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Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells
The globin genes are archetypal tissue-specific genes that are silent in most tissues but for late-stage erythroblasts upon terminal erythroid differentiation. The transcriptional activation of the β-globin gene is under the control of proximal and distal regulatory elements located on chromosome 11...
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American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171148/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35247584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.02.028 |
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author | Cabriolu, Annalisa Odak, Ashlesha Zamparo, Lee Yuan, Han Leslie, Christina S. Sadelain, Michel |
author_facet | Cabriolu, Annalisa Odak, Ashlesha Zamparo, Lee Yuan, Han Leslie, Christina S. Sadelain, Michel |
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description | The globin genes are archetypal tissue-specific genes that are silent in most tissues but for late-stage erythroblasts upon terminal erythroid differentiation. The transcriptional activation of the β-globin gene is under the control of proximal and distal regulatory elements located on chromosome 11p15.4, including the β-globin locus control region (LCR). The incorporation of selected LCR elements in lentiviral vectors encoding β and β-like globin genes has enabled successful genetic treatment of the β-thalassemias and sickle cell disease. However, recent occurrences of benign clonal expansions in thalassemic patients and myelodysplastic syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease call attention to the non-erythroid functions of these powerful vectors. Here we demonstrate that lentivirally encoded LCR elements, in particular HS1 and HS2, can be activated in early hematopoietic cells including hematopoietic stem cells and myeloid progenitors. This activity is position-dependent and results in the transcriptional activation of a nearby reporter gene in these progenitor cell populations. We further show that flanking a globin vector with an insulator can effectively restrain this non-erythroid activity without impairing therapeutic globin expression. Globin lentiviral vectors harboring powerful LCR HS elements may thus expose to the risk of trans-activating cancer-related genes, which can be mitigated by a suitable insulator. |
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spelling | pubmed-91711482023-06-01 Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells Cabriolu, Annalisa Odak, Ashlesha Zamparo, Lee Yuan, Han Leslie, Christina S. Sadelain, Michel Mol Ther Original Article The globin genes are archetypal tissue-specific genes that are silent in most tissues but for late-stage erythroblasts upon terminal erythroid differentiation. The transcriptional activation of the β-globin gene is under the control of proximal and distal regulatory elements located on chromosome 11p15.4, including the β-globin locus control region (LCR). The incorporation of selected LCR elements in lentiviral vectors encoding β and β-like globin genes has enabled successful genetic treatment of the β-thalassemias and sickle cell disease. However, recent occurrences of benign clonal expansions in thalassemic patients and myelodysplastic syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease call attention to the non-erythroid functions of these powerful vectors. Here we demonstrate that lentivirally encoded LCR elements, in particular HS1 and HS2, can be activated in early hematopoietic cells including hematopoietic stem cells and myeloid progenitors. This activity is position-dependent and results in the transcriptional activation of a nearby reporter gene in these progenitor cell populations. We further show that flanking a globin vector with an insulator can effectively restrain this non-erythroid activity without impairing therapeutic globin expression. Globin lentiviral vectors harboring powerful LCR HS elements may thus expose to the risk of trans-activating cancer-related genes, which can be mitigated by a suitable insulator. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy 2022-06-01 2022-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9171148/ /pubmed/35247584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.02.028 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cabriolu, Annalisa Odak, Ashlesha Zamparo, Lee Yuan, Han Leslie, Christina S. Sadelain, Michel Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title | Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title_full | Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title_fullStr | Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title_full_unstemmed | Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title_short | Globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
title_sort | globin vector regulatory elements are active in early hematopoietic progenitor cells |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171148/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35247584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.02.028 |
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