GPC1 specific CAR-T cells eradicate established solid tumor without adverse effects and synergize with anti-PD-1 Ab

  1. Daiki Kato
  2. Tomonori Yaguchi  Is a corresponding author
  3. Takashi Iwata
  4. Yuki Katoh
  5. Kenji Morii
  6. Kinya Tsubota
  7. Yoshiaki Takise
  8. Masaki Tamiya
  9. Haruhiko Kamada
  10. Hiroki Akiba
  11. Kouhei Tsumoto
  12. Satoshi Serada
  13. Tetsuji Naka
  14. Ryohei Nishimura
  15. Takayuki Nakagawa
  16. Yutaka Kawakami  Is a corresponding author
  1. Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
  2. Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate school of agricultural and life sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical University, Japan
  5. Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan
  6. Center for Intractable Immune Disease, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Japan
  7. Department of immunology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
6 figures, 3 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Low protein expression of GPC1 in human normal tissues detected by anti-GPC1 mAb (clone: 1–12).

(A) The mRNA expression of hGPC1 was evaluated by qPCR in human normal cervix and cervical squamous carcinoma tissues; GAPDH was used as an internal control. (B) The mRNA expression of hGPC1 was …

Figure 2 with 1 supplement
GPC1-specific human hCAR-T cells specifically recognized hGPC1-positive tumor cells and inhibited tumor growth in xenograft mouse model.

(A) Diagrams of GPC1-specific human hCAR; scFv frgments derived from light chain (VL) and heavy chain (VH) of anti-GPC1 mAb (clone: 1–12) were fused to human CD28 and human CD3ζ signal domains. The …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
The sequences of GPC1-specific human CAR vectors.

The sequences of the hCAR vectors (LH and HL forms) are shown. The hCAR vectors are comprised of the human CD8a leader sequence (red), scFv of the anti-GPC1 mAb (linker; orange and VL; purple or VH; …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 1

The sequences of GPC1-specific human CAR vectors.

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Low protein expression of GPC1 in murine normal tissues detected by anti-GPC1 mAb (clone: 1–12).

(A) Expression of mGPC1 mRNA in various mouse normal tissues and GPC1-positive fetal bodies was quantified by qPCR; GAPDH was used as an internal control. (B) The mouse normal tissues and …

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
GPC1-specific murine mCAR-T cells specifically recognized mGPC1-positive tumor cells and eradicated solid tumors in vivo.

(A) Diagram of GPC1-specific murine CAR; scFv fragment (HL) derived from anti-GPC1 mAb (clone: 1–12) was fused to mouse CD28 and CD3ζ signal domains. (B) The mGPC1-overexpressing murine cells …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
The sequences of GPC1-specific murine CAR vectors.

The sequences of the mCAR vector are shown. The mCAR vectors are comprised of the mouse CD8a leader sequence (red), scFv of the anti-GPC1 mAb (VH; green, linker; orange, and VL; purple), mouse CD28 …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1—source data 1

The sequences of GPC1-specific murine CAR vectors.

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Figure 5 with 2 supplements
GPC1-specific mCAR-T cells showed no obvious adverse effects on normal tissues in vivo.

(A) Body weight of mCAR-T cells or mCont-T cells injected mice bearing MC38-mGPC1 (right panel) or MCA205-GPC1 (left panel) was measured 12 days after mCAR-T cell or mCont-T cell administration. (B) …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Tissues damages were not detected in mouse normal tissues.

HE staining was performed on normal tissues from MC38-mGPC1-bearing mouse treated with mCont-T cells (A) or mCAR-T cells (B). Scale bar, 100 μm.

Figure 5—figure supplement 2
Only few GFP-positive mCAR-T cells infiltrated mouse normal tissues.

IHC staining of GFP was performed on normal tissues from the MC38-mGPC1-bearing mouse treated with mCont-T cells (A) or mCAR-T cells (B). Scale bar, 100 μm.

GPC1-specific mCAR-T cells synergized with anti-PD-1 Ab.

(A) Percentages of PD-1-expressing cells among endogenous CD8+ T cells (left panel) and injected CD8+ T cells (right panel) harvested from the tumor tissues of MC38-mGPC1 mouse model 12 days after …

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional
information
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)NOG (NOD/Shi-PrkdcscidIl2rγtm1Sug/Jic) mouseCentral Institute for Experimental AnimalsFemale and Male, 6–10 week-old
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)C57BL/6 mouseCLEA Japan, IncFemale, 6–8 week-old
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)G3ThiTakara Bio IncTKR-6163Human kidney cell line derived packaging cell line
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)TE14RIKEN BioResource CenterHuman esophageal squamous cancer cell lines
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)LK2-hGPC1Previous paper (Harada et al., 2017), see Materials and methodsHuman lung squamous cancer cell lines expressing hGPC1
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)LK2-mockPrevious paper (Harada et al., 2017), see Materials and methodsHuman lung squamous cancer cell lines expressing empty vector
Cell line (M. musculus)PG13Takara Bio IncMurine leukemia cell line
Cell line
(M. musculus)
EL4National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (MD, USA)Mouse T cell lymphoma cell line
Cell line
(M. musculus)
MCA205National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (MD, USA)Mouse sarcoma cell line
Cell line
(M. musculus)
MCA205-mGPC1This paper, see Materials and methodsMouse sarcoma cell line expressing mGPC1
Cell line
(M. musculus)
MC38-mGPC1This paper, see Materials and methodsMouse colon adenocarcinoma cell line expressing mGPC1
Transfected construct (Gallus gallus domesticus, Homo-sapiens)hCAR-LHThis paper, see Materials and methods and Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Transfected construct (Gallus gallus domesticus, Homo-sapiens s)hCAR-HLThis paper, see Materials and methods and Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Transfected construct (Gallus gallus
domesticus, M. musculus)
mCARThis paper, see Materials and methods and Figure 4—figure supplement 1
AntibodyOKT-3 (anti-human CD3 mAb)Thermo Fischer ScientificCat # 16-0037-81, RRID:AB_2619696T cell activation, 50 ng/ml
AntibodyAnti-mouse PD-1 Ab (clone: J43)Bio X CellBE-0033–2, RRID:AB_1107747In vivo injection, 200 mg/mouse
AntibodyAnti-human IFNγ Ab (M700A)Thermo Fisher ScientificCat # M700A, RRID:AB_223578For ELISA
AntibodyAnti-human IFNγ Ab (M700B)Thermo Fisher ScientificCat # M700BFor ELISA
Antibodyanti-GPC1 Ab (clone: 1–12)previous paper (Harada et al., 2017)IHC-F(0.5 μg/ml)
Antibodyanti-GFP mAb (clone: 1E4)Medical and Biological
Laboratories
Code # M-048–3, RRID:AB_591823IHC-P(0.5 μg/ml)
AntibodyAPC-donkey-anti-IgY AbJackson immuno Research IncCode # 703-136-155, RRID:AB_2340360FACS (1:50)
AntibodyPE-donkey-anti-IgY AbJackson immuno Research IncCode # 703-116-155, RRID:AB_2340358FACS (1:50)
AntibodyV500- anti-mCD45 mAbBD BiosciencesCat # 561487, RRID:AB_10697046FACS (1:50)
AntibodyBV421-anti-mCD3 mAbBiolegendCat # 562600, RRID:AB_11153670FACS (1:50)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 700-anti-mCD8 mAbBD BiosciencesCat # 557959, RRID:AB_396959FACS (1:50)
Sequence-based reagenthuman GPC-1 (Hs00892476_m1)Applied BiosystemsCat # 4331182
Sequence-based reagentmouse GPC-1 (Mm00497305_m1)Applied BiosystemsCat # 4331182
Peptide,
recombinant protein
Human
GPC1
BiolegendCat # 757206
Peptide, recombinant proteinMouse
GPC1
BiolegendCat # 757306
Peptide, recombinant proteinMuLV gp70 p15EMedical and Biological LaboratoriesCode # TS-M507-PKSPWFTTL
Peptide, recombinant proteinH-2Kb-restricted b-galactosidaseMedical and Biological LaboratoriesCode # TS-M501-PDAPIYTNV
Commercial assay or kitSeries S Sensor Chip CM5GE Healthcare Life SciencesCat # BR-1005–30
Commercial assay or kitMouse Antibody
Capture Kit
GE Healthcare Life SciencesCat # BR1008-38
Commercial assay or kitMouse IFNγ ELISA setBD BiosciencesCat # 555138
Software, algorithmKaluza 1.2BECKMAN COULTER
Software, algorithmGraphPad Prism 7.0GraphPad software
OtherFDA Standard Frozen Tissue Array-Human Adult NormalBioChain Institute IncCat # T6234701-1
Otherhuman normal cervix tissues and cervical carcinoma tissuesThis paper, see Materials and methods
OtherCr51Japan Radioisotope Association
Author response table 1
Anti-GPC1 scFv HL form.
Ka (1/Ms)Kd (1/s)KD (M)
hGPC11.40E+050.00171.22E-08
mGPC12.73E+040.0029631.09E-07
Author response table 2
Anti-GPC1 scFv LH form.
Ka (1/Ms)Kd (1/s)KD (M)
hGPC11.45E+050.001319.06E-09
mGPC14.21E+040.0021795.18E-08

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