CAR-T 细胞介导的骨髓炎症导致血液毒性并促进克隆性造血

Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have shown excellent results in treating hematological malignancies, they also cause side effects. Patients treated with CAR T cells experience persistent cytopenia or hematotox.

Here, using a fully immunocompetent mouse model, we recapitulated hematotox and demonstrated that a lymphodepleting regimen alone was insufficient to induce hematotox and required CAR T cell injection. Analysis of bone marrow (BM) samples from patients experiencing hematotox revealed a correlation between BM CAR T cells and hematotox severity. CAR T cells exhibited an activated program, leading to intense inflammation.

In addition, we observed a high rate of clonal hematopoiesis in our patient cohort and the emergence of distinct hematopoietic clones in the months after CAR T cell injection.

Our study provides insights into the pathophysiology of hematotox and highlights the need for long-term follow-up studies to determine the relevance of this intense BM inflammation in clonal selection.