Sensitive in vivo imaging of T cells using a membrane-bound Gaussia princeps luciferase Journal Article


Authors: Santos, E. B.; Yeh, R.; Lee, J.; Nikhamin, Y.; Punzalan, B.; Perle, K. L.; Larson, S. M.; Sadelain, M.; Brentjens, R. J.
Article Title: Sensitive in vivo imaging of T cells using a membrane-bound Gaussia princeps luciferase
Abstract: We developed a new approach to bioluminescent T cell imaging using a membrane-anchored form of the Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) enzyme, termed extGLuc, which we could stably express in both mouse and human primary T cells. In vitro, extGLuc<sup>+</sup> cells emitted significantly higher bioluminescent signal when compared to cells expressing GLuc, Renilla luciferase (RLuc) or membrane-anchored RLuc (extRLuc). In vivo, mouse extGLuc<sup>+</sup> T cells showed higher bioluminescent signal when compared to GLuc<sup>+</sup> and RLuc<sup>+</sup> T cells. Application of this imaging approach to human T cells genetically modified to express tumor-specific chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) enabled us to show in vivo CAR-mediated T cell accumulation in tumor, T cell persistence over time and concomitant imaging of T cells and tumor cells modified to express firefly luciferase. This sensitive imaging technology has application to many in vivo cell-based studies in a wide array of mouse models. © 2009 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: signal transduction; controlled study; protein expression; unclassified drug; nonhuman; flow cytometry; sensitivity and specificity; t lymphocyte; t-lymphocytes; mouse; animals; mice; animal tissue; image analysis; luciferase; in vivo study; mice, scid; mice, inbred balb c; mice, inbred c57bl; chimera; dna modification; cell membrane; tumor cell; luciferases; bioluminescence; lymphocyte antigen receptor; firefly luciferase; gaussia princeps luciferase; renilla luciferin 2 monooxygenase; in vitro selection; beetles; gaussia princeps (t. scott, 1894); renilla luciferase
Journal Title: Nature Medicine
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1078-8956
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2009-03-01
Start Page: 338
End Page: 344
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/nm.1930
PUBMED: 19219023
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC2837150
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  1. Renier J Brentjens
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  2. Elmer B Santos
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  3. Michel W J Sadelain
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  4. Steven M Larson
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  5. Raymond Yeh
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  6. James C Lee
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