Cichocki F, et al. It was suggested that induced expression of CD69 on NK cells is important for the cytotoxicity of the CTV-1 tumor cell-activated NK [88]. Web- mWTX-330 is designed as a systemically delivered, conditionally activated IL-12 therapy and is a member of a novel class of INDUKINE therapeutics - - Preclinical data support Choi I, et al. Targeted drugs are the preferred recommendations for the systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Abel AM, et al. WebTargeting TROP2 and HER3: Perspective on the Next Precision Treatment Advances Across Solid Tumors. 2016; 8(357): p. 357ra123. 2018;51:5561. 2016;22(3):596608. Cancer Res. Chang YH, et al. WebPhysiological barriers and immunosuppressive microenvironments of solid tumors present considerable hurdles to Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy. Hum Gene Ther Methods. CAS Ishikawa E, et al. Markers and function of human NK cells in normal and pathological conditions. Lopez-Soto A, et al. J Exp Med. The exhausted T cells or NK cells in the tumor microenvironment exhibit imbalanced 2012;16(3):56981. Freud AG, et al. This method was advantageous in that it did not require magnetic cell sorting, feeder cells, or multiple cytokines, potentially lowering the cost of production. Ex vivo expansion of natural killer cells from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells co-stimulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD52 monoclonal antibodies. CAR-NK cells are known to be effective against hematological malignancies, and a growing number of preclinical findings indicate that they have The interim results showed that 8 out of 11 patients had an objective response to treatment without development of major toxic effects [150]. Front Immunol. Clin Cancer Res. Notably, many tissue-resident NK subsets are now shown to be phenotypically and functionally distinct from conventional peripheral blood NK cells [20]. Schnalzger TE. Rubnitz JE, et al. PLoS ONE. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a high-incidence malignant tumor worldwide and lacks effective treatment options. [2017][J Control Release][10.1016j.jconrel.2017.03. Nat Immunol. Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia. 2019;10:909. T cells equipped with CARs have been shown to provide clinical benefit for patients with select liquid cancers. 2015;15:1011. Sarvaria A, et al. 2018;67(4):57587. Google Scholar. Synergistic effects of cabozantinib and EGFR-specific CAR-NK-92 cells in renal cell carcinoma. WebNK cells are innate lymphocytes holding a spectrum of functional aptitudes, comprising anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) functions ( 2 ). NK CELL-BASED THERAPY IN SOLID. Cells, 2020; 9(2). This property, which is unique among immune cells, and their capacity to enhance antibody and T cell responses support a role for NK cells as anticancer agents. PLoS ONE. Felices M, et al. WebNatural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy has been considered a promising cell-based cancer treatment strategy with low side effects for early tumors and metastasis. 2016;1441:34761. This successful immunotherapy has led to a more complete view of cancer that now considers not only the cancer cells to be targeted and destroyed but also the immune environment of the cancer cells. 2019;14(3):e0212455. Biol Blood Marrow Transpl. In allogeneic transfer settings, the concept of KIR and HLA mismatches between donor and recipient was the original strategy aimed at enhancing the activation of donor NK cells to eradicate patients tumor cells. 2013;73(8):2598607. The integration and balance of the activating and inhibitory signals from the ligand/receptor interactions dictates the status of NK cell activation. Methods Mol Biol. Aiming to generate novel CAR-NK cell-based cancer therapeutics, the consideration of tumor-specific surface antigens and the costimulatory molecules is the Block copolymer-boron cluster conjugate for effective boron neutron capture therapy of solid tumors. Miller et al. The emergence of this technology provided a completely new framework for clinical-scale NK cell production by allowing for the genetic modifications and unlimited expansion to be performed at the pluripotent cell state. Spanholtz J, et al. Two CD19-targeting CAR-T products were approved by the FDA for treatment of B cell lymphomas and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Development of cMET-specific chimeric antigen receptor-engineered natural killer cells with cytotoxic effects on human liver cancer HepG2 cells. 2014;28(4):91727. Conventional NK cells are short-lived innate lymphocytes that lack antigen specificity. Multifunctional natural killer cell engagers targeting NKp46 trigger protective tumor immunity. 2013;73(6):177786. Cancer Res. Current challenges 2019;9(1):6478. Cytotherapy. Smyth MJ, et al. 2018;48(6):110417. Cancer Res. NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-020-01014-w, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, Emerging agents and regimens for cancer therapy 2020. Zhang C., et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a high-incidence malignant tumor worldwide and lacks effective treatment options. Distinctly different from T cell receptors, NK cell receptors are germline-encoded and hard-wired receptors without a requirement for V(D)J recombination. Manufacturing natural killer cells as medicinal products. Lim SA, et al. 2012;3:408. To circumvent these challenges, Bi- and tri-specific killer engagers, BiKEs and TriKEs, are in development as a complemental approach. Cite this article. While the majority of investigation of ex vivo NK priming strategies rely on one or more cytokines, some studies indicate that cytokine supplement is not as critical for NK cell priming. The approach of using the modified NK cell line CAR-NK92, which can be easily expanded to large dose, has been in clinical trial. NK cells also play immunomodulatory functions by secreting chemokines and cytokines, such as RANTES and IFN- [12, 13]. Front Immunol. Chen X, et al. Due to their innate ability to eliminate tumor cells, NK cell-based immunotherapies against cancer have been investigated for decades. Xu Y, et al. Front Immunol. Cancer Sci. Distinct from T cells, there is no master transcriptional factor that controls NK cell development. Blood. One study showed that overnight co-incubation with a leukemia cell line CTV-1 or its lysate without cytokines was sufficient to prime potent NK cells in vitro cytotoxicity against otherwise NK-insensitive tumor cells but not normal hemopoietic cells [88]. PubMed 2016; 108(5). It remains to be determined how NRPbody will interact with a more complex and realistic immune contexture in the TME which consists of more than NK cells, as CXCL16 was shown in other tumor models to correlate with the infiltration of monocytes and M2-macrophages as well [92, 93]. Sizhe Liu, Vasiliy Galat, Yekaterina Galat, Yoo Kyung Annie Lee, Derek Wainwright, and Jennifer Wu wrote and reviewed the manuscript. N Engl J Med. 2016;1441:33346. 2020;16:7585. PubMed Central 2015;194(7):320112. Cerwenka A, Lanier LL. Int J Cancer. Guerra N, et al. PubMed Central Cord blood NK cells engineered to express IL-15 and a CD19-targeted CAR show long-term persistence and potent antitumor activity. 2013;2013(1):23446. Natural killer (NK) cells inhibit systemic metastasis of glioblastoma cells and have therapeutic effects against glioblastomas in the brain. In this review, we provide our current understandings of NK cell biology, ongoing pre-clinical and clinical development of NK cell-based therapies and discuss the progress, challenges, and future perspectives. J Immunother. In treatments of solid tumors, adoptive transfer of ex vivo expanded natural killer (NK) cells has dawned as a new paradigm. Conceptually, iPSC-NK can provide a homogenously differentiated NK cell population that can be expanded to clinical scale as an off-the-shelf supply, overcoming the limitation of the NK-92 cell line. Different from events required for T cell activation, NK cell activation is governed by the interaction of NK receptors with target cells, independent of antigen processing and presentation. In mouse strains lacking NK1.1 expression (e.g., BALB/c), CD49b is used for NK cell identification. Heinze, A., et al. There has been an explosion of NK-based immunotherapies in pre-clinical development and clinical development. 2010;12(6):75063. Immunity. Blood. Beyond cytokines, other stimulants, including tumor cells, allogeneic PBMCs, antibodies, and microbiol derivatives, have been explored for enhancing ex vivo NK cell expansion. Cancer Immunol Immunother. Herein, we will provide an updated overview of the emerging endeavors for developing NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy from pre-clinical conceptual development, clinical grade expansion, and ongoing clinical development. Article WebCancer immunotherapy has achieved great success in the past few years. NK cells in the tumor microenvironment Conventional roles of NK cells in immunity Detection of aberrant cells by NK cells is determined by the intergradation of Non-viral vector-based delivery methods such as transposon systems and electroporation of mRNA have been used as well [41, 43,44,45]. Similar to CAR-T cells, CAR-NK cells are genetically modified to express CARs that recognize a specific antigen uniquely expressed or overexpressed by target cells. The NKG2C+NK cells can be found in the circulation of HCMV-seropositive individuals [22]. Lee HR, et al. Some investigations have sought to enhance NK migration toward the tumor by genetically modifying NK cells to overexpress chemokine receptors [54, 59, 94]. Bjorkstrom NK, Ljunggren HG, Michaelsson J. Use of chimeric antigen receptor NK-92 cells to target mesothelin in ovarian cancer. Liu B, et al. Tri-functional NK cell engagers (NKCEs), which crosslink both NKp46 and CD16, have demonstrated superior in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activities compared to conventional monoclonal antibodies targeting the same antigens [81]. Clin Cancer Res. Stimulatingly, the substitution of natural killer (NK) cells with T cells is being considered as an effective solution since NK cells are capable of targeting tumors Continuously expanding CAR NK-92 cells display selective cytotoxicity against B-cell leukemia and lymphoma. Source and clinical-scale expansion of NK cells with preserved cytotoxic activity are the major challenges for developing clinical-scale NK cell-based therapy. Notably, certain tissues such as the mucosal barriers possess subsets of recently identified innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that also share canonical markers of NK cells. Moreover, restricted expansion capacity poses a difficulty for improving the efficacy of NK cells through genetic engineering. J Immunol. J Transl Med. Overall, these results indicate that NK cells can invade some solid tumors. When NK cells infiltrate solid tumors, high numbers of NK cells may be associated with better survival. However, in most cases, anti-tumor properties of NK cells are attenuated at the tumor bed. Large-scale generation of natural killer lymphocytes for clinical application. 2016;5(9):e1219007. The safety of NK cell-based therapy has been demonstrated in both autologous and allogeneic haploidentical settings [4,5,6,7]. further pioneered the use of NK cells in non-transplant settings. In 2005, it was reported that haploidentical allogeneic NK cells Allaoui R, et al. Han J, et al. With the understanding of how NK cells are activated, the initial NK cell-based therapy was pioneered in the clinical setting of hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCTs) whereby NK cells were shown to have the capacity to exert a graft versus leukemia effect. 2010;651:6177. However, CAR-T therapy has two major challenges: (i) requirement of a substantiate length of time to generate a therapeutic dose of autologous CAR-T cells which limits its feasibility to treat patients with rapidly progressing diseases; (ii) difficulty to obtain sufficient number of autologous T cells for CAR-T cell generation from heavily pre-treated and often lymphopenic cancer patients [37]. However, the dose of NK cells being used for therapy is limited. Lister J, et al. J Immunol. Production Process of CAR-NK In one study, Ng et al. 2014;20(5):696704. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. However, NK92 is a transformed cell line that has limitations associated with its tumorigenic nature, and cytogenetic abnormalities, thus requiring irradiation for clinical use, which limits its life-time activity. WebIn this review, we provide our current understandings of NK cell biology, ongoing pre-clinical and clinical development of NK cell-based therapies and discuss the progress, challenges, and future perspectives. Recently, the FDA has approved the investigational new drug (IND) for the use of placenta-expanded NK cells (CYNK-001) against glioblastoma (GBM). CS1-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered natural killer cells enhance in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity against human multiple myeloma. 2. A simple method for in vitro preparation of natural killer cells from cord blood. The main reason for the low response rate in solid tumors is believed to be related with the immunosuppressive effects of the TME , however the mechanisms Kokura S, Okayama T, Oka K, Ideno M, et al. Although challenges exist, perspectives are enticed by currently approved NK cell-based therapies and emerging pre-clinical and clinical studies. By using this website, you agree to our 2017;177(3):45766. 2017;8(1):67. 2017;18(9):100415. Synergy among receptors on resting NK cells for the activation of natural cytotoxicity and cytokine secretion. Mol Ther. Rezvani K, et al. This successful immunotherapy has led to a more complete view of cancer that now considers not only the cancer cells to be targeted and destroyed but also the immune environment of the cancer cells. Cancer Immunol Res. 2002;11(4):6517. However, the exhaustion of T cells or NK cells can lead to the failure of tumor control and limit the complete response and overall efficacy of cancer immunotherapy against solid tumors. Despite promising results shown in hematologic tumors, immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors have mostly failed so far. Two biotechs aim to broaden the reach of cancer immunotherapy by applying gene editing tools to an emerging form of cell therapy through a wide-ranging Natural cytotoxic activity of peripheral-blood lymphocytes and cancer incidence: an 11-year follow-up study of a general population. NKp44-NKp44 ligand interactions in the regulation of natural killer cells and other innate lymphoid cells in humans. Choi YH, et al. WebAB-201 is our clinical-stage CAR-NK cell therapy candidate targeting HER2-positive solid tumors. Such ability to alter the course of differentiation opens a possibility to pursue resident or organ-specific phenotypes of NK cells. Lee DA, Verneris MR, Campana D. Acquisition, preparation, and functional assessment of human NK cells for adoptive immunotherapy. 2019;12(1):49. Most recent studies showed that ex vivostimulation of human NK cells with the combination of IL-15/IL-18/IL-27 can achieve 17-fold expansion [122], and that the combination of IL-2 with IL-18 can achieve approximately 500-fold expansion over two-week period [123]. Spits H, et al. 2016;4(3):21524. Cell, 2019; 177(7): 17011713. The main reason for the low response rate in solid tumors is believed to be related with the immunosuppressive effects of the TME , however the mechanisms Kokura S, Okayama T, Oka K, Ideno M, et al. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):14916. Cytotherapy. PubMed Central IL-21 has cumulative activation effect in combination with IL-2 [119] or IL-15. Oncoimmunology. J Natl Cancer Inst. EpsteinBarr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (EBV-LCLs) become especially effective allowing for up to 3000-fold expansion from CD3-depleted PBMC NKs [136] and was also used to generate large numbers of CD56+ NK cells derived from frozen UCB [137]. Wang J, et al. This approval was based on clinical study demonstrating that oNKord improves survival in year 1 of 80% vs. 35% in the control arm. Oncoimmunology. Zhang Q, et al. CAS Jennifer Wu. Natural killer (NK) cells are large granular lymphocytes with surface markers CD3 CD56 + NKp46 + in humans. Kim EK, et al. In a xenograft mouse model of lymphoma, co-administration of ALT-803 with NK cells significantly enhanced anti-CD20-triggered, NK cell-mediated ADCC effects [83]. More recent evidence had indicated that NK cells can also develop and mature at secondary lymphoid organs, including tonsils, spleen, and lymph nodes [19]. Expression of IL-15 in NK cells results in rapid enrichment and selective cytotoxicity of gene-modified effectors that carry a tumor-specific antigen receptor. 2019;7(1):211. Front Immunol. The current in-development BiKEs or TrikEs simultaneously engage with CD16 and tumor antigens, thereby inducing the formation of immune synapses and NK-mediated ADCC [79]. Li Q, et al. Front Immunol. NK cells are found both in blood at levels of 5%-15% of circulating lymphocytes and in various lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs such as the spleen, lung, and liver [17, 18]. Eur J Immunol. 2005;106(1):37683. J Cell Mol Med. NK cells originate from CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2015;17(5):61320. Cancer Res. Lee J, et al. TUMORS. Miller et al. NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development. Although lethal irradiation of feeder cells before use is required, for safety concern, the residual contamination of feeder cells should be assessed. INTRODUCTION Cordyceps is the composite of a genus of fungus that grows on the larva of insects. The combination of IL-2/IL-15/IL-21 can support up to eightfold expansion of NK cells [121]. NK cell progenitors progress through distinct developmental stages and gradually acquire the expression of surface receptors that define NK cell identity such as NK1.1 and CD56 and/or regulate their effector functions such as CD16 and NKp46 [19]. NK cell dysfunction via altered activating receptor expression or tumor downregulation of NK cell receptor ligands is a common method of tumor immune escape. For example, the absence of NKG2D and other NCR ligands on leukemic blasts allows them to escape NK cell surveillance [86, 87]. There are numerous ongoing clinical trials exploring the safety and efficacy of NK-based therapy in combination with other modalities. For instance, the enhancement of the Wnt signaling pathway with GSK3b inhibitor induces definitive hematopoiesis [112, 113] NK cells developed in such conditions had more pronounced inflammatory cytokine production phenotype, whereas Wnt independent NK subsets, similar to primary fetal NK cells, formed a bias for increased cytotoxicity [110]. The anti-CD3 mAb presumably activates T cells in feeder to secret cytokines which subsequently create a milieu favorable for NK cell expansion [145]. Using irradiated autologous PBMCs and anti-CD16 mAb, Lee et al. The natural cytotoxic receptor NKp46 is also often used to identify mouse and human NK cells in combination with the absence of CD3 expression. A combinational therapy of EGFR-CAR NK cells and oncolytic herpes simplex virus 1 for breast cancer brain metastases. Ferrara JL, et al. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) is an engineered synthetic receptor of CAR-T, which give T cells the ability to recognize tumor antigens in a human leukocyte antigen-independent (HLA-independent) manner and enables them to recognize more extensive target Article WebCancer immunotherapy has achieved great success in the past few years. Liu E, et al. Br J Cancer. Blood. Go to: 5.1. statement and NKG2D and its ligands in cancer. Cytotherapy. CAR-engineered NK cells targeting wild-type EGFR and EGFRvIII enhance killing of glioblastoma and patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. It yielded a greater than 1000-fold expansion of NK cells after 3weeks of culture [38, 125, 126]. CD19-CAR engineered NK-92 cells are sufficient to overcome NK cell resistance in B-cell malignancies. In the xenograft models, NK cell infusion combined with intraperitoneal injection of the NRPbody significantly reduced tumor burden as compared to NK infusion combined with the non-cleavable control [90]. Cancer Manag Res. volume14, Articlenumber:7 (2021) For example, there is an ongoing phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of human HLA-haploidentical hematopoieticcelltransplantation (HCT) followed by an early, post-transplant infusion of donor NKcells (NCT02100891). Wang W, et al. Wang et al. NKG2D, an activating NK cell receptor, can bind to eight different stress-induced ligands that are naturally expressed on 80% of hematological and solid cancer In solid tumors, both autologous and allogeneic NK cells have demonstrated potential efficacy. Granzin M, et al. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):11075. Ex vivo-expanded highly purified natural killer cells in combination with temozolomide induce antitumor effects in human glioblastoma cells in vitro. The broad spectrum of human natural killer cell diversity. BMC Immunol. For instance, 21-day NK culture of placenta-isolated NKs yields an average of 1.2109 NK cells with around 80% viability [106] and 1.591010 NK cells with an average purity of 92.37% from UCB [107]. A novel method to expand large numbers of CD56(+) natural killer cells from a minute fraction of selectively accessed cryopreserved cord blood for immunotherapy after transplantation. Topfer K, et al. Cancer Res. 2004;24(3b):186171. In the last years, natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for solid tumors and hematological malignancies. WebTherapeutic Mechanism FT516 drug product is comprised of natural killer (NK) cells derived from a clonal human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) master cell line that has been genetically modified to express a high-affinity variant of immunoglobulin FcgammaRIIIa (CD16a) receptor and to prevent cleavage by the metalloprotease ADAM17. Liu, S., Galat, V., Galat4, Y. et al. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. ALT-803, an IL-15/IL-15Ra fusion complex, was shown to enhance NK cell functions both in vitro and in vivo [83]. Characterization and ex vivo expansion of human placenta-derived natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy. Killer (NK) cell activity against solid tumors. The purification of NK cells is typically achieved by magnetic depletion of CD3-expressing cells and subsequent enrichment for CD56-expressing cells [100] or by fluorescence-activated cell sorting [101]. Front Immunol. Necrotic core even the name sounds creepy. 2015;13:277. 2017;47(5):82033. The NKG2D-2B4 containing CAR-NK had elevated Syk and Erk1/2 phosphorylation [42]. Springer Nature. 2018;10(11):93549. Targeting T-cell malignancies using anti-CD4 CAR NK-92 cells. Dhar P, Wu JD. 2017;130(16):185768. Cancer-associated fibroblast-secreted CXCL16 attracts monocytes to promote stroma activation in triple-negative breast cancers. High cytotoxic efficiency of lentivirally and alpharetrovirally engineered CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A phase I/II trial of cord blood-derived, CD19-targeted CAR-NK therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory CD19+ cancers is ongoing (NCT03056339). With the subcutaneous hypopharyngeal tumor xenograft model, it was shown that CXCR1-expressing CAR-NK cells had enhanced tumor infiltration and tumor control as compared to control CAR-NK cells [54]. This method resulted in a 1,560-fold expansion of NK cells with a purity of 92.37% after 21days of ex vivo culture[107]. reported an approximately 1500-fold expansion of NK cells after PBMC stimulation with a combination of anti-CD3 and anti-CD56 mAbs [146]. Cancer Res. Lee et al. Masuyama J, et al. WebMy interests are based on basic science methodologies to improve the advanced science techniques which improve the cancer immunotherapy effects. Over 100-fold expansion was achieved with Wilms tumor HFWT [134] and immortalized T lymphocyte Jurkat cell lines [135]. Oelsner S, et al. Lysis of natural killer-resistant fresh solid tumor cells by interleukin 2-activated autologous human peripheral blood lymphocytes. 2011;17(19):628797. For hematological cancers, CD19 remains a major target. Nham T, et al. J Clin Oncol. Mol Ther. Phase I/II clinical trials are ongoing to evaluate the safety and efficacy of NK cell combined with nimotuzumab to treat late-stage malignancies (NCT03554889) and of NK cell infusion on patients with advanced malignant tumors following multi-line therapies (NCT03619954). PubMed Central Dual targeting of glioblastoma with chimeric antigen receptor-engineered natural killer cells overcomes heterogeneity of target antigen expression and enhances antitumor activity and survival. 2013;3:118. 2017;8:329. It was shown that the hMesothelin-CAR-NK cells containing the shared native NK cell signaling molecule, such as NKG2D-2B4, exhibited superior in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activities in comparison with which contains CD28-CD137 [42]. Use of CAR-transduced natural killer cells in CD19-positive lymphoid tumors. Biol Blood Marrow Transpl. 2013;13(2):1459. Ojo EO, et al. 2018;19(5):45363. A more simplified NK cell expansion method has been used by combining group Astreptococcus and zoledronate with IL-2 to stimulate UCB-derived mononuclear cells. North J, et al. Ciurea SO, et al. Cytokine-free directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells efficiently produces hemogenic endothelium with lymphoid potential. The high proliferation capacity of pluripotent stem cells allows for the introduction of various genetic modifications and for the development libraries of off-the-shelf haplotype-specific cells for treating a range of diseases. Several groups have demonstrated in vitro derivation of functional NK cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and iPSCs [108,109,110]. Article For example, uterine NK cells, which constitute the majority of lymphocyte in the uterus during the first trimester, are CD56super bright and play important roles in pregnancies by regulating placental vascular remodeling [17, 20]. 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