TY - JOUR
T1 - Hematopoietic cell transplantation in the twitcher mouse
T2 - The effects of pretransplant conditioning with graded doses of busulfan
AU - Yeager, Andrew M.
AU - Shinn, Charlotte
AU - Shinohara, Mitsuko
AU - Pardoll, Drew M.
PY - 1993/7
Y1 - 1993/7
N2 - The effects of congenic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT; transplantation of bone marrow and spleen cells) after graded doses of busulfan (BU), a myeloablative but nonimmunosuppressive alkylating agent, were evaluated in the twitcher mouse model of human galactosylceramidase deficiency, a demyelinating sphingolipid storage disease. C57BL/6 twitcher mice (immunophenotype Ly-5.1) were given 10 to 50 mg/kg of BU or total-body irradiation (9.0 Gy) at age nine days and HCT from congenic Ly-5.2 donors 24 hr later. The 30-day post-HCT survival, an indicator of tolerance of the preparative regimen, was at least 83% in twitcher mice given 45 mg/kg or less of BU, was 50% in recipients of 50 mg/kg BU and 75% in TBI-conditioned twitchers. The lifespan of twitcher mice given HCT after 10 or 20 mg/kg of BU was similar to that of untreated twitchers (median survival, 42 days; range, 30–47). In contrast, mice transplanted after 35 to 50 mg/kg of BU had significantly prolonged survival (median, 82 days; range, 56–208) and stabilization of hindlimb paralysis, similar to TBI-conditioned recipients. Post-HCT repopulation by donor Ly-5.2 cells was determined by flow cytometry. Thirty days after HCT, only 11–15% of lymphohematopoietic cells in blood, bone marrow, and spleens were of Ly-5.2 donor origin in twitcher mice transplanted after 10 mg/kg of BU but 60–80% were of Ly-5.2 donor origin in mice transplanted after higher doses of BU. These levels further increased to 70–90% by 90 days after HCT, comparable to that seen after TBI. Levels of galactosylceramidase in livers, spleens, and brains of twitchers transplanted after 35–50 mg/kg of BU or after TBI increased to 30–116% of normal control values by 90 days after HCT. Conditioning for HCT with as little as 35 mg/kg of BU provides minimal peritransplant mortality, rapid and sustained establishment of donor lymphohematopoiesis, replacement of lysosomal hydrolase, and prolonged survival in this murine model of human sphingolipidosis.
AB - The effects of congenic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT; transplantation of bone marrow and spleen cells) after graded doses of busulfan (BU), a myeloablative but nonimmunosuppressive alkylating agent, were evaluated in the twitcher mouse model of human galactosylceramidase deficiency, a demyelinating sphingolipid storage disease. C57BL/6 twitcher mice (immunophenotype Ly-5.1) were given 10 to 50 mg/kg of BU or total-body irradiation (9.0 Gy) at age nine days and HCT from congenic Ly-5.2 donors 24 hr later. The 30-day post-HCT survival, an indicator of tolerance of the preparative regimen, was at least 83% in twitcher mice given 45 mg/kg or less of BU, was 50% in recipients of 50 mg/kg BU and 75% in TBI-conditioned twitchers. The lifespan of twitcher mice given HCT after 10 or 20 mg/kg of BU was similar to that of untreated twitchers (median survival, 42 days; range, 30–47). In contrast, mice transplanted after 35 to 50 mg/kg of BU had significantly prolonged survival (median, 82 days; range, 56–208) and stabilization of hindlimb paralysis, similar to TBI-conditioned recipients. Post-HCT repopulation by donor Ly-5.2 cells was determined by flow cytometry. Thirty days after HCT, only 11–15% of lymphohematopoietic cells in blood, bone marrow, and spleens were of Ly-5.2 donor origin in twitcher mice transplanted after 10 mg/kg of BU but 60–80% were of Ly-5.2 donor origin in mice transplanted after higher doses of BU. These levels further increased to 70–90% by 90 days after HCT, comparable to that seen after TBI. Levels of galactosylceramidase in livers, spleens, and brains of twitchers transplanted after 35–50 mg/kg of BU or after TBI increased to 30–116% of normal control values by 90 days after HCT. Conditioning for HCT with as little as 35 mg/kg of BU provides minimal peritransplant mortality, rapid and sustained establishment of donor lymphohematopoiesis, replacement of lysosomal hydrolase, and prolonged survival in this murine model of human sphingolipidosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007890-199307000-00034
DO - 10.1097/00007890-199307000-00034
M3 - Article
C2 - 8101401
AN - SCOPUS:0027317355
SN - 0041-1337
VL - 56
SP - 185
EP - 190
JO - Transplantation
JF - Transplantation
IS - 1
ER -