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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) patients with an inactivating mutation in recombination activation gene 1 (RAG1) lack B and T cells due to the inability to rearrange immunoglobulin (Ig) and T-cell receptor (TCR) genes. Gene therapy is a valid treatment option for RAG-SCID patients, especially for patients lacking a suitable bone marrow donor, but developing such therapy has proven challenging. As a preclinical model for RAG-SCID, we used Rag1-/- mice and lentiviral self-inactivating (SIN) vectors harboring different internal elements to deliver native or codon-optimized human RAG1 sequences. Treatment resulted in the appearance of B and T cells in peripheral blood and developing B and T cells were detected in central lymphoid organs. Serum Ig levels and Ig and TCR V? gene segment usage was comparable to wild-type (WT) controls, indicating that RAG-mediated rearrangement took place. Remarkably, relatively low frequencies of B cells produced WT levels of serum immunoglobulins. Upon stimulation of the TCR, corrected spleen cells proliferated and produced cytokines. In vivo challenge resulted in production of antigen-specific antibodies. No leukemia development as consequence of insertional mutagenesis was observed. The functional reconstitution of the B- as well as the T-cell compartment provides proof-of-principle for therapeutic RAG1 gene transfer in Rag1-/- mice using lentiviral SIN vectors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1476-5551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1471-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Lentivirus, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21617701-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Correction of murine Rag1 deficiency by self-inactivating lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't