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CAR Macrophages for SARS-CoV-2 Immunotherapy (preprint)
biorxiv; 2020.
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| bioRxiv | ID: ppzbmed-10.1101.2020.07.26.222208
ABSTRACT
Targeted therapeutics for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially severe cases, are currently lacking. As macrophages have unique effector functions as a first-line defense against invading pathogens, we genetically armed human macrophages with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to reprogram their phagocytic activity against SARS-CoV-2. After investigation of CAR constructs with different intracellular receptor domains, we found that although cytosolic domains from MERTK (CARMERTK) did not trigger antigen-specific cellular phagocytosis or killing effects, unlike those from MEGF10, FcR{gamma} and CD3{zeta} did, these CARs all mediated similar SARS-CoV-2 clearance in vitro. Notably, we showed that CARMERTK macrophages notably reduced the virion load without upregulation of proinflammatory cytokine expression. These results suggest that CARMERTK drives an immunologically silent scavenger effect in macrophages and pave the way for further investigation of CARs for the treatment of individuals with COVID-19, particularly those with severe cases at a high risk of hyperinflammation.
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COVID-19
Language:
English
Year:
2020
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