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BLOOD
Volume 106, Issue 8, Pages 2655-2662Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0028
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI41399, AI48244] Funding Source: Medline
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Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene transfer has been attempted almost entirely ex vivo and has been limited by cytokine-induced loss of self-renewal capacity and transplantation-related defects in homing and engraftment. Here, we attempted to circumvent such limitations by injecting vectors directly into the bone marrow (BM) to transduce HSCs in their native environment. Simian virus 40 (SV40)-derived gene delivery vectors were used because they transduce resting CD34(+) cells very efficiently. Rats received SV-(Nef-FLAG), carrying FLAG marker epitope-or a control recombinant SV40 (rSV40)-directly into both femoral marrow cavities. Intracellular transgene expression by peripheral blood (PB) or BM cells was detected by cytofluorimetry. An average of 5.3% PB leukocytes expressed FLAG for the entire study-56 weeks. Transgene expression was sustained in multiple cell lineages, including granulocytes (average, 3.3% of leukocytes, 20.4% of granulocytes), CD3(+) T lymphocytes (average, 0.53% of leukocytes, 1% of total T cells), and CD45R(+) B lymphocytes, indicating gene transfer to long-lived progenitor cells with multilineage capacity. An average of 15% of femoral marrow cells expressed FLAG up to 16.5 months after transduction. Thus, direct intramarrow administration of rSV40s yields efficient gene transfer to rat BM progenitor cells and may be worthy of further investigation.
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