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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Transduction of hematopoietic stem cells with a novel retrovirus has allowed long-term expression of human Bcl-2 in multiple hematopoietic lineages. Thy-1.2lo Sca-1+ H-2Khi stem cells enriched from the bone marrow of 5-fluorouracil-treated (Ly5-2) mice were infected with the bcl-2 retrovirus and injected into (Ly5-1) irradiated recipients. Analysis at 5 months indicated that reconstitution of hematopoiesis occurred predominantly from donor-derived (Ly5-2+) stem cells and that, in half the mice (18 of 35), most blood cells derived from virally transduced stem cells. The level of Bcl-2 expression achieved with the retroviral vector approached that of a well-characterized transgenic vector and could be sustained for life in several blood cell lineages. In the 25 mice assessed at 10 months, human Bcl-2 was readily detectable in 62+/-22% of Ly5-2+ peripheral blood leukocytes. More detailed analysis of a cohort killed between 14 and 20 months established that human Bcl-2 protein could be detected in B and T lymphocytes, granulocytes, macrophages, and some immature erythroid cells. Furthermore, hematopoietic stem cells from the bone marrow of these mice maintained Bcl-2 expression in hematopoietic tissues of secondary recipients for at least another 19 months. These data provide clear evidence for efficient infection of primitive hematopoietic stem cells and for maintenance of proviral expression for over 2.5 years, the lifespan of mice. The level of exogenous Bcl-2 was sufficient to enhance survival of B and T lymphoid cells, granulocytes, and myeloid colony-forming cells cultured under suboptimal conditions, but hematopoiesis in the mice was not notably perturbed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0301-472X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Genes, bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Proviruses, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:9923446-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Retroviral transduction of enriched hematopoietic stem cells allows lifelong Bcl-2 expression in multiple lineages but does not perturb hematopoiesis.
pubmed:affiliation
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article