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161533 TriKE stimulates NK-cell function to overcome myeloid-derived suppressor cells in MDS
Univ Minnesota, Mason Canc Ctr, Dept Med, Div Hematol Oncol & Transplantat, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2040-3176
Univ Minnesota, Mason Canc Ctr, Dept Med, Div Hematol Oncol & Transplantat, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1016-2460
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2018 (English)In: Blood Advances, ISSN 2473-9529 , E-ISSN 2473-9537, Vol. 2, no 12, p. 1459-1469Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal heterogeneous stem cell disorder driven by multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations resulting in ineffective hematopoiesis. MDS has a high frequency of immune suppressors, including myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), that collectively result in a poor immune response. MDSCs in MDS patients express CD155 that ligates the T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) and delivers an inhibitory signal to natural killer (NK) cells. To mediate a productive immune response against MDS, negative regulatory checkpoints, like TIGIT, expressed on MDS NK cells must be overcome. NK cells can be directed to lyse MDS cells by bispecific killer engagers (BiKEs) that ligate CD16 on NK cells and CD33 on MDS cells. However, such CD16 x CD33 (1633) BiKEs do not induce the proliferative response in MDS NK cells needed to sustain their function. Here, we show that the addition of an NK stimulatory cytokine, interleukin-15 (IL-15), into the BiKE platform leads to productive IL-15 signaling without TIGIT upregulation on NK cells from MDS patients. Lower TIGIT expression allowed NK cells to resist MDSC inhibition. When compared with 1633 BiKE, 161533 trispecific killer engager (TriKE)-treated NK cells demonstrated superior killing kinetics associated with increased STAT5 phosphorylation. Furthermore, 161533 TriKE-treated MDS NK cells had higher proliferation and enhanced NK-cell function than 1633 BiKE-treated cells without the IL-15 linker. Collectively, our data demonstrate novel characteristics of the 161533 TriKE that support its application as an immunotherapeutic agent for MDS patients.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY , 2018. Vol. 2, no 12, p. 1459-1469
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Cell and Molecular Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232250DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017012369ISI: 000436548300013PubMedID: 29941459Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85060540460OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-232250DiVA, id: diva2:1233960
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Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research , SBE13-0092Science for Life Laboratory - a national resource center for high-throughput molecular bioscience
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QC 20180720

Available from: 2018-07-20 Created: 2018-07-20 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved
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1. NK Cell Cytotoxicity at the Single Cell Level
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2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells with the ability to recognize and eliminate virally infected cells and cancer cells without prior sensitization. There is a functional heterogeneity between individual NK cells, where some NK cells are more efficient at killing cancer cells than others. Methods that allow studies of single NK cells are required to understand the functional differences and how they correlate with the activation and development status of the NK cell.

This thesis focuses on the development and implementation of microchip- based imaging of NK cells, which is covered in five papers. Paper I presents a microchip screening platform for assessment of the cytotoxic potential of individual NK cells, by confining single NK cells together with target cells in microwells, followed by microscopy screening over extended time periods and automated image analysis. In paper II, the microchip platform was applied to test the ability of a novel trispecific killer engager (TriKE) to mediate an NK cell-dependent immune response. The process of NK cell education was studied in paper III and for that the image analysis methods for the microchip platform was further developed, in order to reveal new insight into how the education process affects the cytotoxic function of single NK cells. In paper IV, a previously developed microchip assay was extended to study NK cell migration and cytotoxicity in a more in vivo-like 3D collagen matrix. Paper V shows how NK cells can eliminate platelets in the presence of anti-platelet antibodies.

In summary, this thesis covers the development and applications of time- lapse imaging using microwells for studying important NK cell functions in different settings. Understanding NK cell heterogeneity has the potential for improving e.g. cancer cell therapies.

Abstract [sv]

NK-celler tillhör det ospecifika immunförsvaret och har som uppgift att hitta och eliminera virusinfekterade celler och tumörceller. Det har visat sig att NK-celler är funktionellt heterogena, vilket leder till att vissa NK- celler dödar tumörceller mer effektivt än andra. För att förstå dessa funktionella skillnader och hur de är kopplade till t.ex. cellernas mognad och aktivering, krävs metoder som gör det möjligt att studera NK-celler på encellsnivå.

Denna avhandling fokuserar på utveckling och implementering av mikrochipbaserad avbildning av NK-celler, vilket behandlas i fem artiklar. I artikel I presenteras en mikrochipplattform som används för att studera den cytotoxiska potentialen hos enskilda NK-celler. Detta genom att fånga upp enstaka NK-celler tillsammans med tumörceller i tiotusentals mikrobrunnar och därefter avbilda dem i mikroskop under längre tider med efterföljande automatiserad bildanalys. I artikel II används mikrochipplattformen för att studera funktionen hos en nyutvecklad molekyl (TriKE), som både binder till tumörcellen samtidigt som den aktiverar NK-cellen. I artikel III används mikrochipplattformen för att studera en viktig process där NK celler ”utbildas” för att lära sig skilja mellan tumörceller och normala celler. I artikel IV används en större variant av mikrobrunnarna för att kunna återskapa en in vivo-liknande miljö för NK-cellerna genom att bädda in dem i en tredimensionell kollagenmatris. Artikel V visar hur NK-celler kan eliminera blodplättar i närvaro av antikroppar.

Sammanfattningsvis handlar denna avhandling om utveckling och tillämpningar av mikroskopisk avbildning av levande NK-celler med hjälp av mikrobrunnar i syfte att studera dess viktiga funktioner under olika förhållanden. Ökad kunskap om NK-cellernas heterogenitet har potentialen att förbättra effektiviteten hos t.ex. cellterapier.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2020. p. 60
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2020:27
National Category
Biophysics Immunology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-280008 (URN)978-91-7873-632-4 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-09-18, via Zoom https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66640239142, Du som saknar dator/datorvana kan kontakta verron@kth.seför information, 09:00 (English)
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Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Available from: 2020-09-03 Created: 2020-09-02 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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