267 results about "Intracellular domain" patented technology

Recombinant NK cells, and especially recombinant NK-92 cells express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ. Notably, CAR constructs with an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ had a substantially prolonged duration of expression and significantly extended cytotoxicity over time. The CAR may be expressed from RNA and DNA, preferably as a tricistronic construct that further encodes CD16 and a cytokine to confer autocrine growth support. Advantageously, such constructs also enable high levels of transfection and expression of the recombinant proteins and provide a convenient selection marker to facilitate rapid production of recombinant NK / NK-92 cells.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biology, and provides a nanometer antibody targeting Nectin-4, and a nucleic acid molecule and an expression vector for coding the nanometer antibody targeting Nectin-4. The invention also provides a chimeric antigen receptor which comprises an extracellular antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular domain, and the extracellular antigen binding domain is a Nectin-4 nano antibody; the invention also provides a chimeric antigen receptor CAR which contains the nano antibody as scFv and co-expresses CXCR1, a CAR-T cell constructed by the chimeric antigen receptor CAR, and an enhanced CAR-T cell obtained by modifying the CAR-T cell with microbial short-chain fatty acid, so as to improve the infiltration and anti-tumor activity of the CAR-T cell targeting Nectin-4.

Provided herein are synthetic cytokine receptors, wherein each synthetic cytokine receptor comprises an extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and an interleukin 9 receptor (IL-9R) intracellular domain. Also provided herein are engineered cells expressing one or more such synthetic cytokine receptors.

Recombinant proteins that stimulate an immune response in the presence of naturally inhibitory ligand binding are described. The recombinant proteins include an extracellular domain of an inhibitory immune cell protein and an intracellular domain of a stimulatory immune cell protein connected via a transmembrane domain. The recombinant proteins can be used to stimulate immune cell activation in the fight against cancers and infectious diseases, among other uses.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods comprising chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) specific for amyloid beta (Aβ) and / or Tau. In certain embodiments, the CARs do not comprise an intracellular domain. Methods of treatment are also disclosed herein.

Provided are chimeric antigen receptors having the hinge, transmembrane region, and / or intracellular domain of LILRB1, or functional fragments or variants thereof. Also provided herein are cells comprising the LILRB1 based receptors, and methods of making and using same.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for retrieving tumor-related antibodies and antigens. In one aspect, the invention includes a method for Sequential Tumor-related Antibody and antigen Retrieving (STAR) which directly and efficiently identifies potent antibodies that can specifically bind to tumor-related antigens on the tumor cell surface. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR comprising a nanobody, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain, wherein the nanobody is retrieved by a STAR method. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR T system that targets CD13 and treats acute myeloid leukemia. In another aspect, the invention includes a CAR T system and ADC that targets CDH17 and treats NETs and other types of tumors expressing this antigen, with tolerable toxicities.

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for genetically modifying lymphocytes, for example T cells and / or NK cells, in shorter times than previously and / or in whole blood or a component thereof. In some embodiments a lymphodepletion filter assembly is used before or after forming a reaction mixture where lymphocytes are contacted with recombinant retroviral particles in a closed system, to genetically modify the lymphocytes.

Provided are chimeric antigen receptors having the hinge, transmembrane region, and / or intracellular domain of LILRB1, or functional fragments or variants thereof. Also provided herein are cells comprising the LILRB1 based receptors, and methods of making and using same.

Provided are a chimeric antigen receptor, and a GPRC5D antibody-containing chimeric antigen receptor and a use thereof. The chimeric antigen receptor comprises: an extracellular domain, wherein the extracellular domain is capable of binding to a tumor antigen; a transmembrane domain, wherein the transmembrane domain is connected to the extracellular domain, and the transmembrane domain is derived from an I-type transmembrane protein or an artificially synthesized transmembrane protein having a hydrophobic helix; and an intracellular domain, wherein the intracellular domain is connected to the transmembrane domain, and the tumor antigen is a tumor-specific antigen or a tumor-associated antigen. The amino acid sequence of the transmembrane domain is optimized, thereby providing a GPRC5D antibody-containing chimeric antigen receptor and engineered immune cells; and the engineered immune cells obtained on the basis of the GPRC5D antibody have specific killing performance on multiple myeloma.

The invention relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human transmembrane domain, a human intracellular domain and a human intracellular CD3ε domain wherein in at least one of the CD3ε domains, an arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 53 and / or 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, or an arginine (R) amino acid residue at a position that corresponds to said arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, is substituted or deleted. The invention further relates to a method of producing a T-cell expressing the chimeric co-stimulatory TCR. The invention further relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human co-stimulatory domain and a human CD3ε domain. The invention further relates to a method of treating a patient having a tumor or an immune-related disease comprising administering T-cells expressing the chimeric TCR to the patient.

Provided are compositions and methods for a cell population comprising engineered cytotoxic innate lymphoid cells engineered for controlled expansion and / or activity, the engineered cytotoxic innate lymphoid cells comprising a synthetic cytokine receptor for a non-physiological ligand. The cytokine receptor may comprise a synthetic gamma chain polypeptide as a first dimerization domain, a first transmembrane domain, and an interleukin-2 receptor subunit gamma (IL-2RG) intracellular domain and a synthetic beta chain polypeptide as a second dimerization domain, a second transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain selected from an interleukin-2 receptor subunit beta (IL-2RB) intracellular domain, an interleukin-7 receptor subunit beta (IL-7RB) intracellular domain, and / or an interleukin-21 receptor subunit beta (IL-21RB) intracellular domain. The non-physiological ligand activates the synthetic cytokine receptor in the cytotoxic innate lymphoid cells to induce expansion and / or activation of the engineered cytotoxic innate lymphoid cells.

The invention provides a CLL1-targeting enhanced chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof. The CLL1-targeting enhanced chimeric antigen receptor comprises a CLL1-targeting extracellular antigen recognition structural domain, a hinge region, a transmembrane region and an intracellular structural domain, and the intracellular structural domain comprises a costimulatory factor and an intracellular signal transduction structural domain; wherein the intracellular domain further comprises a cytokine receptor gamma chain amino acid sequence derived from IL2R gamma, or wherein the costimulatory domain comprises an amino acid sequence derived from 2B4. Compared with a CLL1CAR-DNT cell with a conventional second-generation chimeric antigen receptor structure, the CLL1CAR-DNT cell with the enhanced chimeric antigen receptor structure has the advantage that the proliferation level of the CLL1CAR-DNT cell with the enhanced chimeric antigen receptor structure is higher.

The invention relates to the technical field of biology, in particular to a chimeric antigen receptor, a chimeric antigen receptor containing a GPRC5D antibody and application of the chimeric antigen receptor, and the chimeric antigen receptor comprises an extracellular domain which can be combined with a tumor antigen, an inflammatory factor or a pathogen antigen; the transmembrane domain is connected with the extracellular domain, and the transmembrane domain is derived from a type I transmembrane protein or an artificially synthesized transmembrane protein with a hydrophobic helix; the intracellular domain is connected with the transmembrane domain, and the tumor antigen is a tumor specific antigen or a tumor associated antigen. The inventor optimizes the amino acid sequence of the transmembrane domain, so that the chimeric antigen receptor containing the GPRC5D antibody and the engineered immune cell are provided, and the engineered immune cell obtained based on the GPRC5D antibody has specific killing performance on multiple myeloma.

Provided are genetically modified NK cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor targeting an EGFR superfamily receptor. The CAR can comprise an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ and further recombinant proteins expressed by the genetically modified NK cells are CD16, autocrine growth stimulating cytokines, and optionally one of IL-12, a TGF-beta trap, or a homing receptor. Also described are methods for treating a patient having or suspected of having a disease that is treatable with NK-92 cells, such as cancer, comprising administering to the patient the genetically modified NK cells.

Recombinant NK cells, and particularly recombinant NK-92 cells express an anti-B7-H4 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ. Most notably, CAR constructs with an intracellular domain of FcεRIγ had a significantly extended duration of expression and cytotoxicity over time. The anti-B7-H4 CAR may be expressed from RNA and DNA, preferably from a tricistronic construct that further encodes CD16 and a cytokine to confer autocrine growth support. Advantageously, such constructs also enable high levels of transfection and expression of the recombinant proteins and provide a convenient selection marker to facilitate rapid production of recombinant NK / NK-92 cells.

An engineered cell, expressing: (i) a PD1-binding molecule, wherein the PD1-binding molecule comprises a PD1-binding domain and a transmembrane domain, but does not comprise an intracellular domain other than that of a PD1 ligand; and (ii) an immunosuppressive molecule, which comprises an immunosuppressive protein-binding domain and a transmembrane domain, but does not comprise a primary signaling domain, wherein the immunosuppressive protein is selected from NKG2A, TIM3, LAG3, TIGIT, CTLA4, IRP60, SIRPα, KIR2DL1 / 2 / 3, and LILRB1, or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising the engineered cell and a use of the engineered cell.

A reversibly gated effector polypeptide e.g. a chimeric antigen receptor (protease-activating CD45-gate CAR) comprising an extracellular CD45 recruiting domain, a protease-cleavable linker, and a polypeptide comprising an extracellular ligand binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain. Nucleic acids including vectors and expression vectors that encode the protease-activating CD45-gate CAR and cells including immune cells such as T cells that comprise and express the nucleic acids. Methods of treatment of various conditions including various forms of cancer comprising administering the cells including CAR T cell therapy. In some embodiments, the CD45 gate at least partially inhibits activation of the protease-activating CD45-gate CAR when the protease-activating CD45-gate CAR binds antigen. The inhibition is at least partially diminished, relieved and / or eliminated when the protease-activating CD45-gate CAR is exposed to a protease that can cleave the linker.

Provided are chimeric ILT receptors (CIRs) that include a targeting region from ILT2 or ILT4, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain (ICD). The ICD includes a signaling region (e.g., CD3 zeta (CD3ζ), DAP10, DAP12) and optionally a costimulatory region (e.g., MyD88, a TIR domain, and the like). Also provided are nucleic acids (e.g., expression vectors) encoding a subject CIR, and genetically modified cells (e.g., immune cells such as NK cells, NK-T cells, T cells, iNKT cells, macrophages, and the like) expressing a subject CIR.

The invention discloses liver-responsive synthetic macrophages and a construction method and tumor immunotherapy application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The system is an IBMDM cell line of a stable expression alpha SLC17A2-P65 / shSIRP alpha-synM system, and comprises an extracellular domain and an intracellular domain, the extracellular domain is composed of a single-chain antibody scFv for recognizing an antigen SLC17A2 and a transcription factor GAL4-VP16 (GV), and the intracellular domain is composed of a UAS promoter sequence recognized by the GV and P65 / shSIRP alpha. When the antibody responds to the liver, GV is released through the self-cleavage effect of synNotch, and the GV recognizes a UAS promoter sequence after entering a nucleus to activate downstream gene expression. The invention also provides a construction method of the system. The construction method comprises the following three steps: constructing a vector plasmid, packaging lentivirus and constructing a target cell line. The system can be applied to screening anti-liver cancer immunotherapy drugs, and a new research tool is provided for liver cancer treatment.

The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor for regulating and controlling a signal time sequence and application of the chimeric antigen receptor. The chimeric antigen receptor sequentially comprises a signal peptide, an extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular domain from an N terminal to a C terminal, the extracellular structural domain comprises an antigen recognition region and a hinge region; the intracellular domain comprises a costimulatory signal transduction region and a CD3 [zeta] intracellular region variant; the CD3 [zeta] intracellular region variant comprises three ITAMs, and the arrangement sequence of the ITAMs is ITAM3-ITAM2-ITAM1 from the N end to the C end. Compared with a conventional chimeric antigen receptor containing a wild CD3 zeta intracellular region, the chimeric antigen receptor provided by the invention can significantly enhance the functional activity of immune cells expressing the chimeric antigen receptor, which is specifically embodied in stronger multiplication capacity and durability, and significantly improves the antigen sensitivity and targeted killing efficacy.

The present invention provides for chimeric antigen receptor constructs capable of being expressed in dendritic cells (DCs), and DCs modified to express one or more chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) as well as compositions comprising these modified DCs and methods of stimulating an adaptive immune response in a subject. The intracellular domain of the CAR comprises a toll-interleukin receptor (TIL) intracellular signalling domain and a costimulating domain selected from CD3 signalling domain, CD28 signalling domain and a combined CD28 and CD3 signalling domain.

Disclosed is a nucleic acid encoding a chimeric antigen receptor comprising an extracellular domain including an antigen recognition domain consisting of a fully human single variable heavy chain (VH) domain that binds to a first epitope on B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain including a signaling domain.

This invention discloses an engineered CAR-T cell targeting HIF-1α and its application in tumor immunotherapy. The CAR-T cell expresses a chimeric antigen receptor regulated by the hypoxia-responsive element HRE promoter, with its extracellular domain specifically binding to HIF-1α and its intracellular domain employing the 4-1BB+CD3ζ signaling module. Simultaneously, through immune checkpoint knockout and cytokine / chemokine modification, it achieves hypoxia-dependent activation, anti-exhaustion, high infiltration, and strong killing effects. The CAR-T cells of this invention significantly improve the adaptability to the solid tumor microenvironment and therapeutic efficacy, reduce off-target toxicity, and can be used to prepare drugs for treating malignant tumors such as lung cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and glioblastoma, possessing significant clinical translational value.

The present invention relates to modified myeloid cells or iPS or HSCs comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), or modified induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) or hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) comprising a CAR, the CAR comprising an extracellular antigen binding domain that binds to a tumor antigen or a tumor microenvironment (TME) antigen, a transmembrane domain, and a first intracellular signaling domain comprising the cytoplasmic tail of CD40 fused to a second intracellular signaling domain comprising the intracellular domain of CD3ζ. The present invention also relates to therapeutic uses thereof.

Provided are chimeric antigen receptors or functional fragments or variants thereof having a hinge, transmembrane region, and / or intracellular domain of LILRB1. Also provided herein are cells comprising the LILRB1-based receptors, and methods of making and using the same.

The invention belongs to the technical field of tumor immunotherapy, and relates to an anti-Claudin18.2 single-domain antibody, a multifunctional fusion protein, a recombinant natural killer cell (CT-CAR-NK), and preparation and application thereof. Through alpaca immunization and phage display library construction and panning, the single-domain antibody VHH-C18.2-1 specifically combined with Claudin18.2 is obtained, and the amino acid sequence of the single-domain antibody VHH-C18.2-1 is SEQ ID NO: 1. The amino acid sequence of the designed fusion protein is SEQ ID NO: 3, the fusion protein sequentially comprises a VHH-C18.2-1, a flexible Linker, a TGF-beta RII extracellular domain, a CD8alpha hinge region, a CD8alpha transmembrane region, a 4-1BB intracellular domain and a CD3zeta intracellular domain from the N end to the C end, and the fusion protein has the functions of targeting, resisting TGF-beta inhibition and activating signals. The fusion protein gene transfects human peripheral blood CD56 + CD3-NK cells through lentivirus to obtain CT-CAR-NK, in-vitro verification shows that the CT-CAR-NK still keeps efficient killing in an immunosuppression environment, tumor growth can be remarkably inhibited in vivo, the lifetime can be prolonged, and a safe and efficient scheme is provided for Claudin18.2 positive solid tumor treatment.

The invention belongs to the technical field of immunotherapy, and particularly relates to a chimeric antigen receptor, separated nucleic acid, a recombinant vector, a CAR-T cell and application thereof. According to the CAR-T cell, the CAR efficiently circulates on the cell membrane through the specifically arranged intracellular domain, after antigen stimulation induces CAR endocytosis, the recyclable CAR can efficiently return to the surface of the cell, so that the CAR on the surface of the cell can be repeatedly and efficiently utilized, and the CAR-T cell has the advantages that the CAR-T cell has a good application prospect. Further research finds that the CAR-T cell with the recyclable CAR can more quickly remove tumor cells in vitro, and the treatment effect is better.

The invention provides recombinant CD47 engager receptor proteins comprising an intracellular domain that enhances an immune response in a cell when the CD47 engager receptor protein binds to CD47 on a target cell. The invention also provides cells comprising the CD47 engager receptor proteins. The CD47 engager receptor protein may be a switched Signal Regulatory Protein Alpha (SIRPα) receptor (SIRPα switch receptors) and cells that comprise them (SIRPα switch cells). SIRPα switch receptors recognize CD47 on target tumor cells and transmit an intracellular signal within the SIRPα switch cells that upregulates natural killer cell (NK), T cell, and macrophage activity. The result is increased tumor cell killing.

Modified natural killer (NK) or T cells expressing hematopoietic growth factor receptors are provided. In some aspects, the modified NK cells or T cells express a thrombopoietin receptor, an erythropoietin receptor, or a chimeric polypeptide including an extracellular domain of a thrombopoietin receptor, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain including an interleukin receptor intracellular signaling domain. Methods of treating a subject with cancer are also provided, including administering the modified NK cells or T cells to the subject in combination with a thrombopoietin receptor agonist or erythropoietin receptor agonist, and in some example, interleukin-2, particularly reduced or low-dose amounts of IL-2.