title: Transduction of umbilical cord blood CD34+ NOD/SCID-repopulating cells by simian foamy virus type 1 (SFV-1) vector.
abstract: Foamy viruses are nonpathogenic retroviruses that offer unique opportunities for gene transfer into various cell types including hematopoietic stem cells. We used a simian foamy virus type 1 vector (SFV-1) containing a LacZ reporter gene with a titer of 1-5 x 10(6) viral particles/ml that was free of replication-competent retrovirus to transduce human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells. Transduced CD34+ cord blood cells were transplanted into NOD/SCID mice and plated in serum-free methylcellulose culture to determine the transduction efficiency of human hematopoietic progenitor cells. A transduction efficiency of about 20% was obtained. At 6-10 weeks posttransplantation, human hematopoietic cell engraftment and marking were determined. Marrow from transplanted mice demonstrated human cell engraftment by the presence of human (CD45+) cells containing both CD19+ lymphoid and CD33+ myeloid cells. Serial sampling of NOD/SCID bone marrow revealed the presence of 6.7-14.0% CD45+ cells at 6 weeks posttransplant as compared to 3.6-27.2% CD45+ cells at 9-10 weeks posttransplant. Human progenitors examined from NOD/SCID bone marrow cells 9 weeks posttransplant revealed from 7.4 to 25.9% of the colonies exhibiting X-gal staining. Our study demonstrates the ability of a simian foamy virus vector to transduce the SCID-repopulating cell and offers a promising new gene delivery system for use in hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610, USA.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zucali
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ciccarone
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Jeonghae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Calvin M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Ayalew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mergia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000097:blood*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007763:Lac Operon / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016092:Spumavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34