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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
The p47phox-/- mouse exhibits a phenotype similar to that of human chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and, thus, is an excellent model for the study of gene transfer technology. Using the Moloney murine leukemia virus-based retroviral vector MFG-S encoding the human form of p47phox, we performed ex vivo gene transfer into Sca-1+ p47phox-/- marrow progenitor cells without conditioning of donors with 5-fluorouracil. Transduced progenitors were transplanted into moderately irradiated (500 cGy), G-CSF preconditioned sibling p47phox-/- mice. Using the fluorescent probe dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR), in vivo biochemical correction of the superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase system was detected by flow cytometry in 12.3% +/- 0.9% of phorbol myristate acetate-stimulated peripheral blood neutrophils at 4 weeks and 2.6% +/- 1.0% at 14 weeks after transplantation. Following gene therapy, mice were challenged with the CGD pathogen Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia and bacteremia levels were assessed at 24 hours and 7 days after inoculation. At both time points, bacteremia levels in gene corrected p47phox-/- mice were significantly lower than untreated p47phox-/- mice (0.89 +/- 0.30 colonies v 237.7 +/- 83.6 colonies at 24 hours, P < .02; 4.0 +/- 2.0 colonies v 110.2 +/- 26.5 colonies at 7 days, P < .0014). More importantly, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a significant survival advantage of gene corrected versus untreated p47phox-/- mice (P < .001). Thus, stem-cell-directed ex vivo gene therapy is capable of restoring phagocyte oxidant-dependent host-defense function in this mouse model of a human immune-system disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2268-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced host defense after gene transfer in the murine p47phox-deficient model of chronic granulomatous disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1886, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article