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Uchida N, Stasula U, Demirci S, Germino-Watnick P, Hinds M, Le A, Chu R, Berg A, Liu X, Su L, Wu X, Krouse AE, Linde NS, Bonifacino A, Hong SG, Dunbar CE, Lanieri L, Bhat A, Palchaudhuri R, Bennet B, Hoban M, Bertelsen K, Olson LM, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF. Fertility-preserving myeloablative conditioning using single-dose CD117 antibody-drug conjugate in a rhesus gene therapy model. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6291. [PMID: 37828021 PMCID: PMC10570335 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41153-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy has curative potential; however, its use is limited by the morbidity and mortality associated with current chemotherapy-based conditioning. Targeted conditioning using antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) holds promise for reduced toxicity in HSC gene therapy. Here we test the ability of an antibody-drug conjugate targeting CD117 (CD117-ADC) to enable engraftment in a non-human primate lentiviral gene therapy model of hemoglobinopathies. Following single-dose CD117-ADC, a >99% depletion of bone marrow CD34 + CD90 + CD45RA- cells without lymphocyte reduction is observed, which results are not inferior to multi-day myeloablative busulfan conditioning. CD117-ADC, similarly to busulfan, allows efficient engraftment, gene marking, and vector-derived fetal hemoglobin induction. Importantly, ADC treatment is associated with minimal toxicity, and CD117-ADC-conditioned animals maintain fertility. In contrast, busulfan treatment commonly causes severe toxicities and infertility in humans. Thus, the myeloablative capacity of single-dose CD117-ADC is sufficient for efficient engraftment of gene-modified HSCs while preserving fertility and reducing adverse effects related to toxicity in non-human primates. This targeted conditioning approach thus provides the proof-of-principle to improve risk-benefit ratio in a variety of HSC-based gene therapy products in humans.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA.
- Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Genomics Technology Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Genomics Technology Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) / National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, MD, USA
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Wu C, Hong SG, Bonifacino A, Dunbar CE. Lentiviral Transduction of Nonhuman Primate Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2567:63-84. [PMID: 36255695 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2679-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The nonhuman primate (NHP) animal model is an important predictive preclinical model for developing gene and cell therapies. It is also an experimental animal model used to study hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) biology, with the capability of serving as a step for the translation of the basic research concepts from small animals to humans. Lentiviral vectors are currently the standard gene delivery vehicles for transduction of HSPCs in the clinical setting. They have proven to be less genotoxic and more efficient than the previously used murine γ-retroviruses. Transplantation of lentiviral vector-transduced HSPCs into autologous macaques has been well developed over the past two decades. In this chapter, we provide detailed methodologies for lentiviral vector transduction of rhesus macaque HSPCs, including production and titration of lentiviral vector, purification of CD34+ HSPCs, and lentiviral vector transduction and assessment.
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- Chuanfeng Wu
- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Bjornson-Hooper ZB, Fragiadakis GK, Spitzer MH, Chen H, Madhireddy D, Hu K, Lundsten K, McIlwain DR, Nolan GP. A Comprehensive Atlas of Immunological Differences Between Humans, Mice, and Non-Human Primates. Front Immunol 2022; 13:867015. [PMID: 35359965 PMCID: PMC8962947 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.867015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Animal models are an integral part of the drug development and evaluation process. However, they are unsurprisingly imperfect reflections of humans, and the extent and nature of many immunological differences are unknown. With the rise of targeted and biological therapeutics, it is increasingly important that we understand the molecular differences in the immunological behavior of humans and model organisms. However, very few antibodies are raised against non-human primate antigens, and databases of cross-reactivity between species are incomplete. Thus, we screened 332 antibodies in five immune cell populations in blood from humans and four non-human primate species generating a comprehensive cross-reactivity catalog that includes cell type-specificity. We used this catalog to create large mass cytometry universal cross-species phenotyping and signaling panels for humans, along with three of the model organisms most similar to humans: rhesus and cynomolgus macaques and African green monkeys; and one of the mammalian models most widely used in drug development: C57BL/6 mice. As a proof-of-principle, we measured immune cell signaling responses across all five species to an array of 15 stimuli using mass cytometry. We found numerous instances of different cellular phenotypes and immune signaling events occurring within and between species, and detailed three examples (double-positive T cell frequency and signaling; granulocyte response to Bacillus anthracis antigen; and B cell subsets). We also explore the correlation of herpes simian B virus serostatus on the immune profile. Antibody panels and the full dataset generated are available online as a resource to enable future studies comparing immune responses across species during the evaluation of therapeutics.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Bakar ImmunoX Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Data Science CoLab and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Immunology Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Departments of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- BioLegend Inc, Advanced Cytometry, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Uchida N, Ferrara F, Drysdale CM, Yapundich M, Gamer J, Nassehi T, DiNicola J, Shibata Y, Wielgosz M, Kim YS, Bauler M, Throm RE, Haro-Mora JJ, Demirci S, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Linde NS, Donahue RE, Ryu B, Tisdale JF. Sustained fetal hemoglobin induction in vivo is achieved by BCL11A interference and coexpressed truncated erythropoietin receptor. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/591/eabb0411. [PMID: 33910976 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb0411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for hemoglobin disorders, including sickle cell disease, requires high-efficiency lentiviral gene transfer and robust therapeutic globin expression in erythroid cells. Erythropoietin is a key cytokine for erythroid proliferation and differentiation (erythropoiesis), and truncated human erythropoietin receptors (thEpoR) have been reported in familial polycythemia. We reasoned that coexpression of thEpoR could enhance the phenotypic effect of a therapeutic vector in erythroid cells in xenograft mouse and autologous nonhuman primate transplantation models. We generated thEpoR by deleting 40 amino acids from the carboxyl terminus, allowing for erythropoietin-dependent enhanced erythropoiesis of gene-modified cells. We then designed lentiviral vectors encoding both thEpoR and B cell lymphoma/leukemia 11A (BCL11A)-targeting microRNA-adapted short hairpin RNA (shmiR BCL11A) driven by an erythroid-specific promoter. thEpoR expression enhanced erythropoiesis among gene-modified cells in vitro. We then transplanted lentiviral vector gene-modified CD34+ cells with erythroid-specific expression of both thEpoR and shmiR BCL11A and compared to cells modified with shmiR BCL11A only. We found that thEpoR enhanced shmiR BCL11A-based fetal hemoglobin (HbF) induction in both xenograft mice and rhesus macaques, whereas HbF induction with shmiR BCL11A only was robust, yet transient. thEpoR/shmiR BCL11A coexpression allowed for sustained HbF induction at 20 to 25% in rhesus macaques for 4 to 8 months. In summary, we developed erythroid-specific thEpoR/shmiR BCL11A-expressing vectors, enhancing HbF induction in xenograft mice and rhesus macaques. The sustained HbF induction achieved by addition of thEpoR and shmiR BCL11A may represent a viable gene therapy strategy for hemoglobin disorders.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. .,Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Vector Development and Production Laboratory, SJCRH, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Vector Development and Production Laboratory, SJCRH, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), Memphis, TN 38105, USA.,Umoja Biopharma, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Drysdale CM, Nassehi T, Gamer J, Yapundich M, Tisdale JF, Uchida N. Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Targeted Gene-Addition and Gene-Editing Strategies for β-hemoglobinopathies. Cell Stem Cell 2021; 28:191-208. [PMID: 33545079 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a well-defined point mutation in the β-globin gene and therefore is an optimal target for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene-addition/editing therapy. In HSC gene-addition therapy, a therapeutic β-globin gene is integrated into patient HSCs via lentiviral transduction, resulting in long-term phenotypic correction. State-of-the-art gene-editing technology has made it possible to repair the β-globin mutation in patient HSCs or target genetic loci associated with reactivation of endogenous γ-globin expression. With both approaches showing signs of therapeutic efficacy in patients, we discuss current genetic treatments, challenges, and technical advances in this field.
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- Claire M Drysdale
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
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Uchida N, Li L, Nassehi T, Drysdale CM, Yapundich M, Gamer J, Haro-Mora JJ, Demirci S, Leonard A, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Linde NS, Allen C, Peshwa MV, De Ravin SS, Donahue RE, Malech HL, Tisdale JF. Preclinical evaluation for engraftment of CD34 + cells gene-edited at the sickle cell disease locus in xenograft mouse and non-human primate models. Cell Rep Med 2021; 2:100247. [PMID: 33948577 PMCID: PMC8080237 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a 20A > T mutation in the β-globin gene. Genome-editing technologies have the potential to correct the SCD mutation in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), producing adult hemoglobin while simultaneously eliminating sickle hemoglobin. Here, we developed high-efficiency viral vector-free non-footprint gene correction in SCD CD34+ cells with electroporation to deliver SCD mutation-targeting guide RNA, Cas9 endonuclease, and 100-mer single-strand donor DNA encoding intact β-globin sequence, achieving therapeutic-level gene correction at DNA (∼30%) and protein (∼80%) levels. Gene-edited SCD CD34+ cells contributed corrected cells 6 months post-xenograft mouse transplant without off-target δ-globin editing. We then developed a rhesus β-to-βs-globin gene conversion strategy to model HSC-targeted genome editing for SCD and demonstrate the engraftment of gene-edited CD34+ cells 10-12 months post-transplant in rhesus macaques. In summary, gene-corrected CD34+ HSCs are engraftable in xenograft mice and non-human primates. These findings are helpful in designing HSC-targeted gene correction trials.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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Cas9 protein delivery non-integrating lentiviral vectors for gene correction in sickle cell disease. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2021; 21:121-132. [PMID: 33816645 PMCID: PMC8005818 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2021.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Gene editing with the CRISPR-Cas9 system could revolutionize hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-targeted gene therapy for hereditary diseases, including sickle cell disease (SCD). Conventional delivery of editing tools by electroporation limits HSC fitness due to its toxicity; therefore, efficient and non-toxic delivery remains crucial. Integrating lentiviral vectors are established for therapeutic gene delivery to engraftable HSCs in gene therapy trials; however, their sustained expression and size limitation preclude their use for CRISPR-Cas9 delivery. Here, we developed a Cas9 protein delivery non-integrating lentiviral system encoding guide RNA and donor DNA, allowing for transient endonuclease function and inclusion of all editing tools in a single vector (all-in-one). We demonstrated efficient one-time correction of the SCD mutation in the endogenous βs-globin gene up to 42% at the protein level (p < 0.01) with the Cas9 protein delivery non-integrating lentiviral all-in-one system without electroporation. Our findings improve prospects for efficient and safe genome editing.
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De Ravin SS, Brault J, Meis RJ, Li L, Theobald N, Bonifacino AC, Lei H, Liu TQ, Koontz S, Corsino C, Zarakas MA, Desai JV, Clark AB, Choi U, Metzger ME, West K, Highfill SL, Kang E, Kuhns DB, Lionakis MS, Stroncek DF, Dunbar CE, Tisdale JF, Donahue RE, Dahl GA, Malech HL. NADPH oxidase correction by mRNA transfection of apheresis granulocytes in chronic granulomatous disease. Blood Adv 2020; 4:5976-5987. [PMID: 33284949 PMCID: PMC7724899 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Granulocytes from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) have dysfunctional phagocyte reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase that fails to generate sufficient antimicrobial reactive oxidative species. CGD patients with severe persistent fungal or bacterial infection who do not respond to antibiotic therapy may be given apheresis-derived allogeneic granulocyte transfusions from healthy volunteers to improve clearance of intractable infections. Allogeneic granulocyte donors are not HLA matched, so patients who receive the donor granulocyte products may develop anti-HLA alloimmunity. This not only precludes future use of allogeneic granulocytes in an alloimmunized CGD recipient, but increases the risk of graft failure of those recipients who go on to need an allogeneic bone marrow transplant. Here, we provide the first demonstration of efficient functional restoration of CGD patient apheresis granulocytes by messenger RNA (mRNA) electroporation using a scalable, Good Manufacturing Practice-compliant system to restore protein expression and NADPH oxidase function. Dose-escalating clinical-scale in vivo studies in a nonhuman primate model verify the feasibility, safety, and persistence in peripheral blood of infusions of mRNA-transfected autologous granulocyte-enriched apheresis cells, supporting this novel therapeutic approach as a potential nonalloimmunizing adjunct treatment of intractable infections in CGD patients.
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- Suk See De Ravin
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Uchida N, Hsieh MM, Raines L, Haro-Mora JJ, Demirci S, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Metzger ME, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF. Development of a forward-oriented therapeutic lentiviral vector for hemoglobin disorders. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4479. [PMID: 31578323 PMCID: PMC6775231 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12456-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy is being evaluated for hemoglobin disorders including sickle cell disease (SCD). Therapeutic globin vectors have demanding requirements including high-efficiency transduction at the HSC level and high-level, erythroid-specific expression with long-term persistence. The requirement of intron 2 for high-level β-globin expression dictates a reverse-oriented globin-expression cassette to prevent its loss from RNA splicing. Current reverse-oriented globin vectors can drive phenotypic correction, but they are limited by low vector titers and low transduction efficiencies. Here we report a clinically relevant forward-oriented β-globin-expressing vector, which has sixfold higher vector titers and four to tenfold higher transduction efficiency for long-term hematopoietic repopulating cells in humanized mice and rhesus macaques. Insertion of Rev response element (RRE) allows intron 2 to be retained, and β-globin production is observed in transplanted macaques and human SCD CD34+ cells. These findings bring us closer to a widely applicable gene therapy for hemoglobin disorders.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Sii-Felice K, Castillo Padilla J, Relouzat F, Cheuzeville J, Tantawet S, Maouche L, Le Grand R, Leboulch P, Payen E. Enhanced Transduction of Macaca fascicularis Hematopoietic Cells with Chimeric Lentiviral Vectors. Hum Gene Ther 2019; 30:1306-1323. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2018.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Karine Sii-Felice
- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- bluebird bio France, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- INSERM, Paris, France
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- Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, UMR 1184, IDMIT Department, Institute of Biology François Jacob, INSERM, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Harvard Medical School and Genetics Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Massachusetts
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- Division of Innovative Therapies, UMR E007, Institute of Biology François Jacob, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Paris-Saclay University, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- INSERM, Paris, France
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Uchida N, Nassehi T, Drysdale CM, Gamer J, Yapundich M, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Linde N, Hsieh MM, Donahue RE, Dunbar CE, Kean LS, Tisdale JF. Busulfan Combined with Immunosuppression Allows Efficient Engraftment of Gene-Modified Cells in a Rhesus Macaque Model. Mol Ther 2019; 27:1586-1596. [PMID: 31253582 PMCID: PMC6731177 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Busulfan conditioning is utilized for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) depletion in the context of HSC gene-therapy conditioning but may result in insufficient immunosuppression. In this study, we evaluated whether additional immunosuppression is required for efficient engraftment of gene-modified cells using a rhesus HSC lentiviral gene-therapy model. We transduced half of rhesus CD34+ cells with an enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP)-encoding vector (immunogenic) and the other half with a γ-globin-encoding vector (no predicted immunogenicity). After autologous transplantation of both transduced cell populations following myeloablative busulfan conditioning (5.5 mg/kg/day for 4 days), we observed immunological rejection of GFP-transduced cells up to 3 months post-transplant and stable engraftment of γ-globin-transduced cells in two animals, demonstrating that ablative busulfan conditioning is sufficient for engraftment of gene-modified cells producing non-immunogenic proteins but insufficient to permit engraftment of immunogenic proteins. We then added immunosuppression with abatacept and sirolimus to busulfan conditioning and observed engraftment of both GFP- and γ-globin-transduced cells in two animals, demonstrating that additional immunosuppression allows for engraftment of gene-modified cells expressing immunogenic proteins. In conclusion, myeloablative busulfan conditioning should permit engraftment of gene-modified cells producing non-immunogenic proteins, while additional immunosuppression is required to prevent immunological rejection of a neoantigen.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Demirci S, Mora JJH, Yapundich M, Drysdale C, Gamer J, Nassehi T, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Linde NS, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF, Uchida N. Fetal hemoglobin and F-cell variance in mobilized CD34 + cell-transplanted rhesus monkeys. Exp Hematol 2019; 75:21-25.e1. [PMID: 31173819 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Elevated fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is associated with reduced severity of sickle cell disease. Therefore, γ-globin protein levels and F-cell (HbF-positive red blood cell) percentages are used for estimation of clinical benefit. Here, we monitored transplantation-related changes in HbF and F-cell percentages for rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) following total body irradiation or busulfan conditioning prior to CD34+ cell transplantation. HbF protein expression peaked in the first 4-9 weeks posttransplant (0.99%-2.53%), and F-cells increased in the first 6-17 weeks posttransplant (8.7%-45.3%). HbF and F-cell ratios gradually decreased and stabilized to levels similar to those of control animals (1.96 ± 1.97% for F cells and 0.49 ± 0.19% γ-globin expression) 4-7 months post-transplant. These findings confirm and expand on previous reports of transient induction in HbF and F-cell percentages in rhesus macaques following CD34+ cell transplantation, an observation that must be taken into consideration when evaluating therapeutic strategies that aim to specifically elevate HbF expression, which are currently in clinical development.
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- Selami Demirci
- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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- Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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High-Efficiency Lentiviral Transduction of Human CD34 + Cells in High-Density Culture with Poloxamer and Prostaglandin E2. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2019; 13:187-196. [PMID: 30788387 PMCID: PMC6370599 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy is curative for various hereditary diseases; however, high-efficiency transduction in HSCs remains crucial to improve the prospects for hemoglobinopathies. We previously optimized lentiviral transduction in human CD34+ cells with serum-free medium containing minimal cytokines, allowing efficient transduction (∼50%) and robust xenograft engraftment. In this study, we further improved lentiviral transduction in human CD34+ cells. High-density culture conditions (4e6/mL) resulted in ∼5-fold more efficient transduction in CD34+ cells (p < 0.01) compared with standard cell density (1e5/mL). After co-culturing vector-exposed CD34+ cells with non-transduced CD34+ cells, high-density culture conditions enhanced lentiviral gene marking in the non-transduced population (p < 0.01) compared with low-density conditions, suggesting that increasing cell-to-cell contact allows more efficient transduction. Two adjuvants, poloxamer 407 (100 μg/mL) and prostaglandin E2 (10 μM), were added to high-density CD34+ cells, resulting in ∼4-fold more efficient transduction (p < 0.01) without significant toxicity compared with no adjuvant control. In summary, we developed a highly efficient lentiviral transduction method in high-density CD34+ cell culture with poloxamer 407 and prostaglandin E2, allowing overall ∼10-fold improvement in transduction efficiency and consistently achieving more than 90% transduction and an average vector copy number of ∼10. Our optimized transduction method should improve gene therapy approaches using lentiviral vectors targeting HSCs.
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Taraseviciute A, Tkachev V, Ponce R, Turtle CJ, Snyder JM, Liggitt HD, Myerson D, Gonzalez-Cuyar L, Baldessari A, English C, Yu A, Zheng H, Furlan SN, Hunt DJ, Hoglund V, Finney O, Brakke H, Blazar BR, Berger C, Riddell SR, Gardner R, Kean LS, Jensen MC. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell-Mediated Neurotoxicity in Nonhuman Primates. Cancer Discov 2018; 8:750-763. [PMID: 29563103 PMCID: PMC6058704 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-17-1368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of refractory leukemias and lymphomas, but is associated with significant toxicities, namely cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity. A major barrier to developing therapeutics to prevent CAR T cell-mediated neurotoxicity is the lack of clinically relevant models. Accordingly, we developed a rhesus macaque (RM) model of neurotoxicity via adoptive transfer of autologous CD20-specific CAR T cells. Following cyclophosphamide lymphodepletion, CD20 CAR T cells expand to 272 to 4,450 cells/μL after 7 to 8 days and elicit CRS and neurotoxicity. Toxicities are associated with elevated serum IL6, IL8, IL1RA, MIG, and I-TAC levels, and disproportionately high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IL6, IL2, GM-CSF, and VEGF levels. During neurotoxicity, both CD20 CAR and non-CAR T cells accumulate in the CSF and in the brain parenchyma. This RM model demonstrates that CAR T cell-mediated neurotoxicity is associated with proinflammatory CSF cytokines and a pan-T cell encephalitis.Significance: We provide the first immunologically relevant, nonhuman primate model of B cell-directed CAR T-cell therapy-mediated CRS and neurotoxicity. We demonstrate CAR and non-CAR T-cell infiltration in the CSF and in the brain during neurotoxicity resulting in pan-encephalitis, accompanied by increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the CSF. Cancer Discov; 8(6); 750-63. ©2018 AACR.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 663.
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- Agne Taraseviciute
- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Deparment of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Deparment of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Perales MA, Kebriaei P, Kean LS, Sadelain M. Reprint of: Building a Safer and Faster CAR: Seatbelts, Airbags, and CRISPR. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:S15-S19. [PMID: 29425516 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.12.789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Therapeutic T cell engineering has recently garnered widespread interest because of the success of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy. CARs are synthetic receptors for antigen that redirect the specificity and reprogram the function of the T cells in which they are genetically introduced. CARs targeting CD19, a cell surface molecule found in most leukemias and lymphomas, have yielded high remission rates in patients with chemorefractory, relapsed disease, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The toxicities of this treatment include B cell aplasia, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), and neurotoxicity. Although reversible in most instances, these toxicities may require specific medical interventions, including transfer to intensive care to treat severe CRS. Guidelines for managing these toxicities are emerging. The recent report of a nonhuman primate model for CRS is poised to help advance the management of this syndrome. Finally, new engineering modalities, based on the use of targeted nucleases like CRISPR, may further enhance the efficacy and safety of CAR T cells.
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- Miguel-Angel Perales
- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Center, Seattle, Washington; The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Cell Engineering and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Perales MA, Kebriaei P, Kean LS, Sadelain M. Building a Safer and Faster CAR: Seatbelts, Airbags, and CRISPR. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:27-31. [PMID: 29032264 PMCID: PMC5901894 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Therapeutic T cell engineering has recently garnered widespread interest because of the success of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy. CARs are synthetic receptors for antigen that redirect the specificity and reprogram the function of the T cells in which they are genetically introduced. CARs targeting CD19, a cell surface molecule found in most leukemias and lymphomas, have yielded high remission rates in patients with chemorefractory, relapsed disease, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The toxicities of this treatment include B cell aplasia, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), and neurotoxicity. Although reversible in most instances, these toxicities may require specific medical interventions, including transfer to intensive care to treat severe CRS. Guidelines for managing these toxicities are emerging. The recent report of a nonhuman primate model for CRS is poised to help advance the management of this syndrome. Finally, new engineering modalities, based on the use of targeted nucleases like CRISPR, may further enhance the efficacy and safety of CAR T cells.
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- Miguel-Angel Perales
- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- The Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children's Research Center, Seattle, Washington; The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Cell Engineering and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Wu C, Espinoza DA, Koelle SJ, Potter EL, Lu R, Li B, Yang D, Fan X, Donahue RE, Roederer M, Dunbar CE. Geographic clonal tracking in macaques provides insights into HSPC migration and differentiation. J Exp Med 2017; 215:217-232. [PMID: 29141868 PMCID: PMC5748860 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Wu et al. use barcode tracking to uncover prolonged geographic bone marrow segregation of regenerating hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell clones after transplantation and provide evidence for local bone marrow production of T cells. The geographic distribution of hematopoiesis at a clonal level is of interest in understanding how hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and their progeny interact with bone marrow (BM) niches during regeneration. We tagged rhesus macaque autologous HSPCs with genetic barcodes, allowing clonal tracking over time and space after transplantation. We found marked geographic segregation of CD34+ HSPCs for at least 6 mo posttransplantation, followed by very gradual clonal mixing at different BM sites over subsequent months to years. Clonal mapping was used to document local production of granulocytes, monocytes, B cells, and CD56+ natural killer (NK) cells. In contrast, CD16+CD56− NK cells were not produced in the BM, and in fact were clonally distinct from multipotent progenitors producing all other lineages. Most surprisingly, we documented local BM production of CD3+ T cells early after transplantation, using both clonal mapping and intravascular versus tissue-resident T cell staining, suggesting a thymus-independent T cell developmental pathway operating during BM regeneration, perhaps before thymic recovery.
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- Chuanfeng Wu
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.,Institute of hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Uchida N, Fujita A, Hsieh MM, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Metzger ME, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF. Bone Marrow as a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Source for Gene Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence from Rhesus and SCD Patients. HUM GENE THER CL DEV 2017; 28:136-144. [PMID: 28447889 DOI: 10.1089/humc.2017.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Steady state bone marrow (BM) is the preferred hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) source for gene therapy in sickle cell disease (SCD) due to the recognized risk of vaso-occlusive crisis during granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilization. We previously established clinically relevant HSC gene transfer in the rhesus model following transplantation of mobilized peripheral blood (PB) CD34+ cells transduced with lentiviral vectors. In this study, we examined steady state bone marrow (BM) in the rhesus competitive repopulation model and demonstrate similar gene marking in vitro and in vivo, as compared with mobilized PB CD34+ cells. We then evaluated PB and steady state BM in subjects with SCD and observed a higher frequency of CD34+ cells when compared with controls, likely due to enhanced hematopoiesis. However, CD34+ cell counts were reduced in both the PB and BM in patients treated with hydroxyurea, and hydroxyurea treatment strongly inhibited iPS cell generation from SCD subjects. Our data support that steady state BM is a useful HSC source for SCD gene therapy with similar transduction. The lower CD34+ percentages observed with hydroxyurea treatment warrants withholding hydroxyurea temporarily prior to harvesting HSCs. Our results are important for the design of gene targeting strategies for SCD.
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- Naoya Uchida
- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 2 Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 2 Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 2 Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 2 Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, MD
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Uchida N, Washington KN, Mozer B, Platner C, Ballantine J, Skala LP, Raines L, Shvygin A, Hsieh MM, Mitchell LG, Tisdale JF. RNA Trans-Splicing Targeting Endogenous β-Globin Pre-Messenger RNA in Human Erythroid Cells. Hum Gene Ther Methods 2017; 28:91-99. [PMID: 28267358 DOI: 10.1089/hgtb.2016.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Sickle cell disease results from a point mutation in exon 1 of the β-globin gene (total 3 exons). Replacing sickle β-globin exon 1 (and exon 2) with a normal sequence by trans-splicing is a potential therapeutic strategy. Therefore, this study sought to develop trans-splicing targeting β-globin pre-messenger RNA among human erythroid cells. Binding domains from random β-globin sequences were comprehensively screened. Six candidates had optimal binding, and all targeted intron 2. Next, lentiviral vectors encoding RNA trans-splicing molecules were constructed incorporating a unique binding domain from these candidates, artificial 5' splice site, and γ-globin cDNA, and trans-splicing was evaluated in CD34+ cell-derived erythroid cells from healthy individuals. Lentiviral transduction was efficient, with vector copy numbers of 9.7 to 15.3. The intended trans-spliced RNA product, including exon 3 of endogenous β-globin and γ-globin, was detected at the molecular level. Trans-splicing efficiency was improved to 0.07-0.09% by longer binding domains, including the 5' splice site of intron 2. In summary, screening was performed to select efficient binding domains for trans-splicing. Detectable levels of trans-splicing were obtained for endogenous β-globin RNA in human erythroid cells. These methods provide the basis for future trans-splicing directed gene therapy.
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- Naoya Uchida
- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 3 Office of Research Integrity , Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland
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He H, Xue J, Wang W, Liu L, Ye C, Cong Z, Kimata JT, Qin C, Zhou P. Efficient Transduction of Human and Rhesus Macaque Primary T Cells by a Modified Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Based Lentiviral Vector. Hum Gene Ther 2016; 28:271-285. [PMID: 28042947 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2016.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-based lentiviral vectors efficiently transduce genes to human, but not rhesus, primary T cells and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). The poor transduction of HIV-1 vectors to rhesus cells is mainly due to species-specific restriction factors such as rhesus TRIM5α. Previously, several strategies to modify HIV-1 vectors were developed to overcome rhesus TRIM5α restriction. While the modified HIV-1 vectors efficiently transduce rhesus HSCs, they remain suboptimal for rhesus primary T cells. Recently, HIV-1 variants that encode combinations of LNEIE mutations in capsid (CA) protein and SIVmac239 Vif were found to replicate efficiently in rhesus primary T cells. Thus, the present study tested whether HIV-1 vectors packaged by a packaging construct containing these CA substitutions could efficiently transduce both human and rhesus primary CD4 T cells. To accomplish this, LNEIE mutations were made in the packaging construct CEMΔ8.9, and recombinant HIV-1 vectors packaged by Δ8.9 WT or Δ8.9 LNEIE were generated. Transduction rates, CA stability, and vector integration in CEMss-CCR5 and CEMss-CCR5-rhTRIM5α/green fluorescent protein cells, as well as transduction rates in human and rhesus primary CD4 T cells by Δ8.9 WT or Δ8.9 LNEIE-packaged HIV-1 vectors, were compared. Finally, the influence of rhesus TRIM5α variations in transduction rates to primary CD4 T cells from a cohort of 37 Chinese rhesus macaques was studied. While it maintains efficient transduction for human T-cell line and primary CD4 T cells, Δ8.9 LNEIE-packaged HIV-1 vector overcomes rhesus TRIM5α-mediated CA degradation, resulting in significantly higher transduction efficiency of rhesus primary CD4 T cells than Δ8.9 WT-packaged HIV-1 vector. Rhesus TRIM5α variations strongly influence transduction efficiency of rhesus primary CD4 T cells by both Δ8.9 WT or Δ8.9 LNEIE-packaged HIV-1 vectors. Thus, it is concluded that Δ8.9 LNEIE-packaged HIV-1 vector overcomes rhesus TRIM5α restriction and efficiently transduces both human and rhesus primary T cells.
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- Huan He
- 1 The Unit of Anti-Viral Immunity and Genetic Therapy, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- 2 Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Remerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- 1 The Unit of Anti-Viral Immunity and Genetic Therapy, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- 1 The Unit of Anti-Viral Immunity and Genetic Therapy, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- 1 The Unit of Anti-Viral Immunity and Genetic Therapy, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- 2 Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Remerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- 3 Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas
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- 2 Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Remerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- 1 The Unit of Anti-Viral Immunity and Genetic Therapy, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Uchida N, Weitzel RP, Shvygin A, Skala LP, Raines L, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Metzger ME, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF. Total body irradiation must be delivered at high dose for efficient engraftment and tolerance in a rhesus stem cell gene therapy model. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2016; 3:16059. [PMID: 27652288 PMCID: PMC5022796 DOI: 10.1038/mtm.2016.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) is desirable for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy applications. However, low gene marking was previously observed in gene therapy trials, suggesting that RIC might be insufficient for (i) opening niches for efficient engraftment and/or (ii) inducing immunological tolerance for transgene-encoded proteins. Therefore, we evaluated both engraftment and tolerance for gene-modified cells using our rhesus HSC gene therapy model following RIC. We investigated a dose de-escalation of total body irradiation (TBI) from our standard dose of 10Gy (10, 8, 6, and 4Gy), in which rhesus CD34+ cells were transduced with a VSVG-pseudotyped chimeric HIV-1 vector encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) (or enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)). At ~6 months after transplantation, higher-dose TBI resulted in higher gene marking with logarithmic regression in peripheral blood cells. We then evaluated immunological tolerance for gene-modified cells, and found that lower-dose TBI allowed vigorous anti-GFP antibody production with logarithmic regression, while no significant anti-VSVG antibody formation was observed among all TBI groups. These data suggest that higher-dose TBI improves both engraftment and immunological tolerance for gene-modified cells. Additional immunosuppression might be required in RIC to induce tolerance for transgene products. Our findings should be valuable for developing conditioning regimens for HSC gene therapy applications.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Uchida N, Green R, Ballantine J, Skala LP, Hsieh MM, Tisdale JF. Kinetics of lentiviral vector transduction in human CD34(+) cells. Exp Hematol 2015; 44:106-15. [PMID: 26499040 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Unlike cell lines, human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are less efficiently transduced with HIV-1 vectors, potentially limiting this approach. To investigate which step (internalization, reverse transcription, nuclear transport, and integration) limits lentiviral transduction, we evaluated the kinetics of lentiviral transduction in human CD34(+) cells. We transduced HeLa and CD34(+) cells with self-inactivating HIV-1 vector at low and tenfold higher multiplicity of infection (MOI) and evaluated vector amounts at various time points based on the rationale that if a given step was not limiting, tenfold greater vector amounts would be obtained at the tenfold higher MOI. We observed slower internalization (>60 min), a peak in reverse transcription at 24 hours, and completion of integration at 3 days in CD34(+) cells. In HeLa cells, there were approximately tenfold greater amounts at high MOI at all time points. When compared with HeLa cells, CD34(+) cells exhibited larger differences in vector amounts between high and low MOIs at 2-6 hours and a smaller difference at 12 hours to 10 days, revealing a limitation in human CD34(+) cell transduction around 12 hours, which corresponds to reverse transcription. In serial measurements of reverse transcription at 24 hours, vector amounts did not decrease once detected among CD34(+) cells. When using an HSC expansion medium, we observed less limitation for starting reverse transcription and more efficient transduction among CD34(+) cells in vitro and in xenografted mice. These data suggest that it is the initiation of reverse transcription that limits lentiviral transduction of human CD34(+) cells. Our findings provide an avenue for optimizing human CD34(+) cell transduction.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD.
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
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Wu C, Li B, Lu R, Koelle SJ, Yang Y, Jares A, Krouse AE, Metzger M, Liang F, Loré K, Wu CO, Donahue RE, Chen ISY, Weissman I, Dunbar CE. Clonal tracking of rhesus macaque hematopoiesis highlights a distinct lineage origin for natural killer cells. Cell Stem Cell 2014; 14:486-499. [PMID: 24702997 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 12/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Analysis of hematopoietic stem cell function in nonhuman primates provides insights that are relevant for human biology and therapeutic strategies. In this study, we applied quantitative genetic barcoding to track the clonal output of transplanted autologous rhesus macaque hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells over a time period of up to 9.5 months. We found that unilineage short-term progenitors reconstituted myeloid and lymphoid lineages at 1 month but were supplanted over time by multilineage clones, initially myeloid restricted, then myeloid-B clones, and then stable myeloid-B-T multilineage, long-term repopulating clones. Surprisingly, reconstitution of the natural killer (NK) cell lineage, and particularly the major CD16(+)/CD56(-) peripheral blood NK compartment, showed limited clonal overlap with T, B, or myeloid lineages, and therefore appears to be ontologically distinct. Thus, in addition to providing insights into clonal behavior over time, our analysis suggests an unexpected paradigm for the relationship between NK cells and other hematopoietic lineages in primates.
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- Chuanfeng Wu
- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- UCLA AIDS Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Hematology Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Uchida N, Hsieh MM, Platner C, Saunthararajah Y, Tisdale JF. Decitabine suspends human CD34+ cell differentiation and proliferation during lentiviral transduction. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104022. [PMID: 25089909 PMCID: PMC4121241 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Efficient ex vivo transduction of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is encumbered by differentiation which reduces engraftment. We hypothesized that inhibiting DNA methyltransferase with decitabine would block differentiation of transduced CD34+ cells under cytokine stimulation and thus improve transduction efficiency for engrafting HSCs. Human CD34+ cells in cytokine-containing media were treated with or without decitabine for 24 or 48 hours, and then these cells were transduced with a GFP-expressing lentiviral vector. Utilizing decitabine pre-treatment for 48 hours, we observed an equivalent percentage of successfully transduced cells (GFP-positivity) and a higher percentage of cells that retained CD34 positivity, compared to no decitabine exposure. Cell proliferation was inhibited after decitabine exposure. Similar results were observed among CD34+ cells from six different donors. Repopulating activity was evaluated by transplantation into NOD/SCID/IL2Rγnull mice and demonstrated an equivalent percentage of GFP-positivity in human cells from decitabine-treated samples and a trend for higher human cell engraftment (measured 20-24 weeks after transplantation), compared to no decitabine exposure. In conclusion, ex vivo decitabine exposure inhibits both differentiation and proliferation in transduced human CD34+ cells and modestly increases the engraftment ability in xenograft mice, while the transduction efficiency is equivalent in decitabine exposure, suggesting improvement of lentiviral transduction for HSCs.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Evaluation of engraftment and immunological tolerance after reduced intensity conditioning in a rhesus hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy model. Gene Ther 2013; 21:148-57. [PMID: 24257347 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2013.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) is desirable for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) targeted gene therapy; however, RIC may be insufficient for efficient engraftment and inducing immunological tolerance to transgenes. We previously established long-term gene marking in our rhesus macaque autologous HSC transplantation model following 10 Gy total body irradiation (TBI). In this study, we evaluated RIC transplantation with 4 Gy TBI in two rhesus macaques that received equal parts of CD34(+) cells transduced with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing lentiviral vector and empty vector not expressing transgenes. In both animals, equivalently low gene marking between GFP and empty vectors was observed 6 months post-transplantation, even with efficient transduction of CD34(+) cells in vitro. Autologous lymphocyte infusion with GFP marking resulted in an increase of gene marking in lymphocytes in a control animal with GFP tolerance, but not in the two RIC-transplanted animals. In vitro assays revealed strong cellular and humoral immune responses to GFP protein in the two RIC-transplanted animals, but this was not observed in controls. In summary, 4 Gy TBI is insufficient to permit engraftment of genetically modified HSCs and induce immunological tolerance to transgenes. Our findings should help in the design of conditioning regimens in gene therapy trials.
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TRIM5α variations influence transduction efficiency with lentiviral vectors in both human and rhesus CD34(+) cells in vitro and in vivo. Mol Ther 2013; 22:348-358. [PMID: 24153115 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2013.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vectors can transduce human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), but transduction efficiency varies among individuals. The innate immune factor tripartite motif-containing protein 5α (TRIM5α) plays an important role for restriction of retroviral infection. In this study, we examined whether TRIM5α could account for variations in transduction efficiency using both an established rhesus gene therapy model and human CD34(+) cell culture. Evaluation of TRIM5α genotypes (Mamu-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, and TrimCyp) in 16 rhesus macaques that were transplanted with transduced CD34(+) cells showed a significant correlation between TRIM5α Mamu-4 and high gene marking in both lymphocytes and granulocytes 6 months after transplantation. Since significant human TRIM5α coding polymorphisms were not known, we evaluated TRIM5α expression levels in human CD34(+) cells from 14 donors. Three days after HIV-1 vector transduction, measured transduction efficiency varied significantly among donors and was negatively correlated with TRIM5α expression levels. In summary, transduction efficiency in both rhesus and human CD34(+) cells was influenced by TRIM5α variations (genotypes and expression levels). Our findings are important for both understanding and mitigating the variability of transduction efficiency for rhesus and human CD34(+) cells.
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Uchida N, Evans ME, Hsieh MM, Bonifacino AC, Krouse AE, Metzger ME, Sellers SE, Dunbar CE, Donahue RE, Tisdale JF. Integration-specific In Vitro Evaluation of Lentivirally Transduced Rhesus CD34(+) Cells Correlates With In Vivo Vector Copy Number. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2013; 2:e122. [PMID: 24045711 PMCID: PMC4098567 DOI: 10.1038/mtna.2013.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy using integrating vectors has a potential leukemogenic risk due to insertional mutagenesis. To reduce this risk, a limitation of ≤2 average vector copy number (VCN) per cell is generally accepted. We developed an assay for VCN among transduced CD34(+) cells that reliably predicts in vivo VCN in 16 rhesus recipients of CD34(+) cells transduced with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) (or yellow fluorescent protein (YFP))-encoding lentiviral vector. Using GFP (or YFP)-specific probe/primers by real-time PCR, VCN among transduced CD34(+) cells had no correlation with VCN among granulocytes or lymphocytes in vivo assayed 6 months post-transplantation. This was a likely result of residual plasmids present in the vector preparation. We then designed self-inactivating long terminal repeat (SIN-LTR)-specific probe/primers, which detect only integrated provirus. Evaluation with SIN-LTR probe/primers resulted in a positive correlation of VCN among transduced CD34(+) cells with granulocytes and lymphocytes in vivo. The transduced CD34(+) cells had higher VCN (25.1 ± 5.6) as compared with granulocytes (2.8 ± 1) and lymphocytes (2.4 ± 0.7). In summary, an integrated provirus-specific real-time PCR system demonstrated nine- to tenfold higher VCN in transduced CD34(+) cells in vitro, as compared with VCN in vivo. Therefore, the restriction of ≤2 VCN before infusion might unnecessarily limit gene transfer efficacy.Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids (2013) 2, e122; doi:10.1038/mtna.2013.49; published online 17 September 2013.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Sellers SE, Dumitriu B, Morgan MJ, Hughes WM, Wu CO, Raghavarchari N, Yang Y, Uchida N, Tisdale JF, An DS, Chen IS, Hematti P, Donahue RE, Larochelle A, Young NS, Calado RT, Dunbar CE. No impact of lentiviral transduction on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell telomere length or gene expression in the rhesus macaque model. Mol Ther 2013; 22:52-8. [PMID: 23863881 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2013.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The occurrence of clonal perturbations and leukemia in patients transplanted with gamma-retroviral (RV) vector-transduced autologous hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) has stimulated extensive investigation, demonstrating that proviral insertions may perturb adjacent proto-oncogene expression. Although enhancer-deleted lentiviruses are less likely to result in insertional oncogenesis, there is evidence that they may perturb transcript splicing, and one patient with a benign clonal expansion of lentivirally transduced HPSC has been reported. The rhesus macaque model provides an opportunity for informative long-term analysis to ask whether transduction impacts on long-term HSPC properties. We used two techniques to examine whether lentivirally transduced HSPCs from eight rhesus macaques transplanted 1-13.5 years previously are perturbed at a population level, comparing telomere length as a measure of replicative history and gene expression profile of vector positive versus vector negative cells. There were no differences in telomere lengths between sorted GFP+ and GFP- blood cells, suggesting that lentiviral (LV) transduction did not globally disrupt replicative patterns. Bone marrow GFP+ and GF- CD34+ cells showed no differences in gene expression using unsupervised and principal component analysis. These studies did not uncover any global long-term perturbation of proliferation, differentiation, or other important functional parameters of transduced HSPCs in the rhesus macaque model.
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- Stephanie E Sellers
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen Schools of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen Schools of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Uchida N, Hsieh MM, Washington KN, Tisdale JF. Efficient transduction of human hematopoietic repopulating cells with a chimeric HIV1-based vector including SIV capsid. Exp Hematol 2013; 41:779-788.e1. [PMID: 23665451 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Innate immune factors, such as TRIM5α and cyclophilin A (CypA), act as a major restriction factor of retroviral infection among species. When HIV1 infects human cells, HIV1 capsid binds to human CypA to escape from human TRIM5α restriction. However, in rhesus cells, the mismatch between HIV1 capsid and rhesus CypA is recognized by rhesus TRIM5α to reduce HIV1 infectivity through proteasomal degradation. To circumvent this block, we previously developed a chimeric HIV1 vector (χHIV) that substituted HIV1 capsid with SIV capsid, and it significantly increased transduction efficiency for nonhuman primate cells. In this study, we evaluated whether the χHIV vector efficiently transduces human cells, and the transduction efficiency might increase by a CypA inhibitor (cyclosporine) and a proteasome inhibitor (MG132). The χHIV vector could transduce human CD34⁺ cells, as efficiently as the HIV1 vector, in vitro and in xenograft mice, even in the mismatch between SIV capsid and human CypA. Cyclosporine decreased transduction efficiency with the HIV1 vector, whereas it slightly increased transduction efficiency with the χHIV vector in human CD34⁺ cells. MG132 increased transduction efficiency with both χHIV and HIV1 vectors in the same manner. However, MG132 was toxic to human CD34⁺ cells at high concentrations, and both drugs had a small range of effective dosage. These findings demonstrate that both χHIV and HIV1 vectors have similar transduction efficiency for human hematopoietic repopulating cells, suggesting that the χHIV vector escapes from TRIM5α restriction, which is independent of human CypA.
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- Naoya Uchida
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Wolff EF, Uchida N, Donahue RE, Metzger ME, Hsieh MM, Libfraind LL, Hill MJ, Tisdale JF. Peripheral blood stem cell transplants do not result in endometrial stromal engraftment. Fertil Steril 2012; 99:526-32. [PMID: 23103021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) result in engraftment of donor stem cells in the recipient uterus. DESIGN Prospective clinical and laboratory research. SETTING Translational medicine research hospital. PATIENT(S)/ANIMAL(S): Macaque and human bone marrow transplant recipients. INTERVENTION(S) Rhesus macaques received autologous transduced immunoselected cytokine-mobilized CD34+ cells after total body irradiation. Vector constructs expressed green fluorescent protein. In the human subjects, prior PBSCT subjects underwent endometrial biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. Macaque and human endometrial and bone marrow cells were isolated and cultured. Fluorescent microscopy, flow cytometry, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to evaluate for the presence of donor-derived cells. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Presence of donor cells in recipient endometrium and bone marrow stroma. RESULT(S) The macaque endometrial cells did not exhibit evidence of green fluorescent protein labeling. Human endometrial cells were cultured and the absence of donor blood contamination was verified. The PCR evaluation of the human endometrial cells did not demonstrate evidence of donor short tandem repeats. CONCLUSION(S) The PBSCT did not result in engraftment of donor-derived cells in the endometrium.
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- Erin F Wolff
- Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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