Am J Cancer Res. CAR NK therapy offers experimental treatment option for blood cancers BY Devon Carter Natural killer cells or NK cells are part of our immune system. In allogeneic transfer settings, the concept of KIR and HLA mismatches between donor and recipient was the original strategy aimed at enhancing the activation of donor NK cells to eradicate patients tumor cells. 2012;3:408. The FDA has cleared Artiva Biotherapeutics investigational new drug (IND) application for the chimeric antigen receptor NK (CAR-NK) cell therapy AB-201 for the Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and adoptive immunotherapy with activated natural killer cells in the immediate posttransplant period. Luhm J, et al. Cell, 2019; 177(7): 17011713. 2019;12(1):49. All authors gave consent for publication of the manuscript. Rubnitz JE, et al. Donor-derived natural killer cells infused after human leukocyte antigen-haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation: a dose-escalation study. Masuyama J, et al. Phase I study of random healthy donor-derived allogeneic natural killer cell therapy in patients with malignant lymphoma or advanced solid tumors. reported an approximately 1500-fold expansion of NK cells after PBMC stimulation with a combination of anti-CD3 and anti-CD56 mAbs [146]. Recent evidence has challenged this model and suggests a possibility of more branched development in the form of both CLPs and common myeloid progenitors (CMPs) giving rise to NK cell progenitors. Efficient mRNA-based genetic engineering of human NK cells with high-affinity CD16 and CCR7 augments rituximab-induced ADCC against lymphoma and targets NK cell migration toward the lymph node-associated chemokine CCL19. Block copolymer-boron cluster conjugate for effective boron neutron capture therapy of solid tumors. Am J Cancer Res. Expression of IL-15 in NK cells results in rapid enrichment and selective cytotoxicity of gene-modified effectors that carry a tumor-specific antigen receptor. WebValuable industry experience focuses on understanding NK cells biology and contributing to develop an immuno oncology platform based on off the shelf products. Miller JS, et al. Sci Rep. 2015;5:11483. Immunity. Clin Cancer Res. Cytokines in clinical cancer immunotherapy. Wang et al. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):2815. Production Process of CAR-NK Although challenges exist, perspectives are enticed by currently approved NK cell-based therapies and emerging pre-clinical and clinical studies. 2016;5(4):e1115178. Cytokine-mediated activation is frequently employed and currently under extensive investigation. Markers and function of human NK cells in normal and pathological conditions. Article Clin Cancer Res. Phase I/II clinical trials are ongoing to evaluate the safety and efficacy of NK cell combined with nimotuzumab to treat late-stage malignancies (NCT03554889) and of NK cell infusion on patients with advanced malignant tumors following multi-line therapies (NCT03619954). Part of 2019;10:909. Human iPSC-derived natural killer cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptors enhance anti-tumor activity. Topfer K, et al. Clinical grade purification and expansion of NK cell products for an optimized manufacturing protocol. 2009;373(9674):155061. Correction to: IL-27 enhances IL-15/IL-18-mediated activation of human natural killer cells. J Transl Med. Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. Lotze MT, et al. OKT3, an anti-CD3 mAb, has been commonly added to the irradiated autologous PBMC feeder, which can promote the expansion of NK cells up to over 1000-fold [4, 142,143,144]. Nat Rev Immunol. developed an NK cell recruiting protein-conjugated antibody (NRPbody) containing a mesothelin-specific tumor targeting domain Meso-scFv and the chemokine CXCL16 linked by a furin cleavage sites [90]. WebCorrigendum to Entrectinib in patients with ROS1 fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or NTRK fusion-positive solid tumours: Analysis of response by line of therapy (Annals of Oncology (2020) 31(S4) (S472S473), (S0923753420406507), (10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.654)). Rosario M, et al. Mol Immunol. In one study, Ng et al. Hum Gene Ther. CAR-engineered NK cells targeting wild-type EGFR and EGFRvIII enhance killing of glioblastoma and patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells. WebAB-201 is our clinical-stage CAR-NK cell therapy candidate targeting HER2-positive solid tumors. In the clinical setting, each batch requires validation, which results in additional lag time before a patient receives infusion. One major immunosuppressive factor in the TME is the metabolite adenosine, whose production is catalyzed in a sequential manner by the ectoenzymes CD39 and CD73 [43]. The integration and balance of the activating and inhibitory signals from the ligand/receptor interactions dictates the status of NK cell activation. 2015;23(2):3308. In the xenograft models, NK cell infusion combined with intraperitoneal injection of the NRPbody significantly reduced tumor burden as compared to NK infusion combined with the non-cleavable control [90]. Ex vivo activation and expansion of natural killer cells from patients with advanced cancer with feeder cells from healthy volunteers. 2019;10:2078. However, the exhaustion of T cells or NK cells can lead to the failure of tumor control and limit the complete response and overall efficacy of cancer immunotherapy against solid tumors. This strategy of GSK3 inhibition was used to generate FATE-NK100, which is being evaluated in an ongoing phase 1 clinical trial either as a monotherapy or in combination with monoclonal antibodies in patients with advanced solid tumors (NCT03319459). 2016;4(3):21524. A first-in-human clinical trial of CAR NK-92 cells in 3 patients with relapsed or refractory AML showed that CAR NK-92 can be infused at doses up to 5 billion cells per patient without causing significant adverse effects [149]. 2017;9(6):1796812. 2014;32(4):102131. However, there are many challenges to overcome, such as difficulty to meet clinical-grade ex vivo expansion, limited in vivo persistence, limited infiltration to solid tumors, and tumor editing to evade NK cell activity. Clinical application of CAR-NK cell therapy in solid tumors. 2002;295(5562):2097100. In the last years, natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for solid tumors and hematological malignancies. The cleavable CXCL16 containing NRPbody was shown to promote NK cell migration in vitro and infiltration into the tumor sites in vivo in xenografted mouse models of orthotopic and metastatic pancreatic cancer [90]. Guerra N, et al. Zhang C., et al. A combinational therapy of EGFR-CAR NK cells and oncolytic herpes simplex virus 1 for breast cancer brain metastases. 2013;2013(1):23446. Synergy among receptors on resting NK cells for the activation of natural cytotoxicity and cytokine secretion. BMC Immunol. Targeting immunosuppressive components in the TME to re-invigorate NK functions is also under investigation. Hammer Q, et al. The high proliferation capacity of pluripotent stem cells allows for the introduction of various genetic modifications and for the development libraries of off-the-shelf haplotype-specific cells for treating a range of diseases. 2017;77(20):566475. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. It was proposed that the cytokine pre-activated NK cells were memory-like with an enhanced response to cytokine or activating receptor re-stimulation weeks or months after the initial pre-activation [84]. Google Scholar. Article Immunotherapy is a breakthrough in the systemic treatment of malignant tumors, including HCC. The trial is Cancer Immunol Immunother. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):14916. Clin Cancer Res. 2013;73(8):2598607. 2019;19(1):80. Effectiveness of donor natural killer cell alloreactivity in mismatched hematopoietic transplants. 2013;73(6):177786. Gauthier, L., et al. Effects of CSF1R-targeted chimeric antigen receptor-modified NK92MI & T cells on tumor-associated macrophages. Oncotarget. Nham T, et al. IL-2 was used to induce lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, a heterogeneous population of cells consisting primarily of NK, NKT, and T cell for autologous killer cell-based cancer therapy decades ago [115]. CAR-engineered iPSC-NK cells already have demonstrated effectiveness in targeting human tumors in preclinical studies [41]. Blood. Oyer JL, et al. J Clin Oncol. It was shown that of CD3-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with IL-21 and IL-15 for 1320days resulted in 3.7-fold expansion of NK cells with clinical activity in delaying leukemia progression [120]. Furthermore, NKp46-ANKET increased the number of NK cells at the tumor site, providing effective control of tumor growth in mouse models of solid and invasive The exhausted T cells or NK cells in the tumor microenvironment exhibit imbalanced Spanholtz J, et al. Szmania S, et al. A novel method to expand large numbers of CD56(+) natural killer cells from a minute fraction of selectively accessed cryopreserved cord blood for immunotherapy after transplantation. EpsteinBarr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (EBV-LCLs) become especially effective allowing for up to 3000-fold expansion from CD3-depleted PBMC NKs [136] and was also used to generate large numbers of CD56+ NK cells derived from frozen UCB [137]. Thorac Cancer Lee DA. Tanaka Y, et al. WebBackground Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) is a devastating cerebrovascular disorder, which could benefit from collateral circulation. WebChimeric antigen receptor T cells therapy (CAR-T therapy) is a class of ACT therapy. Shiozawa M, et al. WebImmune regulation has revolutionized cancer treatment with the introduction of T-cell-targeted immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). 2020;122:2006. Shaping of natural killer cell antitumor activity by ex vivo cultivation. In pre-clinical studies, various BiKEs and TriKEs have been designed to target a number of tumor antigens: CD19, CD20, and CD33 for hematological cancers, HER2, EGFR, and EpCAM for solid tumors [79]. 2013;53(2):41923. Google Scholar. 2008;28(4):57180. CAS Sarvaria A, et al. 2016;16(5):31020. Lysis of natural killer-resistant fresh solid tumor cells by interleukin 2-activated autologous human peripheral blood lymphocytes. 2016;1441:33346. The signaling domains of CAR-NK cells are very similar to those in CAR-T cells, typically composed of the fusion of CD3 with one or two TCR co-stimulatory molecule (s), such as CD28, 4-1BB, 2B4, DNAM1, and NKG2D. Different from events required for T cell activation, NK cell activation is governed by the interaction of NK receptors with target cells, independent of antigen processing and presentation. 2018;23(2):181-192.e5. Cichocki F, Grzywacz B, Miller JS. Cytotherapy. There has been an explosion of NK-based immunotherapies in pre-clinical development and clinical development. The umbilical cord blood (UCB) [102,103,104,105] or placenta [106] represents other notable sources of NK cells that have been pursued for clinical applications. Cancer Res. Role of natural killer cell alloreactivity in HLA-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In vivo efficacy of umbilical cord blood stem cell-derived NK cells in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Front Immunol. PubMedGoogle Scholar. 2016;22(3):596608. Tri-functional NK cell engagers (NKCEs), which crosslink both NKp46 and CD16, have demonstrated superior in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activities compared to conventional monoclonal antibodies targeting the same antigens [81]. Generation of BiKEs and TriKEs to improve NK cell-mediated targeting of tumor cells. NK cells, which were discovered almost 50 years ago, can defend against tumors in most tissues without requiring detection of specific tumor antigens. Cerwenka A, Lanier LL. NK cells also play a significant role in antibody-mediated cancer therapies by utilizing the Fc receptor to carry out antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) [30]. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. Parihar R, et al. Immunotherapy. Article Over 100-fold expansion was achieved with Wilms tumor HFWT [134] and immortalized T lymphocyte Jurkat cell lines [135]. Liu, S., Galat, V., Galat4, Y. et al. Hu Z. Tissue factor as a new target for CAR-NK cell immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer. NK cells stimulate recruitment of cDC1 into the tumor microenvironment promoting cancer immune control. Leukemia. J Cell Mol Med. Oncoimmunology. WebTargeting TROP2 and HER3: Perspective on the Next Precision Treatment Advances Across Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. With the ongoing effort to improve the treatment response and new methods of generating more feasible clinical scales of NK cells, emerging clinical trials are being designed to evaluate these new modalities and to expand their indications. Veluchamy JP, et al. Skeate R, et al. However, a more complex scenario has recently emerged. Liu E, et al. Leong JW, et al. Sustained effector function of IL-12/15/18-preactivated NK cells against established tumors. 2015;6:368. Kiessling R, Klein E, Wigzell H. Natural" killer cells in the mouse. Springer Nature. Continuously expanding CAR NK-92 cells display selective cytotoxicity against B-cell leukemia and lymphoma. Granzin M, et al. 2010;12(6):75063. Blood. Synergistic effects of cabozantinib and EGFR-specific CAR-NK-92 cells in renal cell carcinoma. Schonfeld K, et al. Rezvani K, et al. Natural killer (NK) cells are an essential part of tumor immunosurveillance, evidenced by higher cancer susceptibility and metastasis in association with diminished NK activity in mouse models and clinical studies [1,2,3]. It has been proposed that CAR-NK cells may be able to be combined with T cell-based therapies for solid tumors [77]. Tumor immunoevasion by the conversion of effector NK cells into type 1 innate lymphoid cells. Methods Mol Biol. 3D model for CAR-mediated cytotoxicity using patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids. WebTargeting TROP2 and HER3: Perspective on the Next Precision Treatment Advances Across Solid Tumors. Instead, a combination of transcription factors, including T-bet, Eomes, E4BP4, Id2, and BLIMP, was identified to instruct NK development and maturation [23]. However, NK cell therapy directed against solid tumors is still in early development. Esser R, et al. Granzin M, et al. J Immunol Res. Google Scholar. In response to the mounting data on this emerging therapy, the present paper provides a thorough review of the technical issues, molecular background and current preclinical and clinical data associated with CAR-NK cell applications in cancer treatment. Vasu S, et al. 2019;10:3123. BMC Biotechnol. PubMed The concept of adoptive NK cell cancer immunotherapy was proven a decade ago from pioneering clinical studies against hematological malignancies. 2011;17(19):628797. NK cell represents a specialized immune effector cell population equipped with fast-acting and potent anti-tumor capacity. Ng YY, Tay JCK, Wang S. cxcr1 expression to improve anti-cancer efficacy of intravenously injected CAR-NK cells in mice with peritoneal xenografts. Biol Blood Marrow Transpl. NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development. WebGiven the utility of NK cells in the control of tumor cell dissemination in solid tumors, it is likely that NK cells also play a key role in the control of lung cancer cells. The off-shelf NK cell therapeutic product oNKord, the allogeneic partial HLA-matched NK cells derived from UCB-CD34+ progenitors, has received an orphan drug designation from EMA and FDA for treating AML patients who were not eligible for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Cancer Sci. Good manufacturing practice-compliant cell sorting and large-scale expansion of single KIR-positive alloreactive human natural killer cells for multiple infusions to leukemia patients. Lee J, et al. The anti-tumor response of LAK cells was shown attributed mainly to NK cells [116]. Upon activation, NK cells release cytotoxic granules containing perforin and granzymes to directly lyse tumor cells, in a similar fashion to activated cytotoxic T cells. WebPhysiological barriers and immunosuppressive microenvironments of solid tumors present considerable hurdles to Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy. J Immunother. 2017;8:87. The antigen recognition domain usually consists of a single-chain fragment (scFV) molecule derived from a monoclonal antibody, and nanobody-based constructs have been used in limited studies to date [72]. GSK3 inhibition drives maturation of NK cells and enhances their antitumor activity. An even greater expansion of NK cells, of over 30,000-fold in a period of 3weeks, was achieved with K562 membrane-bound IL-21 and 4-1BB ligand [127,128,129,130]. Natural killer (NK) cells are large granular lymphocytes with surface markers CD3 CD56 + NKp46 + in humans. Sakamoto N, et al. Front Immunol. WebAbstract Background AB-101 is a non-engineered, allogeneic, off-the-shelf, cryopreserved cord blood-derived natural killer (NK)-cell therapy in development as a cancer Privacy NK cells are found both in blood at levels of 5%-15% of circulating lymphocytes and in various lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs such as the spleen, lung, and liver [17, 18]. Some clinical efficacy has also been demonstrated for allogeneic as well as autologous NK cell therapy, either alone or in combination with conventional therapies. Crucially, tumor antigen-expressing CAR-NK cell therapy increases anti-tumor activities. Thus, NK cell transfer presents an effective method of fighting cancer. CXCL16 positively correlated with M2-macrophage infiltration, enhanced angiogenesis, and poor prognosis in thyroid cancer. NK Cell-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in cancer immunotherapy. Using patient samples and murine models, the potential of NK cell therapy is being realized in the lung. The current in-development BiKEs or TrikEs simultaneously engage with CD16 and tumor antigens, thereby inducing the formation of immune synapses and NK-mediated ADCC [79]. In treatments of solid tumors, adoptive transfer of ex vivo expanded natural killer (NK) cells has dawned as a new paradigm. This successful immunotherapy has led to a more complete view of cancer that now considers not only the cancer cells to be targeted and destroyed but also the immune environment of the cancer cells. Oncoimmunology. However, the dose of NK cells being used for therapy is limited. Highly efficient IL-21 and feeder cell-driven ex vivo expansion of human NK cells with therapeutic activity in a xenograft mouse model of melanoma. 2010;651:6177. Shimasaki N, et al. J Immunol. WebThis button displays the currently selected search type. Tang X, et al. Blood. WebFirst described in the 1970s, NK cells have been a promising tool in the field of adoptive immunotherapy ( 34 ). J Immunol. 2015;38(5):197210. Felices M, et al. ErbB2/HER2-specific NK cells for targeted therapy of glioblastoma. Application of small molecule CHIR99021 leads to the loss of hemangioblast progenitor and increased hematopoiesis of human pluripotent stem cells. Phase I clinical trial of autologous NK cell therapy using novel expansion method in patients with advanced digestive cancer. Zeng J, et al. Targeted drugs are the preferred recommendations for the systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Chu J, et al. J Hematol Oncol. Leukemia. Antigens such EGFRvIII, mesothelin, and Her2 have been targeted by CAR-NK cells for the treatment of solid cancers including colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and glioblastoma [41, 48]. Miller et al. Exposure of NK to unmodified NK cell-sensitive leukemia cells (K562) stimulates expansion and short-term proliferation [133]. Source: Liu, S., Galat, V., Galat4, Y. et al. Table 6 summarizes updated clinical trials of NK cell-based therapy for all solid tumors. For example, using the membrane particles of K562 cells with membrane-bound IL-21 and 4-1BB ligand as the feeder has achieved the activation and 250-fold expansion of NK cells after approximately two weeks of ex vivo culture [141]. Cytotherapy. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) is an engineered synthetic receptor of CAR-T, which give T cells the ability to recognize tumor antigens in a human leukocyte antigen-independent (HLA-independent) manner and enables them to recognize more extensive target Google Scholar. 2010;28(6):9559. In mouse, the lack of CD3 and the presence of NK1.1 are canonical criterion for distinguishing NK cells. Correspondence to In solid tumors, both autologous and allogeneic NK cells have demonstrated potential efficacy. Google Scholar. Multiple effects of IL-21 on human NK cells in ex vivo expansion. WebChimeric antigen receptor T cells therapy (CAR-T therapy) is a class of ACT therapy. Li Y, et al. Cytotherapy. PubMed Lysis of fresh and cultured autologous tumor by human lymphocytes cultured in T-cell growth factor. Mol Ther. They have been recognized as a subset of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that lack antigen receptors with recombination activating gene (RAG)-dependent rearrangement [ 1, 2 ]. PubMed Central GPC3 is Oberschmidt O, et al. Schnalzger TE. A chimeric receptor with NKG2D specificity enhances natural killer cell activation and killing of tumor cells. Google Scholar. Cancer Immunol Res. CAR-NK cells are known to be effective against hematological malignancies, and a growing number of preclinical findings indicate that they have Front Immunol. The emergence of this technology provided a completely new framework for clinical-scale NK cell production by allowing for the genetic modifications and unlimited expansion to be performed at the pluripotent cell state. Typically, the differentiation was induced in embryoid bodies or by OP9 mouse stroma co-culture [111]. Choi YH, et al. Cichocki F, et al. Pinz KG, et al. showed that CAR-NK cells genetically modified to express the chemokine receptor CXCR1 had enhanced migration in vitro and in vivo as compared to control CAR-NK cells [54]. This clearance for SNK02 is an important milestone in our pursuit to bring life-changing therapies to cancer patients and will be our second clinical NK cell therapy J Exp Med. IL-21 has various effects on human NK cells. The following section summarizes the current pre-clinical efforts to enhance the efficacy of NK cell-based therapy. Hassan R, Ho M. Mesothelin targeted cancer immunotherapy. The linear model proposes that CD56 marks a transition from immature into a more mature status and that immature CD56bright NK cells further differentiate into mature CD56dim populations in human [19, 24]. Cord blood NK cells engineered to express IL-15 and a CD19-targeted CAR show long-term persistence and potent antitumor activity. Improved killing of ovarian cancer stem cells by combining a novel chimeric antigen receptor-based immunotherapy and chemotherapy. Graft-versus-host disease. PubMed 2018;9:1869. This method has achieved over 15% of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors compared to other methods producing only up to 4% of CD34+. HIGHLIGHTS who: Ming-Yu Lai from the Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center have published the paper: Comparison of response evaluation criteria in solid tumors and tumor regression grade in evaluating the effect of preoperative systemic therapy of gastric cancer, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of For hematological cancers, CD19 remains a major target. Sakamoto N, et al. On the one hand, it was shown to enhance interferon gamma (IFN-) production, cytotoxic functions, and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity(ADCC) responses [117]. Zhang P, et al. 2017;28(10):88696. Natural killer cells stimulated with PM21 particles expand and biodistribute in vivo: clinical implications for cancer treatment. Purinergic targeting enhances immunotherapy of CD73(+) solid tumors with piggyBac-engineered chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells. Upon ligation, these receptors transmit either inhibitory or activating signals to control NK activation. Efforts are still ongoing to identify the most optimal cytokine combination for NK cell expansion. 2015;2:93. Webwith a high chance of succeeding in solid cancer therapy. Lu C, et al. Ex vivo-expanded NK cells from blood and ascites of ovarian cancer patients are cytotoxic against autologous primary ovarian cancer cells. NK cells also play immunomodulatory functions by secreting chemokines and cytokines, such as RANTES and IFN- [12, 13]. Phase I clinical trial of autologous NK cell therapy using novel expansion method in patients with advanced digestive cancer. It has been shown that freshly isolated, resting NK cells are generally less lytic as compared to NK cells primed via various strategies [82]. Lopez-Soto A, et al. Ueda T, et al. The branched model also proposes that distinct precursor populations independently develop into different mature NK subsets [24]. Specificity and distribution according to genotype. 2009;69(9):40107. PubMed The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. In summary, NK cells are functional in tumor surveillance and can be manipulated by artificial activation techniques to present a highly effective anticancer tool against hematopoietic malignancies and, dependent on successful further rearming and mobilization, against solid tumors in the future. Targeted drugs are the preferred recommendations for the systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Jennifer Wu. Wang W, et al. Clinical-scale derivation of natural killer cells from human pluripotent stem cells for cancer therapy. The relative proportion of CD56bright and CD56dim NK cells in tissues can be very different from that observed in the peripheral blood [17]. Lee et al. Among these TCR cell co-stimulatory molecules, 4-1BB, DNAM1, 2B4, and NKG2D were also expressed by NK cells as native activating receptors. Recently, several groups demonstrated that mouse and human NK cells pre-activated with a cocktail of IL-12/15/18 had enhanced and sustained anti-tumor effector functions in vitro and in vivo after infusion [84,85,86]. PubMed The adoptive transfer of natural killer (NK) cells is an emerging therapy in the field of immuno-oncology. Current challenges 1995;1(6):60714. Despite the immunosuppressive environment of solid tumors, NK cell activity/infiltration has been correlated with improved prognoses in humans. For instance, the enhancement of the Wnt signaling pathway with GSK3b inhibitor induces definitive hematopoiesis [112, 113] NK cells developed in such conditions had more pronounced inflammatory cytokine production phenotype, whereas Wnt independent NK subsets, similar to primary fetal NK cells, formed a bias for increased cytotoxicity [110]. 2000;356(9244):17959. Cancer Res. CAS NK cells are CD49aEomes+, whereas ILC1s are CD49a+Eomes [15, 16]. But cancer cells can make themselves invisible, making it much more difficult for NK cells to find them and do their job. WebFurther pharmacodynamic studies in tumor-free mice revealed superior proliferative and cytotoxic functions on NK cells after RLI treatment compared with IL-15 alone. Google Scholar. There are a number of ongoing clinical trials for cancer immunotherapy using engineered iPSC-NK cells, which are summarized in the following sections. PLoS ONE. Yang Y, et al. CS1-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered natural killer cells enhance in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity against human multiple myeloma. Mol Med Rep. 2019;20(3):282331. Membrane-bound IL-21 promotes sustained ex vivo proliferation of human natural killer cells. In humans, NK cells are traditionally identified by the absence of CD3 and the presence of CD56 on their surface as characterized by flow cytometry. Front Immunol. NKG2D, an activating NK cell receptor, can bind to eight different stress-induced ligands that are naturally expressed on 80% of hematological and solid cancer Sizhe Liu, Vasiliy Galat, Yekaterina Galat, Yoo Kyung Annie Lee, Derek Wainwright, and Jennifer Wu wrote and reviewed the manuscript. 2019;14(3):e0212455. Mol Ther Oncolytics. J Natl Cancer Inst. Moreover, restricted expansion capacity poses a difficulty for improving the efficacy of NK cells through genetic engineering. Lim SA, et al. 2018; 23(2): 181192. Nat Rev Immunol. Similar to CAR-T cells, CAR-NK cells are genetically modified to express CARs that recognize a specific antigen uniquely expressed or overexpressed by target cells. Blood. Huijskens MJ, et al. J Immunother. Tumor boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) subcutaneousC26 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice were intrave- nously injected PEG-b-P(Glu-SS-BSH)respectively 100mg/kg BSHbasis, when Fujisaki H, et al. Br J Haematol. Ruggeri L, et al. It is one of the two cytokines, IL-2 and interferon alpha (IFN-), approved by the FDA for the treatment of several malignant diseases [114]. 2017;177(3):45766. Ciurea SO, et al. Beyond cytokines, other stimulants, including tumor cells, allogeneic PBMCs, antibodies, and microbiol derivatives, have been explored for enhancing ex vivo NK cell expansion. A difficulty for improving the efficacy of NK cell transfer presents an effective method of fighting cancer NK therapy! 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