A novel human amphotropic packaging cell line: high titer, complement resistance, and improved safety

Virology
R J RiggE Böhnlein

Abstract

Successful retroviral-mediated gene therapy will depend on safe, efficient packaging cell lines for vector particle production. Existing packaging lines for murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based vectors are predominantly derived from NIH/3T3 cells which carry endogenous MLV sequences that could participate in recombination to form replication-competent retrovirus (RCR). To identify cells devoid of such sequences, we screened genomic DNA from eight cell lines. DNA from the human 293 cell line did not cross-hybridize with MLV sequences, and these cells were able to secrete Gag particles after transfection. We derived a stable amphotropic packaging cell line (called ProPak-A) in 293 cells in which the Gag-Pol and Env (packaging) functions are expressed separately from a heterologous (non-MLV) promoter, to maximally reduce homology between packaging and vector sequences. ProPak-A-based producer cells are efficient, yielding higher stable titers than PA317-based producers. In addition, a vector that consistently gave rise to RCR in PA317 cells never resulted in detectable RCR in ProPak-A-based producer cultures. We have also shown that ProPak-A-packaged particles are not inactivated by human serum. Thus, the packaging cells we describe ...Continue Reading

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