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Aschheim K, DeFrancesco L. Xenotransplantation: how close are we? Nat Biotechnol 2023; 41:452-460. [PMID: 37024680 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01730-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Godehardt AW, Petkov S, Gulich B, Fischer N, Niemann H, Tönjes RR. Comparative gene expression profiling of pig-derived iPSC-like cells: Effects of induced pluripotency on expression of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV). Xenotransplantation 2019; 25:e12429. [PMID: 30264886 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Porcine induced pluripotent stem cells (piPSCs) offer an alternative strategy in xenotransplantation (XTx). As human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), particularly HERV-K, are highly expressed in natural human stem cells, we compared the expression of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) and retrotransposon LINE-1 (L1) open reading frames 1 and 2 (pORF1 and pORF2) in different piPSC-like cell lines with their progenitors (porcine fetal fibroblasts, pFF). METHODS Cells reprogrammed via Sleeping Beauty-transposed transcription factors were cultured and analyzed on a custom-designed microarray representing the reference pig genome. Data were complemented by qRT-PCR and reverse transcriptase (RT) assay. RESULTS The expression profiles revealed that 8515 of 26 967 targets were differentially expressed. A total of 4443 targets showed log2 expression ratio >1, and 4072 targets showed log2 expression ratio less than -1 with 0.05 P-value threshold. Approximately ten percent of the targets showed highly significant expression ratios with log2 ≥4 or ≤-4. Besides this general switch in cellular gene expression that was accompanied by an altered morphology, expression of both PERV and L1 pORF1/pORF2 was significantly enhanced. piPSC-like cells revealed a 10-fold to 100-fold higher transcription of the viral PERV-A and PERV-B envelope genes (env), viral protease/polymerase (prt/pol), and L1 elements. No functional retrovirus could be detected under these conditions. CONCLUSION Epigenetic reprogramming has functional impact on retrotransposons. Thus, the induction of pig-derived pluripotent cells influences their PERV expression profile. Data emphasize the necessity to focus on animals, which show non-functional endogenous viral background to ensure virological safety.
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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- Institute for Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Animal Health, Neustadt, Germany
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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Porcine endogenous retroviruses in xenotransplantation--molecular aspects. Viruses 2014; 6:2062-83. [PMID: 24828841 PMCID: PMC4036542 DOI: 10.3390/v6052062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In the context of the shortage of organs and other tissues for use in human transplantation, xenotransplantation procedures with material taken from pigs have come under increased consideration. However, there are unclear consequences of the potential transmission of porcine pathogens to humans. Of particular concern are porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs). Three subtypes of PERV have been identified, of which PERV-A and PERV-B have the ability to infect human cells in vitro. The PERV-C subtype does not show this ability but recombinant PERV-A/C forms have demonstrated infectivity in human cells. In view of the risk presented by these observations, the International Xenotransplantation Association recently indicated the existence of four strategies to prevent transmission of PERVs. This article focuses on the molecular aspects of PERV infection in xenotransplantation and reviews the techniques available for the detection of PERV DNA, RNA, reverse transcriptase activity and proteins, and anti-PERV antibodies to enable carrying out these recommendations. These methods could be used to evaluate the risk of PERV transmission in human recipients, enhance the effectiveness and reliability of monitoring procedures, and stimulate discussion on the development of improved, more sensitive methods for the detection of PERVs in the future.
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Mattiuzzo G, Takeuchi Y. Suboptimal porcine endogenous retrovirus infection in non-human primate cells: implication for preclinical xenotransplantation. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13203. [PMID: 20949092 PMCID: PMC2950858 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) poses a potential risk of zoonotic infection in xenotransplantation. Preclinical transplantation trials using non-human primates (NHP) as recipients of porcine xenografts present the opportunity to assess the zoonosis risk in vivo. However, PERV poorly infects NHP cells for unclear reasons and therefore NHP may represent a suboptimal animal model to assess the risk of PERV zoonoses. We investigated the mechanism responsible for the low efficiency of PERV-A infection in NHP cells. Principal Findings Two steps, cell entry and exit, were inefficient for the replication of high-titer, human-tropic A/C recombinant PERV. A restriction factor, tetherin, is likely to be responsible for the block to matured virion release, supported by the correlation between the levels of inhibition and tetherin expression. In rhesus macaque, cynomolgus macaque and baboon the main receptor for PERV entry, PERV-A receptor 1 (PAR-1), was found to be genetically deficient: PAR-1 genes in these species encode serine at amino acid 109 in place of the leucine in human PAR-1. This genetic defect inevitably impacts in vivo sensitivity to PERV infection of these species. In contrast, African green monkey (AGM) PAR-1 is functional, but PERV infection is still poor. Although the mechanism is unclear, tunicamycin treatment, which removes N-glycosylated sugar chains, increases PERV infection, suggesting a possible role for the glycosylation of the receptors. Conclusions Since cynomolgus macaque and baboon, species often used in pig-to-NHP xenotransplantation experiments, have a defective PAR-1, they hardly represent an ideal animal model to assess the risk of PERV transmission in xenotransplantation. Alternatively, NHP species, like AGM, whose both PARs are functional may represent a better model than baboon and cynomolgus macaque for PERV zoonosis in vivo studies.
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- Giada Mattiuzzo
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Wohl Virion Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Wohl Virion Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Absence of replication of porcine endogenous retrovirus and porcine lymphotropic herpesvirus type 1 with prolonged pig cell microchimerism after pig-to-baboon xenotransplantation. J Virol 2008; 82:12441-8. [PMID: 18829759 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01278-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV), porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV), and porcine lymphotropic herpesvirus (PLHV) are common porcine viruses that may be activated with immunosuppression for xenotransplantation. Studies of viral replication or transmission are possible due to prolonged survival of xenografts in baboon recipients from human decay-accelerating factor transgenic or alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene knockout miniature swine. Ten baboons underwent xenotransplantation with transgenic pig organs. Graft survival was 32 to 179 days. Recipient serial samples of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and plasma were analyzed for PCMV, PERV, and PLHV-1 nucleic acids and viral replication using quantitative PCR assays. The PBMC contained PERV proviral DNA in 10 animals, PLHV-1 DNA in 6, and PCMV in 2. PERV RNA was not detected in any PBMC or serum samples. Plasma PLHV-1 DNA was detected in one animal. Pig cell microchimerism (pig major histocompatibility complex class I and pig mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II sequences) was present in all recipients with detectable PERV or PLHV-1 (85.5%). Productive infection of PERV or PLHV-1 could not be demonstrated. The PLHV-1 viral load did not increase in serum over time, despite prolonged graft survival and pig cell microchimerism. There was no association of viral loads with the nature of exogenous immune suppression. In conclusion, PERV provirus and PLHV-1 DNA were detected in baboons following porcine xenotransplantation. Viral detection appeared to be due to persistent pig cell microchimerism. There was no evidence of productive infection in recipient baboons for up to 6 months of xenograft function.
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Mohiuddin discusses the lessons learned from large animal xenograft models and why the immunological barrier is still the most important hurdle preventing clinical xenotransplantation of organs.
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- Muhammad M Mohiuddin
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
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Bisset LR, Böni J, Lutz H, Schüpbach J. Lack of evidence for PERV expression after apoptosis-mediated horizontal gene transfer between porcine and human cells. Xenotransplantation 2007; 14:13-24. [PMID: 17214701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Evidence for porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) infection of human cells has provoked a public health debate over the proposed use of porcine xenografts to alleviate the worldwide shortage of human allografts. Nevertheless, the potential relevance of PERV transmission by apoptosis-mediated horizontal DNA transfer, a documented means of infection-independent retrovirus delivery, appears to have been overlooked in this discussion. To examine the hypothesis that apoptotic cell death during porcine xenograft rejection is capable of fostering horizontal DNA transfer, we have now assessed in vitro cocultures, consisting of phagocytic human fibroblasts and apoptotic or necrotic porcine B-lymphoblastoid cells, for evidence of cross-species PERV exchange and eventual replication. Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, designed to differentiate nuclear and cytoplasmic DNA derived from either porcine or human cells, we now report evidence for the presence of porcine DNA, including PERV, in the nucleus of human fibroblasts exposed to apoptotic porcine cells. This novel demonstration of apoptosis-mediated horizontal PERV transfer is characterized by a low efficiency of transfer and a transient nature, being present in only 0.22% of the cocultured human cells and disappearing to undetectable levels within 4 weeks of exposure to apoptotic porcine cells. In contrast, using PERV-specific real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and ultra-sensitive product-enhanced reverse transcriptase (PERT) assays, we find no evidence for human fibroblast-derived cellular PERV RNA or coculture supernatant-based RT-activity, indicating a lack of subsequent PERV replication. Together, these results suggest that apoptosis-mediated horizontal PERV transfer does not present an overt hazard within the framework of porcine xenotransplantation. However, we also present arguments against extrapolation of these in vitro observations directly to clinical circumstances.
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- Leslie R Bisset
- Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Shinoda M, Tilles AW, Wakabayashi G, Takayanagi A, Harada H, Obara H, Suganuma K, Berthiaume F, Shimazu M, Shimizu N, Kitajima M, Tompkins RG, Toner M, Yarmush ML. Treatment of fulminant hepatic failure in rats using a bioartificial liver device containing porcine hepatocytes producing interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 12:1313-23. [PMID: 16771644 PMCID: PMC3202215 DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is a serious clinical condition that is associated with high mortality. There is evidence that FHF is an inflammatory disease, which is supported clinically by elevated serum levels of cytokines. In an effort to develop hepatocytes with additional functions for use in our bioartificial liver (BAL) device, we focused on interleukin-1 (IL-1) blockade as a therapeutic modality. Primary porcine hepatocytes were isolated from the livers of miniature swine and then transfected with an adenoviral vector encoding human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (AdIL-1Ra). The transfected hepatocytes secreted human IL-1Ra. These transfected hepatocytes were incorporated into a flat-plate BAL device to evaluate their efficacy in treating D-galactosamine (GalN)- induced FHF in a rat model. After extracorporeal perfusion with the BAL device containing the transfected hepatocytes, there were significant reductions in the plasma levels of hepatic enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase) and cytokines (IL-1 and IL-6), indicating a beneficial effect. Animal survival was significantly improved in the treated group compared to the control group. These experiments demonstrate that combining inflammatory cytokine blockade with a functional BAL device may be an effective therapeutic option in the treatment of FHF.
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- Masahiro Shinoda
- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Bartosch B, Stefanidis D, Myers R, Weiss R, Patience C, Takeuchi Y. Evidence and consequence of porcine endogenous retrovirus recombination. J Virol 2004; 78:13880-90. [PMID: 15564496 PMCID: PMC533951 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.24.13880-13890.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genetic nature and biological effects of recombination between porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) were studied. An infectious molecular clone was generated from a high-titer, human-tropic PERV isolate, PERV-A 14/220 (B. A. Oldmixon, et al. J. Virol. 76:3045-3048, 2002; T. A. Ericsson et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:6759-6764, 2003). To analyze this sequence and 15 available full-length PERV nucleotide sequences, we developed a sequence comparison program, LOHA(TM) to calculate local sequence homology between two sequences. This analysis determined that PERV-A 14/220 arose by homologous recombination of a PERV-C genome replacing an 850-bp region around the pol-env junction with that of a PERV-A sequence. This 850-bp PERV-A sequence encompasses the env receptor binding domain, thereby conferring a wide host range including human cells. In addition, we determined that multiple regions derived from PERV-C are responsible for the increased infectious titer of PERV-A 14/220. Thus, a single recombination event may be a fast and effective way to generate high-titer, potentially harmful PERV. Further, local homology and phylogenetic analyses between 16 full-length sequences revealed evidence for other recombination events in the past that give rise to other PERV genomes that possess the PERV-A, but not the PERV-B, env gene. These results indicate that PERV-A env is more prone to recombination with heterogeneous backbone genomes than PERV-B env. Such recombination events that generate more active PERV-A appear to occur in pigs rather frequently, which increases the potential risk of zoonotic PERV transmission. In this context, pigs lacking non-human-tropic PERV-C would be more suitable as donor animals for clinical xenotransplantation.
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- Birke Bartosch
- Wohl Virion Centre, Division of Infection of Immunity, University College London, 46 Cleveland St., London W1T 4JF, United Kingdom
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Myers SE, Brewer L, Shaw DP, Greene WH, Love BC, Hering B, Spiller OB, Njenga MK. Prevalent human coxsackie B-5 virus infects porcine islet cells primarily using the coxsackie-adenovirus receptor. Xenotransplantation 2004; 11:536-46. [PMID: 15479464 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2004.00183.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have previously demonstrated that transplanting porcine encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV)-infected porcine islet cells (PICs) results in transmission of the virus to recipient mice, which is manifested by acute fatal infection within 5 to 8 days. Here, we determined PIC susceptibility to a related and highly prevalent human picornavirus, coxsackie B-5 virus (CVB-5). METHODS PICs were inoculated with CVB-5 in vitro for up to 96 hours and infectivity, level of virus replication, and cellular function determined. Subsequently, monoclonal and polyclonal antibody blocking experiments were used to investigate the receptor CVB-5 uses to enter PICs, and the ability of CVB-5-infected islets to reverse diabetes analyzed in mice. RESULTS Adult pig islets inoculated with CVB-5 in vitro showed a typical picornaviral replication cycle with a 2-h lag phase followed by a 4-h exponential phase during which the virus titer increased by 4 logs. However, CVB-5 was less cytolytic to PICs than EMCV, resulting in a persistent productive infection lasting for up to 96 h, with minimal evidence of cell lysis. Double immunostaining confirmed the presence of CVB-5 antigens in insulin-producing islets. Infection of PICs in the presence of antibodies against human coxsackie-adenovirus receptor (CAR) resulted in near complete blockage in production of infectious virus particles whereas blocking with anti-porcine decay-accelerating factor (DAF, also called CD55) or anti-porcine membrane cofactor protein (MCP, also called CD46) only slightly decreased the number of infectious CVB-5 particles produced. Immunofluoresence staining showed CAR and MCP expression on the islet surface, but not DAF. Transplanting CVB-5-infected PICs into diabetic C57BL/6 mice resulted in reversal of diabetes. CONCLUSION Although PICs are susceptible to human CVB-5, the infection does not appear to affect xenograft function in vitro or in vivo in the short term.
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- Suzanne E Myers
- Pathobiology Graduate Program, Veterinary Science Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Xenotransplantation is a possible solution for the shortage of tissues for human transplantation. Multiple hurdles exist to clinical xenotransplantation, including immunologic barriers, metabolic differences between pigs--the source species most commonly considered--and humans, and ethical concerns. Since clinical trials were first proposed almost 10 years ago, the degree of risk for infection transmitted from the xenograft donor to the recipient has been extensively investigated. A number of potential viral pathogens have been identified including porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV), porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV), and porcine lymphotropic herpesvirus (PLHV). Sensitive diagnostic assays have been developed for each virus. Human-tropic PERV are exogenous recombinants between PERV-A and PERV-C sequences and are present in only a subset of swine. Porcine cytomegalovirus can be excluded from herds of source animals by early weaning of piglets. In contrast, the risks associated with PLHV remain undefined. Microbiologic studies and assays for potential xenogeneic pathogens have furthered understanding of risks associated with xenotransplantation. Thus far, clinical xenotransplantation of pig tissues has not resulted in transmission of viral infection to humans; significant risks for disease transmission from swine to humans have not been confirmed. If immunologic hurdles can be overcome, it is reasonable to initiate carefully monitored clinical trials.
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- Jay A Fishman
- Transplantation Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program, Infectious Disease and Transplantation Units, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Alisky JM. Xenografts are an achievable breakthrough. Med Hypotheses 2004; 63:92-7. [PMID: 15193356 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Accepted: 01/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The objective of this communication is to show that pig-to-human organ transplantation could be feasible through genetic engineering. By introducing into donor pigs several different tolerance promoting genetic modifications there can be a synergistic effect to produce extended tolerance for xenografted organs in human recipients. Nuclear-transfer cloning allows production of pigs with knockout mutations in the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactosyl transferase gene, in principle eliminating hyperacute rejection. Once hyperacute rejection is circumvented, long-term tolerance of xenografted organs should be possible through a combination of transgenic immunomodulating molecule, bone marrow chimerism and short to intermediate term use of immunosuppressive drugs. If immunomodulating transgenes are deleterious during pig development, inducible cre-recombinase excision of stop codons provides a means to delay expression of such transgenes until after transplantation. Zoonotic diseases can be circumvented via pathogen-free colonies and additional knockout mutations to disable porcine endogenous retrovirus and prion disease. Thus, there is now a technical and theoretical framework for serious efforts at cross-species transplantation.
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- Joseph Martin Alisky
- Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA.
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Dekker S, Toussaint W, Panayotou G, de Wit T, Visser P, Grosveld F, Drabek D. Intracellularly expressed single-domain antibody against p15 matrix protein prevents the production of porcine retroviruses. J Virol 2003; 77:12132-9. [PMID: 14581550 PMCID: PMC254262 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.22.12132-12139.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The presence of porcine endogenous retroviruses presents a potential risk of transmission of infectious diseases (xenozoonosis) if tissues and organs from genetically modified pigs are to be used in xenotransplantation. Here, we report that intracellular expression of a llama single-domain antibody against p15, the matrix domain protein of the porcine endogenous retrovirus Gag polyprotein, blocks retrovirus production, providing the possibility of eliminating the risk of infection in xenotransplantation.
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- Sylvia Dekker
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Denner J, Specke V, Thiesen U, Karlas A, Kurth R. Genetic alterations of the long terminal repeat of an ecotropic porcine endogenous retrovirus during passage in human cells. Virology 2003; 314:125-33. [PMID: 14517066 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00428-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human-tropic porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) such as PERV-A and PERV-B can infect human cells and are therefore a potential risk to recipients of xenotransplants. A similar risk is posed by recombinant viruses containing the receptor-binding site of PERV-A and large parts of the genome of the ecotropic PERV-C including its long terminal repeat (LTR). We describe here the unique organization of the PERV-C LTR and its changes during serial passage of recombinant virus in human cells. An increase in virus titer correlated with an increase in LTR length, caused by multiplication of 37-bp repeats containing nuclear factor Y binding sites. Luciferase dual reporter assays revealed a correlation between the number of repeats and the extent of expression. No alterations have been observed in the receptor-binding site, indicating that the increased titer is due to the changes in the LTR. These data indicate that recombinant PERVs generated during infection of human cells can adapt and subsequently replicate with greater efficiency.
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- Joachim Denner
- Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
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- Clive Patience
- Immerge BioTherapeutics Inc., Building 75, 3rd Avenue, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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