Koya RC, Kasahara N, Pullarkat V, Levine AM, Stripecke R. Transduction of acute myeloid leukemia cells with third generation self-inactivating lentiviral vectors expressing CD80 and GM-CSF: effects on proliferation, differentiation, and stimulation of allogeneic and autologous anti-leukemia immune responses.
Leukemia 2002;
16:1645-54. [PMID:
12200676 DOI:
10.1038/sj.leu.2402582]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2001] [Accepted: 03/14/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients treated with available therapies achieve remission in approximately 60% of cases, but the long-term event-free survival is less than 30%. Use of immunotherapy during remission is a potential approach to increase survival. We propose to develop cell vaccines by genetic modification of AML cells with CD80, an essential T cell costimulator that is lacking in the majority of AML cases, and GM-CSF, to induce proliferation and activation of professional antigen-presenting cells. Here, we evaluated third generation self inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vectors, which have the potential advantage of improved safety. CD80 and GM-CSF expression by these vectors was higher than that reported with second generation vectors (Stripecke et al, Blood 2000; 96: 1317-1326). In some cases, endogenous GM-CSF expression by transduced AML cells induced phenotypic changes consistent with the maturation of leukemia blasts into antigen-presenting cells. Further, in all cases studied, GM-CSF expression was associated with higher proliferation and cell viability. Allogeneic and autologous mixed lymphocyte reactions performed with transduced irradiated AML cells expressing CD80 and/or GM-CSF demonstrated that expression of either transgene enhanced T cell activation. These pre-clinical data demonstrate the potential feasibility of third generation SIN vectors for use in AML immunotherapy.
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