the signalling component joined by a cleavage site. The cleavage site may be self-cleaving, such that when the polypeptide is produced, it is immediately cleaved into the receptor component and the signalling component without the need for any external cleavage activity.
- Various self-cleaving sites are known, including the Foot-and-Mouth disease virus (FMDV) 2a self-cleaving peptide, which has the sequence shown:
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SEQ ID NO: 23 RAEGRGSLLTCGDVEENPGP. or SEQ ID NO: 24 QCTNYALLKLAGDVESNPGP - The nucleic acid may produce a polypeptide which comprises the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 25.
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SEQ ID NO: 25 MWTWNAYAFAAPSGGGSADAPAYQQGQNQLYNELNLGRREEYDVLDKRRGR DPEMGGKPRRKNPQEGLYNELQKDKMAEAYSEIGMKGERRRGKGHDGLYQG LSTATKDTYDALHMQALPPRRAEGRGSLLTCGDVEENPGPMAVPTQVLGLL LLWLTDARCDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASEDIYFNLVWYQQKPGK APKLLIYDTNRLADGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQHYKN YPLTFGQGTKLEIKRSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGGGGSRSEVQLVESGGGLVQ PGGSLRLSGAASGFTLSNYGMHWIRQAPGKGLEWVSSISLNGGSTYYRDSV KGRFTISRDNAKSTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAAQDAYTGGYFDYWGQGTL VTVSSMDPAEPKSPDKTHTCPPCPAPPVAGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMIARTPE VTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVL HQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTK NQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLT VDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKKDPM..SGGGGSMSR LDKSKVINSALELLNEVGIEGLTTRKLAQKLGVEQPTLYWHVKNKRALLDA LAIEMLDRHHTHFCPLEGESWQDFLRNNAKSFRCALLSHRDGAKVHLGTRP TEKQYETLENQLAFLCQQGFSLENALYALSAVGHFTLGCVLEDQEHQVAKE ERETPTTDSMPPLLRQAIELFDHQGAEPAFLFGLELIICGLEKQLKCESGS - Wherein indicates the position where an antigen binding domain sequence may be included. Any antigen binding domain may be included, for example an scFV, as described herein.
- The co-expressing sequence may be an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES). The co-expressing sequence may be an internal promoter.
- The present invention also provides a kit comprising a nucleic acid encoding the receptor component of the second aspect and/or a nucleic acid encoding a signalling component of the third aspect.
- The present invention also provides a vector, or kit of vectors which comprises one or more nucleic acid sequence(s) encoding a receptor component of the second aspect and/or signalling component of the third aspect of the invention. Such a vector may be used to introduce the nucleic acid sequence(s) into a host cell so that it expresses the receptor component and signalling component of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- The vector may, for example, be a plasmid or a viral vector, such as a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector, or a transposon based vector or synthetic mRNA.
- The vector may be capable of transfecting or transducing a T cell or a NK cell.
- The present invention also relates to an immune cell comprising the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- The cytolytic immune cell may comprise a nucleic acid or a vector of the present invention.
- The cytolytic immune cell may comprise a receptor component and a signalling component of the present invention.
- The cytolytic immune cell may comprise at least one signalling component of the present invention. For example the cytolytic immune cell may comprise one, two, three, four, five, up to a plurality of signalling components of the present invention.
- The cytolytic immune cell may comprise at least one receptor component of the present invention. For example the cytolytic immune cell may comprise one, two, three, four, five, up to a plurality of receptor components of the present invention.
- Cytolytic immune cells can be T cells or T lymphocytes which are a type of lymphocyte that play a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as B cells and natural killer cells (NK cells), by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on the cell surface. There are various types of T cell, as summarised below.
- Helper T helper cells (TH cells) assist other white blood cells in immunologic processes, including maturation of B cells into plasma cells and memory B cells, and activation of cytotoxic T cells and macrophages. TH cells express CD4 on their surface. TH cells become activated when they are presented with peptide antigens by MHC class II molecules on the surface of antigen presenting cells (APCs). These cells can differentiate into one of several subtypes, including TH1, TH2, TH3, TH17, Th9, or TFH, which secrete different cytokines to facilitate different types of immune responses.
- Cytolytic T cells (TC cells, or CTLs) destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells, and are also implicated in transplant rejection. CTLs express the CD8 at their surface. These cells recognize their targets by binding to antigen associated with MHC class I, which is present on the surface of all nucleated cells. Through IL-10, adenosine and other molecules secreted by regulatory T cells, the CD8+ cells can be inactivated to an anergic state, which prevent autoimmune diseases such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
- Memory T cells are a subset of antigen-specific T cells that persist long-term after an infection has resolved. They quickly expand to large numbers of effector T cells upon re-exposure to their cognate antigen, thus providing the immune system with “memory” against past infections. Memory T cells comprise three subtypes: central memory T cells (TCM cells) and two types of effector memory T cells (TEM cells and TEMRA cells). Memory cells may be either CD4+ or CD8+. Memory T cells typically express the cell surface protein CD45RO.
- Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), formerly known as suppressor T cells, are crucial for the maintenance of immunological tolerance. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
- Two major classes of CD4+ Treg cells have been described—naturally occurring Treg cells and adaptive Treg cells.
- Naturally occurring Treg cells (also known as CD4+ CD25+ FoxP3+ Treg cells) arise in the thymus and have been linked to interactions between developing T cells with both myeloid (CD11c+) and plasmacytoid (CD123+) dendritic cells that have been activated with TSLP. Naturally occurring Treg cells can be distinguished from other T cells by the presence of an intracellular molecule called FoxP3. Mutations of the FOXP3 gene can prevent regulatory T cell development, causing the fatal autoimmune disease IPEX.
- Adaptive Treg cells (also known as Tr1 cells or Th3 cells) may originate during a normal immune response.
- Natural Killer Cells (or NK cells) are a type of cytolytic cell which form part of the innate immune system. NK cells provide rapid responses to innate signals from virally infected cells in an MHC independent manner
- NK cells (belonging to the group of innate lymphoid cells) are defined as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) and constitute the third kind of cells differentiated from the common lymphoid progenitor generating B and T lymphocytes. NK cells are known to differentiate and mature in the bone marrow, lymph node, spleen, tonsils and thymus where they then enter into the circulation.
- The CAR cells of the invention may be any of the cell types mentioned above.
- T or NK cells expressing the molecules of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention may either be created ex vivo either from a patient's own peripheral blood (1st party), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (2nd party), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (3rd party).
- Alternatively, T or NK cells expressing the molecules of the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention may be derived from ex vivo differentiation of inducible progenitor cells or embryonic progenitor cells to T cells. Alternatively, an immortalized T-cell line which retains its lytic function and could act as a therapeutic may be used.
- In all these embodiments, CAR cells are generated by introducing DNA or RNA coding for the receptor component and signalling component by one of many means including transduction with a viral vector, transfection with DNA or RNA.
- The CAR cell of the invention may be an ex vivo T or NK cell from a subject. The T or NK cell may be from a peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) sample. T or NK cells may be activated and/or expanded prior to being transduced with nucleic acid encoding the molecules providing the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention, for example by treatment with an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody.
- The T or NK cell of the invention may be made by:
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- (i) isolation of a T or NK cell-containing sample from a subject or other sources listed above; and
- (ii) transduction or transfection of the T or NK cells with one or more a nucleic acid sequence(s) encoding the receptor component and/or signalling component of the CAR system according to the second and third aspects of the invention.
- The T or NK cells may then by purified, for example, selected on the basis of expression of the antigen-binding domain of the antigen-binding polypeptide.
- The present invention also provides a kit which comprises a T or NK cell comprising the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention.
- The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a plurality of cytolytic immune cells expressing the components of the CAR system of the first aspect of the invention. The pharmaceutical composition may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. The pharmaceutical composition may optionally comprise one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds. Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- The present invention provides a method for treating and/or preventing a disease which comprises the step of administering the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention (for example in a pharmaceutical composition as described above) to a subject.
- A method for treating a disease relates to the therapeutic use of the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention. Herein the cells may be administered to a subject having an existing disease or condition in order to lessen, reduce or improve at least one symptom associated with the disease and/or to slow down, reduce or block the progression of the disease.
- The method for preventing a disease relates to the prophylactic use of the cytolytic immune cells of the present invention. Herein such cells may be administered to a subject who has not yet contracted the disease and/or who is not showing any symptoms of the disease to prevent or impair the cause of the disease or to reduce or prevent development of at least one symptom associated with the disease. The subject may have a predisposition for, or be thought to be at risk of developing, the disease.
- The method may involve the steps of:
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- (i) isolating a T or NK cell-containing sample;
- (ii) transducing or transfecting such cells with a nucleic acid sequence or vector provided by the present invention;
- (iii) administering the cells from (ii) to a subject.
- The T or NK cell-containing sample may be isolated from a subject or from other sources, for example as described above. The T or NK cells may be isolated from a subject's own peripheral blood (1st party), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (2nd party), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (3rd party).
- The methods provided by the present invention for treating a disease may involve monitoring the progression of the disease and any toxic activity and administering an agent suitable for use in the CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention to inhibit CAR signalling and thereby reduce or lessen any adverse toxic effects.
- The methods provided by the present invention for treating a disease may involve monitoring the progression of the disease and monitoring any toxic activity and adjusting the dose of the agent administered to the subject to provide acceptable levels of disease progression and toxic activity.
- Monitoring the progression of the disease means to assess the symptoms associated with the disease over time to determine if they are reducing/improving or increasing/worsening.
- Toxic activities relate to adverse effects caused by the CAR cells of the invention following their administration to a subject. Toxic activities may include, for example, immunological toxicity, biliary toxicity and respiratory distress syndrome.
- The level of signalling through the signalling system of the first aspect of the invention, and therefore the level of activation of CAR cells expressing the signalling system, may be adjusted by altering the amount of agent present, or the amount of time the agent is present. In the present method the level of CAR cell activation may be augmented by decreasing the dose of agent administered to the subject or decreasing the frequency of its administration. Conversely, the level of CAR cell activation may be reduced by increasing the dose of the agent, or the frequency of administration to the subject.
- Higher levels of CAR cell activation are likely to be associated with reduced disease progression but increased toxic activities, whilst lower levels of CAR cell activation are likely to be associated with increased disease progression but reduced toxic activities.
- The present invention also provides a method for treating and/or preventing a disease in a subject which subject comprises cells of the invention, which method comprises the step of administering an agent suitable for use in the CAR system according to the first aspect to the subject. As such, this method involves administering a suitable agent to a subject which already comprises CAR cells of the present invention.
- As such the dose of agent administered to a subject, or the frequency of administration, may be altered in order to provide an acceptable level of both disease progression and toxic activity. The specific level of disease progression and toxic activities determined to be ‘acceptable’ will vary according to the specific circumstances and should be assessed on such a basis. The present invention provides a method for altering the activation level of the
- CAR cells in order to achieve this appropriate level.
- The agent may be administered in the form of a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. The pharmaceutical composition may optionally comprise one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds. Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- The present invention provides a CAR cell of the present invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- The invention also relates to the use of a CAR cell of the present invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- The present invention also provides an agent suitable for inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention for use in treating and/or preventing a disease.
- The present invention also provides an agent for use in inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in a CAR cell.
- The invention also provides the use of an agent suitable for inhibiting a CAR system according to the first aspect of the invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease.
- The disease to be treated and/or prevented by the methods of the present invention may be an infection, such as a viral infection.
- The methods of the invention may also be for the control of pathogenic immune responses, for example in autoimmune diseases, allergies and graft-vs-host rejection.
- The methods may be for the treatment of a cancerous disease, such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer (renal cell), leukaemia, lung cancer, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and thyroid cancer.
- The CAR cells of the present invention may be capable of killing target cells, such as cancer cells. The target cell may be recognisable by expression of a TAA, for example the expression of a TAA provided above in Table 1.
- The CAR cells and pharmaceutical compositions of present invention may be for use in the treatment and/or prevention of the diseases described above.
- The CAR cells and pharmaceutical compositions of present invention may be for use in any of the methods described above.
- The invention will now be further described by way of Examples, which are meant to serve to assist one of ordinary skill in the art in carrying out the invention and are not intended in any way to limit the scope of the invention.
- A bicistronic construct was expressed as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield TiP fused to eGFP and a CAR with TetR as its endodomain (
FIG. 5a ). - Fluorescent microscopy of SupT1 cells expressing this construct in the absence of tetracycline demonstrated that eGFP fluorescence can clearly be seen at the cell membrane (
FIG. 5b ); whilst in the presence of tetracycline the eGFP was cytoplasmic (FIG. 5c ). These data demonstrate that tetracycline has displaced TiP from the TetR CAR. - A bicistronic construct was expressed in BW5 T cells as a single transcript which self-cleaves at the 2A site to yield a signalling component which comprises TiP fused via a flexible linker to the endodomain of CD3-Zeta; and a receptor component which comprises a CD33 recognizing scFv, a spacer derived from the Fc domain of IgG1, a CD4 derived transmembrane and intracellular domain; and TetR (
FIG. 6a ). A control was also expressed which was identical except that TiP was absent from the signalling component (FIG. 6b ). - The BW5 T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence of tetracycline or in the presence of increasing concentrations of tetracycline. T-cells challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells did not activate in either the presence or absence of Tetracyline; T-cells challenged with SupT1 cells expressing CD33 were activated in the absence of Tetracycline, but activation is rapidly inhibited in the presence of tetracycline with activation fully inhibited in the presence of 100 nM of tetracycline (
FIG. 7a ). - Control TetCAR which lacks the TiP domain was also transduced into BW5. Once again, these T-cells were challenged with wild-type SupT1 cells or SupT1 cells engineered to express CD33 in the absence or in the presence of increasing concentration of Tetracycline. A lack of TiP element in signalling component resulted in no signalling in any conditions (
FIG. 7b ). - SupT1 cells (which are CD19 negative), were engineered to be CD19 positive giving target negative and positive cell lines which were as similar as possible. Primary human T-cells from 3 donors were transduced with three CAR constructs: (i) “Classical” 1st generation anti-CD19 CAR; (ii) 1st generation anti-CD19 tetCAR; (iii) Control anti-CD19 tetCAR where TiP is missing from endodomain. Non-transduced T-cells and T-cells transduced with the different CAR constructs were challenged 1:1 with either SupT1 cells or SupT1.CD19 cells in the presence of different concentrations of Tetracycline. Supernatant was sampled 48 hours after challenge. Supernatant from background (T-cells alone), and maximum (T-cells stimulated with PMA/Ionomycin) was also samples. Interferon-gamma was measured in supernatants by ELISA (
FIG. 13 ). “Classical” CAR T-cells were activated by SupT1.CD19 irrespective of tetracycline. TetCAR T-cell were activated by SupT1.CD19 cells but activation was inhibited by Tetracycline. The control TetCAR and NT T-cells did not respond to SupT1.CD19 cells. - Following on from the interferon-gamma release study described in Example 3, killing of target cells was demonstrated using a chromium release assay. SupT1 and SupT1.CD19 cells were loaded with 51Cr and incubated with control and Tet-CAR T-cells for 4 hours in the presence or absence of tetracycline. Lysis of target cells was determined by counting 51Cr in the supernatant. The results are shown in
FIG. 14 . It was shown that Tet-CAR T-cells lysed SupT1.CD19 target cells only in the absence of Tetracycline. - All publications mentioned in the above specification are herein incorporated by reference. Various modifications and variations of the described methods and system of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described in connection with specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention as claimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments. Indeed, various modifications of the described modes for carrying out the invention which are obvious to those skilled in molecular biology, cellular immunology or related fields are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.
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