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Quantitative PCR methodology with a volume-based unit for the sophisticated cellular kinetic evaluation of chimeric antigen receptor T cells

Although the cellular kinetics of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells are expressed in units of copies/μg gDNA, this notation carries the risk of misrepresentation owing to dramatic changes in blood gDNA levels after lymphocyte-depleting chemotherapy and rapid expansion of CAR T cells. Therefo...

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Autores principales: Yamamoto, Syunsuke, Matsumoto, Shin-ichi, Goto, Akihiko, Ugajin, Miyuki, Nakayama, Miyu, Moriya, Yuu, Hirabayashi, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7578827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33087808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74927-8
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Sumario:Although the cellular kinetics of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells are expressed in units of copies/μg gDNA, this notation carries the risk of misrepresentation owing to dramatic changes in blood gDNA levels after lymphocyte-depleting chemotherapy and rapid expansion of CAR T cells. Therefore, we aimed to establish a novel qPCR methodology incorporating a spike-in calibration curve that expresses cellular kinetics in units of copies/μL blood, as is the case for conventional pharmacokinetic studies of small molecules and other biologics. Dog gDNA was used as an external control gene. Our methodology enables more accurate evaluation of in vivo CAR T-cell expansion than the conventional approach; the unit “copies/μL blood” is therefore more appropriate for evaluating cellular kinetics than the unit “copies/μg gDNA.” The results of the present study provide new insights into the relationship between cellular kinetics and treatment efficacy, thereby greatly benefiting patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.