REGULATABLE CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR

摘要

Provided are compositions and methods relating to regulatable chimeric antigen receptors (RCARs), natural killer cell receptor CARs (NKR-CARs), and regulatable NKR-CARs (RNKR-CARs), where the intracellular signaling or proliferation of the RCAR or RNKR-CAR can be controlled to optimize the use of an RCAR/NKR-CAR- or RNKR-CAR-expressing cell to provide an immune response. Cells can be engineered to express a RNKR-CAR or to express a RCAR and a NKR-CAR (e.g., inhibitory NKR-CAR). For example, a RCAR or RNKR-CAR can comprise a dimerization switch that, upon the presence of a dimerization molecule, can couple an intracellular signaling domain to an extracellular recognition element, e.g., an antigen binding domain, an inhibitory counter ligand binding domain, or costimulatory ECD domain. An RCAR or RNKR-CAR can be engineered to include an appropriate antigen binding domain that is specific to a desired antigen target and used in the treatment of a disease.