Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gene therapy vector system and prodrug genes
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Application No.: US15365117Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10039841B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Yeon Soo Kim , Moonkyung Kang , Min Jeong Baek
- Applicant: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
- Current Assignee: THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Main IPC: A01N63/00
- IPC: A01N63/00 ; A61K48/00 ; A61K31/495 ; A61K31/513 ; A61K38/50 ; A61K35/768 ; C12N9/78 ; C12N9/12 ; C12N15/86 ; C12N7/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a replication retrovirus vector system comprising thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene and cytosine deaminase (CD) gene which make gene transfer to cancer cell tissue for the efficient treatment of cancer. Particularly, the HSV-TK/CD combined self-replicating retrovirus vector system of the present invention characteristically contains both HSV-TK and CD genes; has no worries about losing a therapeutic gene because recombination does not occur in this system during virus infection; and has an excellent stability, and also is able to induce cancer cell death by using the prodrug GCV or 5-FC and can apply a therapeutic gene or a prodrug thereof selectively to such cancer that shows resistance against cancer treatment using either TK or CD, so that this system of the invention can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180147299A1 GENE THERAPY VECTOR SYSTEM AND PRODRUG GENES Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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