Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: IL-7/IL-15/IL-21 cytokine-fusion scaffold generates highly functional CAR T cells enriched in long-lived T memory stem cells
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aec2632
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Representation of the CD19-CAR and packaging plasmid maps. ( B ) Percentage of CAR expression in age-matched donor CD8 + T cells after αCD3/28 activation or HCW9206 (100 nM), IL-15, or IL-2 (1 nM) treatment ( N = 3). ( C ) Representative FACS contour plot of the T cell memory phenotype of CD8 + CD19 CAR T cells generated from either αCD3/28 activation or HCW9206 stimulation (left). Histogram plots depicting up-regulation of T SCM cell markers (CD95 and CD45RA) within the HCW9206 CD19 CAR T N/SCM cell population (T N/SCM cells: CD45RO − CCR7 + ) (right). ( D ) CD8 + CD19 CAR T SCM cell frequency in age-matched donors. Gated on lymphocytes, single cells, CD8 + , green fluorescent protein (GFP) + , CD45RO − , CCR7 + , and CD95 + ( N = 3). Statistical analysis compared to HCW9206 treatment. ( E ) CD8 + CD19 CAR T SCM cell frequency comparing IL-7 stimulation (1 nM) to HCW9206 treatment (1 and 100 nM) ( N = 3). ( F ) Progeny analysis depicting frequency changes in CD19 CAR T cell memory populations before and after NALM-6 cell stimulation ( N = 3). Data are shown as the mean ± SEM of triplicates, and statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA [(B) and (D)], one-way repeated-measures ANOVA (E), or two-way ANOVA (F). Created in BioRender. E.B.C. (2026). https://BioRender.com/pqy742r .
Article Snippet: T cells were then activated with 1 nM recombinant human IL-7 [National Institutes of Health (NIH)], IL-15 (NIH), or IL-21 (R&D Systems, catalog no. 219-IL-005) cytokines or 100 nM HCW9206 in supplemented IMDM for 7 days before lentiviral transduction.
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Activation Assay, Generated, Cell Stimulation