Journal: Biomedicines
Article Title: Exploring CAR-PBMCs: A Novel Strategy Against EGFR-Positive Tumor Cells
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13020264
Figure Lengend Snippet: Short-term cytotoxic activity of anti-EGFR CAR transduced cells compared to untransduced cells against calcein-labeled target MDA-MB-468 cells ( A ), SK-BR3 cells ( B ), K562 cells ( C ), and allogeneic PBMCs ( D ). The transduction significantly increased the effector cells’ cytotoxic activity, which correlated with EGFR expression levels in EGFR-expressing tumor cell lines MDA-MB-468 (E:T = 10:1—34 ± 4% vs. 5 ± 1%, p < 0.001; E:T = 5:1—25 ± 2% vs. 3 ± 1%, p < 0.05; E:T = 1:1—10 ± 0.5% vs. 1 ± 0.5%, p < 0.05) and SK-BR-3 (E:T = 10:1—24 ± 2% vs. 6 ± 1%, p < 0.05; E:T = 5:1—17 ± 0.2% vs. 5 ± 0.2%, p < 0.001; E:T = 1:1—3 ± 1% vs. 2 ± 1%, p = 0.28), but without statistical significance in EGFR-negative, NK-sensitive K562 cells, nor allogeneic PBMCs (E:T = 1:1—3.58 ± 2.53% vs. 2.74 ± 1.90%, p = 0.66; E:T = 5:1—0.79 ± 0.26% vs. 0.84 ± 0.62%, p = 0.90; E:T = 10:1—0.99 ± 0.79% vs. 1.06 ± 0.53%, p = 0.90); ns—not significant ( p > 0.05); **— p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: CAR expression assessment was performed by labeling the transduced cells with biotinylated EGFR (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA, cat. #BAF231), followed by APC-conjugated streptavidin (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA, cat. #405207), according to the manufacturer’s protocol, and subsequent flow cytometric analysis.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Labeling, Transduction, Expressing