Table 6.

Population of the BM and PB of BM-SCID-hu Mice and Liv-SCID-hu Mice With Human Cells Transduced With Retroviral Vectors

Mouse No.TissueVectorTime After Transplant (mo)BMPB
%CD45+%CD34+CFU-GMBFU-E% Colonies neo Positive%CD45+neo Positive
184c2 HFBM MY2 61 13 92 20 neg 
184c4 HFBM MY2 47 16 172 18 50 23 pos 
182d3 HFBM MY2 85 14 155 20 30 20 pos 
182d5 HFL MY2 17 51 30 neg 
181c4 HFBM LN 25 272 35 40 neg 
179b1 HFL LN 58 10 140 30 30 neg 
203-5 HFL MY2 14 17 10 pos 
204-2 HFL MY2 20 270 10 neg 
204-3 HFL MY2 68 13 179 15 30 31 pos 
197a2 HFBM MY2 74 18 135 38 pos 
197a5 HFBM MY2 30 110 40 neg 
Mouse No.TissueVectorTime After Transplant (mo)BMPB
%CD45+%CD34+CFU-GMBFU-E% Colonies neo Positive%CD45+neo Positive
184c2 HFBM MY2 61 13 92 20 neg 
184c4 HFBM MY2 47 16 172 18 50 23 pos 
182d3 HFBM MY2 85 14 155 20 30 20 pos 
182d5 HFL MY2 17 51 30 neg 
181c4 HFBM LN 25 272 35 40 neg 
179b1 HFL LN 58 10 140 30 30 neg 
203-5 HFL MY2 14 17 10 pos 
204-2 HFL MY2 20 270 10 neg 
204-3 HFL MY2 68 13 179 15 30 31 pos 
197a2 HFBM MY2 74 18 135 38 pos 
197a5 HFBM MY2 30 110 40 neg 

HFBM or HFL was transduced with a neo containing vector (either LN or MY2) and then transplanted into SCID mice. At the indicated time, the mouse BM and PB were analyzed. The percentage of human CD45+ and CD34+ cells was determined by flow cytometry and the number of human CFU-GM and BFU-E (presented as number of colonies/5 × 104 human cells plated) was measured by clonogenic assays. Incorporated neo gene was detected in colonies and the peripheral blood by PCR analysis with neo-specific primers followed by a Southern blot with an intervening sequence-specific probe. The data for the BM are presented as % of neo-positive colonies based on the analysis of 10 randomly picked colonies and the data for the PB are presented as detection of neo sequences in lysed PBMC (pos) or as no detection of neo sequences in lysed PBMC (neg).