Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120095188 | ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL USING CELL-PERMEABLE REPROGRAMMING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOR CUSTOMIZED STEM CELL THERAPY - The present invention relates to a reprogramming transcription factor recombinant protein in which a macromolecule transduction domain (MTD) is fused to a reprogramming transcription factor to obtain cell permeability. The present invention also relates to a polynucleotide for coding said reprogramming transcription factor recombinant protein and to an expression vector of said cell-permeable reprogramming transcription factor recombinant protein. Treating a somatic cell with the cell-permeable reprogramming transcription factor recombinant protein induces the reprogramming of the stem cell-specific gene of the somatic cell, and thus can be effectively used in the establishment of an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) having characteristics similar to those of an embryonic stem cell in terms of morphology and genetics. | 04-19-2012 |
20160060310 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrates Cell-Membrane and Induces Anti-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Effect - Improved Cell-Permeable Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (iCP-SOCS3) Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Compositions Comprising the Same - Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs, named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD), are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. For example, recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 protein (CP-SOCS3) fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, CP-SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria were hard to purify in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTD) have been developed in this art. This is accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences satisfied for each critical factor. In addition, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed CP-SOCS3 proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-cancer agents in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Since SOCS3 is frequently deleted in and loss of SOCS3 in hepatocytes promotes resistance to apoptosis and proliferation, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The results support this reasoning: treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma cells with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced cancer cell viability, enhanced apoptosis and loss of cell migration/invasion potential. Furthermore, iCP-SOCS3 inhibits the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma in a subcutaneous xenografts model. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3 fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTD may provide novel protein therapy against hepatocellular carcinoma. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060311 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrates Cell-Membrane and Induces Anti-Lung Cancer Effect - Improved Cell-Permeable Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (iCP-SOCS3) Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Lung Cancer Compositions Comprising the Same - In principle, protein-based biotherapeutics offers a way to control biochemical processes in living cells under non-steady state conditions and with fewer off-target effects than conventional small molecule therapeutics. However, systemic protein delivery in vivo has been proven difficult due to poor tissue penetration and rapid clearance. Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs, named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD), are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. Previously, recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (CP-SOCS3) protein fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, CP-SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria cells were hard to be purified in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTDs) have been developed in this art. The development of this art has been accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences that satisfy for each critical factor. In addition, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed CP-SOCS3 proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-cancer agents in the treatment of neoplasia in lung. Since SOCS3 is frequently deleted in cancer cells and loss of SOCS3 promotes resistance to apoptosis and proliferation, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for the treatment of lung cancer. The results demonstrated in this art support this reasoning: treatment of human non-small cell lung carcinoma cells with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced cancer cell viability, enhanced apoptosis. Furthermore, iCP-SOCS3 inhibited migration/invasion of lung cancer cells. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3, where SOCS3 is fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTDs may provide novel protein therapy against lung cancer. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060312 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrates Cell-Membrane and Induces Anti-Pancreatic Cancer Effect - Improved Cell-Permeable Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (iCP-SOCS3) Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Pancreatic Cancer Compositions Comprising the Same - In principle, protein-based biotherapeutics offers a way to control biochemical processes in living cells under non-steady state conditions and with fewer off-target effects than conventional small molecule therapeutics. However, systemic protein delivery in vivo has been proven difficult due to poor tissue penetration and rapid clearance. Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs, named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD), are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. The recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (CP-SOCS3) protein fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, CP-SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria cells were hard to be purified in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTDs) have been developed in this art. This is accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences that satisfy each critical factor. In addition, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed CP-SOCS3 proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-cancer agents in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Since SOCS3 is frequently deleted in cancer cells and loss of SOCS3 promotes resistance to apoptosis and proliferation, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The results demonstrated in this art support this reasoning: treatment of pancreatic cancer cells with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced cancer cell viability, enhanced apoptosis and loss of cell migration/invasion potentials. Furthermore, iCP-SOCS3 inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer in a subcutaneous xenografts model. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3, where SOCS3 is fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTDs may provide novel protein therapy against pancreatic cancer. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060313 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrates Cell-Membrane and Induces Anti-Angiogenic Effect - Improved Cell-Permeable Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (iCP-SOCS3) Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Angiogenic Compositions Comprising the Same - In principle, protein-based biotherapeutics offers a way to control biochemical processes in living cells under non-steady state conditions and with fewer off-target effects than conventional small molecule therapeutics. However, systemic protein delivery in vivo has been proven difficult due to poor tissue penetration and rapid clearance. Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs—named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD)—are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. Previously, recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOSC3) fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, this SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria cells were hard to be purified in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTDs) have been developed in this art. The development of this art has been accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences that satisfy each critical factor. Furthermore, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed SOCS3 recombinant proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-angiogenic agents. Since SOCS3 is known to be an endogenous inhibitor of pathological angiogenesis, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for inhibiting angiogenesis in tumor cells. The results demonstrated in this art support this following reasoning: Cancer treatment with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced endothelial cell viability, loss of cell migration potential and suppressed vascular sprouting potentials. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3, where SOCS3 is fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTDs may provide novel protein therapy against cancer cell-mediated angiogenesis. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060314 | Development of a Protein-Based Biotherapeutic Agent That Penetrates Cell-Membrane and Induces Anti-Tumor Effect in Solid Tumors - Improved Cell-Permeable Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (iCP-SOCS3) Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Tumor Compositions Comprising the Same - In principle, protein-based biotherapeutics offers a way to control biochemical processes in living cells under non-steady state conditions and with fewer off-target effects than conventional small molecule therapeutics. However, systemic protein delivery in vivo has been proven difficult due to poor tissue penetration and rapid clearance. Protein transduction exploits the ability of some cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequences to enhance the uptake of proteins and other macromolecules by mammalian cells. Previously developed hydrophobic CPPs, named membrane translocating sequence (MTS), membrane translocating motif (MTM) and macromolecule transduction domain (MTD), are able to deliver biologically active proteins into a variety of cells and tissues. Various cargo proteins fused to these CPPs have been used to test the functional and/or therapeutic efficacy of protein transduction. The recombinant proteins consisting of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (CP-SOCS3) protein fused to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 4-derived MTM were developed to inhibit inflammation and apoptosis. However, CP-SOCS3 fusion proteins expressed in bacteria cells were hard to be purified in soluble form. To address these critical limitations, CPP sequences called advanced MTDs (aMTDs) have been developed in this art. This is accomplished by (i) analyzing previous developed hydrophobic CPP sequences to identify specific critical factors (CFs) that affect intracellular delivery potential and (ii) constructing artificial aMTD sequences satisfied for each critical factor. In addition, solubilization domains (SDs) have been incorporated into the aMTD-fused SOCS3 recombinant proteins to enhance solubility with corresponding increases in protein yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. These recombinant SOCS3 proteins fused to aMTD/SD having much higher solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability have been named as improved cell-permeable SOCS3 (iCP-SOCS3) proteins. Previously developed CP-SOCS3 proteins fused to MTM were only tested or used as anti-inflammatory agents to treat acute liver injury. In the present art, iCP-SOCS3 proteins have been tested for use as anti-cancer agents in the treatment of various cancers likes gastric, colorectal and breast cancer, and glioblastoma. Since SOCS3 is frequently deleted in and loss of SOCS3 in tumors promotes resistance to apoptosis and proliferation, we reasoned that iCP-SOCS3 could be used as a protein-based intracellular replacement therapy for the treatment of various cancers. The results demonstrated in this art support the reasoning: treatment of cancer cells with iCP-SOCS3 results in reduced cancer cell viability, enhanced apoptosis of solid tumors including gastric, colorectal and breast cancer, and glioblastoma and loss of cell migration/invasion potential. Furthermore, iCP-SOCS3 inhibits the growth of gastric and colorectal tumors in a subcutaneous xenografts model. In the present invention with iCP-SOCS3, where SOCS3 is fused to an empirically determined combination of newly developed aMTD and customized SD, macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by the advanced MTDs may provide novel protein therapy against various tumors such as gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, glioblastoma, and breast cancer. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060319 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Induced Osteogenesis for Bone Healing Therapy: Cell-Permeable BMP2 and BMP7 Recombinant Proteins (CP-BMP2 & CP-BMP7), Polynucleotides Encoding the Same and Pro-osteogenic Compositions Comprising the Same - The present invention is about direct protein delivery system for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) to enhance bone regeneration without the need of additional delivery carrier which requires open surgery for their implantation. The cell-permeable BMP (CP-BMP) recombinant proteins are fused with advanced macromolecule transduction domain (aMTD) to give them ability for cell penetration and with solubilization domain (SD) to increase their solubility and manufacturing yield. Because existing BMP recombinant proteins have short half-life, they have been delivered with polymeric or inorganic vehicles for their sustained release. However, CP-BMPs fused to combination of aMTD and SD can easily and rapidly penetrate into the cytosol after treating on cells that likes hiding in a shelter from wash off in body fluid, and avoid rapid degradation. For the development of CP-BMP, BMP2 and BMP7 have been selected among various types of BMP family due to their potent osteo-inductivity. Both of proteins are produced in mature form (MP) as an active domain and pro-peptide form (latency associated peptide (LAP)+MP) for prolonged stability of proteins. In the present art, three strategic steps are used to prove the validity of using CP-BMPs on bone regeneration and new bone formation. First, randomly selected aMTDs and various types of SDs have been fused to BMP proteins for determine the best structural composition for highest solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability. Next, aMTDs are fused to BMP2 and BMP7 proteins with optimized structure to determine the best construct for maximized cell- and tissue-permeability. Finally, biological activity of BMP2, BMP7 and combination of BMP2 and BMP7 recombinant proteins have been evaluated to enhance in vitro osteogenic differentiation and in vivo bone regeneration. The CP-BMPs can be applied to repair skeletal injuries which are by bone fracture, osteogenesis imperfecta, and bone extraction. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068825 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrate Cell-Membrane and Induce Anti-Cancer Effect- Cell-Permeable Glutathione Peroxidase7 (CP-GPX7) in Gastrointestinal Track (GIT), Polynucleotides Encoding the Same, and Anti-Cancer Compositions Comprising the Same - Gastrointestinal track (GIT) including oesophageal and gastric cancers are a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Limited therapeutic options highlight the need to understand the molecular changes responsible for the disease and to develop therapies based on this understanding. Advances in understanding the molecular changes responsible for GIT cancer etiology and progression are expected to improve disease diagnosis and treatment. The glutathione peroxidase 7 (GPX7) a candidate tumor suppressor implicated in GIT cancers including esophageal and gastric cancers has been implicated as a potential tumor suppressor gene in esophageal and gastric cancers; however, this claim is controversial. The goal of this invention is to develop cell-permeable (CP-) form of GPX7 to utilize the therapeutic potential of GPX7 in the treatment of GIT cancers. Using macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) enabled by novel hydrophobic cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) called advanced macromolecule transduction domains (aMTDs) which are able to promote protein uptake by mammalian cells and tissues, the first CP-GPX7 protein has been developed to deliver biologically active GPX7 protein into human oesophageal and gastric cancer cells, resulting in suppression of cell phenotypes and induction of changes in biomarker expression consistent with previously described effects of GPX7. CP-GPX7 recombinant protein fused to aMTD also suppresses the growth of human gastric tumors in a mouse xenograft model. The results of this art provide further evidence that GPX7 can function as an anti-cancer molecule and suggest that practical methods to augment GPX7 function could be useful in treating of some types of GIT cancers. The present art with CP-GPX7 recombinant protein illustrates the use of protein-based therapies to target GIT cancers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160083441 | Development of Protein-Based Biotherapeutics That Penetrate Cell-Membrane and Induce Anti-Cancer Effect - Cell-Permeable Trefoil Factor 1 (CP-TFF1) in Gastrointestinal Track (GIT) Cancer, Polynucleotides Encoding The Same, and Anti-Cancer Compositions Comprising The Same - The present study investigated the use of macromolecule intracellular transduction technology (MITT) to deliver biologically active TFF1 protein into gastric cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. Proteins engineered to enter cancer cells are supposed to suppress cell proliferation and survival, consistent with its role as a tumor suppressor. The invention has developed new hydrophobic CPP-advanced MTDs (aMTDs) for high solubility/yield and cell-/tissue-permeability of the recombinant therapeutic fusion proteins. The TFF1 protein has been fused to aMTD165 and solubilization domains (SDs), and tested their therapeutic applicability as a gastric cancer-specific protein-based anti-cancer agent. Treatment with CP-TFF1 in gastric cancer cells reduced cancer cell viability (60%˜80% in 10 μM treatment), inhibited cell migration (approximately 50%). Furthermore, CP-TFF1 significantly inhibited the tumor growth during the treatment and the effect persisted for at least 3 weeks after the treatment was terminated (90% inhibition at day 42) in a xenografts model which were subcutaneously implanted with tumor block of gastric cancer cells (MKN45). In the present invention, CP-TFF1 recombinant protein showed the potential of novel protein therapies against gastric cancer. | 03-24-2016 |