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J. Virol., 11 1997, 8262-8267, Vol 71, No. 11
S Ponnazhagan, P Mukherjee, XS Wang, K Qing, DM Kube, C Mah, C Kurpad, MC Yoder, EF Srour and A Srivastava
Although the adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) is known to possess a
broad host range that transcends the species barrier, we suggested in an
earlier study that AAV infection of human cells is receptor mediated (S.
Ponnazhagan et al., J. Gen. Virol. 77:1111-1122, 1996). In the present
studies, we investigated the ability of AAV to infect primary human
hematopoietic progenitor cells capable of multilineage differentiation.
Bone marrow-derived CD34+ cells from 12 hematologically normal volunteer
donors were infected with a recombinant AAV containing the
beta-galactosidase gene under the control of the cytomegalovirus
immediate-early promoter (vCMVp-lacZ). Whereas 15 to 80% of the cells from
approximately 50% of the donors showed various levels of lacZ gene
expression, the expression was undetectable in cells from the remaining
donors. However, if cells from both sets of donors were stimulated with
various combinations of cytokines to induce differentiation into myeloid
and lymphoid lineages following AAV infection, then the level of expression
of the transduced gene increased up to 20-fold over a period of 14 days.
The results of virus-binding assays suggested that the observed difference
between the two groups was due to the differential susceptibility of CD34+
cells to AAV infection rather than to differences in transcription and
translation of the transduced gene. To corroborate these results, CD34+
cells from the two donor groups, KB (human nasopharyngeal carcinoma) cells,
and M07e (human megakaryocytic leukemia) cells were infected with
vCMVp-lacZ. KB cells served as a positive control for AAV infection, and
M07e cells served as a negative control. Whereas abundant hybridization to
the single-stranded viral DNA on Southern blots was detected in KB and
CD34+ cells that were positive for lacZ gene expression, little activity
was detected in M07e and CD34+ cells that did not show expression of the
lacZ gene. These results suggest that the levels of expression of the
putative cellular receptor for AAV vary widely in CD34+ cells from
different donors. These studies have implications for the potential use of
AAV vectors in human gene therapy involving primary human primitive
hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Adeno-associated virus type 2-mediated transduction in primary human bone marrow-derived CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells: donor variation and correlation of transgene expression with cellular differentiation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
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