Induction of regular cytolytic T cell synapses by bispecific single-chain antibody constructs on MHC class I-negative tumor cells
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Certain bispecific single-chain antibody constructs exhibit an extraordinary potency for polyclonal T cell engagement and target cell lysis. Here we studied the structural basis for this potency, using laser scanning confocal microscopy. Cytolytic human T cell synapses could be triggered either by addition of a specific peptide antigen or an Ep-CAM-/CD3-bispecific T cell engager (BiTE). Both kinds of synapses showed a comparable distribution of all protein markers investigated. Two other BiTEs constructed from different Ep-CAM-specific antibodies gave similar results. BiTEs could also induce lytic synapses between human T cells and a MHC class I-negative, Ep-CAM cDNA-transfected cell line resulting in potent target cell lysis. This shows that certain T cell recognition molecules on target cells are dispensable for synapse formation and BiTE activity, and suggests that BiTE-activated polyclonal T cells may ignore major immune evasion mechanisms of tumor cells in vivo, such as loss of MHC class I expression.
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BiTEs induce immunological cytolytic synapses identical to synapses induced by regular T cell stimuli, even in the absence of MHC class I molecules.
“BiTEs have been demonstrated to induce immunological cytolytic synapses identical to synapses induced by regular T cell stimuli, 49 even in the absence of MHC class I molecules, as shown by the lysis of EpCAM-expressing K562 cells or transfected rodent cells expressing the target antigen by human effector cells.”
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- Authors
- Offner, S., Hofmeister, R., Romaniuk, A., Kufer, P., & Baeuerle, P. A.
- Affiliations
- Institut für Immunologie (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Baeuerle, Patrick A.
- ORCID
- Baeuerle, Patrick A.
- Venue
- Molecular Immunology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-02
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 763-771
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- 0161-5890 (ISSN-L)
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- W2020634797
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- 3.82
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Keywords
- bispecific T-cell engagers, single-chain antibody, T cell synapse, cytotoxic T lymphocytes, EpCAM, target cell lysis, peptide antigens, tumor immune evasion
- MeSH terms
- Cell Communication, Humans, Lymphocyte Activation, Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Antibodies, Bispecific, Microscopy, Confocal, Coculture Techniques, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Tumor Escape, Cell Line, Tumor
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