Ewing sarcoma partial regression without GvHD by chondromodulin-I/HLA-A*02:01-specific allorestricted T cell receptor transgenic T cells

Uwe Thiel, Sebastian J. Schober, Ingo Einspieler, Andreas Kirschner, Melanie Thiede, David Schirmer, Katja Gall, Franziska Blaeschke, Oxana Schmidt, Susanne Jabar, Andreas Ranft, Rebeca Alba Rubío, Uta Dirksen, Thomas G.P. Grunewald, Poul H. Sorensen, Günther H.S. Richter, Irene Teichert von Lüttichau, Dirk H. Busch, Stefan E.G. Burdach

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Abstract

Background: Chondromodulin-I (CHM1) sustains malignancy in Ewing sarcoma (ES). Refractory ES carries a dismal prognosis and patients with bone marrow (BM) metastases do not survive irrespective of therapy. We assessed HLA-A*02:01/CHM1-specific allorestricted T cell receptor (TCR) wild-type and transgenic cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells against ES. Patients and Methods: Three refractory HLA-A2+ ES patients were treated with HLA-A*02:01/peptide-specific allorepertoire-derived (i.e., allorestricted) CD8+ T cells. Patient #1 received up to 4.8 × 105/kg body weight HLA-A*02:01 allorestricted donor-derived wild-type CD8+ T cells. Patient #2 received up to 8.2 × 106/kg HLA-A*02:01 donor-derived and patient #3 up to 6 × 106/kg autologous allorestricted TCR transgenic CD8+ T cells. All patients were treated with the same TCR complementary determining region 3 allorecognition sequence for CHM1 peptide 319 (CHM1319). Results: HLA-A*02:01/CHM1319-specific allorestricted CD8+ T cells showed specific in vitro lysis of all patient-derived ES cell lines. Therapy was well tolerated and did not cause graft versus host disease (GvHD). Patients #1 and #3 showed slow progression, whereas patient #2, while having BM involvement, showed partial metastatic regression associated with T cell homing to involved lesions. CHM1319 TCR transgenic T cells could be tracked in his BM for weeks. Conclusions: CHM1319-TCR transgenic T cells home to affected BM and may cause partial disease regression. HLA-A*02:01/antigen-specific allorestricted T cells proliferate in vivo without causing GvHD.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1312239
JournalOncoImmunology
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 May 2017

Keywords

  • Allorestricted T cells
  • Ewing sarcoma
  • T cell receptor transgenic T cells
  • adoptive transfer
  • immunotherapy

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