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Thampi P, Samulski RJ, Grieger JC, Phillips JN, McIlwraith CW, Goodrich LR. Gene therapy approaches for equine osteoarthritis. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:962898. [PMID: 36246316 PMCID: PMC9558289 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.962898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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With an intrinsically low ability for self-repair, articular cartilage injuries often progress to cartilage loss and joint degeneration resulting in osteoarthritis (OA). Osteoarthritis and the associated articular cartilage changes can be debilitating, resulting in lameness and functional disability both in human and equine patients. While articular cartilage damage plays a central role in the pathogenesis of OA, the contribution of other joint tissues to the pathogenesis of OA has increasingly been recognized thus prompting a whole organ approach for therapeutic strategies. Gene therapy methods have generated significant interest in OA therapy in recent years. These utilize viral or non-viral vectors to deliver therapeutic molecules directly into the joint space with the goal of reprogramming the cells' machinery to secrete high levels of the target protein at the site of injection. Several viral vector-based approaches have demonstrated successful gene transfer with persistent therapeutic levels of transgene expression in the equine joint. As an experimental model, horses represent the pathology of human OA more accurately compared to other animal models. The anatomical and biomechanical similarities between equine and human joints also allow for the use of similar imaging and diagnostic methods as used in humans. In addition, horses experience naturally occurring OA and undergo similar therapies as human patients and, therefore, are a clinically relevant patient population. Thus, further studies utilizing this equine model would not only help advance the field of human OA therapy but also benefit the clinical equine patients with naturally occurring joint disease. In this review, we discuss the advancements in gene therapeutic approaches for the treatment of OA with the horse as a relevant patient population as well as an effective and commonly utilized species as a translational model.
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- Parvathy Thampi
- Orthopaedic Research Center, C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Orthopaedic Research Center, C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Orthopaedic Research Center, C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Orthopaedic Research Center, C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States,*Correspondence: Laurie R. Goodrich
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The earliest conceptual history of gene therapy began with the recognition of DNA as the transforming substance capable of changing the phenotypic character of a bacterium and then as the carrier of the genomic code. Early studies of oncogenic viruses that could insert into the mammalian genome led to the concept that these same viruses might be engineered to carry new genetic material into mammalian cells, including human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). In addition to properly engineered vectors capable of efficient safe transduction of HSC, successful gene therapy required the development of efficient materials, methods, and equipment to procure, purify, and culture HSC. Increased understanding of the preparative conditioning of patients was needed to optimize the engraftment of genetically modified HSC. Testing concepts in pivotal clinical trials to assess the efficacy and determine the cause of adverse events has advanced the efficiency and safety of gene therapy. This article is a historical overview of the separate threads of discovery that joined together to comprise our current state of gene therapy targeting HSC.
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Scaled preparation of extracellular vesicles from conditioned media. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 177:113940. [PMID: 34419502 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.113940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) especially of mesenchymal stem/stomal cells (MSCs) are increasingly considered as biotherapeutic agents for a variety of different diseases. For translating them effectively into the clinics, scalable production processes fulfilling good manufacturing practice (GMP) are needed. Like for other biotherapeutic agents, the manufacturing of EV products can be subdivided in the upstream and downstream processing and the subsequent quality control, each of them containing several unit operations. During upstream processing (USP), cells are isolated, stored (cell banking) and expanded; furthermore, EV-containing conditioned media are produced. During downstream processing (DSP), conditioned media (CM) are processed to obtain concentrated and purified EV products. CM are either stored until DSP or are directly processed. As first unit operation in DSP, clarification removes remaining cells, debris and other larger impurities. The key operations of each EV DSP is volume-reduction combined with purification of the concentrated EVs. Most of the EV preparation methods used in conventional research labs including differential centrifugation procedures are limited in their scalability. Consequently, it is a major challenge in the therapeutic EV field to identify appropriate EV concentration and purification methods allowing scale up. As EVs share several features with enveloped viruses, that are used for more than two decades in the clinics now, several principles can be adopted to EV manufacturing. Here, we introduce and discuss volume reducing and purification methods frequently used for viruses and analyze their value for the manufacturing of EV-based therapeutics.
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Jin X, Lu W, Zhang M, Xiong X, Sun R, Wei Y, He X, Zhao M. Infection Temperature Affects the Phenotype and Function of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Produced via Lentiviral Technology. Front Immunol 2021; 12:638907. [PMID: 33953713 PMCID: PMC8089475 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.638907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has become an important method for the treatment of hematological tumors. Lentiviruses are commonly used gene transfer vectors for preparing CAR-T cells, and the conditions for preparing CAR-T cells vary greatly. This study reported for the first time the influence of differences in infection temperature on the phenotype and function of produced CAR-T cells. Our results show that infection at 4 degrees produces the highest CAR-positive rate of T cells, infection at 37 degrees produces the fastest proliferation in CAR-T cells, and infection at 32 degrees produces CAR-T cells with the greatest proportion of naive cells and the lowest expression of immune checkpoints. Therefore, infection at 32 degrees is recommended to prepare CAR-T cells. CAR-T cells derived from infection at 32 degrees seem to have a balance between function and phenotype. Importantly, they have increased oncolytic ability. This research will help optimize the generation of CAR-T cells and improve the quality of CAR-T cell products.
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- Xin Jin
- Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- The First Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin, China.,Department of Hematology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.,The First Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Immortalizing Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Aged Donors While Keeping Their Essential Features. Stem Cells Int 2020; 2020:5726947. [PMID: 32612662 PMCID: PMC7315279 DOI: 10.1155/2020/5726947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) obtained from aged patients are prone to senesce and diminish their differentiation potential, therefore limiting their usefulness for osteochondral regenerative medicine approaches or to study age-related diseases, such as osteoarthiritis (OA). MSCs can be transduced with immortalizing genes to overcome this limitation, but transduction of primary slow-dividing cells has proven to be challenging. Methods for enhancing transduction efficiency (such as spinoculation, chemical adjuvants, or transgene expression inductors) can be used, but several parameters must be adapted for each transduction system. In order to develop a transduction method suitable for the immortalization of MSCs from aged donors, we used a spinoculation method. Incubation parameters of packaging cells, speed and time of centrifugation, and valproic acid concentration to induce transgene expression have been adjusted. In this way, four immortalized MSC lines (iMSC#6, iMSC#8, iMSC#9, and iMSC#10) were generated. These immortalized MSCs (iMSCs) were capable of bypassing senescence and proliferating at a higher rate than primary MSCs. Characterization of iMSCs showed that these cells kept the expression of mesenchymal surface markers and were able to differentiate towards osteoblasts, adipocytes, and chondrocytes. Nevertheless, alterations in the CD105 expression and a switch of cell fate-commitment towards the osteogenic lineage have been noticed. In conclusion, the developed transduction method is suitable for the immortalization of MSCs derived from aged donors. The generated iMSC lines maintain essential mesenchymal features and are expected to be useful tools for the bone and cartilage regenerative medicine research.
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Rathakrishnan A, Moffat K, Reis AL, Dixon LK. Production of Recombinant African Swine Fever Viruses: Speeding Up the Process. Viruses 2020; 12:E615. [PMID: 32516890 PMCID: PMC7354605 DOI: 10.3390/v12060615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating disease in pigs, with no vaccines for control. The genetic manipulation of African swine fever virus (ASFV) is often tedious and time consuming. Here, we describe a method to manipulate the virus genome to produce gene deletion viruses in a much-reduced time. This method combines the conventional homologous recombination with fluorescent-activated cells sorting (FACS), to isolate and purify viruses expressing fluorescent reporter genes. With three rounds of single cell isolation via FACS and two rounds of limiting dilution, we deleted two additional genes, EP153R and EP402R, from Benin 97/1 ASFV lacking the DP148R gene. By combining different fluorescent markers, this method has the potential to greatly facilitate studies on understanding ASFV gene functions and develop candidate live-attenuated vaccines.
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- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (A.R.); (K.M.); (A.L.R.)
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Radek C, Bernadin O, Drechsel K, Cordes N, Pfeifer R, Sträßer P, Mormin M, Gutierrez-Guerrero A, Cosset FL, Kaiser AD, Schaser T, Galy A, Verhoeyen E, Johnston ICD. Vectofusin-1 Improves Transduction of Primary Human Cells with Diverse Retroviral and Lentiviral Pseudotypes, Enabling Robust, Automated Closed-System Manufacturing. Hum Gene Ther 2019; 30:1477-1493. [PMID: 31578886 PMCID: PMC6919281 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2019.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Cell and gene therapies are finally becoming viable patient treatment options, with both T cell- and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-based therapies being approved to market in Europe. However, these therapies, which involve the use of viral vector to modify the target cells, are expensive and there is an urgent need to reduce manufacturing costs. One major cost factor is the viral vector production itself, therefore improving the gene modification efficiency could significantly reduce the amount of vector required per patient. This study describes the use of a transduction enhancing peptide, Vectofusin-1®, to improve the transduction efficiency of primary target cells using lentiviral and gammaretroviral vectors (LV and RV) pseudotyped with a variety of envelope proteins. Using Vectofusin-1 in combination with LV pseudotyped with viral glycoproteins derived from baboon endogenous retrovirus, feline endogenous virus (RD114), and measles virus (MV), a strongly improved transduction of HSCs, B cells and T cells, even when cultivated under low stimulation conditions, could be observed. The formation of Vectofusin-1 complexes with MV-LV retargeted to CD20 did not alter the selectivity in mixed cell culture populations, emphasizing the precision of this targeting technology. Functional, ErbB2-specific chimeric antigen receptor-expressing T cells could be generated using a gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV)-pseudotyped RV. Using a variety of viral vectors and target cells, Vectofusin-1 performed in a comparable manner to the traditionally used surface-bound recombinant fibronectin. As Vectofusin-1 is a soluble peptide, it was possible to easily transfer the T cell transduction method to an automated closed manufacturing platform, where proof of concept studies demonstrated efficient genetic modification of T cells with GALV-RV and RD114-RV and the subsequent expansion of mainly central memory T cells to a clinically relevant dose.
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- CIRI-International Center for Infectiology Research, Team EVIR, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Inserm, U1111, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, Lyon, France
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- Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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- Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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- Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, Genethon, INSERM, University Evry, EPHE, Evry, France
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- CIRI-International Center for Infectiology Research, Team EVIR, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Inserm, U1111, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, Lyon, France
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- CIRI-International Center for Infectiology Research, Team EVIR, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Inserm, U1111, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, Lyon, France
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- Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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- Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, Genethon, INSERM, University Evry, EPHE, Evry, France
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- CIRI-International Center for Infectiology Research, Team EVIR, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Inserm, U1111, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Université Côte d'Azur, INSERM, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), Nice, France
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Maru Y, Onuma K, Ochiai M, Imai T, Hippo Y. Shortcuts to intestinal carcinogenesis by genetic engineering in organoids. Cancer Sci 2019; 110:858-866. [PMID: 30637899 PMCID: PMC6398887 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Inactivation of the Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is an initiating and the most relevant event in most sporadic cases of colorectal cancer, providing a rationale for using Apc‐mutant mice as the disease model. Whereas carcinogenesis has been observed only at the organism level, the recent development of the organoid culture technique has enabled long‐term propagation of intestinal stem cells in a physiological setting, raising the possibility that organoids could serve as an alternative platform for modeling colon carcinogenesis. Indeed, it is demonstrated in the present study that lentivirus‐based RNAi‐mediated knockdown of Apc in intestinal organoids gave rise to subcutaneous tumors upon inoculation in immunodeficient mice. Reconstitution of common genetic aberrations in organoids resulted in development of various lesions, ranging from aberrant crypt foci to full‐blown cancer, recapitulating multi‐step colorectal tumorigenesis. Due to its simplicity and utility, similar organoid‐based approaches have been applied to both murine and human cells in many investigations, to gain mechanistic insight into tumorigenesis, to validate putative tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes, and to establish preclinical models for drug discovery. In this review article, we provide a multifaceted overview of these types of approaches that will likely accelerate and advance research on colon cancer.
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- Yoshiaki Maru
- Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Pathological Biochemistry, School of Life Science, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Central Animal Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Central Animal Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan.,Central Animal Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Spin infection enables efficient gene delivery to muscle stem cells. Biotechniques 2017; 63:72-76. [PMID: 28803542 DOI: 10.2144/000114576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Viral vector-mediated foreign gene expression in cultured cells has been extensively used in stem cell studies to explore gene function. However, it is difficult to obtain high-quality stem cells and primary cells after viral vector infection. Here, we describe a new protocol for high-efficiency retroviral infection of primary muscle stem cell (satellite cell) cultures. We compared multiple commercially available transfection reagents to determine which was optimal for retroviral infections of primary myoblasts. Centrifugation force was also tested, and a spin infection protocol with centrifugation at 2800 × g for 90 min had the highest infection efficiency for primary myoblasts. We confirmed that infected muscle stem cells maintain cell proliferation and the capacity for in vitro and in vivo myogenic differentiation. Our new, efficient retroviral infection protocol for muscle stem cells can be applied to molecular biology experiments as well as translational studies.
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Stability, biophysical properties and effect of ultracentrifugation and diafiltration on measles virus and mumps virus. Arch Virol 2016; 161:1455-67. [PMID: 26935920 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2801-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Measles virus and mumps virus (MeV and MuV) are enveloped RNA viruses used for production of live attenuated vaccines for prophylaxis of measles and mumps disease, respectively. For biotechnological production of and basic research on these viruses, the preparation of highly purified and infectious viruses is a prerequisite, and to meet that aim, knowledge of their stability and biophysical properties is crucial. Our goal was to carry out a detailed investigation of the stability of MeV and MuV under various pH, temperature, shear stress, filtration and storage conditions, as well as to evaluate two commonly used purification techniques, ultracentrifugation and diafiltration, with regard to their efficiency and effect on virus properties. Virus titers were estimated by CCID50 assay, particle size and concentration were measured by Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) measurements, and the host cell protein content was determined by ELISA. The results demonstrated the stability of MuV and MeV at pH <9 and above pH 4 and 5, respectively, and aggregation was observed at pH >9. Storage without stabilizer did not result in structural changes, but the reduction in infectivity after 24 hours was significant at +37 °C. Vortexing of the viruses resulted in significant particle degradation, leading to lower virus titers, whereas pipetting had much less impact on virus viability. Diafiltration resulted in higher recovery of both total and infectious virus particles than ultracentrifugation. These results provide important data for research on all upstream and downstream processes on these two viruses regarding biotechnological production and basic research.
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Increase in the titer of lentiviral vectors expressing potassium channels by current blockade during viral vector production. BMC Neurosci 2015; 16:30. [PMID: 25940378 PMCID: PMC4425897 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-015-0159-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background High titers of lentiviral vectors are required for the efficient transduction of a gene of interest. During preparation of lentiviral the vectors, the protein of interest is inevitably expressed in the viral vector-producing cells. This expression may affect the production of the lentiviral vector. Methods We prepared lentiviral vectors expressing inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Lv-Kir2.1), its dominant-negative form (Lv-Kir-DN), and other K+ channels, using the ubiquitously active β-actin and neuron-specific synapsin I promoters. Results The titer of Lv-Kir-DN was higher than that of Lv-Kir2.1, suggesting a negative effect of induced K+ currents on viral titer. We then blocked Kir2.1 currents with the selective blocker Ba2+ during Lv-Kir2.1 production, and obtained about a 5-fold increase in the titer. Higher extracellular K+ concentrations increased the titer of Lv-Kir2.1 about 9-fold. With a synapsin I promoter Ba2+ increased the titer because of the moderate expression of Kir2.1 channel. Channel blockade also increased the titers of the lentivirus expressing Kv1.4 and TREK channels, but not HERG. The increase in titer correlated with the K+ currents generated by the channels expressed. Conclusion In the production of lentivirus expressing K+ channels, titers are increased by blocking K+ currents in the virus-producing cells. This identifies a crucial issue in the production of viruses expressing membrane channels, and should facilitate basic and gene therapeutic research on channelopathies.
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Gomez-Eerland R, Nuijen B, Heemskerk B, van Rooij N, van den Berg JH, Beijnen JH, Uckert W, Kvistborg P, Schumacher TN, Haanen JBAG, Jorritsma A. Manufacture of gene-modified human T-cells with a memory stem/central memory phenotype. Hum Gene Ther Methods 2014; 25:277-87. [PMID: 25143008 DOI: 10.1089/hgtb.2014.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Advances in genetic engineering have made it possible to generate human T-cell products that carry desired functionalities, such as the ability to recognize cancer cells. The currently used strategies for the generation of gene-modified T-cell products lead to highly differentiated cells within the infusion product, and on the basis of data obtained in preclinical models, this is likely to impact the efficacy of these products. We set out to develop a good manufacturing practice (GMP) protocol that yields T-cell receptor (TCR) gene-modified T-cells with more favorable properties for clinical application. Here, we show the robust clinical-scale production of human peripheral blood T-cells with an early memory phenotype that express a MART-1-specific TCR. By combining selection and stimulation using anti-CD3/CD28 beads for retroviral transduction, followed by expansion in the presence of IL-7 and IL-15, production of a well-defined clinical-scale TCR gene-modified T-cell product could be achieved. A major fraction of the T-cells generated in this fashion were shown to coexpress CD62L and CD45RA, and express CD27 and CD28, indicating a central memory or memory stemlike phenotype. Furthermore, these cells produced IFNγ, TNFα, and IL-2 and displayed cytolytic activity against target cells expressing the relevant antigen. The T-cell products manufactured by this robust and validated GMP production process are now undergoing testing in a phase I/IIa clinical trial in HLA-A*02:01 MART-1-positive advanced stage melanoma patients. To our knowledge, this is the first clinical trial protocol in which the combination of IL-7 and IL-15 has been applied for the generation of gene-modified T-cell products.
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- Raquel Gomez-Eerland
- 1 Division of Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute , 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Non-integrating gamma-retroviral vectors as a versatile tool for transient zinc-finger nuclease delivery. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4656. [PMID: 24722320 PMCID: PMC3983605 DOI: 10.1038/srep04656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Designer nucleases, like zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), represent valuable tools for targeted genome editing. Here, we took advantage of the gamma-retroviral life cycle and produced vectors to transfer ZFNs in the form of protein, mRNA and episomal DNA. Transfer efficacy and ZFN activity were assessed in quantitative proof-of-concept experiments in a human cell line and in mouse embryonic stem cells. We demonstrate that retrovirus-mediated protein transfer (RPT), retrovirus-mediated mRNA transfer (RMT), and retrovirus-mediated episome transfer (RET) represent powerful methodologies for transient protein delivery or protein expression. Furthermore, we describe complementary strategies to augment ZFN activity after gamma-retroviral transduction, including serial transduction, proteasome inhibition, and hypothermia. Depending on vector dose and target cell type, gene disruption frequencies of up to 15% were achieved with RPT and RMT, and >50% gene knockout after RET. In summary, non-integrating gamma-retroviral vectors represent a versatile tool to transiently deliver ZFNs to human and mouse cells.
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Manufacturing of viral vectors for gene therapy: part I. Upstream processing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4155/pbp.14.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Larochelle A, Dunbar CE. Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy:assessing the relevance of preclinical models. Semin Hematol 2014; 50:101-30. [PMID: 24014892 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2013.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Laheru D, Biedrzycki B, Jaffee EM. Development of a cytokine-modified allogeneic whole cell pancreatic cancer vaccine. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 980:175-203. [PMID: 23359154 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-287-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Management of patients with pancreatic cancer is a multidisciplinary approach that presents enormous challenges to the clinician. Overall 5-year survival for all patients remains <3%. Symptoms of early pancreas cancer are nonspecific. As such, only a fraction of patients are candidates for surgery. While surgical resection provides the only curative option, most patients will develop tumor recurrence and die of their disease. To date, the clinical benefits of chemotherapy and radiation therapy have been important but have led to modest improvements. Tumor vaccines have the potential to specifically target the needle of pancreas cancer cells amidst the haystack of normal tissue. The discovery of pancreas tumor-specific antigens and the subsequent ability to harness this technology has become an area of intense interest for tumor immunologists and clinicians alike. Without knowledge of specific antigen targets, the whole tumor cell represents the best source of immunizing antigens. This chapter will focus on the development of whole tumor cell vaccine strategies for pancreas cancer.
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- Dan Laheru
- The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, the Skip Viragh Clinical Pancreatic Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Segura MM, Mangion M, Gaillet B, Garnier A. New developments in lentiviral vector design, production and purification. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2013; 13:987-1011. [PMID: 23590247 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2013.779249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Lentiviruses are a very potent class of viral vectors for which there is presently a rapidly growing interest for a number of gene therapy. However, their construction, production and purification need to be performed according to state-of-the-art techniques in order to obtain sufficient quantities of high purity material of any usefulness and safety. AREAS COVERED The recent advances in the field of recombinant lentivirus vector design, production and purification will be reviewed with an eye toward its utilization for gene therapy. Such a review should be helpful for the potential user of this technology. EXPERT OPINION The principal hurdles toward the use of recombinant lentivirus as a gene therapy vector are the low titer at which it is produced as well as the difficulty to purify it at an acceptable level without degrading it. The recent advances in the bioproduction of this vector suggest these issues are about to be resolved, making the retrovirus gene therapy a mature technology.
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- Maria Mercedes Segura
- Chemical Engineering Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès (08193), Barcelona, Spain
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Retrovirus-mediated mRNA transfer (RMT) combines the advantageous features of retrovirus-mediated cell targeting and entry with the controlled transfer of mRNAs. We have recently exploited this strategy for the dose-controlled transfer of recombinases and DNA transposases, avoiding cytotoxicity and potential insertional mutagenesis. Further applications can be envisaged, especially when low expression levels are sufficient to modify cell fate or function. Here we describe a step-by-step protocol for the generation of RMT vector particles, their titration and their application in a model cell line.
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- Melanie Galla
- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover, Germany
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Gavrilescu LC, Van Etten RA. Murine retroviral bone marrow transplantation models for the study of human myeloproliferative disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; Chapter 14:Unit14.10. [PMID: 22294220 DOI: 10.1002/0471141755.ph1410s43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Human myeloproliferative diseases are common hematologic disorders characterized by clonal overproduction of maturing myeloid or erythroid cells, often caused by expression of a mutant, dysregulated tyrosine kinase (TK). These diseases can be accurately modeled in laboratory mice by the retroviral transfer of a mutant TK gene into murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, followed by transplantation of these cells into irradiated recipient mice. This yields a model system for analyzing the molecular pathophysiology of these conditions and provides a platform for testing therapies, particularly molecularly targeted new chemical entities (NCEs). The Basic Protocol in this unit describes the preparation of mouse bone marrow cells to express the relevant human oncogene before transplanting them into irradiated recipient mice. An alternate protocol describes a similar technique that allows specific induction of lymphoproliferative disease by some TKs. Support protocols for generating and titering retroviral stocks are also included.
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- L Cristina Gavrilescu
- Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Manufacturing of cell culture-derived virus particles for vaccination and gene therapy is a rapidly growing field in the biopharmaceutical industry. The process involves a number of complex tasks and unit operations ranging from selection of host cells and virus strains for the cultivation in bioreactors to the purification and formulation of the final product. For the majority of cell culture-derived products, efforts focused on maximization of bioreactor yields, whereas design and optimization of downstream processes were often neglected. Owing to this biased focus, downstream procedures today often constitute a bottleneck in various manufacturing processes and account for the majority of the overall production costs. For efficient production methods, particularly in sight of constantly increasing economic pressure within human healthcare systems, highly productive downstream schemes have to be developed. Here, we discuss unit operations and downstream trains to purify virus particles for use as vaccines and vectors for gene therapy.
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- Michael W Wolf
- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstrasse 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Landin AM, Frasca D, Harrison P, Scallan M, Riley RL, Blomberg BB. E47 retroviral rescue of intrinsic B-cell defects in senescent mice. Aging Cell 2011; 10:327-37. [PMID: 21241451 PMCID: PMC4710514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In aging, immune responses are dramatically impaired, specifically the ability to produce protective antibodies. We previously showed that with age there is a B-cell intrinsic decrease in class switch recombination (CSR) because of a decrease in activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). One mechanism we have demonstrated for decreased AID includes increased mRNA degradation of the transcription factor E47, critical for AID transcription. Here, we show by means of a retroviral construct containing the DsRED reporter and the 3'UTR of E47 that the 3'UTR lowers mRNA expression, and particularly in B cells from old mice. This is the first demonstration that the E47 3'UTR directly regulates its degradation. The AID mRNA was not differentially regulated by degradation in aging. Therefore, we have here further established critical components for decreased AID with age. The major aim of this study was to establish conditions for the rescue of the intrinsic defect of aged B cells with retroviral addition of the coding region of E47 in splenic B cells to restore their ability to produce optimal AID and class switch to IgG. In this study, we show that young and old primary B cells overexpressing a stable E47 mRNA up-regulate E47, AID, and CSR and improve B-cell immune responses in senescent murine B cells. Our results provide a proof of principle for the rescue of intrinsic B-cell defects and the humoral immune response in senescence.
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- Ana M. Landin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Life Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Life Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Heemskerk B, Jorritsma A, Gomez-Eerland R, Toebes M, Haanen JBAG, Schumacher TNM. Microbead-assisted retroviral transduction for clinical application. Hum Gene Ther 2011; 21:1335-42. [PMID: 20486771 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2009.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Retroviral transduction is the most commonly used strategy to obtain long-term expression of therapeutic genes. To efficiently transduce mammalian cells, a recombinant fibronectin molecule, RetroNectin, is generally used to juxtapose viral particles and cells, and thereby enhance viral uptake. Although this strategy has become widely adopted, in particular for the genetic modification of hematopoietic cells, several limitations apply. For example, it requires the use of culture systems that allow protein coating, something that is not possible for many of the closed cell culture systems that are used in clinical trials. Furthermore, efficient transduction is obtained only when culture systems can be exposed to centrifugation, an approach termed spin transduction. Here, we describe a novel and more potent strategy for the transduction of T cells that can be applied on a clinical scale. We show that RetroNectin can efficiently be coated onto epoxy-modified paramagnetic beads. After a blocking step, these beads can subsequently bind retroviral particles from viral supernatants, rendering such supernatants largely devoid of functional viral particles. Addition of these virus-loaded beads to activated T cells results in efficient retroviral infection. Importantly, transduction does not require the use of culture systems that are compatible with protein coating, nor is it dependent on centrifugation of either the viral supernatant or the cells. Finally, cell growth, phenotype, and function of spin-transduced versus bead-transduced cells are comparable. Viral coating of microbeads should facilitate the production of genetically modified cells, in particular for use in clinical trials.
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- Bianca Heemskerk
- Department of Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bioreactor Systems for Producing Antibody from Mammalian Cells. ANTIBODY EXPRESSION AND PRODUCTION 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1257-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Gene therapy based on the use of viral vectors is entirely dependent on the use of animal cell lines, mainly of mammalian origin, but also of insect origin. As for any biotechnology product for clinical use, viral -vectors have to be produced with cells derived from an extensively characterized cell bank to maintain the appropriate standard for assuring the lowest risk for the patients to be treated. Although many different cell types and lines have been used for the production of viral vectors, HEK293 cells or their derivatives have been extensively used for production of different vector types: adenovirus, oncorectrovirus, lentivirus, and AAV vectors, because of their easy handling and the possibility to grow them adherently in serum-containing medium as well as in suspension in serum-free culture medium. Despite this, these cells are not necessarily the best for the production of a given viral vector, and there are many other cell lines with significant advantages including superior growth and/or production characteristics, which have been tested and also used for the production of clinical vector batches. This chapter presents basic -considerations concerning the characterization of cell banks, in the first part, and, in the second part, practically all cell lines (at least when public information was available) established and developed for the production of the most important viral vectors (adenoviral, oncoretroviral, lentiviral, AAV, baculovirus).
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Mai Y, Gao G. Expression of IMP1 enhances production of murine leukemia virus vector by facilitating viral genomic RNA packaging. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15881. [PMID: 21209918 PMCID: PMC3012120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based retroviral vector is widely used for gene transfer. Efficient packaging of the genomic RNA is critical for production of high-titer virus. Here, we report that expression of the insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 1 (IMP1) enhanced the production of infectious MLV vector. Overexpression of IMP1 increased the stability of viral genomic RNA in virus producer cells and packaging of the RNA into progeny virus in a dose-dependent manner. Downregulation of IMP1 in virus producer cells resulted in reduced production of the retroviral vector. These results indicate that IMP1 plays a role in regulating the packaging of MLV genomic RNA and can be used for improving production of retroviral vectors.
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- Yun Mai
- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wu Y, Carney CE, Denton M, Hart E, Zhao P, Streblow DN, Sherry AD, Woods M. Polymeric PARACEST MRI contrast agents as potential reporters for gene therapy. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:5333-8. [PMID: 20848030 PMCID: PMC3033776 DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00087f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gene therapy is a potentially powerful treatment approach that targets molecular remedies for disease. Among other challenges it remains difficult to monitor gene delivery and its downstream metabolic consequences. Approaches to MRI gene reporters have been reported but few have the potential for translation beyond isolated cell systems. Herein, we report a polycationic polymer MRI contrast agent that binds to DNA in a ratio of one monomer unit per phosphate group of DNA. Significantly, this binding event diminishes the MR contrast signal from the agent itself potentially providing a platform for imaging delivery and release of a gene into cells and tissues. Importantly, we demonstrate here the proof of concept that a positively charged polymeric contrast agent can also act as a transfection agent, delivering the gene for encoding green fluorescent protein into cells. These observations provide support for the radical, new idea of creating a combined transfection/imaging agent for monitoring gene delivery in real time by MRI.
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- Yunkou Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830668, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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Sirin O, Lukov GL, Mao R, Conneely OM, Goodell MA. The orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 restricts the proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells. Nat Cell Biol 2010; 12:1213-9. [PMID: 21076412 PMCID: PMC3059561 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Successful haematopoiesis requires long-term retention of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in a quiescent state. The transcriptional regulation of stem cell quiescence, especially by factors with specific functions in HSCs, is only beginning to be understood. Here, we demonstrate that Nurr1, a nuclear receptor transcription factor, has such a regulatory role. Overexpression of Nurr1 drives early haematopoietic progenitors into quiescence. When stem cells overexpressing Nurr1 are transplanted into lethally irradiated mice, they localize to the bone marrow, but do not contribute to regeneration of the blood system. Furthermore, the loss of only one allele of Nurr1 is sufficient to induce HSCs to enter the cell cycle and proliferate. Molecular analysis revealed an association between Nurr1 overexpression and upregulation of the cell-cycle inhibitor p18 (also known as INK4C), suggesting a mechanism by which Nurr1 could regulate HSC quiescence. Our findings provide critical insight into the transcriptional control mechanisms that determine whether HSCs remain dormant or enter the cell cycle and begin to proliferate.
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- Olga Sirin
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Seo JH, Wood LJ, Agarwal A, O'Hare T, Elsea CR, Griswold IJ, Deininger MWN, Imamoto A, Druker BJ. A specific need for CRKL in p210BCR-ABL-induced transformation of mouse hematopoietic progenitors. Cancer Res 2010; 70:7325-35. [PMID: 20807813 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-0607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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CRKL (CRK-like) is an adapter protein predominantly phosphorylated in cells that express the tyrosine kinase p210(BCR-ABL), the fusion product of a (9;22) chromosomal translocation causative for chronic myeloid leukemia. It has been unclear, however, whether CRKL plays a functional role in p210(BCR-ABL) transformation. Here, we show that CRKL is required for p210(BCR-ABL) to support interleukin-3-independent growth of myeloid progenitor cells and long-term outgrowth of B-lymphoid cells from fetal liver-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells. Furthermore, a synthetic phosphotyrosyl peptide that binds to the CRKL SH2 domain with high affinity blocks association of endogenous CRKL with the p210(BCR-ABL) complex and reduces c-MYC levels in K562 human leukemic cells as well as in mouse hematopoietic cells transformed by p210(BCR-ABL) or the imatinib-resistant mutant T315I. These results indicate that the function of CRKL as an adapter protein is essential for p210(BCR-ABL)-induced transformation.
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- Ji-Heui Seo
- Ben May Department for Cancer Research, Committees on Developmental Biology, Genetics, Cancer Biology, and Cell Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Beauchesne PR, Bruce KJ, Bowen BD, Piret JM. Effect of cell lysates on retroviral transduction efficiency of cells in suspension culture. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 105:1168-77. [PMID: 20014140 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Recombinant retroviruses are effective vectors able to integrate transgenes into the target cell's genome to achieve longer-term expression. This study investigates the effect of cell lysis products, a common cell culture by-product, on the transduction of suspension cells by gammaretroviral vectors. Cell lysates derived from human and murine suspension cell lines significantly increased the transduction of human TF-1 and K-562 cell lines by gibbon ape leukemia virus-pseudotyped retroviral vectors without altering tropism. The transduction efficiency of TF-1 cells increased as a function of lysate concentration and decreased with increasing target cell concentrations. This was adequately predicted using a saturation equation based on the lysed-to-target cell concentration ratio, R, where: Fold increase = 1+Fold_(Max) (R/(K_(L)+R)). Lysate completely masked the effects of fibronectin when the two were added in combination. With protamine sulfate, the transduction efficiency was increased by lysate to 58% from 20% for protamine sulfate alone. Overall, the presence of cell lysate significantly influenced the outcome of the transduction process, either alone or in the presence of protamine sulfate or fibronectin.
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- Pascal R Beauchesne
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Challen GA, Goodell MA. Runx1 isoforms show differential expression patterns during hematopoietic development but have similar functional effects in adult hematopoietic stem cells. Exp Hematol 2010; 38:403-16. [PMID: 20206228 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2010.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Revised: 02/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE RUNX1 (also known as acute myeloid leukemia 1) is an essential regulator of hematopoiesis and has multiple isoforms arising from differential splicing and utilization of two promoters. We hypothesized that the rare Runx1c isoform has a distinct role in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). MATERIALS AND METHODS We have characterized the expression pattern of Runx1c in mouse embryos and human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived embryoid bodies using in situ hybridization and expression levels in mouse and human HSCs by real-time polymerase chain reaction. We then determined the functional effects of Runx1c using enforced retroviral overexpression in mouse HSCs. RESULTS We observed differential expression profiles of RUNX1 isoforms during hematopoietic differentiation of hESCs. The RUNX1a and RUNX1b isoforms were expressed consistently throughout hematopoietic differentiation, whereas the RUNX1c isoform was only expressed at the time of emergence of definitive HSCs. RUNX1c was also expressed in the AGM region of E10.5 to E11.5 mouse embryos, the region where definitive HSCs arise. These observations suggested that the RUNX1c isoform may be important for the specification or function of definitive HSCs. However, using retroviral overexpression to study the effect of RUNX1 isoforms on HSCs in a gain-of-function system, no discernable functional difference could be identified between RUNX1 isoforms in mouse HSCs. Overexpression of both RUNX1b and RUNX1c induced quiescence in mouse HSCs in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Although the divergent expression profiles of Runx1 isoforms during development suggest specific roles for these proteins at different stages of HSC maturation, we could not detect an important functional distinction in adult mouse HSCs using our assay systems.
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- Grant A Challen
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. 77030, USA
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Tayi VS, Bowen BD, Piret JM. Mathematical model of the rate-limiting steps for retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into mammalian cells. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 105:195-209. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Retroviral vectors encoding ADA regulatory locus control region provide enhanced T-cell-specific transgene expression. GENETIC VACCINES AND THERAPY 2009; 7:13. [PMID: 20042112 PMCID: PMC2809042 DOI: 10.1186/1479-0556-7-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background Murine retroviral vectors have been used in several hundred gene therapy clinical trials, but have fallen out of favor for a number of reasons. One issue is that gene expression from viral or internal promoters is highly variable and essentially unregulated. Moreover, with retroviral vectors, gene expression is usually silenced over time. Mammalian genes, in contrast, are characterized by highly regulated, precise levels of expression in both a temporal and a cell-specific manner. To ascertain if recapitulation of endogenous adenosine deaminase (ADA) expression can be achieved in a vector construct we created a new series of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MuLV) based retroviral vector that carry human regulatory elements including combinations of the ADA promoter, the ADA locus control region (LCR), ADA introns and human polyadenylation sequences in a self-inactivating vector backbone. Methods A MuLV-based retroviral vector with a self-inactivating (SIN) backbone, the phosphoglycerate kinase promoter (PGK) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP), as a reporter gene, was generated. Subsequent vectors were constructed from this basic vector by deletion or addition of certain elements. The added elements that were assessed are the human ADA promoter, human ADA locus control region (LCR), introns 7, 8, and 11 from the human ADA gene, and human growth hormone polyadenylation signal. Retroviral vector particles were produced by transient three-plasmid transfection of 293T cells. Retroviral vectors encoding eGFP were titered by transducing 293A cells, and then the proportion of GFP-positive cells was determined using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Non T-cell and T-cell lines were transduced at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 0.1 and the yield of eGFP transgene expression was evaluated by FACS analysis using mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) detection. Results Vectors that contained the ADA LCR were preferentially expressed in T-cell lines. Further improvements in T-cell specific gene expression were observed with the incorporation of additional cis-regulatory elements, such as a human polyadenylation signal and intron 7 from the human ADA gene. Conclusion These studies suggest that the combination of an authentically regulated ADA gene in a murine retroviral vector, together with additional locus-specific regulatory refinements, will yield a vector with a safer profile and greater efficacy in terms of high-level, therapeutic, regulated gene expression for the treatment of ADA-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency.
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Johnson KJ, Griswold IJ, O'Hare T, Corbin AS, Loriaux M, Deininger MW, Druker BJ. A BCR-ABL mutant lacking direct binding sites for the GRB2, CBL and CRKL adapter proteins fails to induce leukemia in mice. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7439. [PMID: 19823681 PMCID: PMC2757918 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase is the defining feature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and its kinase activity is required for induction of this disease. Current thinking holds that BCR-ABL forms a multi-protein complex that incorporates several substrates and adaptor proteins and is stabilized by multiple direct and indirect interactions. Signaling output from this highly redundant network leads to cellular transformation. Proteins known to be associated with BCR-ABL in this complex include: GRB2, c-CBL, p62(DOK), and CRKL. These proteins in turn, link BCR-ABL to various signaling pathways indicated in cellular transformation. In this study we show that a triple mutant of BCR-ABL with mutations of the direct binding sites for GRB2, CBL, p62(DOK) and CRKL, is defective for transformation of primary hematopoietic cells in vitro and in a murine CML model, while it retains the capacity to induce IL-3 independence in 32D cells. Compared to BCR-ABL, the triple mutant's ability to activate the MAP kinase and PI3-kinase pathways is severely compromised, while STAT5 phosphorylation is maintained, suggesting that the former are crucial for the transformation of primary cells, but dispensable for transformation of factor dependent cell lines. Our data suggest that inhibition of BCR-ABL-induced leukemia by disrupting protein interactions could be possible, but would require blocking of multiple sites.
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- Kara J Johnson
- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
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In the late 1970s, it was predicted that gene therapy would be applied to humans within a decade. However, despite some success, gene therapy has still not become a routine practise in medicine. In this review, we will examine the problems, both experimental and clinical, associated with the use of viral material for transgenic insertion. We shall also discuss the development of viral vectors involving the most important vector types derived from retroviruses, adenoviruses, herpes simplex viruses and adeno-associated viruses.
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Sondergaard CS, Haldrup C, Beer C, Andersen B, Kohn DB, Pedersen L. Preloading Potential of Retroviral Vectors Is Packaging Cell Clone Dependent and Centrifugation onto CH-296 Ensures Highest Transduction Efficiency. Hum Gene Ther 2009; 20:337-49. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2008.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Claus S. Sondergaard
- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
- Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Århus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; and Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Århus, Denmark
- Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Århus, Denmark
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Dose-limiting toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents, i.e., myelosuppression, can limit their effectiveness. The transfer and expression of drug-resistance genes might decrease the risks associated with acute hematopoietic toxicity. Protection of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by transfer of drug-resistance genes provides the possibility of intensification or escalation of antitumor drug doses and consequently an improved therapeutic index. This chapter reviews drug-resistance gene transfer strategies for either myeloprotection or therapeutic gene selection. Selecting candidate drug-resistance gene(s), gene transfer methodology, evaluating the safety and the efficiency of the treatment strategy, relevant in vivo models, and oncoretroviral transduction of human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells under clinically applicable conditions are described.
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- Tulin Budak-Alpdogan
- Department of Medicine, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johson Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Budak-Alpdogan T, Rivière I. Genetic modification of human hematopoietic cells: preclinical optimization of oncoretroviral-mediated gene transfer for clinical trials. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 506:33-58. [PMID: 19110618 PMCID: PMC4360985 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-409-4_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This chapter provides information about the oncoretroviral transduction of human hematopoietic stem/ progenitor cells under clinically applicable conditions. We describe in detail a short -60 h transduction protocol which consistently yields transduction efficiencies in the range of 30-50% with five different oncoretroviral vectors. We discuss a number of parameters that affect transduction efficiency, including the oncoretroviral vector characteristics, the vector stock collection, the source of CD34+ cells and transduction conditions.
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- Tulin Budak-Alpdogan
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Gene transfer to the rodent embryo by retroviral vectors. Methods Mol Biol 2008. [PMID: 19030798 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-483-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Amaral AI, Coroadinha AS, Merten OW, Alves PM. Improving retroviral vectors production: Role of carbon sources in lipid biosynthesis. J Biotechnol 2008; 138:57-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 08/14/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hematopoietic fingerprints: an expression database of stem cells and their progeny. Cell Stem Cell 2008; 1:578-91. [PMID: 18371395 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 07/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) continuously regenerate the hematologic system, yet few genes regulating this process have been defined. To identify candidate factors involved in differentiation and self-renewal, we have generated an expression database of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiated progeny, including erythrocytes, granulocytes, monocytes, NK cells, activated and naive T cells, and B cells. Bioinformatic analysis revealed HSCs were more transcriptionally active than their progeny and shared a common activation mechanism with T cells. Each cell type also displayed unique biases in the regulation of particular genetic pathways, with Wnt signaling particularly enhanced in HSCs. We identified approximately 100-400 genes uniquely expressed in each cell type, termed lineage "fingerprints." In overexpression studies, two of these genes, Zfp 105 from the NK cell lineage, and Ets2 from the monocyte lineage, were able to significantly influence differentiation toward their respective lineages, demonstrating the utility of the fingerprints for identifying genes that regulate differentiation.
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Tonks A, Tonks AJ, Pearn L, Mohamad Z, Burnett AK, Darley RL. Optimized Retroviral Transduction Protocol Which Preserves the Primitive Subpopulation of Human Hematopoietic Cells. Biotechnol Prog 2008; 21:953-8. [PMID: 15932279 DOI: 10.1021/bp0500314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Though both low-speed centrifugation and the use of fibronectin (Retronectin) fragments increase gene transduction efficiency, they still do not overcome the adverse effects of the presence of virus-containing medium (VCM). In this study, we improved transduction efficiency of primitive human hematopoietic cells by optimizing the conditions for preadsorbing culture dishes with retrovirus using a centrifugation protocol allowing subsequent infection to be carried out in the absence of VCM. We also demonstrate that preadsorbing tissue culture plates with retrovirus is dependent on the volume of VCM used for preadsorption and the length of centrifugation and the type of plasticware used but not on the temperature of centrifugation (4-33 degrees C). Direct exposure of CD34+ target cells to VCM depletes the primitive CD34+CD38neg subpopulation by more than 30%, whereas the optimized VCM-free infection protocol targets this population with equivalent efficiency but had no detrimental effects on CD34+CD38neg frequency. In summary, we demonstrate a high-frequency transduction protocol which preserves the therapeutically relevant primitive subpopulation of human hematopoietic cells.
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- Alex Tonks
- Department of Haematology and Department of Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK.
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Rasko JE. Reporters of gene expression: autofluorescent proteins. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CYTOMETRY 2008; Chapter 9:Unit 9.12. [PMID: 18770749 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0912s07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This unit on GFP provides clear, detailed, easy-to-follow directions for successful transduction of GFP into appropriate cell lines, as well as carefully detailed strategy and trouble-shooting sections. Instructions for sorting and purification of successfully transduced cells and for analysis and re-analysis of cells together with sample data are all included. The discussion provides data on multiple GFP mutants and lists relevant sources and suggested reading material.
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- J E Rasko
- Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia
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Sambasivan R, Pavlath GK, Dhawan J. A gene-trap strategy identifies quiescence-induced genes in synchronized myoblasts. J Biosci 2008; 33:27-44. [PMID: 18376068 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0019-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Cellular quiescence is characterized not only by reduced mitotic and metabolic activity but also by altered gene expression. Growing evidence suggests that quiescence is not merely a basal state but is regulated by active mechanisms. To understand the molecular programme that governs reversible cell cycle exit, we focused on quiescence-related gene expression in a culture model of myogenic cell arrest and activation. Here we report the identification of quiescence-induced genes using a gene-trap strategy. Using a retroviral vector, we generated a library of gene traps in C2C12 myoblasts that were screened for arrest-induced insertions by live cell sorting (FACS-gal). Several independent gene- trap lines revealed arrest-dependent induction of betagal activity, confirming the efficacy of the FACS screen. The locus of integration was identified in 15 lines. In three lines,insertion occurred in genes previously implicated in the control of quiescence, i.e. EMSY - a BRCA2--interacting protein, p8/com1 - a p300HAT -- binding protein and MLL5 - a SET domain protein. Our results demonstrate that expression of chromatin modulatory genes is induced in G0, providing support to the notion that this reversibly arrested state is actively regulated.
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Casali M, Zambonelli C, Goldwasser J, Vu HN, Yarmush ML. Moloney murine leukemia virus decay mediated by retroviral reverse transcriptase degradation of genomic RNA. Virology 2008; 380:91-8. [PMID: 18706668 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Retroviral vectors are powerful tools for the introduction of transgenes into mammalian cells and for long-term gene expression. However, their application is often limited by a rapid loss of bioactivity: retroviruses spontaneously loose activity at 37 degrees C, with a half-life of 4 to 9 h depending on the retrovirus type. We sought to determine which components of the retrovirus are responsible for this loss in bioactivity and to obtain a quantitative characterization of their stability. To this end, we focused on RNA and viral proteins, two major components that we hypothesized may undergo degradation and negatively influence viral infectivity. Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) targeting RNA encoding portions of the viral genome clearly demonstrated time-dependent degradation of RNA which correlated with the loss in viral bioactivity. Circular dichroism spectroscopy, SDS-PAGE and two-dimensional SDS-PAGE analyses of viral proteins did not show any change in secondary structure or evidence of proteolysis. The mechanism underlying the degradation of viral RNA was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis of proteins encoded by the viral genome. Reverse transcriptase and protease mutants exhibited enhanced RNA stability in comparison to wild type recombinant virus, suggesting that the degradation of RNA, and the corresponding virus loss of activity, is mediated by the reverse transcriptase enzyme.
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- Monica Casali
- Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Shriners Burns Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Kwon YJ, Peng CA. Differential interaction of retroviral vector with target cell: quantitative effect of cellular receptor, soluble proteoglycan, and cell type on gene delivery efficiency. Tissue Eng Part A 2008; 14:1497-506. [PMID: 18620488 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2007.0436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Retroviral vectors are powerful tools for gene therapy and stem cell engineering. To improve efficiency of retroviral gene delivery, quantitative understanding of interactions of a retroviral vector and a cell is crucial. Effects of nonspecific adsorption of retrovirus on a cell via proteoglycans and receptor-mediated binding of retrovirus to a cell on overall transduction efficiency were quantified by combining a mathematical model and experimental data. Results represented by transduction rate constant, a lumped parameter of overall transduction efficiency, delineated that chondroitin sulfate C (CSC) plays dual roles as either enhancer or inhibitor of retroviral transduction, depending on its concentrations in the retroviral supernatant. At the concentration of 20 microg/mL, CSC enhanced the transduction efficiency up to threefold but inhibited more than sevenfold at the concentration of 100 microg/mL. Transduction rate constants for amphotropic retroviral infection of NIH 3T3 cells under phosphate-depleted culture condition showed a proportional relationship between cellular receptor density on a cell and transduction efficiency. It was finally shown that amphotropic retrovirus transduced human fibroblast HT1080 cells more efficiently than NIH 3T3 cells. On the contrary, the transduction efficiency of NIH 3T3 cells by vesicular stomatitis virus G protein pseudotyped retroviruses was eightfold higher than that of HT1080 cells. This study implies usefulness of using quantitative analysis of retroviral transduction in understanding and optimizing retroviral gene delivery systems for therapeutic approaches to tissue engineering.
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- Young Jik Kwon
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 92697, USA.
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BCR-ABL is proposed to impair cell-cycle control by disabling p27, a tumor suppressor that inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases. We show that in cell lines p27 expression is inversely correlated with expression of SKP2, the F-box protein of SCF(SKP2) (SKP1/Cul1/F-box), the E3 ubiquitin ligase that promotes proteasomal degradation of p27. Inhibition of BCR-ABL kinase causes G(1) arrest, down-regulation of SKP2, and accumulation of p27. Ectopic expression of wild-type SKP2, but not a mutant unable to recognize p27, partially rescues cell-cycle progression. A similar regulation pattern is seen in cell lines transformed by FLT3-ITD, JAK2(V617F), and TEL-PDGFRbeta, suggesting that the SKP2/p27 conduit may be a universal target for leukemogenic tyrosine kinases. Mice that received transplants of BCR-ABL-infected SKP2(-/-) marrow developed a myeloproliferative syndrome but survival was significantly prolonged compared with recipients of BCR-ABL-expressing SKP2(+/+) marrow. SKP2(-/-) leukemic cells demonstrated higher levels of nuclear p27 than SKP2(+/+) counterparts, suggesting that the attenuation of leukemogenesis depends on increased p27 expression. Our data identify SKP2 as a crucial mediator of BCR-ABL-induced leukemogenesis and provide the first in vivo evidence that SKP2 promotes oncogenesis. Hence, stabilization of p27 by inhibiting its recognition by SCF(SKP2) may be therapeutically useful.
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Swift S, Lorens J, Achacoso P, Nolan GP. Rapid production of retroviruses for efficient gene delivery to mammalian cells using 293T cell-based systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 10:Unit 10.17C. [PMID: 18432682 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im1017cs31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This unit details the applications of one of the more common retroviral packaging systems, based on the highly transfectable 293T cell. The packaging system employs the use of the Phoenix cell lines. Calcium phosphate-mediated transfection is described for efficient introduction of retroviral vector plasmid DNA into the cells to generate high yields of virion-containing supernatant. An alternate protocol describes a method for transfecting retroviruses that contain a vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSV G) protein. Such virions are said to be "pseudotyped" with VSV G glycoprotein. Support protocols provide a simple method for concentrating VSV-G-pseudotyped retroviruses, as well as methods for culturing, cryopreserving, thawing, and drug selecting the Phoenix packaging cell lines. Finally, several methods for transfecting adherent or suspension cells with retroviruses are described.
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- S Swift
- Rigel, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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Centrifugal enhancement of hepatitis C virus infection of human hepatocytes. J Virol Methods 2008; 148:161-5. [PMID: 18178263 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a human pathogen associated with chronic liver disease. Recently, the cell culture systems supporting complete replication and production of HCV genotype 2a (JFH1) have been established. This study investigated the effect of low-speed centrifugation on HCV JFH1 infection of human hepatocytes (Huh7.5.1). Higher levels of HCV RNA expression were observed in Huh7.5.1 cells infected with centrifugal inoculation of HCV JFH1 than those in the control cells. This increased HCV RNA expression was associated with the elevated expression of HCV NS3 protein in the hepatocytes. The centrifugal enhancement of HCV infection was time and speed dependent. However, the enhancement was not observed when centrifugation was performed before or after HCV infection. In addition, there was no association between centrifugal enhancement and the expression of HCV entry receptors (CD81 and claudin-1) and intracellular IFN-alpha in the hepatocytes. These data indicate that centrifugal inoculation is a useful tool for increasing the efficiency of HCV infection and replication in the target cells in vitro.
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Greten TF, Jaffee EM. Cancer vaccines. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN HUMAN GENETICS 2008; Chapter 13:Unit 13.8. [PMID: 18428256 DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg1308s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This unit describes the use of retroviral vectors that can be successfully employed for gene transfer into both primary tumor cultures and established cell lines. The unit includes procedures for assaying the stability of the vaccine following gene transfer. Techniques for maintaining the retroviral producer lines and titering the retroviral vectors are also described. A protocol for frozen storage of the vaccine (transduced tumor cells) is provided. In addition, methods are described for characterizing the vaccine cells following gene transfer. Directions for testing the expression of the transferred gene in the transfected tumor line are also given. The final protocol provides suggestions for designing in vivo animal experiments and discusses what has to be observed in a clinical setting.
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- T F Greten
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Liu JY, Zhu Q, Li J, Zhao S, Li L. The retrovirus-mediated antisense human telomerase RNA (hTR) gene limits the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma growth in cell culture and animals. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:1122-30. [PMID: 17932748 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9980-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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AIM To investigate the inhibitory effect of retrovirus-mediated antisense human telomerase RNA (hTR) gene therapy on hepatocelluar carcinoma. METHODS We first constructed the sense and antisense hTR vectors and then transfected these into HepG2 cells. Telomerase activity, cell growth curves, proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression (PCNA), cell cycle distribution, and cell apoptosis were detected by the means of telemere repeat amplification protocol (TRAP), MTT assay, immunofluorescence, flow cytometric analysis, and transferase-mediated nick end labeling (TUNEL), respectively. In order to further confirm the therapeutic effect of this gene therapy, we developed an experimental line of HepG2 tumor-bearing nude mice by and directly injected these with retrovirus expressing the antisense hTR gene. Tumor growth was determined by tumor volume, and cell apoptosis was analyzed by TUNEL. RESULTS The antisense hTR gene was shown to be successfully integrated into the target cells' genome. HepG2 cells transfected with the antisense hTR gene showed down-regulated telomerase activity, inhibited cell growth, decreased PCNA expression, and increased apoptotic rate. Moreover, flow cytometry revealed a decrease of cells in the S phase with cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. In the antisense hTR-treated group, tumor growth was significantly reduced and showed an increase of apoptotic cells. CONCLUSION The results indicate that the specific inhibitor of the hTR template is likely to be a very efficient tool for hepatocellular carcinoma research and may possess potential therapeutic significance in the future clinical practice.
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- Ji-yong Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jing 5 Wei 7 Road, no. 324, Ji'nan, Shandong Province 250021, China.
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