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Natural Killer Cell Therapy of Cancer
Dario Campana MD PhD
Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School
of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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NK Cell Therapy of Cancer: Problems
NK cells are difficult to obtain in large numbers
High effector : target ratios are likely to be required to
achieve clinical effects
Ideal culture systems should not stimulate the expansion of
T cells
Some cancer subtypes are relatively resistant to NK
cells
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A Method to Specifically Expand NK Cells
K562
4-1BBL IL-15
- NK cells express 4-1BB
- 4-1BB ligation results in
stimulatory signals
- IL-15 stimulates NK cells
- It is more powerful in its
membrane-bound form
wt IL-15 CD8aTM
“K562-mb15-41BBL”
Imai et al. Blood 2005
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NK Activation and Expansion System
Day 5 Day 7
Fujisaki et al. Cancer Res 2009
current
median
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Growth Potential of Human NK Cells
Pulses of
K562-mb15-
41BBL every
2-3 wks
senescence senescence
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Growth Potential of Human NK Cells
Pulses of
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41BBL every
2-3 wks
hTERT Empty vector
hTERT Empty vector
b-actin
hTERT
Control TERT 46, XY (Day 263) SKY-FISH
senescence senescence
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NK Cell Expansion from:
Peripheral blood from healthy donors
Peripheral blood from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, multiple myeloma, and gastric cancer
Cord blood
Liver lymphocytes
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Cytotoxic Capacity of Expanded NK Cells
Hematologic malignancies
Solid tumors
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NK Cell Therapy of AML – Case Report
14-year old boy with AML secondary to osteosarcoma tx; relapse
after MUD HSCT; no remission after salvage chemotherapy (30%
blasts in BM)
NK cell therapy (Miller et al. Blood 2005)
Fludarabine/cyclophosphamide lymphodepletion
Apheresis from KIR-mismatched haplo donor
T-cell depletion, IL-2 1000 IU/mL overnight
107 NK/kg; 3 x 106 IU/m2 IL-2 3x/week for 2 weeks
BM MRD post-NK: day 14 = 0.3%; day 29 <0.01%; NK cells >50%
in PB and BM
35 days post-NK infusion: T-cell depleted HSCT from NK donor
(2Gy TBI)
6 mths post-HSCT: MRD-neg with complete donor chimera
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Primary AML
Expanded NK
Primary NK
8:1
4 hr-cultures
Expanded NK Cells Are More Powerful Than
Primary and IL-2-stimulated NK Cells
Fujisaki et al. Cancer Res 2009 E:T ratio
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EWS: Ewing sarcoma; RMS: Rhabdomyosarcoma; NB: Neuroblastoma; OS: Osteosarcoma
Relative Sensitivity of Childhood Solid Tumors to
NK Cell Cytotoxicity
Cho et al. Clin Cancer Res 2010
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Production of Clinical Grade Reagents
K562
4-1BBL IL-15
K562-mb15-41BBL
Large-scale cultures
Median NK cell expansion after 7
days of culture:
91.5 fold (range, 33-141; n = 12)
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Eligibility: Relapsed/refractory AML, T-ALL, Ewing sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma
Procedure:
Leukapheresis of haploidentical donor
7-day NK expansion with irradiated K562-mb15-41BBL cells
T-cell depletion
Dose escalation: 1 x 106/kg, 1 x 107/kg and 5 x 107/kg; 3 patients in each group
Conditioning: Cyclophosphamide 60 mg/kg; Fludarabine 25 mg/m2/day x 5; IL-2: 1 million IU/m2 3x/wk x 2wks
NKEXP (NCT00640796)
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Autologous NK Cell Infusion in Multiple Myeloma (NCT01313897)
leukapheresis
expanded NK
Courtesy Dr. Frits van Rhee
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% cytotoxicity
Resting NK
IL-2 NK
Expanded NK
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OCUM-1
OE19
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K562
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OE19
NCI-N87
KATOIII
MKN7
MKN74
NUGC3
MKN28
K562
E:T 4:1
N = 6
NK Cytotoxicity Against Gastric
Cancer Cell Lines (K. Mimura, K. Kono)
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Relative Sensitivity to NK Cell Cytotoxicity
AML B-lin. ALL T-ALL0
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Signaling molecules
41BB + CD3z
Single chain variable domain - scFv
(binds to molecule on the
surface of target cells)
NK cell
Redirecting the Specificity of NK Cells
CD19
ALL
B-NHL
Imai et al. Leukemia 2004; Blood 2005
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NK Cell Transduction with Anti-CD19 Chimeric
Antigen Receptors
High expression (median transduction efficiency, ~70%)
Significantly higher IFNg and GM-CSF production upon contact with CD19+ cells
Marked increase in specific cytotoxicity against CD19+ cells in vitro and in vivo
Imai et al. Blood 2005
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NKCD19 (NCT00995137)
Eligibility: Relapsed/refractory B-lineage ALL
Procedure:
Leukapheresis from haploidentical donor
7-day NK expansion with irradiated K562-mb15-41BBL cells
T-cell depletion
Transduction with anti-CD19-BB-z
Dose escalation: 1 x 106/kg, 1 x 107/kg and 5 x 107/kg; 3 patients in each group
Conditioning: Cyclophosphamide 60 mg/kg; Fludarabine 25 mg/m2/day x 5; IL-2: 1 million units/m2 3x/wk x 2wks
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Recent Technical Developments
Cell engineering by electroporation
Enhanced cell killing
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Expression of Anti-CD19-BB-z mRNA in Immune
Cells by Electroporation S
SC
anti-CD19-BB-z
primary NK cells
expanded NK cells
activated T cells
CIK cells
45%
69%
74%
72%
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Transient Expression of Anti-CD19-BB-z mRNA after
Electroporation
Shimasaki et al. Cytotherapy 2012
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NK Cells Electroporated with Anti-CD19-BB-z
mRNA in a Mouse Model of ALL
2 4 9 16 23
control
NK-mock
NK-aCD19
Day
NK
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NK Cell Receptors and Their Ligands
Vivier et al. Nature Immunology 9: 503, 2008
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NKG2D-DAP10 Signaling
Lanier, Nature Immunol 2008
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Genetic Modification of NK Cells with NKG2D
Mock NKG2D-DAP10-CD3z
IRES
NKG2D DAP10CD3z
FLAG
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NKG2D-DAP10-CD3z Improves NK Cytotoxicity
Chang et al. Cancer Res. 2013
E:T = 1:1
or 1:2
E:T = 1:1
ALL Osteosarc. Prostate
Rhadbo
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Specificity of NKG2D-DAP10-CD3z Signaling
Suppression of cytotoxicity with an
anti-NKG2D inhibitory Ab CD107a assay after stimulation with
anti-NKG2D agonistic Ab
Cytokine production after stimulation
with anti-NKG2D agonistic Ab
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NKG2D-DAP10-CD3z Improves Cytotoxicity Against
Osteosarcoma
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NKG2D-DAP10-CD3z Expression by Electroporation
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AML, T-ALL
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Breast, GI
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St Jude
Yu-Hsiang Chang Chihaya Imai
Masaru Imamura Hiroyuki Fujisaki
Takahiro Kamiya Harumi Kakuda
Ko Kudo Duck Cho
Paolo Lorenzini David Shook
Noriko Shimasaki
Seow See Voon Wing Leung
Sally Chai
Png Yi Tian Tim Lockey
Arthur Yong Paul Eldridge
Chan Jing Ru
TECT: Ping Law, Soh Teck Guan, Liew Yun Rou
Collaborators
Antonio Bertoletti, Kousako Mimura, Koji Kono
Quah Thuan Chong Koh Liang Piu Linn Yeh Ching (SGH)
Tan Poh Lin Lim ZiYi William Hwang (SGH)
Allen Yeoh Chng Wee Joo Aloysius Ho (SGH)
Chetan Dhanme Tan Lip Kun
Marie Villegas