Generation of a human iPSC line CIPi001-A from a benign familial infantile epilepsy patient related 16p11.2 deletion

Regeneration of T cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells for CAR-T cell medicated immunotherapy

Background: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell treatment involves in vitro production of T cells from patient blood with synthetic receptors specific to a cancer antigen. They circumvent the major histocompatibility complex to recognize the tumor antigen, reducing hematologic malignancy remission rates by 80%. Considering the efficacy of CAR-T treatment, the present work aimed at generating functional clusters of differentiation (CD)8 + T cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) and to generate hiPS-CAR-T cells with high antigen-specific cytotoxicity. Methods: The Alkaline phosphatase assay and MycoEasy rapid mycoplasma detection kit was implemented for detection of hiPSCs and mycoplasma, respectively. The CD34⁺ HSPCs were harvested in AggreWellTM 400 using a 37-micron reversible strainer. Likewise, the lymphoid progenitor and CD4⁺CD8⁺ DP T cells were also harvested. The Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was used to mark cytotoxicity and ELISA was used to detect IFN-γ secretion. Further, flow cytometry and transwell chambers were used to assess cell cycle, and migration and invasion. Finally, the in vivo antitumor effects of the CAR-T cells were evaluated using experimental animals (mice). Results: Results revealed that a serum-free, feeder layer-free differentiation system significantly yielded hiPSC-based T cell immunotherapy with interleukin-2, interleukin-15, and activators at the differentiation stage to promote the maturation of these cells into human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS)-T cells. The infection of hiPSCs with the CD19 CAR lentivirus resulted in the production of the hiPSC-CAR-T cells. We validated the function of hiPS-CAR-T cells in vivo and in vitro experimentation which revealed no significant differences in cell morphology and function between hiPSC-derived hiPS-CAR-T cells and peripheral blood-derived CAR-T cells. Conclusion: This study developed a culture method that is efficient and clinically useful to make functional CD8⁺ T cells from hiPSC and to get hiPS-CAR-T cells with high antigen-specific cytotoxicity that are not very different from CAR T cells found in peripheral blood. As a result, our findings may open the way for the clinical use of hiPSC to create functional CD8⁺ T and hiPS-CAR-T cells cells for use in cell-based cancer therapy.

Generation of a human iPSC line BCHNCi001-A from a patient with uridine-responsive epileptic encephalopathy carrying biallelic CAD mutations

Mutations in CAD gene, encoding a multifunctional enzyme involved in de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis, has been reported to be associated with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy (EOEE). Herein, we generated an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line from the skin fibroblasts of a five-year-old boy with CAD deficiency, presented with developmental delay, refractory epilepsy, anemia with anisopoikilocytosis, and dramatic responsive to supplementation with oral uridine, carrying biallelic mutations, c.108delC (p.Tyr36Tyrfs*15) and c.3775G>A (p.Val1259Met) in CAD. These iPSCs exhibited stable amplification, expressed pluripotent markers, and differentiated spontaneously into three germ layers in vitro.