Journal: Frontiers in Genome Editing
Article Title: CRISPR-mediated generation of a tumor-associated antigen-deficient Raji platform to investigate antigen loss in CAR-T cell therapy
doi: 10.3389/fgeed.2025.1649993
Figure Lengend Snippet: Raji knockout lines generated via CRISPR-Cas9 exhibit complete loss of CD19, CD20, and CD22 transcript and protein expression. (A–C) Transcript level analysis via qRT-PCR revealed significant reduction in the mRNA levels of (A) CD19, (B) CD20 and (C) CD22. K562 was used as CD-marker negative control. Gene expression was normalized to Raji WT and GAPDH was used as an internal control. Data plotted as fold change (mean ± SD, n = 3). (D) Immunofluorescence staining for CD19 (yellow), CD20 (green), CD22 (red), and Hoechst (blue) in all Raji cell lines and K562. Loss of surface antigen staining is evident in all corresponding knockout lines. Images are representative of three independent experiments. Scale bar = 50 μm. (E–G) Flow cytometry analysis of surface CD19 (E) , CD20 (F) , and CD22 (G) expression in nonpermeabilized Raji-derived knockout cells and K562 control. Data represent mean ± SD of fluorescence intensity (MFI) from three independent experiments, confirming complete loss of surface expression of the respective target antigen in each knockout line. Statistical analysis was performed using ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by the Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test. ****, p < 0.0001; ***, p < 0.001; ns = not significant.
Article Snippet: For CD19 and CD22 staining, cells were incubated with CD19-PE (Miltenyi Biotec) and CD22-APC (Miltenyi Biotec) antibodies for 30 min at 4 °C in the dark.
Techniques: Knock-Out, Generated, CRISPR, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Marker, Negative Control, Gene Expression, Control, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Derivative Assay, Fluorescence