Papers by Vladislav Sandler
La presente invention concerne des compositions contenant des anticorps bispecifiques qui se lien... more La presente invention concerne des compositions contenant des anticorps bispecifiques qui se lient a la proteine de recepteur de tyrosine kinase humaine FLT3/FLK2 et a une proteine de recepteur de CD3 exprimee sur des lymphocytes T et l'utilisation des compositions contenant les anticorps bispecifiques dans la preparation d'un medicament destine a eliminer des cellules souches hematopoietiques/progeniteurs hematopoietiques (CSH/PH) chez un patient.
Vision Research, 1993
When an inhibitory visual stimulus is turned off, an increased rate of spike discharge is evoked ... more When an inhibitory visual stimulus is turned off, an increased rate of spike discharge is evoked which we term the "rebound response". This response exists as a part of different cell responses from the retina to the cortex. The rebound response, with its temporal dependence on stimulus parameters, has not been previously considered in models. Here we present such a model, and also show its dependence on stimulus duration and its turning off rate. The rebound response enables detection of temporal changes when a visual stimulus involves spatial changes. The temporal change detection is affected by the actual stimulus duration, which can also be seen as a cell memory operation.
We examined the properties of [Ca]i changes that were evoked by backpropagating action potentials... more We examined the properties of [Ca]i changes that were evoked by backpropagating action potentials in pyramidal neurons in hippocampal slices from the rat. In the presence of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonists t-ACPD, DHPG, or CHPG, spikes caused Ca waves that initiated in the proximal apical dendrites and spread over this region and in the soma. Consistent with previously described synaptic responses (Nakamura et al., 1999a), pharmacological experiments established that the waves were attributable to Ca release from internal stores mediated by the synergistic effect of receptor-mobilized inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3 ) and spike-evoked Ca . The amplitude of the changes reached several micromoles per liter when detected with the low-affinity indicators fura-6F, fura-2-FF, or furaptra. Repetitive brief spike trains at 30–60 sec intervals generated increases of constant amplitude. However, trains at intervals of 10–20 sec evoked smaller increases, suggesting that ...
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FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) is a class III transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase involved ... more FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) is a class III transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase involved in survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. It is preferentially expressed on the leukemic cells of myeloid lineage including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is mutated in approximately one-third of patients with AML, resulting in constitutive signaling associated with poor disease prognosis. Although small molecule inhibitors targeting FLT3 have shown some success in clinical trials, they only work transiently while resistance develops in virtually all patients. The only proven curative treatment for the relapsed or refractory (R/R) AML is allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) which requires highly toxic conditioning regimens often associated with fatal side effects. Thus, there still remains an urgent need for the development of safe yet effective new therapies for the treatment of AML. We developed a novel chimeric antige...
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a blood cancer arising from clonal proliferation of myeloid proge... more Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a blood cancer arising from clonal proliferation of myeloid progenitors harboring oncogenic mutations. AML patients have poor clinical prognosis and limited therapeutic options, with myeloablation followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) as the only curative treatment. The conditioning regimens used indiscriminately kill all highly proliferative cell types, leading to life threatening side effects, and are also potentially ineffective against quiescent AML subpopulations. To address the challenges of efficacy and resistance in targeting AML, we developed a humanized bispecific antibody (CDX) that recruits T cells through CD3 to target and kill Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase 3 (FLT3) expressing cells. Normal FLT3 expression is mostly restricted to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and its activation, through binding of FLT3 ligand (FLT3L), promotes normal differentiation of downstream blood lineages. FLT3 is also expressed on ...
Background: New data suggests that endothelial cells (ECs) elaborate essential "angiocrine factor... more Background: New data suggests that endothelial cells (ECs) elaborate essential "angiocrine factors". The aim of this study is to investigate the role of activated ovarian endothelial cells in early in-vitro follicular development. Methods: Mouse ovarian ECs were isolated using magnetic cell sorting or by FACS and cultured in serum free media. After a constitutive activation of the Akt pathway was initiated, early follicles (50-150 um) were mechanically isolated from 8-day-old mice and co-cultured with these activated ovarian endothelial cells (AOEC) (n = 32), gel (n = 24) or within matrigel (n = 27) in serum free media for 14 days. Follicular growth, survival and function were assessed. Results: After 6 passages, flow cytometry showed 93% of cells grown in serum-free culture were VE-cadherin positive, CD-31 positive and CD 45 negative, matching the known EC profile. Beginning on day 4 of culture, we observed significantly higher follicular and oocyte growth rates in follicles co-cultured with AOECs compared with follicles on gel or matrigel. After 14 days of culture, 73% of primary follicles and 83% of secondary follicles co-cultured with AOEC survived, whereas the majority of follicles cultured on gel or matrigel underwent atresia. Conclusions: This is the first report of successful isolation and culture of ovarian ECs. We suggest that co-culture with activated ovarian ECs promotes early follicular development and survival. This model is a novel platform for the in vitro maturation of early follicles and for the future exploration of endothelial-follicular communication. Capsule: In vitro development of early follicles necessitates a complex interplay of growth factors and signals required for development. Endothelial cells (ECs) may elaborate essential "angiocrine factors" involved in organ regeneration. We demonstrate that co-culture with ovarian ECs enables culture of primary and early secondary mouse ovarian follicles.
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Sandler, Vladislav M. and William N. Ross. Serotonin modulates is sustained by voltage-dependent ... more Sandler, Vladislav M. and William N. Ross. Serotonin modulates is sustained by voltage-dependent Na / and Ca 2/ channels spike backpropagation and associated [Ca 2/ ] i changes in the apical that are distributed all over the dendrites (Magee and Johndendrites of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J. Neurophysston 1995). Not all spikes actively spread to the tips of the iol. 81: 216-224, 1999. The effect of serotonin (5-HT) on somatic dendrites (Andreasen and Lambert 1995; Callaway and Ross and dendritic properties was analyzed in pyramidal neurons from 1995; Spruston et al. 1995), suggesting that propagation the CA1 region in slices from the rat hippocampus. Bath-applied in this region is labile. Therefore, mechanisms that change 5-HT (10 mM) hyperpolarized the soma and apical dendrites and dendritic conductances and potentials could affect the extent caused a conductance increase at both locations. In the dendrites of active propagation. This kind of regulation could be im-(200-300 mm from the soma) trains of antidromically activated, portant because backpropagating action potentials were imbackpropagating action potentials had lower peak potentials in 5-HT than in normal artificial cerebrospinal fluid. Spike amplitudes plicated in the induction of some forms of long-term potentiwere about the same in the two solutions. Similar results were ation (Magee and Johnston 1997; Markram et al. 1997) found when the action potentials were evoked synaptically with and may modulate dendritic conductances (e.g., Cook and stimulation in the stratum oriens. In the soma, spike amplitudes Johnston 1997). increased in 5-HT, with only a small decrease in the peak potential. Previously, it was shown that synaptic inhibition could Calcium concentration measurements, made with bis-fura-2 inblock backpropagating action potentials (Buzsaki et al. jected through patch electrodes, showed that the amplitude of the 1996; Tsubokawa and Ross 1996) and that cholinergic ago-[Ca 2/ ] i changes was reduced at all locations in 5-HT. The reducnists could enhance backpropagation (Tsubokawa and Ross tion of the [Ca 2/ ] i change in the soma was confirmed in slices 1997). Inhibition also decreased dramatically the associated where cells were loaded with fura-2-AM. The reduction at the [Ca 2/ ] i changes in the dendrites, whereas carbachol (CCh) soma in 5-HT, where the spike amplitude increased, suggests that the reduction is due primarily to direct modulation of Ca 2/ chan-enhanced the [Ca 2/ ] i changes. These results suggest that nels. In the dendrites, the reduction is due to a combination of this other modulatory mechanisms might affect dendritic propachannel modulation and the lowering of the peak potential of the gation. We examine the effects of bath-applied 5-HT. We action potentials.
In trigeminal neurons, the spike rate, modulated by input parameters, may serve as a code for sen... more In trigeminal neurons, the spike rate, modulated by input parameters, may serve as a code for sensory information. We investigated intrinsic response properties that affect rate coding in neurons of nucleus principalis trigemini (young gerbils). Using the whole-cell recording technique and neurobiotin staining in slices, we found bursting behaviour in approximately 50% of the neurons. These neurons fired spike bursts, spontaneously, as well as at the onset of depolarizing, and offset of hyperpolarizing, current pulses. The spike rate within an initial burst was independent of stimulus strength, in contrast to single spike firing that occurred later in the response to current pulse injection. The spikes within a burst were superimposed on slow depolarizing humps. Under favourable conditions, these led to "plateau potentials", that lasted for hundreds of milliseconds at membrane potentials near approximately -20 mV. Occasionally, plateau potentials were spontaneous or evoked under control conditions: usually, they were evoked by current pulse injection during blockade of Ca2+ influx with Co2+ or Cd2+ in Ca(2+)-free extracellular media, or during blockade of K+ currents with tetraethylammonium. The plateau potentials recorded during internal Cs+ (132.5 mM) substitution of K+ had more positive amplitudes (near +20 mV). Despite relatively stable depolarization levels, the plateau potentials decreased in duration and decayed in amplitude during application of tetrodotoxin (0.6-1.8 nM). Higher tetrodotoxin concentrations (5-60 nM) eliminated the plateau potentials despite well-maintained, fast action potentials. A reduction of external [Na+] reduced the amplitudes of the spikes and plateau potentials. A hyperpolarization of long duration (> 3 s) followed a plateau potential, or a depolarizing response that was subthreshold for plateau generation. Tetrodotoxin application blocked this after-effect. We suggest that a persistent Na+ influx is a major contributor to the bursts and plateau potentials and that it mediates the hyperpolarization. Depending on Ca2+ influx, K+ conductances may regulate the amplitudes of these long-lasting depolarizations. A Ca2+ conductance, blockable by Ni2+, may support burst initiation in these neurons. In very young animals (P2-P9), we found only non-bursting neurons. Both bursting and non-bursting neurons with elongated dendritic fields showed inward rectification on hyperpolarization. The bursts in nucleus principalis trigemini neurons emphasize the onsets of stimulus transients, at the expense of using firing rate as a sensory code. Our studies describe neurons with a surprising ability to distort sensory signals, transforming depolarizing inputs into bursts of spikes by virtue of a Na(+)-conductance activation. The principal trigeminal nucleus also contains neurons with tonic firing ability, compatible with simple rate coding.
The Journal of …, 2000
We examined the properties of [Ca 2ϩ ] i changes that were evoked by backpropagating action poten... more We examined the properties of [Ca 2ϩ ] i changes that were evoked by backpropagating action potentials in pyramidal neurons in hippocampal slices from the rat. In the presence of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonists t-ACPD, DHPG, or CHPG, spikes caused Ca 2ϩ waves that initiated in the proximal apical dendrites and spread over this region and in the soma. Consistent with previously described synaptic responses (Nakamura et al., 1999a), pharmacological experiments established that the waves were attributable to Ca 2ϩ release from internal stores mediated by the synergistic effect of receptor-mobilized inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP 3) and spike-evoked Ca 2ϩ. The amplitude of the changes reached several micromoles per liter when detected with the low-affinity indicators fura-6F, fura-2-FF, or furaptra. Repetitive brief spike trains at 30-60 sec intervals generated increases of constant amplitude. However, trains at intervals of 10-20 sec evoked smaller increases, suggesting that the stores take 20-30 sec to refill. Release evoked by mGluR agonists was blocked by MCPG, AIDA, 4-CPG, MPEP, and LY367385, a profile consistent with the primacy of group I receptors. At threshold agonist concentrations the release was evoked only in the dendrites; threshold antagonist concentrations were effective only in the soma. Carbachol and 5-HT evoked release with the same spatial distribution as t-ACPD, suggesting that the distribution of neurotransmitter receptors was not responsible for the restricted range of regenerative release. Intracellular BAPTA and EGTA were approximately equally effective in blocking release. Extracellular Cd 2ϩ blocked release, but no single selective Ca 2ϩ channel blocker prevented release. These results suggest that IP 3 receptors are not associated closely with specific Ca 2ϩ channels and are not close to each other.
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INTRODUCTION In patients with AML who are eligible for intensive therapy, the goal of treatment i... more INTRODUCTION In patients with AML who are eligible for intensive therapy, the goal of treatment is the achievement of complete response followed by consolidation chemotherapy (in favorable risk disease) or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (in intermediate or adverse risk disease). Patients who do not attain this initial goal lack effective therapeutic options. Extensive experience with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in B-ALL has shown that CART cells can deliver potent and durable antigen-specific leukemia control, and that targeting a single antigen (CD19 for B-ALL) is associated with antigen-negative relapse. In this context, we sought to expand the existing preclinical CART armamentarium in AML by developing FLT3-specific CART cells and comparing them to our existing gold standard CD123-specific CART cells. Since activating mutations in FLT3 occur commonly in AML, we reasoned that this molecule would serve as an "Achilles heel" in AML immunotherapy. METH...
Calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) is a mechanism by which local elevations of intracellular ... more Calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) is a mechanism by which local elevations of intracellular calcium (Ca 2ϩ ) are amplified by Ca 2ϩ release from ryanodine-sensitive Ca 2ϩ stores. CICR is known to be coupled to Ca 2ϩ entry in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and peripheral neurons, but no evidence suggests that such coupling occurs in central neurons during the firing of action potentials. Using fast Ca 2ϩ imaging in CA1 neurons from hippocampal slices, we found evidence for CICR during action potential-evoked Ca 2ϩ transients. A low concentration of caffeine enhanced Ca 2ϩ transient amplitude, whereas a higher concentration reduced it. Simultaneous Ca 2ϩ imaging and whole-cell recordings showed that membrane potential, action potential amplitude, and waveform were unchanged during caffeine application. The enhancement of Ca 2ϩ transients by caffeine was not affected by the L-type channel blocker nifedipine, the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX, the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin, or the PKA antagonist H-89. However, thapsigargin or ryanodine, which both empty intracellular Ca 2ϩ stores, occluded this effect. In addition, thapsigargin, ryanodine, and cyclopiazonic acid reduced action potential-evoked Ca 2ϩ transients in the absence of caffeine. These results suggest that Ca 2ϩ release from ryanodinesensitive stores contributes to Ca 2ϩ signals triggered by action potentials in CA1 neurons.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Human embryonic stem cells are pluripotent entities, theoretically capable of generating a whole-... more Human embryonic stem cells are pluripotent entities, theoretically capable of generating a whole-body spectrum of distinct cell types. However, differentiation of these cells has been observed only in culture or during teratoma formation. Our results show that human embryonic stem cells implanted in the brain ventricles of embryonic mice can differentiate into functional neural lineages and generate mature, active human neurons that successfully integrate into the adult mouse forebrain. Moreover, this study reveals the conservation and recognition of common signals for neural differentiation throughout mammalian evolution. The chimeric model will permit the study of human neural development in a live environment, paving the way for the generation of new models of human neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. The model also has the potential to speed up the screening process for therapeutic drugs.
Journal of neuroscience methods, Jan 15, 2002
Controlled expression of proteins is a key experimental approach to a deeper understanding of the... more Controlled expression of proteins is a key experimental approach to a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of neuronal function. Here we evaluate the HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) amplicon vector for gene delivery into the brains of living rats. We demonstrate that HSV-1 amplicon vectors expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) can reliably infect neurons after it is injected into cortex, striatum and thalamus in rats, producing sufficient numbers of infected neurons for electrophysiological experiments in acute brain slices. Expression of EGFP delivered by the HSV-1 amplicon was detected for up to 5 weeks post-infection. We detected no changes in the morphology or the electrophysiological properties of thalamic, striatal or cortical neurons within a period of at least 2 weeks after HSV-1 amplicon injection. We conclude that the HSV-1 amplicon is a valuable tool for gene delivery in the rat central nervous system.
Nature, 2014
Generating engraftable human hematopoietic cells from autologous tissues promises new therapies f... more Generating engraftable human hematopoietic cells from autologous tissues promises new therapies for blood diseases. Directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells yields hematopoietic cells that poorly engraft. Here, we devised a method to phenocopy the vascular-niche microenvironment of hemogenic cells, thereby enabling reprogramming of human endothelial cells (ECs) into engraftable hematopoietic cells without transition through a pluripotent intermediate. Highly purified non-hemogenic human umbilical vein-ECs (HUVECs) or adult dermal microvascular ECs (hDMECs) were transduced with transcription factors (TFs), FOSB, GFI1, RUNX1, and SPI1 (FGRS), and then propagated on serum-free instructive vascular niche monolayers to induce outgrowth of hematopoietic colonies containing cells with functional and immunophenotypic features of multipotent progenitor cells (MPP). These reprogrammed ECs-into human-MPPs (rEC-hMPPs) acquire colony-forming cell (CFC) potential and durably engraft in immunedeficient mice after primary and secondary transplantation, producing long-term rEC-hMPPderived myeloid (granulocytic/monocytic, erythroid, megakaryocytic) and lymphoid (NK, B) progeny. Conditional expression of FGRS transgenes, combined with vascular-induction, activates endogenous FGRS genes endowing rEC-hMPPs with a transcriptional and functional profile similar to self-renewing MPPs. Our approach underscores the role of inductive cues from vascular-niche in orchestrating and sustaining hematopoietic specification and may prove useful for engineering autologous hematopoietic grafts to treat inherited and acquired blood disorders.
PLoS ONE, 2011
Experiments with somatic cell nuclear transfer, inter-cellular hybrid formation_ENREF_3, and ecto... more Experiments with somatic cell nuclear transfer, inter-cellular hybrid formation_ENREF_3, and ectopic expression of transcription factors have clearly demonstrated that cell fate can be dramatically altered by changing the epigenetic state of cell nuclei. Here we demonstrate, using chemical fusion, direct reprogramming of the genome of human embryonic fibroblasts (HEF) into the state of human fetal liver hFL CD34+ (hFL) hematopoietic progenitors capable of proliferating and differentiating into multiple hematopoietic lineages. We show that hybrid cells retain their ploidy and can differentiate into several hematopoietic lineages. Hybrid cells follow transcription program of differentiating hFL cells as shown by genomewide transcription profiling. Using whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profiling of both donor genomes we demonstrate reprogramming of HEF genome into the state of hFL hematopoietic progenitors. Our results prove that it is possible to convert the fetal somatic cell genome into the state of fetal hematopoietic progenitors by fusion. This suggests a possibility of direct reprogramming of human somatic cells into tissue specific progenitors/stem cells without going all the way back to the embryonic state. Direct reprogramming of terminally differentiated cells into the tissue specific progenitors will likely prove useful for the development of novel cell therapies.
Neurocomputing, 1992
Rybak, I.A., N.A. Shevtsova and V.M. Sandier, The model of a neural network visual preprocessor, ... more Rybak, I.A., N.A. Shevtsova and V.M. Sandier, The model of a neural network visual preprocessor, Neurocomputing 4 (1992) 93-102.
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