EP0845041A1 - Vecteurs a auto-suppression pour therapie genique - Google Patents

Vecteurs a auto-suppression pour therapie genique

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EP0845041A1
EP0845041A1 EP96905788A EP96905788A EP0845041A1 EP 0845041 A1 EP0845041 A1 EP 0845041A1 EP 96905788 A EP96905788 A EP 96905788A EP 96905788 A EP96905788 A EP 96905788A EP 0845041 A1 EP0845041 A1 EP 0845041A1
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  • This invention relates to specially constructed vectors which transduce transcriptional units into eukaryotic cells such that preferably all seguences unrelated to the transcriptional unit are eliminated upon integration. Only one transcriptional unit comprising any natural or synthetic promoter/enhancer sequence, protein coding sequence and polyadenylation site is retained in the genome.
  • the vectors of the invention circumvent the problems encountered with conventional vectors, e.g. retroviruses and vectors thereof, such as transcriptional interference with transduced genes or genes adjacent to the integration site, activation of cellular oncogenes, mobilization of endogenous retroviruses and development of an immune response.
  • Retroviruses are RNA viruses that replicate through a DNA intermediate. Flanking the ends of the viral RNA genome are short sequence repeats (R) and unique sequences (U5 and U3) that control DNA synthesis, integration, transcription, and RNA processing. Between the control regions are coding sequences for the major structural proteins of the virus particle (gag and env) and for enzymes found in particles (pol, protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase) ( Figure
  • viral RNA Shortly after infection, viral RNA is converted into DNA by reverse transcriptase. The process is initiated by cellular tRNA which by binding to a complementary region within the viral genome serves as elongation primer. This region, also termed - primer binding site- (PBS) is located immediately downstream of U5 and is essential for virus replication. Prior to integration, terminal sequences of the viral genome are duplicated such that the retroviral genome is flanked by long terminal repeats (LTRs) each containing the U3, R and U5 regions. Linear DNA molecules of this type integrate into the genome ( Figure 1) .
  • LTRs long terminal repeats
  • LTR sequences are maintained in the integrated retrovirus, also termed -provirus-, except that two nucleotides (nt) are lost from each end.
  • Cellular DNA sequences also are unaltered except that upon integration, 4-6 nt are duplicated such that the provirus is flanked at each end by 4-6 nt repeats.
  • provirus the retroviral genome is replicated with cellular DNA and transcribed as a cellular gene by RNA polymerase II. Provirus transcription is controlled by promoter/enhancer sequences located in the U3 region of the 5'LTR.
  • Polyadenylated transcripts initiate at the junction between U3 and R (cap site) in the 5'LTR and terminate in R of the 3'LTR that contains the signal for polyadenylation.
  • Full-length (genomic) RNA is transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and either packaged into virus particles that bud from the cell or are translated to yield gag and pol proteins.
  • a fraction of the RNA is spliced to yield mRNA encoding env.
  • retroviral genomes can be deleted without impairing its ability to replicate in cells that express proteins necessary for reverse transcription, integration and particle formation.
  • vector DNA is transfected into cell lines that contain complete retroviral genomes or helper viruses.
  • the helper viruses are constructed such that they cannot assemble into particles, due to a small deletion encompassing a sequence (Y) between U5 and gag. Since the vector DNA does not contain the y deletion, recombinant transcripts are packaged and expelled from the cells as virus particles. In addition to Y, gag sequences can also enhance the ability of the vectors to be packaged.
  • retroviral vectors are the most efficient means to transduce foreign genes into mammalian cells. Accordingly, retroviruses are used in over 80% of all approved gene therapy trials. However, several factors undermine the practical use of conventional retroviruses as gene therapy vectors. First, transduced genes are often inactivated by methylation or binding of transcriptional repressors to the viral genome (1-3) . Since these repressors were shown to bind the primer binding site of several retroviruses, its simple deletion would preclude virus replication. Second, since retroviruses integrate mostly randomly throughout, the genome, integrations sometimes result in mutations that augment the expression of adjacent genes (4, 5).
  • the object underlying the present invention is to provide novel vectors which do not show the disadvantages of prior art vectors.
  • a vector system useful for gene therapy comprising at least one coding sequence for a site- specific recombinase and at least one target sequence being specifically recognized by said recombinase.
  • the vector system can be a DNA or RNA vector.
  • RNA vector a DNA or RNA vector.
  • vectors there are several vectors available which can be used for gene therapy and which are suitable as a starting material for the construction of a vector system according to the invention.
  • the site-specific recombinase can be any recombinase which specifically recognizes a target sequence.
  • the prior art provides several examples for site-specific recombinases and the corresponding target sequence.
  • the location of the sequence coding for the recombinase and the target sequence within the vector can be chosen by the skilled person depending on which parts of the vector shall be deleted after being incorporated into the mammalian genome.
  • the site-specific recombinase can also be encoded by a separate vector which is simultaneously contained in the cell with the vector containing the target sequence and the further sequences required for incorporating said vector into the genome.
  • the recombinase can also be added as a protein to the cell containing the vector with the target sequence.
  • the combination of recombinase and target sequence used is the recombinase Cre and the target sequence loxP.
  • the recombinase is Flp and the target sequence is frt.
  • the vector according to the present invention may comprise any transcriptional unit, which transcriptional unit comprises a gene coding for the desired function to be introduced into the mammalian genome. In many cases said gene will code for a protein which is not properly prepared by the cell which receives the vector according to the invention.
  • the vector according to the invention is a retroviral vector, most preferably a retroviral DNA.
  • the target sequence is preferably inserted into the U3 and/or U5 region, which region may additionally contain the transcriptional unit.
  • the vector according to the invention may also comprise a viral promoter and/or enhancer.
  • the vector according to the invention As the result of the introduction of the vector according to the invention into a mammalian cell a cell is obtained which, after deletion of the non-desired vector parts from the genome, contains at least one target sequence, which was introduced by the vector.
  • the vector also comprised the additional transcriptional unit said additional transcriptional unit will be contained in the mammalian cell genome.
  • the transcriptional unit contains a gene which normally is also contained in the mammalian cell but for some reason non ⁇ functional then the gene introduced into said cell via the vector according to the invention will have a different chromosomal environment compared to the gene as it naturally occurs in the cell.
  • proviral genome is deleted from the chromosome in general a few nucleotides of the proviral genome remain in the genome of the cell.
  • any DNA can be incorporated into the genome of a mammalian cell.
  • the location of the target sequence within the vector allows to predetermine which parts of the vector shall be deleted from the genome after incorporation of the vector.
  • the invention involves the development of novel vectors, particularly retroviruses, to transduce transcriptional units for therapeutic or non-therapeutic purposes into the genome of eukaryotic cells.
  • the vectors are equipped with a site-specific recombination system including a recombinase such as Cre or Flp and at least one specific target seguence such as loxP or frt.
  • the system is activated upon integration such that all viral and non-viral sequences unrelated to the transcriptional unit are eliminated.
  • Retroviruses of this type preferably circumvent all unwanted side effects encountered with conventional retrovirus vectors.
  • the preferred retroviruses of the invention contain a transcriptional unit including a promoter, protein coding sequence and polyadenylation sequence preferably in the TJ3 or U5 regions. Also preferably in the U3 or U5 regions, the retroviruses of the invention contain at least one synthetic or natural target sequence of a site specific recombination system. In such a system, DNA fragments flanked by target sequences that have the same orientation are eliminated by the corresponding recombinase ( Figure 2).
  • the retroviruses of the invention duplicate the target sequences inserted into the U3 or U5 regions during replication. This positions most of the viral genome between identical target sequences and enables the recombinase to delete the bulk of the provirus. Only one copy of the transduced transcriptional unit that contains the gene of interest remains in the genome.
  • the expression of the recombinase is either achieved in trans , by introducing the protein or a recombinase-expressing plasmid into the transduced cells or, preferably in cis by expressing the recombinase from the provirus itself ( Figure 3,4).
  • the recombinase coding sequences are preferably placed between the target sequences outside of the proviral control regions (LTRs) .
  • Their expression is preferably controlled by a second synthetic or natural promoter.
  • a polyadenylation signal is preferably provided by the R-region of the 3'LTR.
  • transcripts may terminate in cryptic proviral polyadenylation signals or in an additional synthetic or natural polyadenylation sequence cloned into the virus in inverse orientation.
  • the retroviruses of the invention are preferably enhancer and/or promoterless. However, the retroviruses of the invention may continue to contain their own promoter and enhancer sequences.
  • the retroviruses of the invention are preferably used to transduce therapy genes into mammalian cells, however, they may also be used for basic research.
  • retroviruses of the invention may also transduce potentially hazardous sequences as long as these are deleted in due time following integration.
  • a potential application would be vectors based on human retroviruses (HIV, HTLVI) .
  • the invention includes mammalian cells containing at least one site specific recombination target (e.g. loxP or frt) and at least one protein coding sequence transduced by the retroviruses of the invention. These cells are largely devoid of retroviral sequences.
  • site specific recombination target e.g. loxP or frt
  • protein coding sequence transduced by the retroviruses of the invention are largely devoid of retroviral sequences.
  • the invention includes procedures for transducing cDNA sequences into the mammalian genome such as transfection of producer cells with the retroviruses of the invention, infection of mammalian cells and expression of site specific recombinases associated with deletion of the recombinase-expressing cassettes.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram or the genome of prior art retroviruses.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a site specific recombination system.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the retrovirus vectors U3pgklxtkneo and U3pgklxtkneoMCCre.
  • Figure 6 shows a Southern blot analysis of U3pgklxtkneo expressing clones before and after transfecting MCCre.
  • the DNA was digested with the enzymes Ndel and Xbal that do not cut within the provirus.
  • Lanes 7-12 contain DNAs digested with Hindlll from Cre-expressing (+) and non-expressing (-) clones.
  • Figure 7 shows a Southern blot analysis with DNAs derived from U3pgklxtkneo (A) and U3pgklxtkneoMCCre (B) expressing clones. Note the decrease in signal intensity of constant Hindlll fragments from Cre-expressing clones (B) . Variable bands correspond to the number of proviruses.
  • Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the retrovirus vectors pggSVCreU3lxpgkpuro and pggSVCreU3lxSVpuro.
  • Figure 9 shows the recombination of U3lxpgkpuroSVCre proviruses in NIH3T3 cells.
  • A Predicted structure of proviruses before and after site-specific recombination.
  • B Southern blot analysis of U3lxpgkpuroSVCre proviruses. Genomic DNAs were cleaved with EcoRI, fractionated on agarose gels, blotted to nylon filters, and hybridized to a 32 P-labeled pgk- probe.
  • the ubiquitous 7 kb constant band represents the endogeous pgk promoter.
  • C PCR analysis of U3lxpgkpuroSVCre expressing clones. Genomic DNA was amplified using Cre- (top) or b-actin- (bottom) specific primers.
  • Amplification products were resolved in 1% agarose gels and visualized by Ethidium-bromide staining in lanes as follows: M, molecular weight standards (l kb BRL ladder) ; 1- 14, U3lxpgkpuroSVCre expressing clones 1-14; 15, single copy U3pgklxtkneo expressing clone (negative control) ; 16, single copy U3pgklxtkneoMCCre expressing clone (positive control) .
  • Figure 10 shows the recombination of U3lxSVpuroSVCre proviruses in NIH3T3 cells.
  • A Predicted structure of proviruses before and after site-specific recombination.
  • Cell DNAs were cleaved with EcoRI (left) or Hind III (right) , processed as described in the legend to Figure 2, and hybridized to a 32 P-labeled SV40-probe. Lanes 1-12, U3lxSVpuroSVCre expressing clones 1-12.
  • Amplification products were resolved in 1% agarose gels an visualized by Ethidium-bromide staining in lanes as follows: M, molecular weight standards (BRL 1 kb ladder) ; 1- 12, U3lxSVpuroSVCre expressing clones 1-12; 13-14, single copy U3pgklxtkneo expressing clones (positive controls) ; 15- 16, single copy U3pgklxtkneoMCCre expressing clones (negative controls) .
  • vector system means at least one vector which can introduce into the genome of a cell a coding sequence for a recombinase and a target sequence for said recombinase.
  • the recombinase encoding sequence and the target sequence can be located on two different vectors but are preferably located in one vector.
  • the recombinase can be introduced as a protein into the cell, so that the vector system needs not to comprise a coding sequence for the recombinase.
  • retrovirus refers to any RNA virus that replicates through a DNA intermediate. Such viruses can include those that require the presence of other viruses, such as helper viruses, to be passaged. Thus, retroviruses are intended to include those containing substantial deletions or mutations in their RNA.
  • control region refers to that region of a retrovirus that is duplicated after infection and prior to integration. Control regions include U3 and U5 regions. Such regions also include LTR regions.
  • transcriptional unit refers to a sequence of nucleic acids that includes a natural or synthetic promoter, a protein coding sequence and a polyadenylation signal. Promoters can include an enhancer.
  • protein coding sequence means a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide chain that has a therapeutic value or interferes with the cellular metabolism in some way. It also includes polypeptides which can be used to distinguish cells expressing the polypeptide chain from cells not expressing the polypeptide chain, commonly referred to as "selectable markers”.
  • target sequence or "site specific target sequence” refers to synthetic or natural nucleotide sequences that are recognized by a site-specific recombinase. Examples of such sequences are loxP (11-13) derived from Pl phage or frt derived from S. cerevisiae (14- 16) .
  • recombinase or "site specific recombinase” refers to a synthetic, natural or recombinant enzyme that binds, cleaves and recombines specific target sequences. Examples for such enzymes are Cre-recombinase from Pl phage (13) or Flp-recombinase from S. cerevisiae (14) .
  • the present invention involves self-deleting vectors, preferably retroviruses, that are preferably used to transduce genes of therapeutic value into somatic cells.
  • Figure 5 shows two preferred embodiments of the invention.
  • a transcriptional unit consisting of a murine phosphoglycerate kinase (pgk) promoter (17) , a loxP target sequence .(11). and a thymidine- kinase/neomycinphosphotransferase (tkneo) fusion gene was inserted into the 3'-U3 region of an enhancerless MoMuLV retrovirus vector.
  • pgk murine phosphoglycerate kinase
  • tkneo thymidine- kinase/neomycinphosphotransferase
  • MCCre MCCre
  • Cre Cre recombinase
  • MC HSV thymidine kinase promoter fused to a Polyoma large T enhancer
  • Virus replication and LTR-mediated duplication places MCCre along with other viral and non ⁇ viral sequences between loxP sites enabling Cre recombinase to delete most of the integrated provirus except for one copy of a pgk-lx-tkneo containing LTR.
  • Figure 8 shows two additional preferred embodiments of the invention.
  • the MC promoter was replaced by the simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter and the tkneo fusion gene by the puromycin resistance gene.
  • the puromycin resistance gene is controlled by a pgk promoter.
  • the lower vector - pggSVCreU3lxSVpuro the same U3 gene is controlled by an SV40 promoter.
  • the loxP site in the 3'LTR was placed upstream of the transcriptional unit.
  • transcriptional unit and the site specific recombination target are placed within U3, this is not obligatory. Both transcriptional unit and target sequences can also reside in the U5 region, or other parts of the vector, depending on which parts of the vector shall be deleted.
  • Cre recombinase can also be provided in trans either as a native protein or as a recombinase expressing plasmid.
  • the sequences for Cre recombinase and loxP were derived from pMCCre and pGEM30, respectively (11)
  • the mouse phosphoglycerate-kinase-promoter (pgk) was obtained from ppgkCat (18) and the SV40/puromycin-acetyltransferase cassette from pBABEpuro (19) .
  • the tkneo gene was obtained by ligating an Nhel/Spel PCR amplification product of the HSV thymidine kinase coding sequence (20) to an Spel/Nhel amplification product of the neomycin-phosphotransferase coding sequence (21) .
  • pggU3en(- ) was derived from pggU3Neoen(-) (21) by deleting neo and subcloning the viral sequences as an Sstl fragment into the backbone of pBABEpuro.
  • pgklxtkneo was assembled in pBluescriptllKS (Stratagene) by inserting loxP as a Pstl/EcoRI fragment of pGEM30, pgk as an Xbal/Bglll fragment of pgkCAT and tkneo as a blunt ended fragment into the corresponding sites of the pBluescriptllKS polylinker.
  • pggU3pgklxtkneoMCCre a PCR amplification product of MCCre was cloned into the unique Xhol site of pggU3pgklxtkneo.
  • NIH3T3 and BOSC23 (22) cells were grown in DMEM (Gibco) medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco) .
  • Helper virus free recombinant retroviruses were obtained by transient transfection of BOSC23 cells as described by Pear et al. (22) . Infections were performed by incubating for 24 hours IO 5 NIH3T3 cells with filtered viral supernatants in the presence of 4 ⁇ g/ml polybrene (Aldrich) .
  • Provirus expressing clones were isolated by selecting for 7 days in medium containing 2 ⁇ g/ml puromycin (Sigma) or 1 mg/ml G418 (Gibco) .
  • DNA hybridizations were performed with 32 P-labeled probes as previously described (21) .
  • Southern blots were scanned with a Phospholmager (Molecular Dynamics) and analyzed with ImageQuantNT software (Molecular Dynamics) .
  • a transcriptional unit consisting of a murine phosphoglycerate kinase (pgk) promoter (17) a loxP target seguence (11) , and a thymidine- kinase/neomycinphosphotransferase (tkneo) fusion gene was inserted into the 3'-TJ3 region of an enhancerless MoMuLV retrovirus vector (pggU3en(-) , (21)) to obtain - pggU3pgklxtkneo- ( Figure 5) .
  • This plasmid was transfected into BOSC23 helper cells (22) to produce recombinant virus that was used to infect NIH3T3 cells.
  • LTR-mediated duplication should generate in the infected cells proviruses flanked by pgklxtkneo ( Figure 6) . To test this, twelve neomycin-resistant clones obtained, after selecting in G418, were analyzed by Southern blotting. LTR-mediated duplication was confirmed in each case by using restriction endonucleases that cleave the LTRs (data not shown) .
  • non-recombined proviruses When hybridized to a neo- probe, non-recombined proviruses generate a constant band of 4.7 kb which accommodates the sequences flanked by loxP ( Figure 6, lanes 7-12) . This band was significantly fainter or disappeared completely in clones expressing Cre ( Figure 6, lanes 8, 9, 11, 12), indicating that most of the proviruses have recombined.
  • loxP sites inserted into U3 enable Cre recombinase to excise most of the provirus except for a single LTR.
  • the part of proviral DNA left in the chromosome after deletion of most of proviral DNA can be easily examined by sequence analysis of the chromosomal insertion site and sequence comparison with the vector used for introducing the foreign gene.
  • Proviruses derived from this vector were expected to excise themselves after integration.
  • Genomic DNA from several independent U3pgklxtkneo and U3pgklxtkneoMCCre expressing clones was digested with Hindlll, a restriction endonuclease that cleaves both proviruses downstream of tkneo.
  • Hindlll a restriction endonuclease that cleaves both proviruses downstream of tkneo.
  • non-recombined proviruses maintain all sequences flanked by loxP and as a result, generate a constant band of 4.7 and 6 kb, respectively. Although this band was still present in Cre expressing clones, it was 5-10 times fainter than in non-expressing clones ( Figure 7, B- lanes) . Since both types of clones contained comparable numbers of proviruses, the results indicate that a significant number of U3pgklxtneoMCC
  • pggSVCreU3lx was constructed by sequentially inserting the Cre region of MCCre, the SV40 promoter of pBABEpuro and the loxP-fragment of pGEM30 which includes a downstream Hindlll site, as blunt ended fragments into the BamHl, Xhol and Nhel sites of pGgU3en(-) , respectively.
  • pggSVCreU31xpgkpuro and pggSVCreU3lxSVpuro were obtained by ligating blunt ended pgk-puro- or SV40-puro expression cassettes into the Hindlll site of loxP.
  • DNA hybridizations were performed with 32 P-labeled probes as previously described (21) Southern blots were scanned with a Phospholmager (Molecular Dynamics) and analyzed with ImageQuantNT software (Molecular Dynamics) .
  • PCR-assays 150 ng of genomic DNAs were amplified for 40 cycles (94°C 30", 60°C 1', 72°C 2' ) using the Cre-specific primers 5 1 - TTAGCTAGCATGCCCAAGAAGAAGAAG-3• and 5'-
  • the vectors -pggSVCreU3lxpgkpuro- and -pggSVCreU3lxSVpuro- were transfected into BOSC23 cells to obtain infectious virus. Recovered viruses were used to infect NIH3T3 and puromycin resistant clones were isolated after 7 days of selection.
  • Genomic DNA of puromycin-resistant clones obtained with either construct was analyzed by Southern blotting.
  • the DNA was digested with EcoRI, a restriction endonuclease that cleaves both proviruses in front of each promoter (Figure 9A, IOA) .
  • Figure 9A IOA
  • non-recombined proviruses maintain all sequences flanked by loxP, and as a result, generate a constant band of 3.1 kb ( Figure 9B, lanes 5, 9, 12-14) . This band should disappear from Cre-expressing clones ( Figure 9A) .
  • the vector system according to the invention can be used for preparing a pharmaceutical composition which contains the conventional carriers and/or diluents. Depending on
  • the vector system contains in the additional transcription unit the gene useful for curing the disease.

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Cette invention concerne la production de vecteurs pour thérapie génique somatique. Ces vecteurs transduisent une unité de transcription complète contenant un promoteur, une séquence de codage de protéine et une séquence de polyadénylation, en un génome de cellules de mammifères. Lors de l'intégration, les vecteurs suppriment la plupart des séquences virales et non virales qui ne sont pas liées à l'unité de transcription, ce qui permet d'éviter les problèmes courants que l'on rencontre avec des vecteurs de rétrovirus classiques, tel que la répression de l'expression génique par l'atténuation de transcription, la mobilisation de rétrovirus endogènes, l'activation d'oncogènes ou le développement d'une réponse immunitaire. Cette invention utilise, d'une part, (i) le cycle de vie naturel des rétrovirus, ce qui implique la duplication des zones témoin terminales U5 et U3 de manière à produire des répétitions terminales longues (LTR), et d'autre part, (ii) la capacité de recombinases spécifiques à un site à exciser du génome de mammifère toutes les séquences se trouvant entre deux séquences cibles spécifiques. Les rétrovirus décrits dans la présente invention transduisent ainsi les séquences de codage d'une recombinase spécifique à un site et au moins une séquence cible spécifique à la recombinase en ce génome, ainsi que l'unité de transcription exprimant un gène thérapeutique.
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