Lamas R, Ulrey R, Ahuja S, Sargent A. Changes to culture pH and dissolved oxygen can enhance CAR T-cell generation and differentiation.
Biotechnol Prog 2022;
38:e3275. [PMID:
35567431 DOI:
10.1002/btpr.3275]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is growing clinically and commercially as a powerful new approach to treat cancer. Understanding how key culture conditions such as pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) affect CAR T-cell generation and function is important in developing better CAR-T manufacturing processes and CAR T-cell therapies for patients. We used the automated mini-bioreactor (AMBR) 15 platform to assess how differences in pH and DO affect CAR T-cell transduction, proliferation, and differentiation. We found that higher pH can significantly improve CAR T-cell transduction and proliferation, and also biases CAR T-cells away from an effector memory and towards a more central memory phenotype. Both high and low DO negatively affect CAR T-cell generation, with both hypoxic and hyperoxic conditions reducing T-cell transduction into CAR T-cells. Collectively, this data underscores how pH and DO can significantly affect CAR T-cell expansion and differentiation, and provides insight into the optimal culture conditions to enhance CAR T-cell yield and phenotype in clinical and commercial processes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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