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Selective targeting of IL-2 to NKG2D bearing cells for improved immunotherapy

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  • Reza Ghasemi

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Eric Lazear

    (Washington University in St Louis
    Present address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA)

  • Xiaoli Wang

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Saeed Arefanian

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Alexander Zheleznyak

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Beatriz M. Carreno

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Ryuji Higashikubo

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • Andrew E. Gelman

    (Washington University in St Louis
    Washington University in St Louis)

  • Daniel Kreisel

    (Washington University in St Louis
    Washington University in St Louis)

  • Daved H. Fremont

    (Washington University in St Louis
    and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
    The Alvin Siteman Cancer Center of Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Alexander Sasha Krupnick

    (Washington University in St Louis
    Washington University in St Louis
    The Alvin Siteman Cancer Center of Washington University School of Medicine)

Abstract

Despite over 20 years of clinical use, IL-2 has not fulfilled expectations as a safe and effective form of tumour immunotherapy. Expression of the high affinity IL-2Rα chain on regulatory T cells mitigates the anti-tumour immune response and its expression on vascular endothelium is responsible for life threatening complications such as diffuse capillary leak and pulmonary oedema. Here we describe the development of a recombinant fusion protein comprised of a cowpox virus encoded NKG2D binding protein (OMCP) and a mutated form of IL-2 with poor affinity for IL-2Rα. This fusion protein (OMCP-mutIL-2) potently and selectively activates IL-2 signalling only on NKG2D-bearing cells, such as natural killer (NK) cells, without broadly activating IL-2Rα-bearing cells. OMCP-mutIL-2 provides superior tumour control in several mouse models of malignancy and is not limited by mouse strain-specific variability of NK function. In addition, OMCP-mutIL-2 lacks the toxicity and vascular complications associated with parental wild-type IL-2.

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  • Reza Ghasemi & Eric Lazear & Xiaoli Wang & Saeed Arefanian & Alexander Zheleznyak & Beatriz M. Carreno & Ryuji Higashikubo & Andrew E. Gelman & Daniel Kreisel & Daved H. Fremont & Alexander Sasha Krup, 2016. "Selective targeting of IL-2 to NKG2D bearing cells for improved immunotherapy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms12878
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12878
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