Genetically modified adipose tissue-derived stem/stromal cells, using simian immunodeficiency virus-based lentiviral vectors, in the treatment of hemophilia B

Hum Gene Ther. 2013 Mar;24(3):283-94. doi: 10.1089/hum.2012.162.

Abstract

Hemophilia is an X-linked bleeding disorder, and patients with hemophilia are deficient in a biologically active coagulation factor. This study was designed to combine the efficiency of lentiviral vector transduction techniques with murine adipose tissue-derived stem/stromal cells (mADSCs) as a new method to produce secreted human coagulation factor IX (hFIX) and to treat hemophilia B. mADSCs were transduced with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-hFIX lentiviral vector at multiplicities of infection (MOIs) from 1 to 60, and the most effective dose was at an MOI of 10, as determined by hFIX production. hFIX protein secretion persisted over the 28-day experimental period. Cell sheets composed of lentiviral vector-transduced mADSCs were engineered to further enhance the usefulness of these cells for future therapeutic applications in transplantation modalities. These experiments demonstrated that genetically transduced ADSCs may become a valuable cell source for establishing cell-based gene therapies for plasma protein deficiencies, such as hemophilia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / cytology*
  • Animals
  • Blood Coagulation
  • Factor IX / biosynthesis
  • Factor IX / genetics
  • Gene Order
  • Genetic Therapy*
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics*
  • Hemophilia B / blood
  • Hemophilia B / genetics*
  • Hemophilia B / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / ultrastructure
  • Mice
  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / genetics*
  • Transduction, Genetic

Substances

  • Factor IX