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T-cell gene therapy for perforin deficiency corrects cytotoxicity defects and prevents hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis manifestations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mutations in the perforin 1 (PRF1) gene account for up to 58% of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis syndromes. The resulting defects in effector cell cytotoxicity lead to hypercytokinemia and hyperactivation with inflammation in various organs.

Objective

We sought to determine whether autologous gene-corrected T cells can restore cytotoxic function, reduce disease activity, and prevent hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) symptoms in in vivo models.

Methods

We developed a gammaretroviral vector to transduce murine CD8 T cells in the Prf^-/- mouse model. To verify functional correction of Prf^-/- CD8 T cells in vivo, we used a lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) epitope-transfected murine lung carcinoma cell tumor model. Furthermore, we challenged gene-corrected and uncorrected mice with LCMV. One patient sample was transduced with a PRF1-encoding lentiviral vector to study restoration of cytotoxicity in human cells.

Results

We demonstrated efficient engraftment and functional reconstitution of cytotoxicity after intravenous administration of gene-corrected Prf^-/- CD8 T cells into Prf^-/- mice. In the tumor model infusion of Prf^-/- gene-corrected CD8 T cells eliminated the tumor as efficiently as transplantation of wild-type CD8 T cells. Similarly, mice reconstituted with gene-corrected Prf^-/- CD8 T cells displayed complete protection from the HLH phenotype after infection with LCMV. Patients' cells showed correction of cytotoxicity in human CD8 T cells after transduction.

Conclusion

These data demonstrate the potential application of T-cell gene therapy in reconstituting cytotoxic function and protection against HLH in the setting of perforin deficiency.

SUBMITTER: Ghosh S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6127027 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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T-cell gene therapy for perforin deficiency corrects cytotoxicity defects and prevents hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis manifestations.

Ghosh Sujal S Carmo Marlene M Calero-Garcia Miguel M Ricciardelli Ida I Bustamante Ogando Juan Carlos JC Blundell Michael P MP Schambach Axel A Ashton-Rickardt Philip G PG Booth Claire C Ehl Stephan S Lehmberg Kai K Thrasher Adrian J AJ Gaspar H Bobby HB

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 20180131 3

<h4>Background</h4>Mutations in the perforin 1 (PRF1) gene account for up to 58% of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis syndromes. The resulting defects in effector cell cytotoxicity lead to hypercytokinemia and hyperactivation with inflammation in various organs.<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to determine whether autologous gene-corrected T cells can restore cytotoxic function, reduce disease activity, and prevent hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) symptoms in in vivo models.<h4>Meth ...[more]

PMID: 29355678

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T-cell gene therapy for perforin deficiency corrects cytotoxicity defects and prevents hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis manifestations.

Background

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

T-cell gene therapy for perforin deficiency corrects cytotoxicity defects and prevents hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis manifestations.

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