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. 2020 Sep 23;11:4810. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18444-2

Fig. 2. CD147-CAR-T and CD147-CAR-NK cells specifically kill CD147+ tumor cells in vitro.

Fig. 2

a Specific cytotoxicity of primary CD147-CAR-T cells was measured by FFLuc reporter assays, compared to κ-CAR-T cells (control group). Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 6). b, c Significantly decreased cytotoxicity of CD147-CAR-T cells using knockout-CD147 FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 cell line and HepG2 cell line by FFLuc reporter assays. Data represent the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. d Cytotoxicity of primary CD147-CAR-NK cells was measured by the 4-h standard 51Cr release assays, compared to κ-CAR-T cells (control group). Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 6). e, f Significantly decreased cytotoxicity of primary CD147-CAR-NK cells using knockout-CD147 FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 cell line and HepG2 cell line by the 4-h standard 51Cr release assays. Data represent the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. g Anti-NKG2D antibody blocks primary CD147-CAR-NK naturally killing to FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1. Data represent the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. h Cytotoxicity of CD147-CAR-NK-92MI to the SK-Hep1 was measured by a standard 4-h 51Cr release assay. Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 6). i, j FFLuc reporter system assay for specific killing of FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 and FFLuc-GFP-HepG2 cell lines by CD147-CAR-NK-92MI. Effector cells (CD147-CAR-NK-92MI and NK-92MI) were cocultured with 1 × 104 FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 (i) or FFLuc-GFP-HepG2 (j) target cells per well in a 96-well optical-bottom microplate for 6 h. The control groups (blue) used were wild-type NK-92MI incubated with CD147+ FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 or CD147+ FFLuc-GFP-HepG2. Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 6). k, l Decreased cytotoxicity of CD147-CAR-NK-92MI cells using knockout-CD147 FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 (k) and knockout-CD147-FFLuc-GFP-HepG2 (l) cell lines by FFLuc reporter system assay. Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 3, 6 for SK-Hep1 and HepG2 groups, respectively). m, n Anti-CD147 (clone, HIM6) inhibits the CD147-CAR-NK-92MI-specific lysis effect against and FFLuc-GFP-SK-Hep1 (m) and FFLuc-GFP-HepG2 (n). Data represent the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test was employed for all the panels. ***p < 0.001; n.s. not significant.