scholarly journals Eradication of HIV by Transplantation of CCR5-Deficient Hematopoietic Stem Cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1068-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gero Hütter ◽  
Susanne Ganepola

Today, 30 years after the onset of the HIV pandemic, although treatment strategies have considerably improved, there is still no cure for the disease. Recently, we described a successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in an HIV-1–infected patient, transferring donor-derived cells with a natural resistance against HIV infection. These hematopoietic stem cells engrafted, proliferated, and differentiated into mature myeloid and lymphoid cells. To date, the patient has not required any antiretroviral treatment, more than 4 years after allogeneic transplantation. In the analysis of peripheral blood cells and different tissue samples, including gut, liver, and brain, no viral load or proviral DNA could be detected. Our report raises the hope for further targeted treatment strategies against HIV and represents a successful personalized treatment with allogeneic stem cells carrying a beneficial gene. However, this case has ignited a controversy regarding the question of whether this patient has achieved complete eradication of HIV or not. Here we give an update on open questions, unsolved aspects, and clinical consequences concerning this unique case.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 1220-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Chapple ◽  
Yu-Jung Tseng ◽  
Tianyuan Hu ◽  
Ayumi Kitano ◽  
Makiko Takeichi ◽  
...  

Key Points HSCs contribute robustly to steady-state hematopoiesis. Platelets receive extensive influx from HSCs compared with other myeloid or lymphoid cells.


Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 107 (9) ◽  
pp. 3772-3778 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Larochelle ◽  
Allen Krouse ◽  
Mark Metzger ◽  
Donald Orlic ◽  
Robert E. Donahue ◽  
...  

AMD3100, a bicyclam antagonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, has been shown to induce rapid mobilization of CD34+ hematopoietic cells in mice, dogs, and humans, offering an alternative to G-CSF mobilization of peripheral-blood hematopoietic stem cells. In this study, AMD3100-mobilized CD34+ cells were phenotypically analyzed, marked with NeoR-containing retroviral vectors, and subsequently transplanted into myeloablated rhesus macaques. We show engraftment of transduced AMD3100-mobilized CD34+ cells with NeoR gene marked myeloid and lymphoid cells up to 32 months after transplantation, demonstrating the ability of AMD3100 to mobilize true long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem cells. More AMD3100-mobilized CD34+ cells are in the G1 phase of the cell cycle and more cells express CXCR4 and VLA-4 compared with G-CSF-mobilized CD34+ cells. In vivo gene marking levels obtained with AMD3100-mobilized CD34+ cells were better than those obtained using CD34+ cells mobilized with G-CSF alone. Overall, these results indicate that AMD3100 mobilizes a population of hematopoietic stem cells with intrinsic characteristics different from those of hematopoietic stem cells mobilized with G-CSF, suggesting fundamental differences in the mechanism of AMD3100-mediated and G-CSF-mediated hematopoietic stem cell mobilization. Thus, AMD3100-mobilized CD34+ cells represent an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells for clinical stem cell transplantation and genetic manipulation with integrating retroviral vectors.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Trino ◽  
Pietro Zoppoli ◽  
Angelo Michele Carella ◽  
Ilaria Laurenzana ◽  
Alessandro Weisz ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 382-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Okada ◽  
Z Q Wang ◽  
A E Grigoriadis ◽  
E F Wagner ◽  
T von Rüden

Mice lacking c-fos develop severe osteopetrosis with deficiencies in bone remodeling and exhibit extramedullary hematopoiesis, thymic atrophy, and altered B-cell development. In this study, we have used these mice to characterize in detail the developmental potential of hematopoietic stem cells lacking c-fos and to analyze how the lymphoid differentiation is altered. In c-fos -/- mice, B-cell numbers are reduced in the spleen, lymph nodes, and the peripheral blood as a result of a marked reduction (> 90%) in the number of clonogenic B-cell precursors. In contrast, the number and lineage distribution of myeloid progenitor cells are not affected. The thymic defects observed in a large number of these mice correlate with their health status, suggesting that this may be an indirect effect of the c-fos mutation. In vitro differentiation and bone marrow reconstitution experiments demonstrated that hematopoietic stem cells lacking c-fos can give rise to all mature myeloid as well as lymphoid cells, suggesting that the observed B lymphopenia in the mutant mice is due to an altered environment. Transplantation of wild-type bone marrow cells into newborn mutant mice resulted in the establishment of a bone marrow space and subsequent correction of the B-cell defect. These results demonstrate that hematopoietic stem cells lacking Fos have full developmental potential and that the observed defect in B-cell development is most likely due to the impaired bone marrow environment as a consequence of osteopetrosis.


Transfusion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 2331-2335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Fiala ◽  
Soo Park ◽  
Michael Slade ◽  
John F. DiPersio ◽  
Keith E. Stockerl‐Goldstein

2000 ◽  
Vol 192 (9) ◽  
pp. 1273-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Sudo ◽  
Hideo Ema ◽  
Yohei Morita ◽  
Hiromitsu Nakauchi

Little is known of age-associated functional changes in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). We studied aging HSCs at the clonal level by isolating CD34−/lowc-Kit+Sca-1+ lineage marker–negative (CD34−KSL) cells from the bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice. A population of CD34−KSL cells gradually expanded as age increased. Regardless of age, these cells formed in vitro colonies with stem cell factor and interleukin (IL)-3 but not with IL-3 alone. They did not form day 12 colony-forming unit (CFU)-S, indicating that they are primitive cells with myeloid differentiation potential. An in vivo limiting dilution assay revealed that numbers of multilineage repopulating cells increased twofold from 2 to 18 mo of age within a population of CD34−KSL cells as well as among unseparated bone marrow cells. In addition, we detected another compartment of repopulating cells, which differed from HSCs, among CD34−KSL cells of 18-mo-old mice. These repopulating cells showed less differentiation potential toward lymphoid cells but retained self-renewal potential, as suggested by secondary transplantation. We propose that HSCs gradually accumulate with age, accompanied by cells with less lymphoid differentiation potential, as a result of repeated self-renewal of HSCs.


Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 2481-2481
Author(s):  
Eucario León-Rodríguez ◽  
Patricia Guzmán-Uribe ◽  
Marcela Deffis Court ◽  
Sandra Ileana Perez-Alvarez ◽  
Monica M Rivera Franco

Abstract Introduction: To date, worldwide, the main source of stem cells is peripheral blood (PBSCs). However, its use has been associated with a higher incidence of graft versus host disease (GVHD) when compared with the use of bone marrow. It has been demonstrated that the fast engraftment using G-CSF-primed bone marrow as a source of stem cells, compares to that seen with PBSCs, and it is also associated with a decreased incidence of GVHD. Objective: To describe the results obtained from allogeneic, G-CSF-primed bone marrow transplantations, at INCMNSZ, from November 1998 to March 2013. Material and methods: A retrospective analysis was performed in patients who underwent allogeneic, G-CSF-primed bone marrow transplantation. Clinical characteristics, frequency of GVHD, and survival, were conducted, using the Statistical Software Package SPSS v21.0. Results: Forty-nine patients who underwent allogeneic, G-CSF-primed bone marrow transplantation, from November 1998 to March 2013, were included. Patients (male, 63%) had a median age of 29 years (range 16-59). The patients had a following range of underlying diseases: aplastic anemia (n=15, 30.6%), myelodysplastic syndrome (n=12, 24.5%), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML, n=9, 18.4%), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (LLA, n=7, 14.3%), acute myeloid leukemia (AML, n=3, 6.1%), or others (n=3, 6.1%). Patients achieved a bilineage engraftment with a median time of 20 days (range, 11-40) for absolute neutrophil count and 15 days (range, 5-45) for platelets. Acute GVHD was observed in 4 patients (8.2%), reported as grade I and II; and 14 patients (28.6%) experienced a limited form of chronic GVHD. Nine out of 49 (18.3%) patients relapsed: CML (n=5), AML (n=1), AA (n=1), ALL (n=1), others (n=1). All patients with relapsed CML were treated with donor lymphocyte infusions, but only 2 responded. Treatment related mortality (TRM) was 8.16%, including infectious complications in 2 patients, cGVHD in one patient, and veno-oclussive disease (VOD) in one patient. Overall mortality was 26.5%; the majority of deaths (69.2%) were caused by progressive and relapsing disease. With a follow up of 43 months (0-149), the median overall survival (OS) has not been reached; however, the estimated 10-year OS is 69%. Conclusion: According to our data, it seems that G-CSF-primed bone marrow is a better source of hematopoietic stem cells for allogeneic transplantation in malignant and non-malignant hematological disorders, when compared with PBSCs, due to the similar engraftment time, and a decreased incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD. Nevertheless, this strategy does not appear to be valid as an approach for diseases were graft versus tumor effect (GVT) is important to eradicate the malignancy, such as in CML. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


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