PMID- 30533448 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2329-0501 (Print) IS - 2329-0501 (Electronic) IS - 2329-0501 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2018 Dec 14 TI - Pre-clinical Development of a Lentiviral Vector Expressing the Anti-sickling betaAS3 Globin for Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease. PG - 167-179 LID - 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.10.014 [doi] AB - Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a mutation (E6V) in the hemoglobin (Hb) beta-chain that induces polymerization of Hb tetramers, red blood cell deformation, ischemia, anemia, and multiple organ damage. Gene therapy is a potential alternative to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, available to a minority of patients. We developed a lentiviral vector expressing a beta-globin carrying three anti-sickling mutations (T87Q, G16D, and E22A) inhibiting axial and lateral contacts in the HbS polymer, under the control of the beta-globin promoter and a reduced version of the beta-globin locus-control region. The vector (GLOBE-AS3) transduced 60%-80% of mobilized CD34(+) hematopoietic stem-progenitor cells (HSPCs) and drove betaAS3-globin expression at potentially therapeutic levels in erythrocytes differentiated from transduced HSPCs from SCD patients. Transduced HSPCs were transplanted in NOD.Cg-Prkdc(scid) Il2rg(tm1Wjl)/SzJ (NSG)-immunodeficient mice to analyze biodistribution, chimerism, and transduction efficiency in bone marrow (BM), spleen, thymus, and peripheral blood 12-14 weeks after transplantation. Vector integration site analysis, performed in pre-transplant HSPCs and post-transplant BM cells from individual mice, showed a normal lentiviral integration pattern and no evidence of clonal dominance. An in vitro immortalization (IVIM) assay showed the low genotoxic potential of GLOBE-AS3. This study enables a phase I/II clinical trial aimed at correcting the SCD phenotype in juvenile patients by transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) transduced by GLOBE-AS3. FAU - Poletti, Valentina AU - Poletti V AD - Genethon, Evry, France. FAU - Urbinati, Fabrizia AU - Urbinati F AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Charrier, Sabine AU - Charrier S AD - Genethon, Evry, France. FAU - Corre, Guillaume AU - Corre G AD - Genethon, Evry, France. FAU - Hollis, Roger P AU - Hollis RP AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Campo Fernandez, Beatriz AU - Campo Fernandez B AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Martin, Samia AU - Martin S AD - Genethon, Evry, France. FAU - Rothe, Michael AU - Rothe M AD - Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Schambach, Axel AU - Schambach A AD - Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. AD - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Kohn, Donald B AU - Kohn DB AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Mavilio, Fulvio AU - Mavilio F AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. AD - Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181101 PL - United States TA - Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev JT - Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development JID - 101624857 PMC - PMC6276308 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NSG mice OT - gene therapy OT - genotoxicity OT - hematopoietic stem-progenitor cells OT - integration OT - lentiviral vector OT - sickle cell disease OT - stem cell clonality OT - xenograft EDAT- 2018/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:01 PMCR- 2018/11/01 CRDT- 2018/12/12 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2329-0501(18)30110-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.10.014 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2018 Nov 1;11:167-179. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.10.014. eCollection 2018 Dec 14.