Journal: Molecular Therapy
Article Title: Targeting a Pre-existing Anti-transgene T Cell Response for Effective Gene Therapy of MPS-I in the Mouse Model of the Disease
doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.04.014
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pre-existing Anti-IDUA Immunity Prevents Engraftment of IDUA-Transduced HSCs in an Antigen-Specific Manner (A) Naive and IDUA-IMM MPS-I mice were lethally irradiated and i.v. injected with LV.IDUA (IDUA-GT)- or LV-OVA (OVA-GT)-transduced autologous BM-derived HSCs (10 6 cells/mouse). (B) Percentages of survival for naive MPS-I mice transplanted with LV.IDUA-transduced HSCs (naive IDUA-GT, n = 5), naive MPS-I mice transplanted with LV.OVA-transduced HSCs (naive OVA-GT, n = 2), IDUA-IMM MPS-I mice transplanted with LV.IDUA-transduced HSCs (IDUA-IMM IDUA-GT, n = 11), IDUA-IMM MPS-I mice transplanted with LV.OVA-transduced HSCs (IDUA-IMM OVA-GT, n = 4), and irradiated and not transplanted MPS-I mice (Irrad Ctrl, n = 8). (C) At 12 weeks after transplantation, vector copy number was quantified by digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) in BM cells (VCN BM) of treated mice. Each dot represents one mouse; error bars indicate mean ± SEM. **p ≤ 0.005, Mann-Whitney test. (D) The concentration of anti-IDUA IgGs in serum was measured by ELISA before and after transplantation. Results are shown as mean ± SEM. (E) At 12 weeks after transplantation, the number of anti-IDUA IgG-secreting cells was quantified by ELISPOT assay as SFU/3.5 × 10 5 total splenocytes. Values for mean ± SEM of naive (n = 5) and IDUA-IMM OVA-GT (n = 4) MPS-I mice are shown. *p ≤ 0.05, Mann-Whitney test. (F) At 12 weeks after transplantation, the number of IDUA-specific CD8 + cells was measured by ELISPOT assay as SFU/10 5 CD8 + T cells isolated from the spleen of treated mice. Each dot represents one mouse; error bars indicate mean ± SEM of naive (n = 5) and IDUA-IMM (n = 4) MPS-I mice. *p ≤ 0.05, Mann-Whitney test.
Article Snippet: In some experiments, IDUA-IMM MPS-I mice were i.v. injected with depleting anti-CD8 Ab (clone YTS169.4, BioXcell, 250 μg/mouse) 1 day before transplantation of transduced cells.
Techniques: Irradiation, Injection, Derivative Assay, Transplantation Assay, Plasmid Preparation, MANN-WHITNEY, Concentration Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunospot, Isolation