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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical data indicate that after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for hematological malignancies, the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect is in large part mediated by the graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR), which also often leads to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Controlling alloreactivity to prevent GVHD while retaining GVL poses a true dilemma for the successful treatment of such malignancies. We reasoned that suicide gene therapy, which kills dividing cells expressing the thymidine kinase (TK) "suicide" gene using time-controlled administration of ganciclovir (GCV), might solve this dilemma. We have previously shown that after infusion of allogeneic TK T cells along with HSCT to an irradiated recipient, an early and short GCV treatment efficiently prevents GVHD by selectively eliminating alloreactive T cells while sparing nonalloreactive T cells, which can then contribute to immune reconstitution. Nevertheless, it remained to be established that this therapeutic strategy retained the desired GVL effect. Hypothesizing that a contained GVHR would be essential, we evaluated the GVL effect using different protocols of GCV administration. We were able to show that when the GCV treatment is initiated at, or close to, the time of grafting, GVHD is controlled but GVL is lost. In contrast, when the onset of GCV administration is delayed until day 6, a potent GVL effect is retained while GVHD is still controlled. These data emphasize that, by a time-optimized scheduling of the administration of GCV, this TK/GCV strategy can be tuned to efficiently treat malignant hemopathies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2020-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Ganciclovir, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Graft vs Leukemia Effect, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Thymidine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Transduction, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12200361-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Graft-versus-leukemia effect after suicide-gene-mediated control of graft-versus-host disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Biologie et Thérapeutique des Pathologies Immunitaires CNRS/UPMC UMR 7087, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, F-75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't