Table 1.

Patients’ Characteristics and Cell Yields

Patient No. Age (yr)Weight (kg)
Plasma HIV (copies/mL) Bone MarrowPost-Isolex Posttransduction
BM vol (mL)
%CD34+*
%CD34+
% Transduced CFU-C (G418-R/PCR+)
1  14 42  259  24,503  500  12.0  6.5  3.2  70.5 1.0  1.0  12/25.5  
2  16  38  6  30,762 425  11.0  5.4  0.65  75.6  0.76  0.35  7/13 
3  8  32  428  15,585  430  13.3  4.8  1.5 83.7  1.5  0.75  26/21.5  
4  17  53  96,528  226  4.3  5.1  1.3  69.7  0.28  0.05 22/16 
Patient No. Age (yr)Weight (kg)
Plasma HIV (copies/mL) Bone MarrowPost-Isolex Posttransduction
BM vol (mL)
%CD34+*
%CD34+
% Transduced CFU-C (G418-R/PCR+)
1  14 42  259  24,503  500  12.0  6.5  3.2  70.5 1.0  1.0  12/25.5  
2  16  38  6  30,762 425  11.0  5.4  0.65  75.6  0.76  0.35  7/13 
3  8  32  428  15,585  430  13.3  4.8  1.5 83.7  1.5  0.75  26/21.5  
4  17  53  96,528  226  4.3  5.1  1.3  69.7  0.28  0.05 22/16 
*

Post-Ficoll.

Aliquots of the CD34+ cells after transduction were plated in a methylcellulose-based colony assay in quadruplicate plates, with and without G418.23 After 14 days of culture, the numbers of hematopoietic colonies (CFU-C) were determined under phase-contrast microscopy. Individual colonies were collected from the methylcellulose and assayed for the presence of vector provirus by DNA-PCR. The percentages of CFU-C that were G418-resistant were determined by dividing the total number of colonies grown in the presence of G418 by the total number of colonies grown in the absence of G418 × 100%. The percentage of PCR+ colonies was determined by dividing the number of PCR+ colonies by the total number of colonies evaluated. All colonies grown from each patient (from L-RRE-neo transduced, LN transduced) were summated.

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