Integrating HDAd5/35++ vectors as a new platform for HSC gene therapy of hemoglobinopathies
Item Type: | Article |
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Title: | Integrating HDAd5/35++ vectors as a new platform for HSC gene therapy of hemoglobinopathies |
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Creators Name: | Li, C. and Psatha, N. and Wang, H. and Singh, M. and Samal, H.B. and Zhang, W. and Ehrhardt, A. and Izsvák, Z. and Papayannopoulou, T. and Lieber, A. |
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Abstract: | We generated an integrating, CD46-targeted, helper-dependent adenovirus HDAd5/35++ vector system for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy. The ∼12-kb transgene cassette included a β-globin locus control region (LCR)/promoter driven human γ-globin gene and an elongation factor alpha-1 (EF1α)-mgmtP140K expression cassette, which allows for drug-controlled increase of γ-globin-expressing erythrocytes. We transduced bone marrow lineage-depleted cells from human CD46-transgenic mice and transplanted them into lethally irradiated recipients. The percentage of γ-globin-positive cells in peripheral blood erythrocytes in primary and secondary transplant recipients was stable and greater than 90%. The γ-globin level was 10%–20% of adult mouse globin. Transgene integration, mediated by a hyperactive Sleeping Beauty SB100x transposase, was random, without a preference for genes. A second set of studies was performed with peripheral blood CD34+ cells from mobilized donors. 10 weeks after transplantation of transduced cells, human cells were harvested from the bone marrow and differentiated ex vivo into erythroid cells. Erythroid cells expressed γ-globin at a level of 20% of adult α-globin. Our studies suggest that HDAd35++ vectors allow for efficient transduction of long-term repopulating HSCs and high-level, almost pancellular γ-globin expression in erythrocytes. Furthermore, our HDAd5/35++ vectors have a larger insert capacity and a safer integration pattern than currently used lentivirus vectors. |
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Keywords: | Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Sleeping Beauty Transposase, beta-Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease, gamma Globin, Integration, Gene Addition, Animals, Mice |
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Source: | Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development |
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ISSN: | 2329-0501 |
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Publisher: | Cell Press |
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Volume: | 9 |
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Page Range: | 142-152 |
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Date: | 15 June 2018 |
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Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2018.02.004 |
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PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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