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Kang Chang Kim 2 Articles
Therapeutic potential of an AcHERV-HPV L1 DNA vaccine
Hee-Jung Lee , Jong Kwang Yoon , Yoonki Heo , Hansam Cho , Yeondong Cho , Yongdae Gwon , Kang Chang Kim , Jiwon Choi , Jae Sung Lee , Yu-Kyoung Oh , Young Bong Kim
J. Microbiol. 2015;53(6):415-420.   Published online May 30, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5150-0
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Cervical cancer is strongly associated with chronic human papillomavirus infections, among which HPV16 is the most common. Two commercial HPV vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix are effective for preventing HPV infection, but cannot be used to treat existing HPV infections. Previously, we developed a human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-enveloped recombinant baculovirus capable of delivering the L1 genes of HPV types 16, 18, and 58 (AcHERV-HP16/18/58L1, AcHERV-HPV). Intramuscular administration of AcHERVHPV vaccines induced a strong cellular immune response as well as a humoral immune response. In this study, to examine the therapeutic effect of AcHERV-HPV in a mouse model, we established an HPV16 L1 expressing tumor cell line. Compared to Cervarix, immunization with AcHERVHPV greatly enhanced HPV16 L1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in C57BL/6 mice. Although vaccination could not remove preexisting tumors, strong CTL activity retarded the growth of inoculated tumor cells. These results indicate that AcHERV-HPV could serve as a potential therapeutic DNA vaccine against concurrent infection with HPV 16, 18, and 58.

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    Chichao Xia, Sile Li, Teng Long, Zigui Chen, Paul K. S. Chan, Siaw Shi Boon
    Cancers.2021; 13(11): 2691.     CrossRef
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    Molecular Biotechnology.2021; 63(12): 1192.     CrossRef
  • Unraveling the Genome-Wide Impact of Recombinant Baculovirus Infection in Mammalian Cells for Gene Delivery
    Ha Youn Shin, Hanul Choi, Nahyun Kim, Nayoung Park, Heesun Kim, Jaebum Kim, Young Bong Kim
    Genes.2020; 11(11): 1306.     CrossRef
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    Xiang He, Xufeng He, Ping Xu, Lili Yang, Xin Ma, Wen Li, Huimin Zhang
    Current Molecular Medicine.2019; 19(1): 20.     CrossRef
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    Stefano Pierini, Renzo Perales-Linares, Mireia Uribe-Herranz, Jonathan G. Pol, Laurence Zitvogel, Guido Kroemer, Andrea Facciabene, Lorenzo Galluzzi
    OncoImmunology.2017; 6(12): e1398878.     CrossRef
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    Swati Gupta, K. P. Mishra, Lilly Ganju
    Archives of Virology.2017; 162(3): 611.     CrossRef
Identification of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus (PERV) packaging sequence and development of PERV packaging viral vector system
Jiwon Choi , Hoon-mi Kim , Jong Kwang Yoon , Yeondong Cho , Hee-Jung Lee , Kang Chang Kim , Chang-Kyu Kim , Gye-Woong Kim , Young Bong Kim
J. Microbiol. 2015;53(5):348-353.   Published online May 3, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5134-0
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Studies of the retroviruses have focused on the specific interaction of the nucleocapsid protein with a packaging signal in the viral RNA as important for this selectivity, but the packaging signal in porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) has not been defined. Herein, we identified and analyzed this packaging signal in PERV and found hairpin structures with conserved tetranucleotides in their loops and nucleocapsid recognition sequences; both of which are key elements in the viral packaging signal of MLV. We evaluated packaging efficiency of sequence variants isolated from viral and proviral integrated genomes. All viral packaging sequences (Ψ) were identical, while five distinct packaging sequences were identified from proviral sources. One proviral sequence (Ψ1) was identical to that of the viral Ψ and had the highest packaging efficiency. Three variants (Ψ2, Ψ3, Ψ4) maintained key elements of the viral packaging signal, but had nucleotide replacements and consequently demonstrated reduced packaging efficiency. Despite of the same overall hairpin structure, the proviral variant (Ψ5) had only one GACG sequence in the hairpin loop and showed the lowest packaging efficiency other than ΔΨ, in which the essential packaging sequence was removed. This result, thus, defined the packaging sequences in PERV and emphasized the importance of nucleotide sequence and RNA structure in the determination of packaging efficiency. In addition, we demonstrate efficient infection and gene expression from the PERVbased viral vector, which may serve as a novel alternative to current retroviral expression systems.

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    Seungwon Yoon, Mrinmoy Ghosh, Myeongyeon Shin, Hyunyong Choi, Cheol-Ho Hyun, Dae Cheol Kim, Shin Ji Lee, Min Jee An, Young-Ok Son, Chang-Gi Hur
    Animal Bioscience.2025; 38(12): 2741.     CrossRef
  • Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus (PERV) – Molecular Structure and Replication Strategy in the Context of Retroviral Infection Risk of Human Cells
    Krzysztof Łopata, Emilia Wojdas, Roman Nowak, Paweł Łopata, Urszula Mazurek
    Frontiers in Microbiology.2018;[Epub]     CrossRef

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