Gene transfer vectors derived from gamma-retroviruses or lentiviruses are currently used for the gene therapy of genetic or acquired diseases. Retroviral vectors display a non-random integration pattern in the human genome, targeting either regulatory regions (gamma-retroviruses) or the transcribed portion of expressed genes (lentiviruses), and have the potential to deregulate gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level. A recently developed alternative vector system derives from the avian sarcoma-leukosis alpha-retrovirus (ASLV) and shows favorable safety features compared to both gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors in preclinical models. We performed a high-throughput analysis of the integration pattern of self-inactivating (SIN) alpha-retroviral vectors in human CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) and compared it to previously reported gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors integration profiles obtained in the same experimental setting. Compared to gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors, the SIN-ASLV vector maintains a preference for open chromatin regions, but shows no bias for transcriptional regulatory elements or transcription units, as defined by genomic annotations and epigenetic markers (H3K4me1 and H3K4me3 histone modifications). Importantly, SIN-ASLV integrations do not cluster in hot spots and target potentially dangerous genomic loci, such as the EVI2A/B, RUNX1 and LMO2 proto-oncogenes at a virtually random frequency. These characteristics predict a safer profile for ASLV-derived vectors for clinical applications

Genome-wide analysis of alpharetroviral integration in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells / Moiani, Arianna; Suerth, Julia Debora; Gandolfi, Francesco; Rizzi, Ermanno; Severgnini, Marco; De Bellis, Gianluca; Schambach, Axel; Mavilio, Fulvio. - In: GENES. - ISSN 2073-4425. - 5:(2014), pp. 415-429. [10.3390/genes5020415]

Genome-wide analysis of alpharetroviral integration in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

GANDOLFI, FRANCESCO;MAVILIO, Fulvio
2014

Abstract

Gene transfer vectors derived from gamma-retroviruses or lentiviruses are currently used for the gene therapy of genetic or acquired diseases. Retroviral vectors display a non-random integration pattern in the human genome, targeting either regulatory regions (gamma-retroviruses) or the transcribed portion of expressed genes (lentiviruses), and have the potential to deregulate gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level. A recently developed alternative vector system derives from the avian sarcoma-leukosis alpha-retrovirus (ASLV) and shows favorable safety features compared to both gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors in preclinical models. We performed a high-throughput analysis of the integration pattern of self-inactivating (SIN) alpha-retroviral vectors in human CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) and compared it to previously reported gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors integration profiles obtained in the same experimental setting. Compared to gamma-retroviral and lentiviral vectors, the SIN-ASLV vector maintains a preference for open chromatin regions, but shows no bias for transcriptional regulatory elements or transcription units, as defined by genomic annotations and epigenetic markers (H3K4me1 and H3K4me3 histone modifications). Importantly, SIN-ASLV integrations do not cluster in hot spots and target potentially dangerous genomic loci, such as the EVI2A/B, RUNX1 and LMO2 proto-oncogenes at a virtually random frequency. These characteristics predict a safer profile for ASLV-derived vectors for clinical applications
2014
5
415
429
Genome-wide analysis of alpharetroviral integration in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells / Moiani, Arianna; Suerth, Julia Debora; Gandolfi, Francesco; Rizzi, Ermanno; Severgnini, Marco; De Bellis, Gianluca; Schambach, Axel; Mavilio, Fulvio. - In: GENES. - ISSN 2073-4425. - 5:(2014), pp. 415-429. [10.3390/genes5020415]
Moiani, Arianna; Suerth, Julia Debora; Gandolfi, Francesco; Rizzi, Ermanno; Severgnini, Marco; De Bellis, Gianluca; Schambach, Axel; Mavilio, Fulvio
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