SELECTIVE CONTROL AND TUNING of CHIMERIC AGONIST RECEPTORS (CARs) ACTIVITY for CELL-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY

Tech ID: 24753 / UC Case 2013-025-0

Invention Novelty

An On-switch engineering method to increase safety and efficacy of cell-based therapies by allowing ongoing in vivo control of CARs activity in patients

Value Proposition

A major class of targeted cell-based immunotherapy for cancer and autoimmune diseases involves the use of genetically modified human T cells expressing Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs). CAR-modified immune cells can have toxic effects, either through reaction with normal cells that also express the target antigen or though systemic hyperimmune stimulation. Thus there is a major need to pharmacologically control the response of CAR-modified cells after administration to the patient.

 The current invention provides the additional advantages:

  • Specific tuning of the CARs activity by varying dose of the small-molecule drug
  • Specific temporal control of CAR activity by varying time course of drug administration
  • Specific targeting of CAR activity by varying distribution of drug
  • Reduce on-target toxicities and hyperimmune response toxicities; improve treatment efficacy
  • Compatible with a wide range of CARs and activation agents
  • Improved safety, tunability and efficiency compared to apoptosis-based safety switches for eliminating CAR T cells (adoptive cell transfer therapy can be tuned instead of aborted; mutation of switch will not lead to constitutively active T cells)

Technology Description

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco developed a method to design split Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) including an extracellular antigen recognition, a transmembrane, and an intracellular signaling domain for pharmacologically conditional switch-on via a small-molecule drug. In other words, the on-switch CAR expressing immune cells as delivered to patients are rendered inactive until the small-molecule is present. Then, the customized antibody portion of CARs binds to an antigen of interest on a target tumor cell surface. Upon antigen engagement, the intracellular signaling domain will activate the immune cell resulting in the release of cytolytic molecules to induce tumor cell death.

Application

Development of therapeutics requiring conditional activation of synthetic receptors

Looking for Partners

To develop and commercialize this technology for a tunable cell-based immunotherapy 

Stage of Development

Preclinical

Related Materials

  • Manuscript available under CDA/NDA

Data Availability

 In vitro data

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United States Of America Issued Patent 12,371,466 07/29/2025 2013-025
Rep Of Korea Issued Patent 10-2813881 05/23/2025 2013-025
Japan Issued Patent 7676476 05/02/2025 2013-025
United States Of America Issued Patent 12,161,672 12/10/2024 2013-025
Brazil Issued Patent BR112015019640-3 04/09/2024 2013-025
Hong Kong Issued Patent HK40013763 01/12/2024 2013-025
Macau Issued Patent J/007637 01/10/2024 2013-025
Israel Issued Patent 272279 01/02/2024 2013-025
Hong Kong Issued Patent HK40050006 12/29/2023 2013-025
Austria Issued Patent 3881868 09/27/2023 2013-025
Belgium Issued Patent 3881868 09/27/2023 2013-025
Bulgaria Issued Patent 3881868 09/27/2023 2013-025
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Slovenia Issued Patent 3881868 09/27/2023 2013-025
Unitary Patent Issued Patent 3881868 09/27/2023 2013-025
China Issued Patent ZL 201910722248.1 09/08/2023 2013-025
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Japan Issued Patent 7317159 07/20/2023 2013-025
United States Of America Issued Patent 11,478,510 10/25/2022 2013-025
India Issued Patent 401400 07/15/2022 2013-025
Japan Issued Patent 7014843 01/24/2022 2013-025
Hong Kong Issued Patent 40020273 01/07/2022 2013-025
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United States Of America Issued Patent 10,888,581 01/12/2021 2013-025
Hong Kong Issued Patent HK1253407 10/23/2020 2013-025
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Macau Issued Patent J/003907 08/26/2020 2013-025
Rep Of Korea Issued Patent 10-2132246 07/03/2020 2013-025
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United States Of America Issued Patent 10,632,152 04/28/2020 2013-025
Rep Of Korea Issued Patent 2064230 01/03/2020 2013-025
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China Issued Patent ZL201480016737.0 08/30/2019 2013-025
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Inventors

  • Lim, Wendell A.
  • Onuffer, James J.
  • Wu, Chia Yung

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Keywords

Chimeric antigen receptors, CARs, Cell-based therapy, Cancer, Modulation, T-cells

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