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A modular γδ TCR-T platform combining KRAS pMHC targeting with re-dosable mRNA engager redirection

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Ángel Ramírez-Fernández
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Adham S. Bear
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Elahe Kamali
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Robert Bartoszek
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Matthew Ho
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Gregory M. Chen
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Devin Dersh
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Laura Córdoba-Espejo
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Jiageng Liu
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Mosha Deng
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Miriam Velasco-Sidro
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Ankita Jain
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Julia Han Noll
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Caitlin R. Hopkins
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Owen Koucky
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Janna Minehart
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Alexander J. Dimitri
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Erik Williams
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Maya Lavorando
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Alejandro Segura-Tudela
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John Scholler
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Julie Barber-Rotenberg
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Julie K. Jadlowsky
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Daniel J. Powell
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Anne Chew
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Vanessa Gonzalez
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Donald L. Siegel
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Bruce L. Levine
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Michael T. Lotze
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Carl H. June
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James L. Riley
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Robert H. Vonderheide
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Friederike Herbst
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Joseph A. Fraietta *
DOI:10.1186/s13045-026-01836-0delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Solid tumors often evade TCR-engineered αβ T cells when antigen expression varies or when the restricting Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) allele is lost. γδ T cells, in contrast, detect cellular dysregulation through non-peptide/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) cues, including phosphoantigens and stress ligands, and can be developed as allogeneic therapies. Although intratumoral γδ T cell signatures are associated with improved outcome across cancers, γδ recognition itself is broad and still selected within the thymus just as αβ T cell receptors (TCRs) are. It does not, however, anchor specificity to a defined driver-mutation pMHC epitope. We therefore asked whether a high-affinity, co-receptor–independent αβ TCR could graft oncogenic-driver specificity onto γδ T cells while leaving the endogenous γδ TCR intact. We knocked the KRASG12V/HLA-A*11:01 TCR A11v into primary human γδ T cells. Engineered cells co-expressed the transgenic αβ TCR and the endogenous γδ TCR and lysed KRASG12V/HLA-A*11:01+ tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. To cover potential resistance through loss of HLA-A*11:01, we delivered an mRNA lipid nanoparticle (LNP) encoding a secreted mesothelin×CD3 (M5) bispecific T cell engager (TCE). LNP-M5 produced circulating TCE that redirected γδ A11v T cells and polyclonal bystander T cells to kill mesothelin+ targets, accompanied by development of higher γδ A11v T cell counts in vivo. In humanized mice bearing mixed HLA-A*11:01+ and HLA-A*11:01 − KRASG12V tumors, γδ A11v T cells produced transient control, whereas adding LNP-M5 yielded complete responses and prolonged survival. Thus, this two-part therapy couples invariant driver targeting to tunable redirection and addresses loss of the restricting HLA allele, a central escape route for TCR-based therapy. It provides an off-the-shelf reagent to enable KRAS-anchored treatment with the ability to redeliver the reagent.

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Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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40.4
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Perelman School of Medicine
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639
Papers: 239
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hillman cancer center
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8
Papers: 9
Citations: 1