GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC NATURAL KILLER CELLS FOR IN SITU SYNTHESIS OF PROTEINS

    公开(公告)号:US20230398215A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18033907

    申请日:2021-10-28

    申请人: SRI International

    发明人: Parijat Bhatnagar

    IPC分类号: A61K39/00

    摘要: An example genetically engineered natural killer (NK) cell comprises an exogenous polynucleotide sequence that includes a receptor element, an actuator element, and an effector element. The receptor element encodes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an extracellular antigen binding domain operably linked to a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the extracellular antigen binding domain recognizes a surface antigen of a target cell. The actuator element encodes a transcription factor binding site that upregulates synthesis of an effector protein. The effector element encodes the effector protein operably linked to a signal peptide, wherein, in response to the antigen binding domain of the CAR binding to the antigen of the target cell, the engineered NK cell is configured to activate and, to synthesize and secrete the effector protein.