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Kang M, Song A, Kim J, Kang SH, Lee SJ, Kim YS. Split genome-based retroviral replicating vectors achieve efficient gene delivery and therapeutic effect in a human glioblastoma xenograft model. BMB Rep 2022; 55:615-620. [PMID: 36195571 PMCID: PMC9813426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The murine leukemia virus-based semi-retroviral replicating vectors (MuLV-based sRRV) had been developed to improve safety and transgene capacity for cancer gene therapy. However, despite the apparent advantages of the sRRV, improvements in the in vivo transduction efficiency are still required to deliver therapeutic genes efficiently for clinical use. In this study, we established a gibbon ape leukemia virus (GaLV) envelopepseudotyped semi-replication-competent retrovirus vector system (spRRV) which is composed of two transcomplementing replication-defective retroviral vectors termed MuLV-Gag-Pol and GaLV-Env. We found that the spRRV shows considerable improvement in efficiencies of gene transfer and spreading in both human glioblastoma cells and pre-established human glioblastoma mouse model compared with an sRRV system. When treated with ganciclovir after intratumoral injection of each vector system into pre-established U-87 MG glioblastomas, the group of mice injected with spRRV expressing the herpes simplex virus type 1-thymidine kinase (HSV1-tk) gene showed a survival rate of 100% for more than 150 days, but all control groups of mice (HSV1-tk/PBS-treated and GFP/GCV-treated groups) died within 45 days after tumor injection. In conclusion, these findings sug-gest that intratumoral delivery of the HSV1-tk gene by the spRRV system is worthy of development in clinical trials for the treatment of malignant solid tumors. [BMB Reports 2022; 55(12): 615-620].
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- Moonkyung Kang
- Graduate School of New Drug Discovery and Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Institue of Molecular Biology, Inje University, Seoul 04551, Korea
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- Graduate School of New Drug Discovery and Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center of Korea, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center of Korea, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Graduate School of New Drug Discovery and Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea,Corresponding author. Tel: +82-42-821-8631; Fax: +82-42-821-8923; E-mail:
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Zhang Y, Shen B, Guan X, Qin M, Ren Z, Ma Y, Dai W, Ding X, Jiang Y. Safety and efficacy of ex vivo expanded CD34 + stem cells in murine and primate models. Stem Cell Res Ther 2019; 10:173. [PMID: 31196160 PMCID: PMC6567473 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-019-1275-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation has been widely applied to the treatment of malignant blood diseases. However, limited number of functional HSCs hinders successful transplantation. The purpose of our current study is to develop a new and cost-efficient medium formulation that could greatly enhance the expansion of HSCs while retaining their long-term repopulation and hematopoietic properties for effective clinical transplantation. Methods Enriched human CD34+ cells and mobilized nonhuman primate peripheral blood CD34+ cells were expanded with a new, cost-efficient expansion medium formulation, named hematopoietic expansion medium (HEM), consisting of various cytokines and nutritional supplements. The long-term repopulation potential and hematologic-lineage differentiation ability of expanded human cells were studied in the non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mouse model. Furthermore, the efficacy and safety studies were performed by autologous transplantation of expanded primate cells in the nonhuman primate model. Results HEM could effectively expand human CD34+ cells by up to 129 fold within 9 days. Expanded HSCs retained long-term repopulation potential and hematologic-lineage differentiation ability, as indicated by (1) maintenance (over unexpanded HSCs) of immunophenotypes of CD38−CD90+CD45RA−CD49f+ in CD34+ cells after expansion; (2) significant presence of multiple human hematopoietic lineages in mouse peripheral blood and bone marrow following primary transplantation; (3) enrichment (over unexpanded HSCs) in SCID-repopulating cell frequency measured by limiting dilution analysis; and (4) preservation of both myeloid and lymphoid potential among human leukocytes from mouse bone marrow in week 24 after primary transplantation or secondary transplantation. Moreover, the results of autologous transplantation in nonhuman primates demonstrated that HEM-expanded CD34+ cells could enhance hematological recovery after myelo-suppression. All primates transplanted with the expanded autologous CD34+ cells survived for over 18 months without any noticeable abnormalities. Conclusions Together, these findings demonstrate promising potential for the utility of HEM to improve expansion of HSCs for clinical application. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13287-019-1275-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yu Zhang
- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China.,Biopharmagen Corp, Suzhou, 215126, China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China.,Biopharmagen Corp, Suzhou, 215126, China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China.,Department of Pathology, BST-9C, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China.,Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China. .,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, 215126, China. .,Biopharmagen Corp, Suzhou, 215126, China.
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Cornetta K, Duffy L, Feldman SA, Mackall CL, Davila ML, Curran KJ, Junghans RP, Tang JY, Kochenderfer JN, O’Cearbhaill R, Archer G, Kiem HP, Shah NN, Delbrook C, Kaplan R, Brentjens RJ, Rivière I, Sadelain M, Rosenberg SA. Screening Clinical Cell Products for Replication Competent Retrovirus: The National Gene Vector Biorepository Experience. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2018; 10:371-378. [PMID: 30211249 PMCID: PMC6134358 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Replication-competent retrovirus (RCR) is a safety concern for individuals treated with retroviral gene therapy. RCR detection assays are used to detect RCR in manufactured vector, transduced cell products infused into research subjects, and in the research subjects after treatment. In this study, we reviewed 286 control (n = 4) and transduced cell products (n = 282) screened for RCR in the National Gene Vector Biorepository. The transduced cell samples were submitted from 14 clinical trials. All vector products were previously shown to be negative for RCR prior to use in cell transduction. After transduction, all 282 transduced cell products were negative for RCR. In addition, 241 of the clinical trial participants were also screened for RCR by analyzing peripheral blood at least 1 month after infusion, all of which were also negative for evidence of RCR infection. The majority of vector products used in the clinical trials were generated in the PG13 packaging cell line. The findings suggest that screening of the retroviral vector product generated in PG13 cell line may be sufficient and that further screening of transduced cells does not provide added value.
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- Kenneth Cornetta
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA,Corresponding author: Kenneth Cornetta, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, R3 C602, 980 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cellular Therapeutics Center, Center for Cell Engineering, and Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cell Therapy and Cell Engineering Facility, Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cell Therapy and Cell Engineering Facility, Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Jin H, Sun W, Zhang Y, Yan H, Liufu H, Wang S, Chen C, Gu J, Hua X, Zhou L, Jiang G, Rao D, Xie Q, Huang H, Huang C. MicroRNA-411 Downregulation Enhances Tumor Growth by Upregulating MLLT11 Expression in Human Bladder Cancer. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2018; 11:312-322. [PMID: 29858066 PMCID: PMC5889700 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Although several previous studies have reported the implication of various microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulation of human bladder cancer (BC) development, alterations and function of many miRNAs in bladder cancer growth are not explored yet at present. Here, we screened 1,900 known miRNAs and first discovered that miR-411 was one of the major miRNAs, which was down-regulated in n-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)-nitrosamine (BBN)-induced BCs. This miR-411 down-regulation was also observed in human BC tissues and cell lines. The results from evaluating the relationship between miR-411 and patient survival in BC using the TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) database indicated that miR-411 was positively correlated with DFS (disease-free survival). Our studies also showed that miR-411 inhibited tumor growth of human BC cells in a xenograft animal model. Mechanistic studies revealed that overexpression of miR-411 repressed the expression of ALL1-fused gene from the chromosome 1q (AF1q) (MLLT11) by binding to the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of mllt11 mRNA and in turn induced p21 expression and caused cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase, further inhibiting BC tumor growth. Collectively, our results improve our understanding of the role of miR-411 in BC tumor growth and suggest miR-411 and MLLT11 as potential new targets for the treatment of BC patients.
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- Honglei Jin
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China; Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China.
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China; Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA.
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Guan X, Qin M, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Shen B, Ren Z, Ding X, Dai W, Jiang Y. Safety and Efficacy of Megakaryocytes Induced from Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Murine and Nonhuman Primate Models. Stem Cells Transl Med 2016; 6:897-909. [PMID: 28297572 PMCID: PMC5442772 DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2016-0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Because of a lack of platelet supply and a U.S. Food and Drug Administration‐approved platelet growth factor, megakaryocytes have emerged as an effective substitute for alleviating thrombocytopenia. Here, we report the development of an efficient two‐stage culture system that is free of stroma, animal components, and genetic manipulations for the production of functional megakaryocytes from hematopoietic stem cells. Safety and functional studies were performed in murine and nonhuman primate models. One human cryopreserved cord blood CD34+ cell could be induced ex vivo to produce up to 1.0 × 104 megakaryocytes that included CD41a+ and CD42b+ cells at 82.4% ± 6.1% and 73.3% ± 8.5% (mean ± SD), respectively, yielding approximately 650‐fold higher cell numbers than reported previously. Induced human megakaryocytic cells were capable of engrafting and producing functional platelets in the murine xenotransplantation model. In the nonhuman primate model, transplantation of primate megakaryocytic progenitors increased platelet count nadir and enhanced hemostatic function with no adverse effects. In addition, primate platelets were released in vivo as early as 3 hours after transplantation with autologous or allogeneic mature megakaryocytes and lasted for more than 48 hours. These results strongly suggest that large‐scale induction of functional megakaryocytic cells is applicable for treating thrombocytopenic blood diseases in the clinic. Stem Cells Translational Medicine2017;6:897–909
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- Xin Guan
- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
- Biopharmagen Corp., Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Suzhou Municipal Hospital Affiliated Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
- Biopharmagen Corp., Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
- College of Nanoscale Science, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York, USA
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, Tuxedo, New York, USA
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- Biopharmaceutical R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
- Biopharmagen Corp., Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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Kataoka K, Shiraishi Y, Takeda Y, Sakata S, Matsumoto M, Nagano S, Maeda T, Nagata Y, Kitanaka A, Mizuno S, Tanaka H, Chiba K, Ito S, Watatani Y, Kakiuchi N, Suzuki H, Yoshizato T, Yoshida K, Sanada M, Itonaga H, Imaizumi Y, Totoki Y, Munakata W, Nakamura H, Hama N, Shide K, Kubuki Y, Hidaka T, Kameda T, Masuda K, Minato N, Kashiwase K, Izutsu K, Takaori-Kondo A, Miyazaki Y, Takahashi S, Shibata T, Kawamoto H, Akatsuka Y, Shimoda K, Takeuchi K, Seya T, Miyano S, Ogawa S. Aberrant PD-L1 expression through 3'-UTR disruption in multiple cancers. Nature 2016; 534:402-6. [PMID: 27281199 DOI: 10.1038/nature18294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 474] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Successful treatment of many patients with advanced cancer using antibodies against programmed cell death 1 (PD-1; also known as PDCD1) and its ligand (PD-L1; also known as CD274) has highlighted the critical importance of PD-1/PD-L1-mediated immune escape in cancer development. However, the genetic basis for the immune escape has not been fully elucidated, with the exception of elevated PD-L1 expression by gene amplification and utilization of an ectopic promoter by translocation, as reported in Hodgkin and other B-cell lymphomas, as well as stomach adenocarcinoma. Here we show a unique genetic mechanism of immune escape caused by structural variations (SVs) commonly disrupting the 3' region of the PD-L1 gene. Widely affecting multiple common human cancer types, including adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (27%), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (8%), and stomach adenocarcinoma (2%), these SVs invariably lead to a marked elevation of aberrant PD-L1 transcripts that are stabilized by truncation of the 3'-untranslated region (UTR). Disruption of the Pd-l1 3'-UTR in mice enables immune evasion of EG7-OVA tumour cells with elevated Pd-l1 expression in vivo, which is effectively inhibited by Pd-1/Pd-l1 blockade, supporting the role of relevant SVs in clonal selection through immune evasion. Our findings not only unmask a novel regulatory mechanism of PD-L1 expression, but also suggest that PD-L1 3'-UTR disruption could serve as a genetic marker to identify cancers that actively evade anti-tumour immunity through PD-L1 overexpression.
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- Keisuke Kataoka
- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Diagnosis, Clinical Research Center, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya 460-0001, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo 857-8511, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusya Medicine Unit, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of HLA Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, Tokyo 135-8639, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusya Medicine Unit, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan.,Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Long-term multilineage engraftment of autologous genome-edited hematopoietic stem cells in nonhuman primates. Blood 2016; 127:2416-26. [PMID: 26980728 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-672337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Genome editing in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) is a promising novel technology for the treatment of many human diseases. Here, we evaluated whether the disruption of the C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) locus in pigtailed macaque HSPCs by zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) was feasible. We show that macaque-specific CCR5 ZFNs efficiently induce CCR5 disruption at levels of up to 64% ex vivo, 40% in vivo early posttransplant, and 3% to 5% in long-term repopulating cells over 6 months following HSPC transplant. These genome-edited HSPCs support multilineage engraftment and generate progeny capable of trafficking to secondary tissues including the gut. Using deep sequencing technology, we show that these ZFNs are highly specific for the CCR5 locus in primary cells. Further, we have adapted our clonal tracking methodology to follow individual CCR5 mutant cells over time in vivo, reinforcing that CCR5 gene-edited HSPCs are capable of long-term engraftment. Together, these data demonstrate that genome-edited HSPCs engraft, and contribute to multilineage repopulation after autologous transplantation in a clinically relevant large animal model, an important step toward the development of stem cell-based genome-editing therapies for HIV and potentially other diseases as well.
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Gene transfer vectors based on retroviridae are increasingly becoming a tool of choice for biomedical research and for the development of biotherapies in rare diseases or cancers. To meet the challenges of preclinical and clinical production, different steps of the production process of self-inactivating γ-retroviral (RVs) and lentiviral vectors (LVs) have been improved (e.g., transfection, media optimization, cell culture conditions). However, the increasing need for mass production of such vectors is still a challenge and could hamper their availability for therapeutic use. Recently, we observed that the use of a neutral pH during vector production is not optimal. The use of mildly acidic pH conditions (pH 6) can increase by two- to threefold the production of RVs and LVs pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSV-G) or gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV) glycoproteins. Here, we describe the production protocol in mildly acidic pH conditions of GALVTR- and VSV-G-pseudotyped LVs using the transient transfection of HEK293T cells and the production protocol of GALV-pseudotyped RVs produced from a murine producer cell line. These protocols should help to achieve higher titers of vectors, thereby facilitating experimental research and therapeutic applications.
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- Nathalie Holic
- Généthon, 91002, Evry, France.
- INSERM, UMR_S951, Généthon, 1bis, rue de l'Internationale-BP60, 91002, Evry, France.
- Université Evry Val d'Essonne, UMR_S951, 91002, Evry, France.
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- Généthon, 91002, Evry, France.
- INSERM, UMR_S951, Généthon, 1bis, rue de l'Internationale-BP60, 91002, Evry, France.
- Université Evry Val d'Essonne, UMR_S951, 91002, Evry, France.
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Efficient generation, purification, and expansion of CD34(+) hematopoietic progenitor cells from nonhuman primate-induced pluripotent stem cells. Blood 2012; 120:e35-44. [PMID: 22898598 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-433797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) therapeutics are a promising treatment for genetic and infectious diseases. To assess engraftment, risk of neoplastic formation, and therapeutic benefit in an autologous setting, testing iPSC therapeutics in an appropriate model, such as the pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina; Mn), is crucial. Here, we developed a chemically defined, scalable, and reproducible specification protocol with bone morphogenetic protein 4, prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2), and StemRegenin 1 (SR1) for hematopoietic differentiation of Mn iPSCs. Sequential coculture with bone morphogenetic protein 4, PGE2, and SR1 led to robust Mn iPSC hematopoietic progenitor cell formation. The combination of PGE2 and SR1 increased CD34(+)CD38(-)Thy1(+)CD45RA(-)CD49f(+) cell yield by 6-fold. CD34(+)CD38(-)Thy1(+)CD45RA(-)CD49f(+) cells isolated on the basis of CD34 expression and cultured in SR1 expanded 3-fold and maintained this long-term repopulating HSC phenotype. Purified CD34(high) cells exhibited 4-fold greater hematopoietic colony-forming potential compared with unsorted hematopoietic progenitors and had bilineage differentiation potential. On the basis of these studies, we calculated the cell yields that must be achieved at each stage to meet a threshold CD34(+) cell dose that is required for engraftment in the pigtail macaque. Our protocol will support scale-up and testing of iPSC-derived CD34(high) cell therapies in a clinically relevant nonhuman primate model.
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Kiem HP, Jerome KR, Deeks SG, McCune JM. Hematopoietic-stem-cell-based gene therapy for HIV disease. Cell Stem Cell 2012; 10:137-47. [PMID: 22305563 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although combination antiretroviral therapy can dramatically reduce the circulating viral load in those infected with HIV, replication-competent virus persists. To eliminate the need for indefinite treatment, there is growing interest in creating a functional HIV-resistant immune system through the use of gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Proof of concept for this approach has been provided in the instance of an HIV-infected adult transplanted with allogeneic stem cells from a donor lacking the HIV coreceptor, CCR5. Here, we review this and other strategies for HSC-based gene therapy for HIV disease.
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- Hans-Peter Kiem
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Kim I, Kim YJ, Métais JY, Dunbar CE, Larochelle A. Transient silencing of PTEN in human CD34(+) cells enhances their proliferative potential and ability to engraft immunodeficient mice. Exp Hematol 2011; 40:84-91. [PMID: 22019626 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The ability to expand hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in vitro will enhance the success of a wide range of transplant-related therapies. PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) has been implicated as a regulator of murine HSPC self-renewal, but little is understood about the role of PTEN in human HSPC regulation. We tested the impact of transient small interfering RNA (siRNA)-induced inhibition of PTEN expression in human CD34(+) cells on their cell cycle profile, their susceptibility to retroviral transduction, and their ability to self-renew and repopulate nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency disease with interleukin-2 receptor γ-chain deficiency mice. Reduced PTEN messenger RNA and protein levels were confirmed in PTEN siRNA-treated CD34(+) cells compared with control siRNA-treated CD34(+) cells. Transient silencing of PTEN in CD34(+) cells promoted their entry into cell cycle, and increased their expansion in vitro compared with control siRNA-treated CD34(+) cells. When these cells were transduced with retroviral vectors, transduction efficiencies in the bulk CD34(+) cells transfected with PTEN siRNA were significantly higher compared with CD34(+) cells transfected with a control siRNA. Transient PTEN suppression in CD34(+) cells also increased their proliferation and engraftment potential in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency disease with interleukin-2 receptor γ-chain deficiency mice, and maintained their multilineage differentiation capacity in vivo. No mice developed myeloproliferative disorders or leukemias. Similar to findings with murine HSPC, PTEN may also promote quiescence of human HSPC. With optimization of technologies for transfer of siRNA in primary CD34(+) cells, this approach may facilitate investigations into the mechanisms underlying HSPC self-renewal, and could find clinical applications in gene therapy protocols.
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- Inho Kim
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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AbstractT cell–mediated heterologous immunity to different pathogens is promising for the development of immunotherapeutic strategies. Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans, the 2 most common fungal pathogens causing severe infections in immunocompromised patients, are controlled by CD4+ type 1 helper T (TH1) cells in humans and mice, making induction of fungus-specific CD4+ TH1 immunity an appealing strategy for antifungal therapy. We identified an immunogenic epitope of the A fumigatus cell wall glucanase Crf1 that can be presented by 3 common major histocompatibility complex class II alleles and that induces memory CD4+ TH1 cells with a diverse T-cell receptor repertoire that is cross-reactive to C albicans. In BALB/c mice, the Crf1 protein also elicits cross-protection against lethal infection with C albicans that is mediated by the same epitope as in humans. These data illustrate the existence of T cell–based cross-protection for the 2 distantly related clinically relevant fungal pathogens that may foster the development of immunotherapeutic strategies.
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The human cytomegalovirus gene products essential for late viral gene expression assemble into prereplication complexes before viral DNA replication. J Virol 2011; 85:6629-44. [PMID: 21507978 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00384-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The regulation of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) late gene expression by viral proteins is poorly understood, and these viral proteins could be targets for novel antivirals. HCMV open reading frames (ORFs) UL79, -87, and -95 encode proteins with homology to late gene transcription factors of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 ORFs 18, 24, and 34, respectively. To determine whether these HCMV proteins are also essential for late gene transcription of a betaherpesvirus, we mutated HCMV ORFs UL79, -87, and -95. Cells were infected with the recombinant viruses at high and low multiplicities of infection (MOIs). While viral DNA was detected with the recombinant viruses, infectious virus was not detected unless the wild-type viral proteins were expressed in trans. At a high MOI, mutation of ORF UL79, -87, or -95 had no effect on the level of major immediate-early (MIE) gene expression or viral DNA replication, but late viral gene expression from the UL44, -75, and -99 ORFs was not detected. At a low MOI, preexpression of UL79 or -87, but not UL95, in human fibroblast cells negatively affected the level of MIE viral gene expression and viral DNA replication. The products of ORFs UL79, -87, and -95 were expressed as early viral proteins and recruited to prereplication complexes (pre-RCs), along with UL44, before the initiation of viral DNA replication. All three HCMV ORFs are indispensable for late viral gene expression and viral growth. The roles of UL79, -87, and -95 in pre-RCs for late viral gene expression are discussed.
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Doty RT, Sabo KM, Chen J, Miller AD, Abkowitz JL. An all-feline retroviral packaging system for transduction of human cells. Hum Gene Ther 2011; 21:1019-27. [PMID: 20222826 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2010.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract The subgroup C feline leukemia virus (FeLV-C) receptor FLVCR is a widely expressed 12-transmembrane domain transporter that exports cytoplasmic heme and is a promising target for retrovirus-mediated gene delivery. Previous studies demonstrated that FeLV-C pseudotype vectors were more efficient at targeting human hematopoietic stem cells than those pseudotyped with gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV), and thus we developed an all FeLV-C-based packaging system, termed CatPac. CatPac is helper-virus free and can produce higher titer vectors than existing gammaretroviral packaging systems, including systems mixing Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV) Gag-Pol and FeLV-C Env proteins. The vectors can be readily concentrated (>30-fold), refrozen (three to five times), and held on ice (>2 days) with little loss of titer. Furthermore, we demonstrate that CatPac pseudotype vectors efficiently target early CD34(+)CD38(-) stem/progenitor cells, monocytic and erythroid progenitors, activated T cells, mature macrophages, and cancer cell lines, suggesting utility for human cell and cell line transduction and possibly gene therapy.
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- Raymond T Doty
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Berger C, Berger M, Anderson D, Riddell SR. A non-human primate model for analysis of safety, persistence, and function of adoptively transferred T cells. J Med Primatol 2010; 40:88-103. [PMID: 21044089 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00451.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adoptive immunotherapy with antigen-specific effector T-cell (T(E) ) clones is often limited by poor survival of the transferred cells. We describe here a Macaca nemestrina model for studying transfer of T-cell immunity. METHODS We derived, expanded, and genetically marked CMV-specific CD8(+) T(E) clones with surface markers expressed on B cells. T(E) cells were adoptively transferred, and toxicity, persistence, retention of introduced cell-surface markers, and phenotype of the persisting T cells were evaluated. RESULTS CD8(+) T(E) clones were efficiently isolated from distinct memory precursors and gene-marking with CD19 or CD20 permitted in vivo tracking by quantitative PCR. CD19 was a more stable surface marker for tracking cells in vivo and was used to re-isolate cells for functional analysis. Clonally derived CD8(+) T(E) cells differentiated in vivo to phenotypically and functionally heterogeneous memory T-cell subsets. CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate the utility of Macaca nemestrina for establishing principles for T-cell therapeutics applicable to humans.
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- C Berger
- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Isomura H, Stinski MF, Murata T, Nakayama S, Chiba S, Akatsuka Y, Kanda T, Tsurumi T. The human cytomegalovirus UL76 gene regulates the level of expression of the UL77 gene. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11901. [PMID: 20689582 PMCID: PMC2912765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can be reactivated under immunosuppressive conditions causing several fatal pneumonitis, hepatitis, retinitis, and gastrointestinal diseases. HCMV also causes deafness and mental retardation in neonates when primary infection has occurred during pregnancy. In the genome of HCMV at least 194 known open reading frames (ORFs) have been predicted, and approximately one-quarter, or 41 ORFs, are required for viral replication in cell culture. In contrast, the majority of the predicted ORFs are nonessential for viral replication in cell culture. However, it is also possible that these ORFs are required for the efficient viral replication in the host. The UL77 gene of HCMV is essential for viral replication and has a role in viral DNA packaging. The function of the upstream UL76 gene in the HCMV-infected cells is not understood. UL76 and UL77 are cistons on the same viral mRNA and a conventional 5' mRNA for UL77 has not been detected. The vast majority of eukaryotic mRNAs are monocistronic, i.e., they encode only a single protein. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To determine whether the UL76 ORF affects UL77 gene expression, we mutated UL76 by ORF frame-shifts, stop codons or deletion of the viral gene. The effect on UL77 protein expression was determined by either transfection of expression plasmids or infection with recombinant viruses. Mutation of UL76 ORF significantly increased the level of UL77 protein expression. However, deletion of UL76 upstream of the UL77 ORF had only marginal effects on viral growth. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE While UL76 is not essential for viral replication, the UL76 ORF is involved in regulation of the level of UL77 protein expression in a manner dependent on the translation re-initiation. UL76 may fine-tune the UL77 expression for the efficient viral replication in the HCMV- infected cells.
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- Hiroki Isomura
- Division of Virology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Kanokoden, Nagoya, Japan.
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Beard BC, Trobridge GD, Ironside C, McCune JS, Adair JE, Kiem HP. Efficient and stable MGMT-mediated selection of long-term repopulating stem cells in nonhuman primates. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:2345-54. [PMID: 20551514 PMCID: PMC2898586 DOI: 10.1172/jci40767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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HSC transplantation using genetically modified autologous cells is a promising therapeutic strategy for various genetic diseases, cancer, and HIV. However, for many of these conditions, the current efficiency of gene transfer to HSCs is not sufficient for clinical use. The ability to increase the percentage of gene-modified cells following transplantation is critical to overcoming this obstacle. In vivo selection with mutant methylguanine methyltransferase (MGMTP140K) has been proposed to overcome low gene transfer efficiency to HSCs. Previous studies have shown efficient in vivo selection in mice and dogs but only transient selection in primates. Here, we report efficient and stable MGMTP140K-mediated multilineage selection in both macaque and baboon nonhuman primate models. Treatment consisting of both O6-benzylguanine (O6BG) and N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitroso-urea (BCNU) stably increased the percentage of transgene-expressing cells from a range of initial levels of engrafted genetically modified cells, with the longest follow-up after drug treatment occurring over 2.2 years. Drug treatment was well tolerated, and selection occurred in myeloid, lymphoid, and erythroid cells as well as platelets. Retrovirus integration site analysis before and after drug treatments confirmed the presence of multiple clones. These nonhuman primate studies closely model a clinical setting and should have broad applications for HSC gene therapy targeting human diseases of malignant, genetic, and infectious nature, including HIV.
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- Brian C. Beard
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, and
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, USA
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Large animal models have been instrumental in advancing hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy. Here we review the advantages of large animal models, their contributions to the field of HSC gene therapy and recent progress in this field. Several properties of human HSCs including their purification, their cell-cycle characteristics, their response to cytokines and the proliferative demands placed on them after transplantation are more similar in large animal models than in mice. Progress in the development and use of retroviral vectors and ex vivo transduction protocols over the last decade has led to efficient gene transfer in both dogs and nonhuman primates. Importantly, the approaches developed in these models have translated well to the clinic. Large animals continue to be useful to evaluate the efficacy and safety of gene therapy, and dogs with hematopoietic diseases have now been cured by HSC gene therapy. Nonhuman primates allow evaluation of aspects of transplantation as well as disease-specific approaches such as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) gene therapy that can not be modeled well in the dog. Finally, large animal models have been used to evaluate the genotoxicity of viral vectors by comparing integration sites in hematopoietic repopulating cells and monitoring clonality after transplantation.
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- G D Trobridge
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Pseudotyping incompatibility between HIV-1 and gibbon ape leukemia virus Env is modulated by Vpu. J Virol 2009; 84:2666-74. [PMID: 20042505 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01562-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The Env protein from gibbon ape leukemia virus (GaLV) has been shown to be incompatible with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the production of infectious pseudotyped particles. This incompatibility has been mapped to the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of GaLV Env. Surprisingly, we found that the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpu modulates this incompatibility. The infectivity of HIV-1 pseudotyped with murine leukemia virus (MLV) Env was not affected by Vpu. However, the infectivity of HIV-1 pseudotyped with an MLV Env with the cytoplasmic tail from GaLV Env (MLV/GaLV Env) was restricted 50- to 100-fold by Vpu. A Vpu mutant containing a scrambled membrane-spanning domain, Vpu(RD), was still able to restrict MLV/GaLV Env, but mutation of the serine residues at positions 52 and 56 completely alleviated the restriction. Loss of infectivity appeared to be caused by reduced MLV/GaLV Env incorporation into viral particles. The mechanism of this downmodulation appears to be distinct from Vpu-mediated CD4 downmodulation because Vpu-expressing cells that failed to produce infectious HIV-1 particles nonetheless continued to display robust surface MLV/GaLV Env expression. In addition, if MLV and HIV-1 were simultaneously introduced into the same cells, only the HIV-1 particle infectivity was restricted by Vpu. Collectively, these data suggest that Vpu modulates the cellular distribution of MLV/GaLV Env, preventing its recruitment to HIV-1 budding sites.
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Wicovsky A, Salzmann S, Roos C, Ehrenschwender M, Rosenthal T, Siegmund D, Henkler F, Gohlke F, Kneitz C, Wajant H. TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis inhibits proinflammatory TNF receptor-1 signaling. Cell Death Differ 2009; 16:1445-59. [PMID: 19557010 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Soluble TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) trimers induce, in a variety of cell lines, translocation of cytosolic tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factor-2 (TRAF2) to a triton X-100-insoluble compartment without changes in the total cellular TRAF2 content. TWEAK-induced TRAF2 translocation is paralleled by a strong increase in nuclear factor kappaB 2 (NFkappaB2)/p100 processing to p52, indicating that TRAF2 redistribution is sufficient for activation of the alternative NFkappaB pathway. In accordance with the crucial role of TRAF2 in proinflammatory, anti-apoptotic TNF receptor-1 (TNFR1) signaling, we observed that TWEAK-primed cells have a reduced capacity to activate the classical NFkappaB pathway or JNK (cJun N-terminal kinase) in response to TNF. Furthermore, TWEAK-primed cells are sensitized for the TNFR1-mediated induction of apoptotic and necrotic cell death. Notably, the expression of the NFkappaB-regulated, TRAF2-interacting TRAF1 protein can attenuate TWEAK-induced depletion of the triton X-100-soluble TRAF2 fraction and improve TNFR1-induced NFkappaB signaling in TWEAK-primed cells. Taken together, we demonstrate that soluble TWEAK desensitizes cells for proinflammatory TNFR1 signaling and thus identify TWEAK as a modifier of TNF signaling.
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- A Wicovsky
- Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, Würzburg 97070, Germany
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Mezquita P, Beard BC, Kiem HP. NOD/SCID repopulating cells contribute only to short-term repopulation in the baboon. Gene Ther 2008; 15:1460-2. [PMID: 18563183 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2008.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We have previously compared the repopulation ability of gene-modified baboon CD34+ cells in an autologous transplantation versus a xenotransplant model in irradiated nonobese diabetic/severe combined immune deficiency (NOD/SCID) mice. Baboon CD34-selected marrow cells were transduced with a gammaretrovirus vector and infused into irradiated baboons and NOD/SCID mice. A limited integration-site analysis could only detect two common retrovirus integration sites in the NOD/SCID and monkey. Here, we performed locus-specific PCR on 30 clones recovered from NOD/SCID beta2-microglobulin mice reconstituted with transduced baboon CD34+ cells. We identified five common integrants in the baboon early after transplant (2-6 weeks) but none during the long-term follow-up (6 and 12 months). These results confirm that repopulating cells in the NOD/SCID mouse contribute only to short-term repopulation in a clinically relevant large animal model.
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- P Mezquita
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Efficient transduction of pigtailed macaque hematopoietic repopulating cells with HIV-based lentiviral vectors. Blood 2008; 111:5537-43. [PMID: 18388180 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-09-115022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lentiviral vectors are attractive for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy because they do not require mitosis for nuclear entry, they efficiently transduce hematopoietic repopulating cells, and self-inactivating (SIN) designs can be produced at high titer. Experiments to evaluate HIV-derived lentiviral vectors in nonhuman primates prior to clinical trials have been hampered by low transduction frequencies due in part to host restriction by TRIM5alpha. We have established conditions for efficient transduction of pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) long-term repopulating cells using VSV-G-pseudotyped HIV-based lentiviral vectors. Stable, long-term, high-level gene marking was observed in 3 macaques using relatively low MOIs (5-10) in a 48-hour ex vivo transduction protocol. All animals studied had rapid neutrophil engraftment with a median of 10.3 days to a count greater than 0.5 x 10(9)/L (500/microL). Expression was detected in all lineages, with long-term marking levels in granulocytes at approximately 20% to 30%, and in lymphocytes at approximately 12% to 23%. All animals had polyclonal engraftment as determined by analysis of vector integration sites. These data suggest that lentiviral vectors should be highly effective for HSC gene therapy, particularly for diseases in which maintaining the engraftment potential of stem cells using short-term ex vivo transduction protocols is critical.
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Piasecki JC, Beagles K, Beard BC, Riddell S, Kiem HP. Induction of transgene-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses after transplantation of gene-modified CD34+ cells despite nonablative immunosuppressive conditioning. Hum Gene Ther 2007; 19:103-7. [PMID: 18092920 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2007.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In previous studies we showed that low-dose irradiation and immunosuppression with cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil prolonged in vivo persistence of gene-modified T cells but was unable to induce tolerance. We hypothesized that the lack of sustained antigen presentation because of the limited life span of the infused T cells might be responsible for the lack of tolerance induction. Thus, we examined whether tolerance could be induced by infusion of long-lived stem cells. Two baboons were transplanted with YFP/neo-transduced CD34+ cells. The transgene-marked cells disappeared completely within 5 weeks and CD8+ transgene-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes were detected in both animals. Thus, this nonablative conditioning regimen did not provide sufficient immunosuppression for the induction of tolerance after infusion of gene-modified CD34+ cells.
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- Julia C Piasecki
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Braun SE, Shi X, Qiu G, Wong F, Joshi PJ, Prasad VR, Johnson RP. Instability of retroviral vectors with HIV-1-specific RT aptamers due to cryptic splice sites in the U6 promoter. AIDS Res Ther 2007; 4:24. [PMID: 17941994 PMCID: PMC2211285 DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-4-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Internal polymerase III promoters in retroviral vectors have been used extensively to express short RNA sequences, such as ribozymes, RNA aptamers or short interfering RNA inhibitors, in various positions and orientations. However, the stability of these promoters in the reverse orientation has not been rigorously evaluated. Results A series of retroviral vectors was generated carrying the U6+1 promoter with 3 different HIV-1 RT-specific RNA aptamers and one control aptamer, all in the reverse orientation. After shuttle packaging, the CD4+ cell line CEMx174 was transduced with each vector, selected for expression of GFP, and challenged with HIV-1. We did not observe inhibition of HIV-1 replication in these transduced populations. PCR amplification of the U6+1 promoter-RNA aptamer inhibitor cassette from transduced CEMx174 cells and RT-PCR amplification from transfected Phoenix (amphotropic) packaging cells showed two distinct products: a full-length product of the expected size as well as a truncated product. The sequence of the full-length PCR product was identical to the predicted amplicon sequence. However, sequencing of the truncated product revealed a 139 bp deletion in the U6 promoter. This deletion decreased transcriptional activity of the U6 promoter. Analysis of the deleted sequences from the U6 promoter in the antisense direction indicated consensus splice donor, splice acceptor and branch point sequences. Conclusion The existence of a cryptic splice site in the U6 promoter when expressed in a retroviral vector in the reverse orientation generates deletions during packaging and may limit the utility of this promoter for expression of small RNA inhibitors.
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Herzog RW, Cao O, Hagstrom JN, Wang L. Gene therapy for treatment of inherited haematological disorders. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2007; 6:509-22. [PMID: 16610980 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.6.5.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gene therapy, a molecular medicine based on vector-mediated transfer of therapeutic genes, holds promise for a cure of monogenetic inherited diseases. In recent years, tremendous progress has been reported in the treatment of haematological disorders: clinical trials in severe combined immune deficiencies have been successful by using retroviral vectors to express target genes in haematopoietic stem cells, which after transplantation efficiently reconstituted the immune system concomitant with substantial improvement in the clinical status of patients. Conversely, unexpected adverse events were also encountered. In other work, progress towards clinical studies on ex vivo gene transfer for Fanconi anaemia and haemoglobinopathies has been made. Each approach features a unique treatment strategy and also faces various impediments to success. In the case of the X-linked bleeding disorder haemophilia, several Phase I/II clinical trials were conducted, including in vivo administration of viral vectors to skeletal muscle and liver. Adeno-associated viral gene transfer of coagulation Factor IX has been documented in human subjects, reaching therapeutic levels after infusion into a hepatic blood vessel. However, sustained expression of therapeutic levels (as shown in large animal models of haemophilia) has not yet been achieved in humans. In general, long-term follow-up will be important for assessment of the safety of all existing gene therapy strategies.
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- Roland W Herzog
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Alachua, FL 32615, USA.
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Jung CW, Beard BC, Morris JC, Neff T, Beebe K, Storer BE, Kiem HP. Hematopoietic stem cell engraftment: a direct comparison between intramarrow and intravenous injection in nonhuman primates. Exp Hematol 2007; 35:1132-9. [PMID: 17588482 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2006] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent studies in the mouse model have shown improved engraftment of repopulating cells when cells were administered by intramarrow (IM) vs intravenous (IV) injection. Here we wished to determine if IM injection was feasible and would result in improved engraftment in a clinically relevant large animal model. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used a competitive repopulation assay to directly compare IM vs IV injection in four baboons. CD34+ autologous bone marrow cells were split into two equal fractions and transduced with either green fluorescent protein (GFP) or yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). Gene-marked cells were infused by IM or IV administration after myeloablative irradiation. RESULTS Peripheral blood granulocyte marking peaked at 2 to 3 weeks after transplantation and decreased thereafter before stabilizing. In all animals, marking levels of IM-injected cells (GFP) were lower than those of IV-injected cells (YFP) early after transplantation. However, in two of the four monkeys, GFP marking steadily increased after 2 months resulting in higher marking levels from IM-injected cells. In one animal, this trend sustained up to the last follow-up at 1 year after transplantation, with marking levels of 63.4% and 9.7% from IM- and IV-injected cells, respectively. Transplantation of both IM- and IV-injected CD34+ cells resulted in polyclonal multilineage engraftment. CONCLUSION Our data show efficient gene marking after IM injection and suggest a different engraftment profile for IM- vs IV-injected repopulating cells.
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- Chul Won Jung
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Beard BC, Dickerson D, Beebe K, Gooch C, Fletcher J, Okbinoglu T, Miller DG, Jacobs MA, Kaul R, Kiem HP, Trobridge GD. Comparison of HIV-derived Lentiviral and MLV-based Gammaretroviral Vector Integration Sites in Primate Repopulating Cells. Mol Ther 2007; 15:1356-65. [PMID: 17440443 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The potential for leukemia caused by retroviral vector integration has become a significant concern for hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy. We analyzed the distribution of vector integrants in pigtailed macaque and baboon repopulating cells for the two most commonly used retroviral vector systems, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-based lentiviral vectors and murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based gammaretroviral vectors, to help define their relative genotoxicity. All animals had polyclonal engraftment with no apparent adverse effects from transplantation with gene-modified cells. In all, 380 MLV and 235 HIV unique vector integration sites were analyzed and had distinct distribution patterns in relation to genes and CpG islands as observed in previous in vitro studies. Both vector types were found more frequently in and near proto-oncogenes in repopulating cells than in a random dataset. Analysis of functional classes of genes with integrants within 100 kilobases (kb) of their transcription start sites showed an over-representation of genes involved in growth or survival near both lentiviral and gammaretroviral integrants. Microarray analysis showed that both gammaretroviral and lentiviral vectors were found close to genes with high expression levels in primitive cells enriched for hematopoietic stem cells. These data help define the relative risk of insertional mutagenesis with MLV-, HIV-, and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-based vectors in a highly relevant primate model.
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- Brian C Beard
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Adamopoulou E, Diekmann J, Tolosa E, Kuntz G, Einsele H, Rammensee HG, Topp MS. Human CD4+ T cells displaying viral epitopes elicit a functional virus-specific memory CD8+ T cell response. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:5465-72. [PMID: 17442927 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.9.5465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Ag-specific cellular recall response to herpes virus infections is characterized by a swift recruitment of virus-specific memory T cells. Rapid activation is achieved through formation of the immunological synapse and supramolecular clustering of signal molecules at the site of contact. During the formation of the immunological synapse, epitope-loaded MHC molecules are transferred via trogocytosis from APCs to T cells, enabling the latter to function as Ag-presenting T cells (T-APCs). The contribution of viral epitope expressing T-APCs in the regulation of the herpes virus-specific CD8+ T cell memory response remains unclear. Comparison of CD4+ T-APCs with professional APCs such as Ag-presenting CD40L-activated B cells (CD40B-APCs) demonstrated reduced levels of costimulatory ligands. Despite the observed differences, CD4+ T-APCs are as potent as CD40B-APCs in stimulating herpes virus-specific CD8+ T cells resulting in a greater than 35-fold expansion of CD8+ T cells specific for dominant and subdominant viral epitopes. Virus-specific CD8+ T cells generated by CD4+ T-APCs or CD40B-APCs showed both comparable effector function such as specific lysis of targets and cytokine production and also did not differ in their phenotype after expansion. These results indicate that viral epitope presentation by Ag-specific CD4+ T cells may contribute to the rapid recruitment of virus-specific memory CD8+ T cells during a viral recall response.
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- Eleni Adamopoulou
- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg, Röntgernring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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Shepherd BE, Kiem HP, Lansdorp PM, Dunbar CE, Aubert G, LaRochelle A, Seggewiss R, Guttorp P, Abkowitz JL. Hematopoietic stem-cell behavior in nonhuman primates. Blood 2007; 110:1806-13. [PMID: 17526860 PMCID: PMC1976353 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-02-075382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Little is known about the behavior of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in primates because direct observations and competitive-repopulation assays are not feasible. Therefore, we used 2 different and independent experimental strategies, the tracking of transgene expression after retroviral-mediated gene transfer (N = 11 baboons; N = 7 rhesus macaques) and quantitation of the average telomere length of granulocytes (N = 132 baboons; N = 14 macaques), together with stochastic methods, to study HSC kinetics in vivo. The average replication rate for baboon HSCs is once per 36 weeks according to gene-marking analyses and once per 23 weeks according to telomere-shortening analyses. Comparable results were derived from the macaque data. These rates are substantially slower than the average replication rates previously reported for HSCs in mice (once per 2.5 weeks) and cats (once per 8.3 weeks). Because baboons and macaques live for 25 to 45 years, much longer than mice ( approximately 2 years) and cats (12-18 years), we can compute that HSCs undergo a relatively constant number ( approximately 80-200) of lifetime replications. Thus, our data suggest that the self-renewal capacity of mammalian stem cells in vivo is defined and evolutionarily conserved.
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- Bryan E Shepherd
- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Zhang XB, Schwartz JL, Humphries RK, Kiem HP. Effects of HOXB4 Overexpression on Ex Vivo Expansion and Immortalization of Hematopoietic Cells from Different Species. Stem Cells 2007; 25:2074-81. [PMID: 17510218 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Overexpression of the human HOXB4 has been shown to induce the expansion and self-renewal of murine hematopoietic stem cells. In preparation for clinical studies, we wished to investigate the effects of HOXB4 on cells from other species, in particular preclinical large animals such as dogs and nonhuman primates. Thus, we transduced CD34(+) cells from nonhuman primates, dogs, and humans with a HOXB4-expressing gammaretroviral vector and a yellow fluorescent protein-expressing control vector. Compared with the control vector, HOXB4 overexpression resulted in a much larger increase in colony-forming cells in dog cells (28-fold) compared with human peripheral blood, human cord blood, and baboon cells (two-, four-, and fivefold, respectively). Furthermore, we found that HOXB4 overexpression resulted in immortalization with sustained growth (>12 months) of primitive hematopoietic cells from mice and dogs but not from monkeys and humans. This difference correlated with increased levels of retrovirally overexpressed HOXB4 in dog and mouse cells compared with human and nonhuman primate cells. The immortalized cells did not show any evidence of insertional mutagenesis or chromosomal abnormalities. Competitive congenic transplantation experiments showed that HOXB4-expanded mouse cells engrafted well after 1 or 3 months of expansion, and no leukemia was observed in mice. Our findings suggest that the growth promoting effects of HOXB4 are critically dependent on HOXB4 expression levels and that this can result in important species-specific differences in potency. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.
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- Xiao-Bing Zhang
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Schambach A, Baum C. Vector design for expression of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in hematopoietic cells. DNA Repair (Amst) 2007; 6:1187-96. [PMID: 17482894 PMCID: PMC2128767 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Enhancing DNA repair activity of hematopoietic cells by stably integrating gene vectors that express O(6)-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) is of major interest for innovative approaches in tumor chemotherapy and for the control of hematopoietic chimerism in the treatment of multiple other acquired or inherited disorders. Crucial determinants of this selection principle are the stringency of treatment with O(6)-alkylating agents and the level of transgenic MGMT expression. Attempts to generate clinically useful MGMT vectors focus on the design of potent expression cassettes, an important component of which is formed by enhancer sequences that are active in primitive as well as more differentiated hematopoietic cells. However, recent studies have revealed that vectors harboring strong enhancer sequences are more likely to induce adverse events related to insertional mutagenesis. Safety-improved vectors that maintain high levels of MGMT expression may be constructed based on the following principles: choice of enhancer-promoter sequences with relatively mild long-distance effects despite a high transcription rate, improved RNA processing (export, stability and translation), and protein design. The need for optimizing MGMT protein design is supported by recent observations suggesting that the P140K mutant of MGMT, developed to be resistant to inhibitors such as O(6)-benzylguanine, may confer a selective disadvantage when expressed at high levels. Here, we provide a review of the literature exploring MGMT expression vectors for bone marrow chemoprotection, and describe experimental evidence suggesting that high expression of MGMT P140K induces a selective disadvantage in the absence of alkylating agents. We conclude that the appropriate design of expression vectors and MGMT protein features will be crucial for the long-term prospects of this promising selection principle.
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- Axel Schambach
- Department of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Logg CR, Baranick BT, Lemp NA, Kasahara N. Adaptive evolution of a tagged chimeric gammaretrovirus: identification of novel cis-acting elements that modulate splicing. J Mol Biol 2007; 369:1214-29. [PMID: 17498744 PMCID: PMC2938735 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2006] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Retroviruses are well known for their ability to incorporate envelope (Env) proteins from other retroviral strains and genera, and even from other virus families. This characteristic has been widely exploited for the generation of replication-defective retroviral vectors, including those derived from murine leukemia virus (MLV), bearing heterologous Env proteins. We investigated the possibility of "genetically pseudotyping" replication-competent MLV by replacing the native env gene in a full-length viral genome with that of another gammaretrovirus. Earlier, we developed replication-competent versions of MLV that stably transmit and express transgenes inserted into the 3' untranslated region of the viral genome. In one such tagged MLV expressing green fluorescent protein, we replaced the native env sequence with that of gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV). Although the GALV Env protein is commonly used to make high-titer pseudotypes of MLV vectors, we found that the env replacement greatly attenuated viral replication. However, extended cultivation of cells exposed to the chimeric virus resulted in selection of mutants exhibiting rapid replication kinetics and different variants arose in different infections. Two of these variants had acquired mutations at or adjacent to the splice acceptor site, and three others had acquired dual mutations within the long terminal repeat. Analysis of the levels of unspliced and spliced viral RNA produced by the parental and adapted viruses showed that the mutations gained by each of these variants functioned to reverse an imbalance in splicing caused by the env gene substitution. Our results reveal the presence of previously unknown cis-acting sequences in MLV that modulate splicing of the viral transcript and demonstrate that tagging of the retroviral genome with an easily assayed transgene can be combined with in vitro evolution as an approach to efficiently generating and screening for replicating mutants of replication-impaired recombinant viruses.
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- Christopher R Logg
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Reuss S, Biese P, Cosset FL, Takeuchi Y, Uckert W. Suspension packaging cell lines for the simplified generation of T-cell receptor encoding retrovirus vector particles. Gene Ther 2007; 14:595-603. [PMID: 17235289 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The transfer of T-cell receptor (TCR) genes into primary human T-cells to endow their specificity toward virus-infected and tumor cells is becoming an interesting tool for immunotherapy. TCR-modified T cells are mainly generated by retrovirus-mediated gene transfer. To produce TCR-retrovirus particles, fibroblast packaging cell lines are the most common tool. We constructed two packaging cell lines based on the human suspension T-cell lymphoma line Deltabeta-Jurkat, which lacks endogenous TCRbeta-chains and is therefore unable to express CD3 complexes on the cell surface. After supply of gag-pol (murine leukemia virus (Mo-MLV)) and env (GALV or MLV-10A1) genes, a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-encoding retrovirus vector was transduced into both packaging cell clones, which then stably produced GFP-retroviruses with titers of up to 4 x 10(5) infectious particles (IP)/ml. After transfer of a TCRalpha/beta-encoding retrovirus vector, Deltabeta-Jurkat/GALV and Deltabeta-Jurkat/10A1 cells expressed CD3 molecules on the cell surface. CD3-high expressing packaging cells were enriched by fluorescence-activated cell sorter sorting. In these cells, the CD3 expression level directly correlated with the titer of vector particles. TCR-retroviruses efficiently transduced human T-cell lines and primary T cells. In conclusion, the method allowed the fast and easy generation of high virus titer supernatants for TCR gene transfer.
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- S Reuss
- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Buss EC, Laufs S, Naundorf S, Kuehlcke K, Nagy KZ, Zeller WJ, Fruehauf S. Retroviral MDR1 gene transfer into marrow-engrafting human peripheral blood progenitor cells results in preferential transgene expression in the immature myeloid compartment rather than in mature myeloid progeny in vivo. Cytotherapy 2006; 8:562-9. [PMID: 17148033 DOI: 10.1080/14653240600986452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of multidrug resistance-1 (MDR1) gene therapy is protection of the myeloid cell lineage. It is therefore important to examine the effect of retroviral transduction on myeloid maturation. Transfer of the human MDR1 gene can confer resistance to a variety of cytostatic drugs. For a safe application in humans it is paramount to follow-up the development of transduced cells. METHODS We transduced human mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) with a viral vector containing the human MDR1 cDNA and transplanted the transduced cells into non-obese diabetic severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mice. The progeny of the transduced cells was analyzed in detail by flow cytometry. RESULTS A detailed analysis by four-color flow cytometry showed that MDR1 transgene-expressing CD33+ myeloid cells were preferentially negative for the maturation-associated myeloid markers CD11b and CD10, while the untransduced CD33+ myeloid cells expressed significantly higher proportions of these Ag (P<0.01 each). There was no difference in the expression of B- or T-lymphoid Ag among the MDR1-transduced and untransduced lymphoid cells. DISCUSSION These data indicate that retroviral MDR1 gene transfer results in preferential P-glycoprotein expression in myeloid progenitor cells, which is the target cell population for myelotoxicity of cytostatic drugs.
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- E C Buss
- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ebeling P, Bach P, Sorg U, Schneider A, Trarbach T, Dilloo D, Hanenberg H, Niesert S, Seeber S, Moritz T, Flasshove M. Evaluation of different protocols for gene transfer into non-obese diabetes/severe combined immunodeficiency disease mouse repopulating cells. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2006; 133:199-209. [PMID: 17053889 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-006-0158-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Although gene transfer with retroviral vectors has shown distinct clinical success in defined settings, efficient genetic manipulation of hematopoietic progenitor cells remains a challenge. To address this issue we have evaluated different transduction protocols and retroviral constructs in the non-obese diabetes (NOD)/severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) xenograft model. METHODS An extended transduction protocol requiring 144 h of in vitro manipulation was compared to a more conventional protocol requiring 96 h only. RESULT While pretransplantation analysis of cells transduced with a retroviral vector, expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) marker gene, demonstrated significantly higher overall transduction rates for the extended protocol (33.6 +/- 2.3 vs. 22.1 +/- 3.8%), EGFP expression in CD34+ cells before transplantation (4.0 +/- 0.9 vs. 11.6 +/- 2.5%), engraftment of human cells in NOD/SCID bone marrow 4 weeks after transplantation (4.5 +/- 1.7 vs. 36.5 +/- 9.4%) and EGFP expression in these cells (0 +/- 0 vs. 11.3 +/- 2.8%) were significantly impaired. When the 96 h protocol was used in combination with the spleen focus forming virus (SFFV)/murine embryonic stem cell (MESV) hybrid vector SFbeta11-EGFP, high transduction rates for CD45+ (41.0 +/- 5.3%) and CD34+ (38.5 +/- 3.7%) cells prior to transplantation, as well as efficient human cell engraftment in NOD/SCID mice 4 weeks after transplantation (32.4 +/- 3.5%), was detected. Transgene expression was observed in B-lymphoid (15.9 +/- 2.0%), myeloid (36.5 +/- 3.5%) and CD34+ cells (10.1 +/- 1.5%). CONCLUSION Our data show that CD34+ cells maintained in cytokines for multiple days may differentiate and loose their capacity to contribute to the haematological reconstitution of NOD/SCID mice. In addition, the SFFV/MESV hybrid vector SFbeta11-EGFP allows efficient transduction of and gene expression in haematopoietic progenitor cells.
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- Peter Ebeling
- Department of Internal Medicine (Cancer Research), University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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Bauer TR, Hai M, Tuschong LM, Burkholder TH, Gu YC, Sokolic RA, Ferguson C, Dunbar CE, Hickstein DD. Correction of the disease phenotype in canine leukocyte adhesion deficiency using ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy. Blood 2006; 108:3313-20. [PMID: 16868255 PMCID: PMC1895427 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-006908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Canine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (CLAD) represents the canine counter-part of the human disease leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD). Defects in the leukocyte integrin CD18 adhesion molecule in both CLAD and LAD lead to recurrent, life-threatening bacterial infections. We evaluated ex vivo retroviral-mediated gene therapy in CLAD using 2 nonmyeloablative conditioning regimens--200 cGy total body irradiation (TBI) or 10 mg/kg busulfan--with or without posttransplantation immunosuppression. In 6 of 11 treated CLAD dogs, therapeutic levels of CD18(+) leukocytes were achieved. Conditioning with either TBI or busulfan allowed long-term engraftment, and immunosuppression was not required for efficacy. The percentage of CD18(+) leukocytes in the peripheral blood progressively increased over 6 to 8 months after infusion to levels ranging from 1.26% to 8.37% at 1-year follow-up in the 6 dogs. These levels resulted in reversal or moderation of the severe CLAD phenotype. Linear amplification-mediated polymerase chain reaction assays indicated polyclonality of insertion sites. These results describe ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell gene transfer in a disease-specific, large animal model using 2 clinically applicable conditioning regimens, and they provide support for the use of nonmyeloablative conditioning regimens in preclinical protocols of retroviral-mediated gene transfer for nonmalignant hematopoietic diseases such as LAD.
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- Thomas R Bauer
- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, MSC1203, Bldg 10-CRC, Rm 3-3264, Bethesda, MD 20892-1203, USA.
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Zhang XB, Beard BC, Beebe K, Storer B, Humphries RK, Kiem HP. Differential effects of HOXB4 on nonhuman primate short- and long-term repopulating cells. PLoS Med 2006; 3:e173. [PMID: 16637742 PMCID: PMC1450018 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 02/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or repopulating cells are able to self-renew and differentiate into cells of all hematopoietic lineages, and they can be enriched using the CD34 cell surface marker. Because of this unique property, HSCs have been used for HSC transplantation and gene therapy applications. However, the inability to expand HSCs has been a significant limitation for clinical applications. Here we examine, in a clinically relevant nonhuman primate model, the ability of HOXB4 to expand HSCs to potentially overcome this limitation. METHODS AND FINDINGS Using a competitive repopulation assay, we directly compared in six animals engraftment of HOXB4GFP (HOXB4 green fluorescent protein) and control (yellow fluorescent protein [YFP])-transduced and expanded CD34+ cells. In three animals, cells were infused after a 3-d transduction culture, while in three other animals cells were infused after an additional 6-9 d of ex vivo expansion. We demonstrate that HOXB4 overexpression resulted in superior engraftment in all animals. The most dramatic effect of HOXB4 was observed early after transplantation, resulting in an up to 56-fold higher engraftment compared to the control cells. At 6 mo after transplantation, the proportion of marker gene-expressing cells in peripheral blood was still up to 5-fold higher for HOXB4GFP compared to YFP-transduced cells. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that HOXB4 overexpression in CD34+ cells has a dramatic effect on expansion and engraftment of short-term repopulating cells and a significant, but less pronounced, effect on long-term repopulating cells. These data should have important implications for the expansion and transplantation of HSCs, in particular for cord blood transplantations where often only suboptimal numbers of HSCs are available.
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- Xiao-Bing Zhang
- 1Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- 1Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- 1Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- 1Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- 2Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- 3Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 4Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- 1Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- 5Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Brenner S, Ryser MF, Choi U, Whiting-Theobald N, Kuhlisch E, Linton G, Kang E, Lehmann R, Rosen-Wolff A, Rudikoff AG, Farese AM, Macvittie TJ, Roesler J, Horwitz ME, Malech HL. Polyclonal long-term MFGS-gp91phox marking in rhesus macaques after nonmyeloablative transplantation with transduced autologous peripheral blood progenitor cells. Mol Ther 2006; 14:202-11. [PMID: 16600688 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2006.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Revised: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We have recently reported that the RD114-pseudotyped MFGS-gp91phox vector achieves unprecedented levels of correction of the NADPH-oxidase gp91phox (approved gene symbol CYBB) defect in CD34(+) cells from patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease in the NOD/SCID mouse model. Considering clinical use of this vector, we transplanted autologous mobilized peripheral blood CD34(+) progenitor cells, transduced with the RD114-MFGS-gp91phox vector, into two healthy rhesus macaques following nonmyeloablative conditioning. The moderately high levels of in vivo marking seen in the first months following transduction decreased and stabilized at about 8 months posttransplant. Marking for both healthy animals after 15 months was 0.3 to 1.3 vector copies per 100 cells in lymphocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes. Vector insertion analyses performed by linear amplification-mediated PCR and sequencing identified 32 and 45 separate insertion sites in the animals. Identical insertion sites were found in myeloid cells and lymphocytes, demonstrating the successful transduction of lymphomyeloid progenitors. Some inserts landed in the vicinity of genes controlling cell cycle and proliferation. Statistical analyses of insertion sites 1 year posttransplant suggest a high diversity of insertion sites despite low marking.
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- Sebastian Brenner
- Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Trobridge G, Beard BC, Kiem HP. Hematopoietic stem cell transduction and amplification in large animal models. Hum Gene Ther 2006; 16:1355-66. [PMID: 16390267 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2005.16.1355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Progress in retroviral gene transfer to large animal hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has led to efficient, reproducible long-term marking in both canine and nonhuman primate models. Successes for HSC gene therapy have occurred in the severe combined immunodeficiency setting, in which transduced cells have a selective advantage. However, for most diseases, the therapeutic transgene does not confer a sufficient survival advantage, and increasing the percentage of gene-marked cells in vivo will be necessary to observe a therapeutic effect. In vivo amplification should expand the potential of HSC gene therapy, and progress in this area has benefited greatly from the use of large animal models where efficacy and toxicity have often not correlated with results in murine models. To date, the best results have been observed with O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) selection, with which increases in gene-marked repopulating cells have been maintained long-term, likely because of the toxicity of 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea and temozolomide to quiescent HSCs. Using MGMT selection, long-term marking levels exceeding 50% can now be routinely attained with minimal toxicity. There is cause to be optimistic that HSC gene therapy with in vivo amplification will soon allow the treatment of several genetic and infectious diseases.
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- Grant Trobridge
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Fragkos M, Anagnou NP, Tubb J, Emery DW. Use of the hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin 2 enhancer to increase the expression of oncoretrovirus vectors for human gamma-globin. Gene Ther 2006; 12:1591-600. [PMID: 15944728 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The development of oncoretrovirus vectors for human gamma-globin has been hampered by problems of low expression and gene silencing. In order to address these problems, we investigated an enhancer element identified from individuals with deletional hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin 2 (HPFH2), a genetic condition characterized by elevated levels of gamma-globin in adults. Plasmid transfection studies in erythroid MEL (murine erythroleukemia) cells demonstrated the HPFH2 element could function synergistically with the beta-globin locus control region to enhance the expression of an Agamma-globin gene with a truncated -382 bp promoter. A series of oncoretrovirus vectors were subsequently generated that contain an expression cassette for Agamma-globin linked to various combinations of the HPFH2 enhancer, the alpha-globin HS40 enhancer, and several versions of the promoter from Agamma-globin or beta-globin. Expression analysis in transduced MEL cell clones revealed very high levels of promoter-autonomous silencing that was at least partially abrogated by the HPFH2 enhancer. The vector containing a combination of a -201 bp Agamma-globin gene promoter with the Greek HPFH -117 point mutation and both the HPFH2 and HS40 enhancers exhibited no signs of vector silencing and was expressed at 248+/-99% per copy of mouse alpha-globin (62% of total alpha-globin). This represents a significant improvement over previously reported oncoretrovirus vectors for Agamma-globin, and demonstrates the capacity of the HPFH2 enhancer to abrogate sequence-autonomous silencing of the Agamma-globin promoter in the context of a gene transfer vector.
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- M Fragkos
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, F.O.R.T.H., Heraklion, Greece
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Horn PA, Morris JC, Neff T, Kiem HP. Stem cell gene transfer--efficacy and safety in large animal studies. Mol Ther 2005; 10:417-31. [PMID: 15336643 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2004.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Accepted: 05/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Peter A Horn
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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Trobridge G, Beard BC, Kiem HP. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transduction and Amplification in Large Animal Models. Hum Gene Ther 2005. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2005.16.ft-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stem cell gene therapy has long been limited by low gene transfer efficiency to hematopoietic stem cells. Recent years have witnessed clinical success in select diseases such as X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and ADA deficiency. Arguably, the single most important factor responsible for the increased efficacy of these recent protocols is the fact that the genetic correction provided a selective in vivo survival advantage. Since, for most diseases, there will be no selective advantage of gene-corrected cells, there has been a significant effort to arm vectors with a survival advantage. Two-gene vectors can be used to introduce the therapeutic gene and a selectable marker gene. Efficient in vivo selection strategies have been demonstrated in clinically relevant large-animal models. Mutant forms of the DNA repair-enzyme methylguanine methyltransferase in particular have allowed for efficient in vivo selection and have achieved sustained marking with virtually 100% gene-modified cells in large animals, and with clinically acceptable toxicity. Translation of these strategies to the clinical setting is imminent. Here, we review how in vivo selection strategies can be used to make stem cell gene therapy applicable to the treatment of a wider scope of genetic diseases and patients.
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- Tobias Neff
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Donahue RE, Kuramoto K, Dunbar CE. Large animal models for stem and progenitor cell analysis. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY 2005; Chapter 22:22A.1.1-22A.1.29. [PMID: 18432946 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im22a01s69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Extrapolation of an understanding regarding hematopoiesis and, in particular, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from rodent models or in vitro human cell models to applications in humans has proven very difficult. This is not surprising, given the differences between rodent and human hematopoietic physiology and the lack of true in vitro assays for HSCs. Therefore, translational preclinical development of genetic and cellular therapies is dependent on the utilization of practical and well-defined large animal models. This chapter will introduce the most commonly used model species, including macaques, baboons, dogs, cats, and sheep, and explain the particular advantages and limitations of each. Specific protocols for the support of macaques through ablative cell and gene therapy procedures will be included to introduce investigators to the types of resources and support required to maintain a large animal facility dedicated to high-intensity experimentation, and also to introduce investigators to the types of procedures that are possible.
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Sieverkropp AJ, Andrews RG, Andrews RA, Gaur L, Shields LE. Chimerism analysis by sex determining region Y (SRY) and major histocompatibility complex markers in non-human primates using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 66:19-25. [PMID: 15982253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability to discriminate and further quantify the proportion of donor and host cells is essential in hematopoietic stem cell transplant protocols. In human sex-mismatched transplants, this can be easily accomplished by the use of commercially available fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes. In many animal models, including non-human primates, this methodology is not possible due to the lack of commercially available FISH probes. In animal models, donor cell detection could be accomplished if there is a known species-specific sex determining region Y (SRY) (male) or other unique DNA sequence using either semiquantitative or quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The use of real-time quantitative PCR has the obvious advantage of providing detailed enumeration of the percentage of donor cells present. We report the development of extremely sensitive primer and probe combinations for male (SRY) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DQA sequences in the macaque and baboon non-human primate models. This assay has a sensitivity of a five-log range and can detect less than four target cells in the presence of 10(5) background cells (approximately 0.001%) and fetal DNA obtained from maternal serum from Macaca nemestrina. The SRY (male) primer and probe combination has similar sensitivity in Macaca fasicularis, Macaca mulatta, and Papio cynocephalus anubis.
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Shields LE, Gaur L, Delio P, Gough M, Potter J, Sieverkropp A, Andrews RG. The use of CD 34(+) mobilized peripheral blood as a donor cell source does not improve chimerism after in utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in non-human primates. J Med Primatol 2005; 34:201-8. [PMID: 16053498 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2005.00110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a therapeutic procedure that could potentially cure many developmental diseases affecting the immune and hematopoietic systems. In most clinical and experimental settings of fetal hematopoietic transplantation the level of donor cell engraftment has been low, suggesting that even in the fetus there are significant barriers to donor cell engraftment. In postnatal hematopoietic transplantation donor cells obtained from mobilized peripheral blood engraft more rapidly than cells derived from marrow. We tested the hypothesis that use of donor hematopoietic/stem cells obtained from mobilized peripheral blood would improve engraftment and the level of chimerism after in utero transplantation in non-human primates. Despite the potential competitive advantage from the use of CD 34(+) from mobilized peripheral blood, the level of chimerism was not appreciably different from a group of animals receiving marrow-derived CD 34(+) donor cells. Based on these results, it is unlikely that this single change in cell source will influence the clinical outcome of fetal hematopoietic transplantation.
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- Laurence E Shields
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Perinatal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Sinn PL, Burnight ER, Shen H, Fan H, McCray PB. Inclusion of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus proviral elements markedly increases lentivirus vector pseudotyping efficiency. Mol Ther 2005; 11:460-9. [PMID: 15727943 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2004.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Revised: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Retroviral pseudotyping for gene transfer applications endeavors to alter vector tropism and maintain a suitable titer. We investigated the compatibility of the Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) envelope glycoprotein with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vector. A construct consisting of the minimal JSRV env coding region expressed from a standard mammalian expression plasmid generated FIV vector titers of approximately 10(4) TU/ml following standard triple transfection, collection of supernatants, and concentration by centrifuge. Interestingly, retention of the native proviral 5' and 3' flanking regions surrounding the JSRV env resulted in exceptional titers of approximately 10(8) TU/ml following the same viral preparation. To discern the regions necessary to achieve this 10,000-fold increase in titer, additional constructs were designed and tested. Our results indicate that the enhanced vector titer correlates with an increase in steady-state levels of envelope RNA that results from a combination of RNA splicing and stability, leading to increased envelope protein production. Expression of four other glycoproteins in an expression plasmid retaining the enhancing elements from the JSRV proviral sequence increased FIV vector titers from 0- to 100-fold. These novel data demonstrate that optimization of the envelope expression construct can profoundly influence titers for lentivirus vectors.
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- Patrick L Sinn
- Department of Pediatrics, Program in Gene Therapy, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Liu B, Daviau J, Nichols CN, Strayer DS. In vivo gene transfer into rat bone marrow progenitor cells using rSV40 viral vectors. Blood 2005; 106:2655-62. [PMID: 15994284 PMCID: PMC1895314 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene transfer has been attempted almost entirely ex vivo and has been limited by cytokine-induced loss of self-renewal capacity and transplantation-related defects in homing and engraftment. Here, we attempted to circumvent such limitations by injecting vectors directly into the bone marrow (BM) to transduce HSCs in their native environment. Simian virus 40 (SV40)-derived gene delivery vectors were used because they transduce resting CD34+ cells very efficiently. Rats received SV-(Nef-FLAG), carrying FLAG marker epitope--or a control recombinant SV40 (rSV40)--directly into both femoral marrow cavities. Intracellular transgene expression by peripheral blood (PB) or BM cells was detected by cytofluorimetry. An average of 5.3% PB leukocytes expressed FLAG for the entire study--56 weeks. Transgene expression was sustained in multiple cell lineages, including granulocytes (average, 3.3% of leukocytes, 20.4% of granulocytes), CD3+ T lymphocytes (average, 0.53% of leukocytes, 1% of total T cells), and CD45R+ B lymphocytes, indicating gene transfer to long-lived progenitor cells with multilineage capacity. An average of 15% of femoral marrow cells expressed FLAG up to 16.5 months after transduction. Thus, direct intramarrow administration of rSV40s yields efficient gene transfer to rat BM progenitor cells and may be worthy of further investigation.
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- Bianling Liu
- Department of Pathology, Jefferson Medical College, 1020 Locust St, Rm 251, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Richard RE, De Claro RA, Yan J, Chien S, Von Recum H, Morris J, Kiem HP, Dalgarno DC, Heimfeld S, Clackson T, Andrews R, Blau CA. Differences in F36VMpl-based in vivo selection among large animal models. Mol Ther 2005; 10:730-40. [PMID: 15451457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2004.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2004] [Revised: 06/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Animal models are indispensable tools for understanding physiological and pathological processes, as well as for developing new therapies. Ultimately, the results of animal experimentation must provide information that can guide the development of therapeutic approaches in humans. Significant differences have been reported comparing a gene therapy approach between different animal models. However, little information exists describing differences among the available large animal models. Here we evaluated, in the hemopoietic cells of baboons, a system of selection that has previously demonstrated activity in mice, in dogs, and in human cells ex vivo. This system employs a derivative of the murine thrombopoietin receptor (F36Vmpl), which is conditionally activated in the presence of a small-molecule drug called a chemical inducer of dimerization (CID). Whereas cultured mouse, human, and, to a lesser extent, dog hemopoietic cells all proliferate in response to the F36Vmpl signal, we observed only a minor and variable response to the F36Vmpl signal in the cultured cells of baboons. Similarly, we have noted significant rises in the frequency of transduced hemopoietic cells in mice and in dogs upon CID administration in vivo; however, here we show that responses to CID administration in three baboons were modest and variable. These findings have general implications for the evaluation and development of new strategies for gene therapy.
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- Robert E Richard
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Kondo E, Akatsuka Y, Nawa A, Kuzushima K, Tsujimura K, Tanimoto M, Kodera Y, Morishima Y, Kuzuya K, Takahashi T. Retroviral vector backbone immunogenicity: identification of cytotoxic T-cell epitopes in retroviral vector-packaging sequences. Gene Ther 2005; 12:252-8. [PMID: 15496958 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Retroviral vectors are the frequently applied gene delivery vehicles for clinical gene therapy, but specificity of the immunogenicity to the protein encoded by the inserted gene of interest is a problem which needs to be overcome. Here, we describe human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) clones recognizing epitopes derived from the protein encoded by the retroviral vector backbone, which were established during the course of our attempts to generate CTLs against cytomegalovirus (CMV) or human papilloma virus (HPV) in vitro. In the case of healthy CMV-seronegative donors, CTL lines specific for retrovirally transduced cells were generated in four out of eight donors by stimulating CD8 T cells with CD40-activated B (CD40-B) cells retrovirally transduced with CMV-pp65. Two CTL clones derived from one of the CTL lines were found to recognize epitopes from gag in the context of HLA-B(*)4403 and -B(*)4601, respectively. Similarly, an HLA-B(*)3501-restricted CTL clone from a cervical cancer patient recognized an epitope located in the junctional regions of the gag and pol sequences. These results show that polypeptides encoded by components of the retroviral vector backbone are in fact immunogenic, generating CTLs in vitro in human cells. Thus, potential CTL responses to retroviral products should also be considered in clinical settings.
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- E Kondo
- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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