Cellectis Publishes a Molecular Therapy Article on a SMART DUAL CAR T-cell Approach for Treating Recalcitrant Solid Tumors
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Cellectis Publishes a Molecular Therapy Article on a SMART DUAL CAR
T-cell Approach for Treating Recalcitrant Solid Tumors
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Cellectis (the “Company”) (Euronext Growth: ALCLS - NASDAQ: CLLS),
a clinical-stage biotechnology company using its pioneering
gene-editing platform to develop life-saving cell and gene
therapies, today published an article in Molecular Therapy
demonstrating TALEN®-mediated gene editing capabilities
for design of SMART DUAL CAR T-cells, which efficiently target
immunotherapy recalcitrant solid tumors while mitigating potential
safety risks.
Adoptive cell therapy based on CAR T cells has
proven to be lifesaving for many cancer patients. However, its
therapeutic efficacy has so far been restricted to only a few
malignancies, with solid tumors proving to be especially
recalcitrant to efficient therapy.
One key factor for this are cancer-associated
fibroblasts (CAFs), that modulate the tumor microenvironment (TME)
to inhibit T cell infiltration and induce T cell dysfunction.
Additionally, the sparsity of tumor-specific antigens (TSA) and
expression of CAR-directed tumor-associated antigens (TAA) on
normal tissues often results in on-target off-tumor cytotoxicity,
raising safety concerns.
Using TALEN® gene editing technology, Cellectis
presents an innovative CAR T cell engineering strategy designed to
overcome these challenges. Our allogeneic SMART CAR T-cells are
designed to express a constitutive CAR, targeting FAP+
CAFs in solid tumors, and a second inducible CAR, expressed only in
the presence of FAP+ CAFs and targeting the tumor associated
antigen (TAA) named mesothelin. The resultant SMART Dual CAR
T-cells efficiently infiltrate and efficiently target
triple-negative breast tumors in physiologically relevant mice
models, with no observable on-target, off-tumor toxicity.
“The adaptations of this approach could resolve
several key challenges for CAR T-cell therapy against solid
tumor-low CAR T-cell infiltration, immuno-suppressive
microenvironment, antigen heterogeneity as well as on target,
off-tumor toxicity. This strategy thus has significant implications
for successful therapeutic development of CAR T-cells against solid
tumors” said Shipra Das, Ph.D., Associate Director Immuno-Oncology
and Innovation Program Management at Cellectis.
The article is available on Molecular Therapy
website by clicking on this link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525001624005409?utm_campaign=STMJ_219742_AUTH_SERV_PA&utm_medium=email&utm_acid=300123771&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_219742_AUTH_SERV_PA&CMX_ID=&utm_in=DM500444&utm_source=AC_
About Cellectis
Cellectis is a clinical-stage biotechnology company using its
pioneering gene-editing platform to develop life-saving cell and
gene therapies. Cellectis utilizes an allogeneic approach for CAR-T
immunotherapies in oncology, pioneering the concept of
off-the-shelf and ready-to-use gene-edited CAR T-cells to treat
cancer patients, and a platform to make therapeutic gene editing in
hemopoietic stem cells for various diseases. As a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company with 25 years of experience and expertise
in gene editing, Cellectis is developing life-changing product
candidates utilizing TALEN®, its gene editing technology, and
PulseAgile, its pioneering electroporation system to harness the
power of the immune system in order to treat diseases with unmet
medical needs. Cellectis’ headquarters are in Paris, France, with
locations in New York, New York and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Cellectis is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (ticker: CLLS) and
on Euronext Growth (ticker: ALCLS).
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