Methods and compositions for natural killer cells
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAlicja J. Copik, Jeremiah L. Oyer, Robert Y. Igarashi, Deborah Altomare
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for stimulation of and the production or expansion of natural killer (NK) cells. Numbers of NK cells can be increased following contact with exosomes modified with one or more stimulatory peptides. Methods and compositions for the production of exosomes, wherein the exosomes comprises stimulatory peptides are also described. Also described are methods of treating cancer using the disclosed NK-stimulating exosomes or NK cells stimulated by the disclosed methods.
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A method for treating cells susceptible to natural killer (NK) cell mediated lysis, comprising:
- administering to the susceptible cells an effective amount of a composition comprising NK cells contacted with engineered NK cell stimulating exosomes,
- wherein each stimulatory exosome comprises a membrane and at least two stimulatory peptides comprising 4-1BB ligand (4-1BBL) and interleukin-21 (IL-21), each stimulatory peptide being embedded in an exosome membrane, and
- wherein each exosome is an extracellular product of the engineered exosomal secretory cell line K562-mb21-41BBL.
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