title: A human immunodeficiency virus type 1 pol gene-derived sequence (cPPT/CTS) increases the efficiency of transduction of human nondividing monocytes and T lymphocytes by lentiviral vectors.
abstract: We have investigated the capacity of two human immunodeficiency virus type 1-derived lentivectors, differing in the presence of a 118-bp pol fragment containing the cPPT/CTS element, to transduce human normal primary cells of different hematopoietic lineages. Infection of resting monocytes with a high multiplicity of infection (MOI > 10) revealed that the lentivirus carrying the pol fragment (cPPT) is effective, transducing 75% of cells compared with 36% for the no-cPPT vector. Even at low MOIs (< or =1) the cPPT vector still shows a better transduction efficiency than the no-cPPT vector. Moreover, transduction does not require dendritic cell differentiation. In contrast, infection of nonactivated T lymphocytes showed that both vectors, tested at high MOIs, can transduce a small, although measurable, percentage of cells (up to 10%), which may correspond to G(1a) "activated" cells as detected by simultaneous staining of DNA and RNA, in our cultures in the presence of medium alone. Furthermore, we show that the sole addition of interleukin 2 or interleukin 15 represents a full proliferative signal under our conditions and permits high transduction efficiency (up to 30% with the cPPT vector and 15% with the no-cPPT vector). Still higher transduction of T lymphocytes can be achieved after stimulation with phytohemagglutinin and interleukin 2 (up to 78% with the cPPT vector vs. 42% with the no-cPPT vector). Finally, both viruses do not transduce either resting or proliferating tonsillar B lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, 20157 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manganini
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bambacioni
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casati
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erba
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Follenzi
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naldini
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaipa
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rambaldi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: Josee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golay
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Introna
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D015751:Genes, pol; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D019409:Interleukin-15 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus / Q000235:genetics; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology*; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology*; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D019409:Interleukin-15; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins