Dual-receptor T cell platform with Ab-TCR and costimulatory receptor achieves specificity and potency against AML. (PubMed, Blood)
One approach to overcome this hurdle is dual targeting by an antibody-T cell receptor (AbTCR) and a chimeric costimulatory signaling receptor (CSR) to two different antigens, in which both antigens are found together on the cancer cells, but not together on normal cells...By use of a AbTCR receptor comprising a newly developed TCR mimic monoclonal antibody (mAb) against the WT1 RMFPNAPYL (RMF) epitope/HLA-A2 complex, ESK2, and a secondary CSR comprising a scFv directed to CD33 linked to a truncated CD28 costimulatory fragment, this unique platform confers specific T cell cytotoxicity to the AML cells, while sparing healthy hematopoietic cells, including CD33+ myelomonocytic normal cells. These data suggest that this new platform, named AbTCR-CSR, through the combination of a AbTCR CAR and CSR could be an effective strategy to reduce toxicity and improve specificity and clinical outcomes in adoptive T cell therapy in AML.