TY - JOUR
T1 - T-lymphocyte function after retroviral-mediated thymidine kinase gene transfer and G418 selection
AU - Di Ianni, Mauro
AU - Di Florio, Sabrina
AU - Venditti, Gigliola
AU - Liberatore, Concetta
AU - Lucheroni, Francesca
AU - Falzetti, Franca
AU - Terenzi, Adelmo
AU - Stella, Carmelo Carlo
AU - Spinozzi, Fabrizio
AU - Mannoni, Patrice
AU - Martelli, Massimo F.
AU - Tabilio, Antonio
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Generation of an efficient graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect in patients with hematological malignancies who relapse after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation depends in part upon the number of infused T lymphocytes. Currently, a GVL reaction cannot be achieved without inducing concomitant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD); thus, one strategy is to try to modulate this GVL/GVHD ratio. We engineered human T lymphocytes with herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase and neomycin resistance genes, with an LXSN- derived vector that confers a ganciclovir-specific sensitivity to the transduced T cells. We analyzed proliferation, interleukin-2 production, alloreactivity in a mixed lymphocyte culture, and clonogenicity during the different stages of retroviral infection and G418 selection. Our results confirm that a sufficient number of transduced T lymphocytes can be obtained after selection for clinical studies. Their proliferative activity, alloresponsiveness, and ability to produce and respond to interleukin-2 were retained. Compared with control populations, their clonogenicity, as assessed by limiting dilution assays, was reduced after retroviral infection and G418 selection by 1.6 and 2.9 logs, respectively, with both viral supernatant incubation and coculture procedures. This study shows that infection and selection with the thymidine kinase-neomycin resistance gene retroviral vector significantly reduces the number of functional T lymphocytes. This finding should be taken into account when establishing the dose of T lymphocytes necessary to trigger a modulated GVL/GVHD effect.
AB - Generation of an efficient graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect in patients with hematological malignancies who relapse after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation depends in part upon the number of infused T lymphocytes. Currently, a GVL reaction cannot be achieved without inducing concomitant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD); thus, one strategy is to try to modulate this GVL/GVHD ratio. We engineered human T lymphocytes with herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase and neomycin resistance genes, with an LXSN- derived vector that confers a ganciclovir-specific sensitivity to the transduced T cells. We analyzed proliferation, interleukin-2 production, alloreactivity in a mixed lymphocyte culture, and clonogenicity during the different stages of retroviral infection and G418 selection. Our results confirm that a sufficient number of transduced T lymphocytes can be obtained after selection for clinical studies. Their proliferative activity, alloresponsiveness, and ability to produce and respond to interleukin-2 were retained. Compared with control populations, their clonogenicity, as assessed by limiting dilution assays, was reduced after retroviral infection and G418 selection by 1.6 and 2.9 logs, respectively, with both viral supernatant incubation and coculture procedures. This study shows that infection and selection with the thymidine kinase-neomycin resistance gene retroviral vector significantly reduces the number of functional T lymphocytes. This finding should be taken into account when establishing the dose of T lymphocytes necessary to trigger a modulated GVL/GVHD effect.
KW - Gene transfer
KW - Limiting dilution assay
KW - T lymphocytes
KW - Thymidine kinase
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10880024
AN - SCOPUS:0033933976
VL - 7
SP - 920
EP - 926
JO - Cancer Gene Therapy
JF - Cancer Gene Therapy
SN - 0929-1903
IS - 6
ER -