Durable targeting of B-lymphocytes in living mice

Abstract Transfer to and enduring expression of genes in B cells has proved a vexing challenge. We report here a novel method for the specific and durable targeting of B lymphocytes in living mice. The method involves generation of lentiviruses pseudotyped with an anti-CD19 antibody. CD19 targeting...

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Autores principales: M. Cascalho, D. Huynh, A. R. Lefferts, L. Stein, T. Lanigan, J. Decker, L. D. Shea, J. L. Platt
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Sumario:Abstract Transfer to and enduring expression of genes in B cells has proved a vexing challenge. We report here a novel method for the specific and durable targeting of B lymphocytes in living mice. The method involves generation of lentiviruses pseudotyped with an anti-CD19 antibody. CD19 targeting viruses injected in the spleen of living mice efficiently transduced B cells and plasma cells detected by flow cytometry analysis of GFP expression. Expression of the reporter gene could be detected in the intact animal by external imaging for more than a year and was enhanced by booster immunization. Our method thus enables the specific delivery, expression and localization by external imaging of exogenous genes to the B cells and plasma cells of living individuals.