WO1997029201A2 - Retroviraler vektor für den gentransfer eines il6-antagonisten in humane hämatopoetische stammzellen - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a retroviral vector for the gene transfer of an IL6 antagonist into human hematopoietic stem cells for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
- Areas of application of the invention are medicine and the pharmaceutical industry.
- Plasmacytoma Multiple myeloma, or plasmacytoma, is an incurable malignant disease of the antibody-secreting B cell with an annual incidence of 4 new diseases per 100,000 inhabitants in Germany.
- the main localization of the plasma cytoma cells is bone and bone marrow, where they lead to osteolysis or displacement of the hematopoiesis, with the consequences anemia, leukocytopenia and thrombocytopenia.
- the median survival after the onset of the disease is 3 years (W. Siegenthaler et al., Textbook of Internal Medicine, 3rd edition (1992), pp. 723-727).
- interleukin-6 has been characterized as a cytokine that is of crucial importance for the growth of plasma cytoma cells. It has recently been shown that it is not possible to induce plasmacytomas or to propagate already established (syngeneic) plasmacytoma cells in transgenic IL6 "knock-out" mice, that is to say mice that no longer have a functional IL6 gene not - ' ⁇ nock-out "mice was readily possible.
- IL6 interleukin-6
- the aim of the invention is to develop a gene therapy strategy for combating multiple myeloma with the aid of IL6 antagonists.
- the aim of this strategy is to ensure that the biologically active concentration of this antagonist in the bone marrow is sufficiently high in clinical use to neutralize the IL6 present.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of constructing a vector which, after transfer to autologous hematopoietic stem cells, brings about a strong and stable expression of a suitable IL6 antagonist.
- the essential basis of the invention is a retroviral starting vector, preferably a MoMLV derivative, particularly preferably the vector pSFlN, which shows a particularly high level of expression for gene transfer into hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
- the gene of an IL6 antagonist and a suicide or a selection gene are incorporated into this vector using methods known per se in genetic engineering.
- the thymidine kinase gene and the cytosine desaminase gene are the main suicide genes suitable.
- the puromycin gene, the neomycin acetyltransferase gene or the mdr-1 gene are preferably used as the selection gene.
- the gene of the IL6 antagonist and the suicide or selection gene are preferably located on the same mRNA, that is to say they are controlled in expression by the same promoter which is particularly suitable for stem cells, and are nevertheless translated separately.
- the suicide gene unforeseen side effects of the therapeutic gene, e.g. on the normal hematopoiesis of the patient, those cells are produced which produce the IL6 antagonist.
- stem cells which produce high amounts of mdr-1 under the selection pressure of chemotherapy will also express large amounts of IL6 antagonist at the same time.
- the selection of the IL6 antagonist is of particular importance for the effect of the vector.
- all known IL6 antagonists can be used, but preference is given to up to 20 codons over the human interleukin-6 mutant antagonists.
- Another important embodiment is an IL6 antagonist containing 12 codon mutations
- ACATGTGTGA 251 AAGCAGCAAA GAGGCACTGG CAGAAAACAA CCTGAACCTT
- CTCATTCTGC 601 GCAGCTTTAA GGAGTTCCTG atccgCAGCC TGAGGGCTCT
- SV40 Simian Virus 40 early promoter
- the vector is packaged using known viral vector packaging lines, which can generate non-replication-capable retroviruses.
- the selection of the virus envelope used has a significant impact on the efficiency of the gene transfer.
- the lines FLY13 and GP + envAml2 are particularly suitable.
- the vector is used in such a way that hematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood or bone marrow of patients are stimulated by cytokine, the vector is transferred into these stem cells and they are then returned to the patient, preferably by intravenous injection. Since hematopoietic stem cells preferentially ' homen ' in the bone marrow after systemic administration, the expression of the IL6 antagonist is ensured in this organ.
- the vector according to the invention has a high gene expression rate in hematopoietic stem cells and can therefore be used effectively. It enables a curative approach to the treatment of multiple myeloma, which is potentially superior to previous therapies.
- the invention will be explained in more detail below by application examples.
- This vector is a MoLMV derivative and contains regulatory elements of the viruses FUCF and MESV, which lead to the fact that the genes transferred with this vector pSFlN are particularly strongly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
- This vector is therefore superior to previous vectors with regard to gene transfer in hematopoietic stem cells and is therefore particularly suitable for a possible gene therapy use of the IL6 antagonist in hematopoietic Staram cells.
- the antagonist was equipped with a myc tag. In this way it is easily possible to detect the IL6 antagonist expression in the serum or bone marrow of the patient by means of immunological methods (eg ELISA).
- the neomycin resistance gene in the pSFlN was replaced by a puromycin resistance gene and linked to the IL6 antagonist via an IRES sequence.
- the new vector resulting from the incorporation of the IL6 antagonist is called pSF-IL-6AP.
- a suicide gene the herpes simplex thymidine kinase, was incorporated into the vector in a further step.
- This enables the cell genetically modified by the vector to be killed in the patient by systemic administration of ganciclovir.
- both cDNAs were linked in the vector via an IRES (inter-ribosomal recognition site) sequence.
- IRES internal-ribosomal recognition site
- both genes are located on the same mRNA, that is to say they are controlled in expression by the same promoter which is particularly suitable for stem cells, and are nevertheless translated separately.
- the new vector resulting from the incorporation of the Tk suicide gene is called pSF-IL-6AT.
- the multidrug resistance gene (radr-1) was additionally incorporated into the vector.
- chemotherapy which is used in the context of conventional plasmacytoma therapy, can enrich those stem cells in the patient that also carry the IL6 antagonist. This would increase the IL6 antagonist concentration in the patient and increase the therapeutic efficacy of the vector.
- both cDNAs in the vector were linked via an IRES (inter-ribosomal recognition site) sequence. In this way, both genes are located on the same raRNA, that is to say they are controlled in expression by the same promoter which is particularly suitable for stem cells, and are nevertheless translated separately. Stem cells that express high amounts of mdr-1 under the pressure of chemotherapy will also simultaneously express large amounts of IL6 antagonist.
- the new vector resulting from the incorporation of the mdr-1 gene is called pSF-IL-6AM.
- the vector DNA is packaged into viruses using the retroviral packaging cell lines FLY13 and FLYRD18.
- These packaging lines have the advantage that they generate much higher (100-fold) virus titers than previously used lines (Cosset et al., Journ. Virol. 69: 7430-36, 1995). This leads to an improvement in gene transfer efficiency in hematopoietic stem cells.
- Another advantage of these lines is that they produce viral vectors that are stable in human serum. Since gene transfer must be carried out in human serum as a cultivation medium in a clinical application, these packaging lines are very well suited for this purpose.
- the virus-containing supernatant from the packaging lines is used in gene transfer to primary hematopoietic stem cells.
- the stem cells are previously treated with a cytokine cocktail (Brugger et al., Blood 81: 2579-84, 1993) for 24 hours. The virus supernatant is then added and cultivated for 48 hours. This leads to a gene transfer efficiency of 10-20%. 6)
- the application of the invention is primarily intended for the treatment of multiple myeloma. Since it has been shown that the cytokine IL6 is an essential growth factor for plasmotytom cells and the withdrawal of this factor leads to the death of the malignant cells, the expression of high concentrations of the IL6 antagonist in the bone marrow by means of gene transfer in stem cells represents a curative approach to the treatment of multiple myeloma and is therefore potentially superior to previous therapy methods.
- Item 57 (aspartate for leucine), item 59 (phenylalanine for glutamate), item 60 (tryptophan for asparagine).
- Pos. 75 (tyrosine for glutamine), Pos. 76 (lysine for serine)
- Steps 2-4 take place analogously to example I.
- the vector DNA is packaged into viruses using the retroviral packaging line GP + envAml2 (Markowitz et al., Virology 167, 400-406, 1988).
- This packaging line has the advantage that the titers are not significantly lower than those of the fly
- the virus envelope used here is particularly suitable for the infection of hematopoietic stem cells (Xu et al., Exp.- Hematology 22 (2), Feb 223-30, 1994).
- this vector also contains another internal promoter (SV 40 or CMV) for the independent transcription of the resistance gene, in this case the gene for neomycin resistance.
- This proven vector design allows the in vitro selection of infected stem cells using neomycin or neomycin analogs and has already been used successfully in several stem cell gene therapy studies (e.g.
- retroviral vectors are packaged analogously to Examples I and II in the packaging cell lines used there, and the infection protocol does not change (with the exception of the use of neomycin as a selection antibiotic).
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