Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Human Genetics/Medicine, the Immunology Program, and the Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Department of Pathology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York.
Abstract
Abstract
The β-thalassemias are caused by more than 200 mutations that reduce or abolish β-globin production. The severity of the resulting anemia can lead to lifelong transfusion dependency. A genetic treatment based on globin gene transfer would require that transgene expression be erythroid specific, elevated, and sustained over time. We report here that long-term synthesis of chimeric hemoglobin (muα2:huβ2A) could be achieved in mice with β-thalassemia intermedia following engraftment with bone marrow cells transduced with a lentiviral vector encoding the humanβ-globin gene. In the absence of any posttransduction selection, the treated chimeras exhibit durably increased hemoglobin levels without diminution over 40 weeks. Ineffective erythropoiesis and extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) regress, as reflected by normalization of spleen size, architecture, hematopoietic colony formation, and disappearance of liver EMH. These findings establish that a sustained increase of 3 to 4 g/dL hemoglobin is sufficient to correct ineffective erythropoiesis. Hepatic iron accumulation is markedly decreased in 1-year-old chimeras, indicating persistent protection from secondary organ damage. These results demonstrate for the first time that viral-mediated globin gene transfer in hematopoietic stem cells effectively treats a severe hemoglobin disorder.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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