Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: In vivo production of an anti-HIV antibody from primate hematopoietic cells by non-viral knock-in
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.02.651933
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) bnAb template was designed for expressing the full light chain and the variable heavy chain fragment of 10-1074. Following productive knock-in at the target locus, bnAb expression replaces endogenous antibody production, bypassing VDJ recombination and forming a full-length transcript via splicing with a constant heavy chain. (B) In vitro 10-1074 production as confirmed by staining of cell surface transgene linker. Flow cytometry was performed on HEK 293E cells following transduction with an expression vector containing an IgG constant heavy chain. (C) Binding of recombinant bnAb to HIV antigen, the gp120 protein of strain CN97001, as measured by bio-layer interferometry (BLI) and quantified as the dissociation constant (K D ). n = 6 technical replicates. (D) NHP HSPC were electroporated with VH4-10-1074 Cas12a , either as dsDNA or AAV, and transplanted into MISTRG mice as before. Beginning at week 8, mice were immunized with CN97001 gp120 injections once every two weeks until necropsy. Control mice were injected with unedited HSPC. (E) Engraftment levels in peripheral blood over time as measured by flow cytometry on NHP-CD45 + cells in mice injected with edited HSPC using different templates. (F) In vivo anti-HIV antibody titers were measured by ELISA with a biotinylated gp120 on diluted plasma samples. dsDNA: n = 5 mice, n = 2 NHP donors. AAV: n = 2 mice, n = 2 NHP donors. Control: n = 1 mouse, n = 2 NHP donors. n = 2 technical replicates per sample. (G) Cell surface expression of 10-1074 in peripheral blood as measured by flow cytometry with antibody against its linker. (H) Editing levels at the NHP IGH locus in peripheral blood as measured by high-throughput sequencing (MiSeq). Large insertions represent insertions >8 bp. (I) B cell populations and fraction of B cell population expressing 10-1074 at necropsy, week 18, as measured by flow cytometry on NHP-CD19 + . n = 5 mice, n = 2 NHP donors (10-1074 dsDNA group, G-J). Error bars represent SD.
Article Snippet: Immediately following isolation, NHP HSPC were transferred to HSPC medium (StemSpan Serum-Free Expansion Medium (SFEM) II (StemCell Technologies) with 100 ng/mL recombinant human thrombopoietin (TPO), stem cell factor (SCF), and flightless 3 (FLT-3) ligand, all from CellGenix) at 1.0×10 cells/mL in tissue culture (TC)-treated flasks, incubated at 37°C and 5% CO 2 .
Techniques: Expressing, Knock-In, In Vitro, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Transduction, Plasmid Preparation, Binding Assay, Recombinant, Control, Injection, In Vivo, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Next-Generation Sequencing