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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2025

Modification of Fc-fusion protein structures to enhance efficacy of cancer vaccine in plant expression system.

Sohee Lim, Hyun Joo Chung, Yoo Jin Oh, Peter Hinterdorfer, Soon Chul Myung, Young-Jin Seo, Kisung Ko

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sohee LimBioSystems Design Lab, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-8745
Hyun Joo ChungDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Yoo Jin OhDepartment of Applied Experimental Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
Peter HinterdorferDepartment of Applied Experimental Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
Soon Chul MyungDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Young-Jin SeoDepartment of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Kisung KoBioSystems Design Lab, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-0845

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00409554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) fused to IgG, IgA and IgM Fc domains was expressed to create IgG, IgA and IgM-like structures as anti-cancer vaccines in Nicotiana tabacum. High-mannose glycan structures were generated by adding a C-terminal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention motif (KDEL) to the Fc domain (FcK) to produce EpCAM-Fc and EpCAM-FcK proteins in transgenic plants via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Cross-fertilization of EpCAM-Fc (FcK) transgenic plants with Joining chain (J-chain, J and JK) transgenic plants led to stable expression of large quaternary EpCAM-IgA Fc (EpCAM-A) and IgM-like (EpCAM-M) proteins. Immunoblotting, SDS-PAGE and ELISA analyses demonstrated that proteins with KDEL had higher expression levels and binding activity to anti-EpCAM IgGs. IgM showed the strongest binding among the fusion proteins, followed by IgA and IgG. Sera from BALB/c mice immunized with these vaccines produced anti-EpCAM IgGs. Flow cytometry indicated that the EpCAM-Fc fusion proteins significantly activated CD8

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Cancer VaccinesImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsNicotianaRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAnimalsCell Line, TumorEpithelial Cell Adhesion MoleculeHumansImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlants, Genetically ModifiedCancer VaccinesEpithelial Cell Adhesion MoleculeImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunoglobulin GRecombinant Fusion Proteinscancer vaccinecolorectal cancerEpCAMFc‐fusion proteinplant crossingprostate cancer

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PMID39724301
PMCPMC11869200

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