National Cancer Center

Postech Academy-Industry Foundation

Posco

Jin-Sook Jeong

Seong-Wook Lee

In-Hoo Kim

Yeon-Su Lee

Young-ju Lee

Yun-Hee Kim

Sang Jin Lee

Sang Young Han

Seung-Hee Hong

Yoon-Jong Lee

Haeng-Im Jung

Sung-Ho Goh

Sung-Hye Hong

The present invention relates to a recombinant adenovirus with increased in-vivo safety, tissue specificity, and anticancer activities, and a use thereof. Specifically, the recombinant adenovirus comprising: a promoter of the liver tissue-specific phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene; a trans-splicing ribozyme which is operably linked to the promoter and acts on a cancer-specific gene; a therapeutic gene or a reporter gene which is linked to the 3' exon of the ribozyme; and a serotype 35 fiber knob and a serotype 5 shaft, in which the orf4 gene is deleted from adenovirus E1, E3 and E4 orf1, shows remarkable in-vivo safety, high specificity for a target tissue, and remarkable anticancer effects, and thus can be useful for an anticancer drug or a cancer diagnostic agent as a gene delivery vector.

Recombinant adenovirus with increased safety and anticancer activities, and use thereof

Provided are RNA aptamer specifically binding to cancer metastasis-inducing domain of CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen), a composition for prevention and/or inhibition and/or diagnosis of cancer metastasis containing the same as an active ingredient, and a method of prevention and/or inhibition and/or diagnosis of cancer metastasis using the same.

RNA aptamer specifically binding to carcinoembryonic antigen and use thereof

Disclosed are a cancer marker-detecting composition comprising an agent for measuring an mRNA or protein expression level of eIF3m, a cancer diagnosis kit comprising the same, a method for detecting an eIF3m polynucleotide or protein by treating a biological specimen with the agent to detect a substance binding specifically to the agent and quantitatively comparing the substance between a subject and a normal control, and a method for the treatment and prevention of cancer comprising an agent for down-regulating the expression of an eIF3m polynucleotide or protein.

Use of eIF3m for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Disclosed herein is a composition for molecular imaging comprising a trans-splicing ribozyme coupled with an imaging reporter gene. The trans-splicing ribozyme targets a specific gene associated with a disease. Also disclosed is a molecular imaging method using the composition.

Method for diagnosing disease using adenovirus harboring trans-splicing ribozyme by molecular imaging

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Busan, South Korea

Jin-Sook Jeong