Glycoengineering of NK Cells with Glycan Ligands of CD22 and Selectins for B-Cell Lymphoma Therapy

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  • Senlian Hong
  • Chenhua Yu
  • Peng Wang
  • Yujie Shi
  • Weiqian Cao
  • Bo Cheng
  • Digantkumar G. Chapla
  • Yuanhui Ma
  • Jie Li
  • Emily Rodrigues
  • Narimatsu, Yoshiki
  • John R. Yates
  • Xing Chen
  • Clausen, Henrik
  • Kelly W. Moremen
  • Matthew Scott Macauley
  • James C. Paulson
  • Peng Wu

CD22, a member of Siglec family of sialic acid binding proteins, has restricted expression on B cells. Antibody-based agents targeting CD22 or CD20 on B lymphoma and leukemia cells exhibit clinical efficacy for treating these malignancies, but also attack normal B cells leading to immune deficiency. Here, we report a chemoenzymatic glycocalyx editing strategy to introduce high-affinity and specific CD22 ligands onto NK-92MI and cytokine-induced natural killer cells to achieve tumor-specific CD22 targeting. These CD22-ligand modified cells exhibited significantly enhanced tumor cell binding and killing in vitro without harming healthy B cells. For effective lymphoma cell killing in vivo, we further functionalized CD22 ligand-modified NK-92MI cells with the E-selectin ligand sialyl Lewis X to promote trafficking to bone marrow. The dual-functionalized cells resulted in the efficient suppression of B lymphoma in a xenograft model. Our results suggest that nature killer cells modified with glycan ligands to CD22 and selectins promote both targeted killing of B lymphoma cells and improved trafficking to sites where the cancer cells reside, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume60
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)3603-3610
ISSN1433-7851
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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  • B-lymphoma, CD22 ligands, chemoenzymatic glycan editing, E-selectin, sLeX

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