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XB-ART-54142
Mol Imaging Biol 2016 Dec 01;186:838-848. doi: 10.1007/s11307-016-0971-8.
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Imaging of Sleeping Beauty-Modified CD19-Specific T Cells Expressing HSV1-Thymidine Kinase by Positron Emission Tomography.

Najjar AM , Manuri PR , Olivares S , Flores L , Mi T , Huls H , Shpall EJ , Champlin RE , Turkman N , Paolillo V , Roszik J , Rabinovich B , Lee DA , Alauddin M , Gelovani J , Cooper LJ .


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PURPOSE: We have incorporated a positron emission tomography (PET) functionality in T cells expressing a CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to non-invasively monitor the adoptively transferred cells. PROCEDURES: We engineered T cells to express CD19-specific CAR, firefly luciferase (ffLuc), and herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (TK) using the non-viral-based Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon/transposase system adapted for human application. Electroporated primary T cells were propagated on CD19+ artificial antigen-presenting cells. RESULTS: After 4 weeks, 90 % of cultured cells exhibited specific killing of CD19+ targets in vitro, could be ablated by ganciclovir, and were detected in vivo by bioluminescent imaging and PET following injection of 2'-deoxy-2'-[18F]fluoro-5-ethyl-1-β-D-arabinofuranosyl-uracil ([18F]FEAU). CONCLUSION: This is the first report demonstrating the use of SB transposition to generate T cells which may be detected using PET laying the foundation for imaging the distribution and trafficking of T cells in patients treated for B cell malignancies.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: cd19

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