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Effective, safe, and sustained correction of murine XLA using a UCOE-BTK promoter-based lentiviral vector.


ABSTRACT: X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is an immune disorder caused by mutations in Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). BTK is expressed in B and myeloid cells, and its deficiency results in a lack of mature B cells and protective antibodies. We previously reported a lentivirus (LV) BTK replacement therapy that restored B cell development and function in Btk and Tec double knockout mice (a phenocopy of human XLA). In this study, with the goal of optimizing both the level and lineage specificity of BTK expression, we generated LV incorporating the proximal human BTK promoter. Hematopoietic stem cells from Btk -/- Tec -/- mice transduced with this vector rescued lineage-specific expression and restored B cell function in Btk -/- Tec -/- recipients. Next, we tested addition of candidate enhancers and/or ubiquitous chromatin opening elements (UCOEs), as well as codon optimization to improve BTK expression. An E? enhancer improved B cell rescue, but increased immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies. Addition of the UCOE avoided autoantibody generation while improving B cell development and function and reducing vector silencing. An optimized vector containing a truncated UCOE upstream of the BTK promoter and codon-optimized BTK cDNA resulted in stable, lineage-regulated BTK expression that mirrored endogenous BTK, making it a strong candidate for XLA therapy.

SUBMITTER: Seymour BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907679 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effective, safe, and sustained correction of murine XLA using a UCOE-BTK promoter-based lentiviral vector.

Seymour Brenda J BJ   Singh Swati S   Certo Hannah M HM   Sommer Karen K   Sather Blythe D BD   Khim Socheath S   Clough Courtnee C   Hale Malika M   Pangallo Joseph J   Ryu Byoung Y BY   Khan Iram F IF   Adair Jennifer E JE   Rawlings David J DJ  

Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 20210120


X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is an immune disorder caused by mutations in Bruton's tyrosine kinase (<i>BTK</i>). BTK is expressed in B and myeloid cells, and its deficiency results in a lack of mature B cells and protective antibodies. We previously reported a lentivirus (LV) BTK replacement therapy that restored B cell development and function in <i>Btk</i> and <i>Tec</i> double knockout mice (a phenocopy of human XLA). In this study, with the goal of optimizing both the level and lineage  ...[more]

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