SMALL MOLECULES FOR DUAL FUNCTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) AND CELL SUICIDE SWITCHES
申请人:THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
公开号:US20190070321A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
The present invention includes an engineered cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) further comprising a nucleic acid molecule comprising a suicide gene comprising a ligand binding domain and a suicide domain wherein the ligand binding domain is capable of binding to radiolabeled tracer or a small molecule suicide switch. This invention also includes methods for inducing apoptosis of an engineered cell, methods for assessing the efficacy or toxicity of an adoptive cell therapy in a subject, methods for detecting the quantity of engineered T cells in a subject, methods for monitoring an immunotherapy treatment in a subject and methods of imaging engineered T cells in a subject. In some embodiments, the imaging is performed via Positron Emission Topography (PET). This invention further includes a chemical inducer of dimerization (CID), wherein the CID is a Bis-Trimethoprim (Bis-TMP).
本发明包括一种工程细胞,其中包括一个嵌合抗原受体(CAR),进一步包括一个包含自杀基因的核酸分子,该自杀基因包括一个配体结合结构域和一个自杀结构域,其中配体结合结构域能够结合到放射标记示踪剂或小分子自杀开关。该发明还包括诱导工程细胞凋亡的方法,评估在受试者中采用免疫细胞治疗的疗效或毒性的方法,检测受试者中工程T细胞的数量的方法,监测受试者中的免疫治疗方法以及在受试者中成像工程T细胞的方法。在某些实施例中,成像是通过正电子发射断层扫描(PET)进行的。该发明还包括一种化学诱导二聚体化合物(CID),其中CID是双三甲氧苄啶(Bis-TMP)。