title: Retrovirus-mediated transfer of a hygromycin phosphotransferase-thymidine kinase fusion gene into human CD34+ bone marrow cells.
abstract: Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into human hematopoietic stem cells has been proposed as a means of therapy for various inherited diseases and as a method of gene marking. The transduction efficiency of an amphotropic retroviral vector (PA317/HyTK) containing a hygromycin phosphotransferase-thymidine kinase fusion gene was examined with human CD34+ bone marrow cells in the presence of interleukin-3 (IL-3), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and stem cell factor. Transduction efficiencies determined from the ability of transduced granulocyte-macrophage colony forming units (CFU-GM) to grow in hygromycin B and from polymerase chain reaction analysis of individual transduced CFU-GM growing in the presence of hygromycin B were 0.3-3.0% (mean +/- S.D., 1.1 +/- 0.9%) and 0.1-1.2% (mean +/- S.D., 0.5 +/- 0.4%), respectively. Ganciclovir at a dose of approximately 1 microM reduced the number of CFU-GM derived from vector-infected CD34+ cells by 50%. These findings demonstrate that human hematopoietic stem cells infected with this retroviral vector are susceptible to ganciclovir, offering the potential to control transduced gene expression in vivo.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akatsuka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lupton
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000494:pharmacology; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics*; D012190:Retroviridae; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C063242:hygromycin-B kinase; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D015774:Ganciclovir