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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 108, 期 23, 页码 9583-9588出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016394108
关键词
hematology; recombinant lentivirus-mediated gene transfer; hemostasis
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01 HL-68138]
- American Heart Association [0160441Z]
- Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund
- Glanzmann Research Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [P40 RR024928]
Activated blood platelets mediate the primary response to vascular injury. Although molecular abnormalities of platelet proteins occur infrequently, taken collectively, an inherited platelet defect accounts for a bleeding diathesis in approximate to 1:20,000 individuals. One rare example of a platelet disorder, Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT), is characterized by life-long morbidity and mortality due to molecular abnormalities in a major platelet adhesion receptor, integrin alpha IIb beta 3. Transfusion therapy is frequently inadequate because patients often generate antibodies to alpha IIb beta 3, leading to immune-mediated destruction of healthy platelets. In the most severe cases allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has been used, yet because of the risk of the procedure it has been limited to few patients. Thus, hematopoietic stem cell gene transfer was explored as a strategy to improve platelet function within a canine model for GT. Bleeding complications necessitated the use of a mild pre-transplant conditioning regimen; therefore, in vivo drug selection was used to improve engraftment of autologously transplanted cells. Approximately 5,000 alpha IIb beta 3 receptors formed on 10% of platelets. These modest levels allowed platelets to adhere to alpha IIb beta 3's major ligand (fibrinogen), form aggregates, and mediate retraction of a fibrin clot. Remarkably, improved hemostatic function was evident, with <= 135-fold reduced blood loss, and improved buccal bleeding times decreased to 4 min for up to 5 y after transplant. One of four transplanted dogs developed a significant antibody response to alpha IIb beta 3 that was attenuated effectively with transient immune suppression. These results indicate that gene therapy could become a practical approach for treating inherited platelet defects.
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