- De Ravin, Suk See;
- Wu, Xiaolin;
- Moir, Susan;
- Kardava, Lela;
- Anaya-O’Brien, Sandra;
- Kwatemaa, Nana;
- Littel, Patricia;
- Theobald, Narda;
- Choi, Uimook;
- Su, Ling;
- Marquesen, Martha;
- Hilligoss, Dianne;
- Lee, Janet;
- Buckner, Clarissa M;
- Zarember, Kol A;
- O’Connor, Geraldine;
- McVicar, Daniel;
- Kuhns, Douglas;
- Throm, Robert E;
- Zhou, Sheng;
- Notarangelo, Luigi D;
- Hanson, I Celine;
- Cowan, Mort J;
- Kang, Elizabeth;
- Hadigan, Coleen;
- Meagher, Michael;
- Gray, John T;
- Sorrentino, Brian P;
- Malech, Harry L
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) is a profound deficiency of T, B, and natural killer (NK) cell immunity caused by mutations inIL2RGencoding the common chain (γc) of several interleukin receptors. Gamma-retroviral (γRV) gene therapy of SCID-X1 infants without conditioning restores T cell immunity without B or NK cell correction, but similar treatment fails in older SCID-X1 children. We used a lentiviral gene therapy approach to treat five SCID-X1 patients with persistent immune dysfunction despite haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant in infancy. Follow-up data from two older patients demonstrate that lentiviral vector γc transduced autologous HSC gene therapy after nonmyeloablative busulfan conditioning achieves selective expansion of gene-marked T, NK, and B cells, which is associated with sustained restoration of humoral responses to immunization and clinical improvement at 2 to 3 years after treatment. Similar gene marking levels have been achieved in three younger patients, albeit with only 6 to 9 months of follow-up. Lentiviral gene therapy with reduced-intensity conditioning appears safe and can restore humoral immune function to posthaploidentical transplant older patients with SCID-X1.