Lentiviral-mediated gene therapy restores B cell tolerance in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome patients.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Title
Lentiviral-mediated gene therapy restores B cell tolerance in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome patients.
Journal
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Author(s)
Pala F., Morbach H., Castiello M.C., Schickel J.N., Scaramuzza S., Chamberlain N., Cassani B., Glauzy S., Romberg N., Candotti F., Aiuti A., Bosticardo M., Villa A., Meffre E.
ISSN
1558-8238 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0021-9738
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
125
Number
10
Pages
3941-3951
Language
english
Abstract
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked immunodeficiency characterized by microthrombocytopenia, eczema, and high susceptibility to developing tumors and autoimmunity. Recent evidence suggests that B cells may be key players in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity in WAS. Here, we assessed whether WAS protein deficiency (WASp deficiency) affects the establishment of B cell tolerance by testing the reactivity of recombinant antibodies isolated from single B cells from 4 WAS patients before and after gene therapy (GT). We found that pre-GT WASp-deficient B cells were hyperreactive to B cell receptor stimulation (BCR stimulation). This hyperreactivity correlated with decreased frequency of autoreactive new emigrant/transitional B cells exiting the BM, indicating that the BCR signaling threshold plays a major role in the regulation of central B cell tolerance. In contrast, mature naive B cells from WAS patients were enriched in self-reactive clones, revealing that peripheral B cell tolerance checkpoint dysfunction is associated with impaired suppressive function of WAS regulatory T cells. The introduction of functional WASp by GT corrected the alterations of both central and peripheral B cell tolerance checkpoints. We conclude that WASp plays an important role in the establishment and maintenance of B cell tolerance in humans and that restoration of WASp by GT is able to restore B cell tolerance in WAS patients.
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