Journal: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Article Title: Ibrutinib and PD-1 blockade potentiate mesothelin-targeting CAR-T cell therapy in preclinical models of pancreatic cancer
doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-2907
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Schematic of dual-targeting Meso-FAP CAR TEAM T cells engineered to co-target PDAC tumor cells, through a mesothelin-targeting CAR, and tumor-associated CAFs, through a secreted FAP-targeting TEAM molecule. The secreted FAP TEAM molecule can redirect the cytotoxicity of both meso-CAR-T cells as well as CAR-negative bystander T cells that are present in the tumor microenvironment 8 . Created in BioRender.com . Escobar, Giulia. https://app.biorender.com/illustrations/66eeece9f2d42f9534e90be7?slideId=be6d217b-9bf9–4f4e-8420-dc13e4db9d9bB ). Schematic of the experimental design. Mice are implanted with subcutaneous AsPC-1 tumors cells and then adoptively transferred with meso-CAR-T cells (3e6) or UTD T cells by intravenous injection at 14 days post tumor challenge. C) Tumor growth kinetic (tumor volume, mean ± SEM) in AsPC-1 tumor-bearing mice treated as shown in B (n=6 mice per group). Two-way ANOVA. HD53 was used to generate meso-CAR-T cells (transduction: 72%, viability at infusion: 74%). D) Survival curve of mice treated as shown in B. Mantel-Cox test. E) Schematic of the experimental design. Mice are injected intraperitoneally with AsPC-1 tumor cells and allowed to form peritoneal tumors. 7 days post tumor challenge, mice were adoptively transferred with meso-CAR-T cells (2e6) or UTD T cells by intravenous or intraperitoneal injections. F) Tumor growth kinetic (flux, photons/s, mean ± SEM) as measured by bioluminescence imaging (BLI) in mice treated as shown in E (n=6–7 mice per group). Two-way ANOVA. HD53 was used to generate meso-CAR-T cells (transduction: 72%, viability at infusion: 91%). G) Tumor burden in each individual mouse from F as measured by BLI. H) Absolute numbers (mean ± SEM) of meso-CAR-T cells in the blood of AsPC-1 tumor-bearing mice from F, treated as indicated and as shown in E. Two-way ANOVA. I) Proportion of CD4 and CD8 T cells within CAR-T cells in the blood of mice in F, at day15 post adoptive CAR-T cell transfer by intravenous or intraperitoneal injection. Unpaired Student’s t test. J) Phenotype of CD4-positive and CD8-positive CAR-T cells in the peripheral blood of tumor-bearing mice from F, at day 15 following CAR-T cell adoptive transfer by intraperitoneal or intravenous injection. T stem cell memory cells (TSCM, CD45RA+CCR7+CD95+), central memory (CM, CD45RA-CCR7+), effector memory (CD45RA-CCR7-) and terminally differentiated effector memory (TEMRA, CD45RA+CCR7-) T cells. Unpaired Student’s t test. K) Expression of PD-1, TIM3 and CD39 markers (frequency, mean ± SEM) on the surface of CD4-positive and CD8-positive CAR-T cells in the blood of mice from F, at day 15 post adoptive CAR-T cell transfer by intravenous or intraperitoneal injection. Unpaired Student’s t test. **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001.
Article Snippet: To analyze soluble mesothelin in the culture supernatant, the Human Mesothelin DuoSet ELISA (R&D Systems, DY3265) kit was used according to manufacturer protocol.
Techniques: Injection, Transduction, Imaging, Adoptive Transfer Assay, Expressing