Clinical scale production of an improved retroviral vector expressing the human multidrug resistance 1 gene (MDR1)

Autor: C. Lindemann, H G Eckert, A J Schilz, Klaus Kühlcke, A A Fauser, N Basara, Christopher Baum
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Bone marrow transplantation. 25
ISSN: 0268-3369
Popis: Retroviral vectors are currently the most important and best characterized tools for ex vivo genetic modification of hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells. As a prerequisite for clinical applications, large volumes of high-titer vector supernatants have to be generated in compliance with 'GMP' guidelines. This goal can be reached using a carefully selected producer cell clone and a conventional large-scale cell culture system. The retroviral vector SF1m provides efficient expression of the human multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene in hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells in vitro and in NOD/SCID mouse repopulating human cells in vivo. Currently, a clinical phase I/II study is in preparation to test whether intensified consolidation chemotherapy is enabled by autologous transplantation of peripheral blood progenitor/stem cells that have been genetically modified with SF1m. Using multi-tray cell factories >19 l of serum-free vector containing supernatant were generated from cells of a previously established SF1m-producer clone, based on the PG13 packaging cell line. Testing of the final samples revealed sufficient quality (>1.5 x 10(6) infectious particles/ml) for clinical scale transduction of CD34+ cells. Results from the production runs and the applied biosafety concept are described.
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