Imaging of Sleeping Beauty-Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing HSV1-Thymidine Kinase by Positron Emission Tomography

Amer M. Najjar; Pallavi R. Manuri; Simon Olivares; Leo Flores; Tiejuan Mi; Helen Huls; Elizabeth J. Shpall; Richard E. Champlin; Nashaat Turkman; Vincenzo Paolillo; Jason Roszik; Brian Rabinovich; Dean A. Lee; Mian Alauddin; Juri Gelovani; Laurence J.N. Cooper

doi:10.1007/s11307-016-0971-8

Imaging of Sleeping Beauty-Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing HSV1-Thymidine Kinase by Positron Emission Tomography

Amer M. Najjar
, Pallavi R. Manuri
, Simon Olivares
, Leo Flores
, Tiejuan Mi
, Helen Huls
, Elizabeth J. Shpall
, Richard E. Champlin
, Nashaat Turkman
, Vincenzo Paolillo
, Jason Roszik
, Brian Rabinovich
, Dean A. Lee
, Mian Alauddin
, Juri Gelovani
, Laurence J.N. Cooper

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Wayne State University
Ziopharm Oncology Inc.

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Abstract

Purpose: We have incorporated a positron emission tomography (PET) functionality in T cells expressing a CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to non-invasively monitor the adoptively transferred cells. Procedures: We engineered T cells to express CD19-specific CAR, firefly luciferase (ffLuc), and herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (TK) using the non-viral-based Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon/transposase system adapted for human application. Electroporated primary T cells were propagated on CD19⁺ artificial antigen-presenting cells. Results: After 4 weeks, 90 % of cultured cells exhibited specific killing of CD19⁺ targets in vitro, could be ablated by ganciclovir, and were detected in vivo by bioluminescent imaging and PET following injection of 2′-deoxy-2′-[¹⁸F]fluoro-5-ethyl-1-β-d-arabinofuranosyl-uracil ([¹⁸F]FEAU). Conclusion: This is the first report demonstrating the use of SB transposition to generate T cells which may be detected using PET laying the foundation for imaging the distribution and trafficking of T cells in patients treated for B cell malignancies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	838-848
Number of pages	11
Journal	Molecular Imaging and Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-016-0971-8
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

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B cell malignancy
Chimeric antigen receptor
Immunotherapy

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Najjar, A. M., Manuri, P. R., Olivares, S., Flores, L., Mi, T., Huls, H., Shpall, E. J., Champlin, R. E., Turkman, N., Paolillo, V., Roszik, J., Rabinovich, B., Lee, D. A., Alauddin, M., Gelovani, J., & Cooper, L. J. N. (2016). Imaging of Sleeping Beauty-Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing HSV1-Thymidine Kinase by Positron Emission Tomography. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 18(6), 838-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-016-0971-8

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Imaging of Sleeping Beauty-Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing HSV1-Thymidine Kinase by Positron Emission Tomography

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