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

SUBMITTER: Seymour BJ 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature