Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Safe Redosable Low-Immunogenic In Vivo CAR-T Therapy for B Cell Malignancies and Solid Tumors
doi: 10.64898/2026.06.30.735484
Figure Lengend Snippet: a, Schematic of the screening strategy for selecting a synthetic IL-7R agonist. Three synthetic binding proteins (sBC-P1, sBC-P2, sBC-P3) were paired with full-length IL-7R or minimized IL-7R variants (min1-, min2-, min3-IL7R), expressed in T cells, and assessed for downstream STAT5 phosphorylation using the PathScan Phospho-STAT5 assay. b, Representative flow cytometry histograms of phospho-STAT5 (p-STAT5) in T cells expressing the indicated constructs, compared with isotype and non-transduced (NTP) controls. Anti-p-STAT5 antibody was used followed by Alexafluor 488 and acquired in FITC, channel. c, Quantification of pSTAT5 MFI across conditions, showing comparable STAT5 activation by sBCP3-IL7R and the minimized sBCP3_min3-IL7R receptor relative to NTP-IL7R control (n=8 biologically independent samples). d, Dose-response curves of ligand-induced receptor activation measured by ELISA across a concentration range (mM) for NTP-IL7R, sBCP3-IL7R, and sBCP3_min3-IL7R (n=5 biologically independent samples). e, f Schematic of the viroVbot3 transfer vector and producer cell design. The bi-CAR (BCMA/CD19) cassette is driven by the Syn-Tp promoter, linked via T2A, and detargeted from hepatocytes by 5× miR-122 target sites in the 3′ UTR to co-express the synthetic sBCP3-min3-IL7R (sBCP-mIL7R) cytokine receptor module. g, In vitro cytotoxicity assay showing % MM.1S tumor cell survival at increasing effector-to-target (E:T) ratios following co-culture with untransduced T cells (UT), viroVbot2.2-, or viroVbot3-generated CAR-T cells (n=5 biologically independent samples) after 24 h. h, IL-2 secretion (pg/mL) by CAR-T cells co-cultured with MM.1S target cells at the indicated E:T ratios (n=5 biologically independent samples). i, Similarly, intracellular Granzyme B expression (MFI) in CAR-T cells across the same E:T ratios (n=5). j, Schematic of the serial tumor-rechallenge assay. k, Percentage of Patient MM (PMM) cell survival over time during serial rechallenge in co-cultures with UT, viroVbot2.2, or viroVbot3 CAR-T cells. l, Absolute CAR-T cell counts (5×10 4 ) during serial rechallenge, demonstrating superior expansion and persistence of viroVbot3-generated CAR-T cells. m, Bar graph of frequency of PD1 low (gray) versus PD1 high (orange) populations within CD8 + effector memory (T EM ) cells at days 14, 21, and 28 of co-culture for the three groups. n, Similarly, CD8 + central memory (T cm ) cells at the same time points (n=5 biologically independent samples). o, Memory subset distribution (% of CD8 + T cells); naive/stem-cell memory (T n /T scm ), effector (T eff ), effector memory (T em ), and central memory (T cm ), across UT, viroVbot2.2, and viroVbot3 groups. p, Pie charts showing the relative proportions of T n (gray) and T scm (blue) compartments within CD8 + T cells (n=5 biologically independent samples). Data represents mean ± SEM. ****p < 0.0001. A non-parametric t-test was used for statistical analysis between groups.
Article Snippet: Cells were analyzed on BD FACS Aria, Accuri, Lyric, or Beckman Coulter CytoFLEX instruments and data analyzed using FlowJo v10 or CytExpert software as described previously., CAR transgene expression was detected using CAR-specific detection reagents: CD19 CAR detection (Miltenyi Biotec #130-129-550), BCMA CAR detection (Miltenyi Biotec #130-126-727), anti-4-1BB monoclonal antibodies for 4-1BB-containing constructs, anti-G4S linker antibody for GPRC5D (#62405, Cell Signaling Technologies) and CLDN18.2 CARs, or Protein L-APC (CST #29480) for CD20 CAR.
Techniques: Binding Assay, Phospho-proteomics, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Construct, Activation Assay, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Concentration Assay, Plasmid Preparation, In Vitro, Cytotoxicity Assay, Co-Culture Assay, Generated, Cell Culture