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Safe and Effective Gene Therapy for Murine Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Using an Insulated Lentiviral Vector.


ABSTRACT: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a life-threatening immunodeficiency caused by mutations within the WAS gene. Viral gene therapy to restore WAS protein (WASp) expression in hematopoietic cells of patients with WAS has the potential to improve outcomes relative to the current standard of care, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. However, the development of viral vectors that are both safe and effective has been problematic. While use of viral transcriptional promoters may increase the risk of insertional mutagenesis, cellular promoters may not achieve WASp expression levels necessary for optimal therapeutic effect. Here we evaluate a self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector combining a chromatin insulator upstream of a viral MND (MPSV LTR, NCR deleted, dl587 PBS) promoter driving WASp expression. Used as a gene therapeutic in Was-/- mice, this vector resulted in stable WASp+ cells in all hematopoietic lineages and rescue of T and B cell defects with a low number of viral integrations per cell, without evidence of insertional mutagenesis in serial bone marrow transplants. In a gene transfer experiment in non-human primates, the insulated MND promoter (driving GFP expression) demonstrated long-term polyclonal engraftment of GFP+ cells. These observations demonstrate that the insulated MND promoter safely and efficiently reconstitutes clinically effective WASp expression and should be considered for future WAS therapy.

SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363182 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Safe and Effective Gene Therapy for Murine Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Using an Insulated Lentiviral Vector.

Singh Swati S   Khan Iram I   Khim Socheath S   Seymour Brenda B   Sommer Karen K   Wielgosz Matthew M   Norgaard Zachary Z   Kiem Hans-Peter HP   Adair Jennifer J   Liggitt Denny D   Nienhuis Arthur A   Rawlings David J DJ  

Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 20161218


Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a life-threatening immunodeficiency caused by mutations within the <i>WAS</i> gene. Viral gene therapy to restore WAS protein (WASp) expression in hematopoietic cells of patients with WAS has the potential to improve outcomes relative to the current standard of care, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. However, the development of viral vectors that are both safe and effective has been problematic. While use of viral transcriptional promoters may increase the  ...[more]

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