Engineering amino acid uptake or catabolism promotes CAR T-cell adaption to the tumor environment.
Panetti S, McJannett N, Fultang L, Booth S, Gneo L, Scarpa U, Smith C, Vardon A, Vettore L, Whalley C, Pan Y, Várnai C, Endou H, Barlow J, Tennant D, Beggs A, Mussai F, De Santo C.
Panetti S, et al.
Blood Adv. 2023 May 9;7(9):1754-1761. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008272.
Blood Adv. 2023.
PMID: 36521029
Free PMC article.
We demonstrate that T cells can be re-engineered to express SLC7A5 or SLC7A11 transmembrane amino acid transporters alongside CARs. Transporter modifications increase CAR T-cell proliferation under low tryptophan or cystine conditions with no loss of C …
We demonstrate that T cells can be re-engineered to express SLC7A5 or SLC7A11 transmembrane amino acid transporters alongside …