國立中興大學基因體暨生物資訊學研究所

　　

　　 　　

　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　

基因體暨生物資訊學研究所

Graduate Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics

Chinese
English

興大首頁

National Chung Hsing University

醫科博班

Doctoral Program in Medical Biotechnology

生命科學院

College of Life Sciences

侯明宏

研究室 ： 藥物設計及化學生物核心實驗室

簡要經歷

職稱 服務單位 起訖年月
主任 中興大學 生物科技發展中心 2023.08–迄今
副院長 中興大學 生命科學院 2022.08–2023.08
教授 中興大學 基因體暨生物資訊學研究所 2013.08–迄今
副教授 中興大學 基因體暨生物資訊學研究所 2010.02– 2013.07
兼任助理教授 中興大學 生物科技研究所 2008.8-2010.01
合聘助理教授 中興大學 生命科學系 2008.8-2010.01
合聘助理教授 中興大學 生物科技發展中心 2008.8-2010.01
助理教授 中興大學 基因體暨生物資訊所 2008.08 – 2010.01
助理教授 中興大學生物科技發展中心 2007.02-2008.07
助理教授 實踐大學食品營養與保健生技學系 2004.8-2007.1
博士後研究員 中央研究院生物化學所 2003.8-2004.7
博士 國立台灣大學生化科學所 1999.09-2003.07
碩士 國立中興大學生物化學所 1997.09-1999.07

榮譽：

名稱
  1. 中興大學優秀青年教師獎(2010和 2012年)
  2. 中興大學研究績優獎 (2013年)
  3. 資深優良教師 (2014年)
  4. 特聘教授(2015年)
  5. 傑出人才發展基金會第三屆年輕學者創新獎(2015年)
  6. 104年度「傑出化學家青年獎」(2015年)
  7. 第11屆永信李天德青年醫藥科技獎(2015年)
  8. 本校108年度「優秀年輕學者懷璧獎」(2019年)
  9. 榮獲2020「國家新創獎」(2020年)
  10. 榮獲109年度科技部傑出獎(2021年)
  11. 榮獲2022年度「國家新創精進獎」

教學與研究

研究方向
  1. 蛋白質工程
  2. 結構生物
  3. 藥物設計
  4. 生物物理

教授課程:

課程名稱

遺傳學(生科系)、生物資訊學暨實習(生科系)、蛋白質工程學(基資所)、結構生物資訊學(基資所)、生物技術特論(生技博)、應用基因體學及生物資訊學暨實習(基資所)、生物化學特論(生技博)

研究主題

實驗室研究方向
核酸結合抗癌藥物機制之探討

冠狀病毒之核殼蛋白功能和結構探討

抗病毒藥物開發

 

本實驗室之研究領域主要分為兩個部份：(1) 感冒病毒(HCoV-229E、HCoV-OC43與H1N1)之核殼蛋白與核酸結合功能和結構探討；(2)抗癌藥物之研發與抗癌機制之探討，分述如下：

 

1. 感冒病毒之核殼蛋白與核酸結合功能和結構探討:

 

冠狀病毒之核殼蛋白與核酸結合功能和結構之探討

自從2002年冬到2003年春，SARS冠狀病毒肆虐全球，並造成嚴重急性呼吸道症候群(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome，SARS)，此時全世界再次興起冠狀病毒的研究風潮。依照血清學分析，人類冠狀病毒229E及OC43分屬於冠狀病毒之第一群組和第二群組，此二種病毒主要會引起人類急性上呼吸道感染，為一般人類普通感冒之主要致病原。人類冠狀病毒229E及OC43之核殼蛋白(nucleocapsid protein)為病毒主要結構蛋白之一，為一個高電荷、高親水性的鹼性蛋白質。此種蛋白的主要功能是與病毒RNA結合，並形成螺旋狀的核殼結構(nucleocapsid structure)，進一步組成核醣核殼蛋白複合體(ribonucleoprotein，RNP)而形成病毒的核心，使病毒RNA在恆定的構形下進行複製與轉錄。截至目前為止，還沒有任何文獻是針對人類冠狀病毒229E和OC43核殼蛋白之生物化學及生物物理的特性來進行研究。經過序列比對後發現，冠狀病毒之核殼蛋白雖具有些許保留端，但彼此間的相似性卻不高，因此推測冠狀病毒核殼蛋白之生物化學及生物物理的特性也會有所不同。本實驗室主要是針對人類冠狀病毒229E和OC43核殼蛋白之生物化學、生物物理及免疫學的特性進行一些重要的研究，計劃的結果也將會對於藥物、疫苗及診斷方法的開發有相當大的幫助。

 

A型流感病毒H1N1核殼蛋白之穩定性及其核酸結合功能與結構之探討

流感病毒在分類學上屬於正黏液病毒科(Orthomyxoviridae)，分為A、B、C三型。其中人類常見的A型流感病毒有西班牙流感(H1N1)、亞洲流感(H2N2)與香港流感(H3N2)，本實驗室以A型流感病毒H1N1作為研究的病毒株，來了解其核殼蛋白之特性。H1N1核殼蛋白(nucleoprotein)分子量為56kDa，會結合到病毒的genome RNA，從ribonucleoprotein(RNP)複合物起約間隔20個nucleotides。流感病毒之核殼蛋白主要的功能是包裹病毒的核酸，並且在病毒的增生的過程中扮演調節的角色，其中包括複製(replication)、轉錄(transcription)、包裝(packaging)與病毒的成熟(maturation)。此外，核殼蛋白也會與感染細胞的蛋白產生交互作用，包括actin、nuclear import components、export apparatus與nuclear RNA helicase。本實驗室主要針對H1N1核殼蛋白進行生物化學與生物物理方面之相關研究，以解開其結構與功能的奧秘。

2. 核酸結合之抗癌藥物研發與抗癌機制探討:

本研究題目主要是以抗癌藥與目標物的結合機制及其在癌症疾病的治療作一系列的探討。抗生素Mithramycin 和Chromomycin A3 是一種鍵結於DNA的aureolic 類抗癌藥物。 其活性主要來自於干擾DNA的複製及轉錄作用，並運用於臨床的癌症治療上。此類藥物藉由單一的二價金屬離子鍵結於富含G/C的DNA雙螺旋序列組成的次溝(minor groove)上，而明顯使次溝變得比先前寬闊。在之前的研究證實，當沒有DNA的情況下，二價金屬離子可以形成金屬離子aureolic 類藥物聚合體。現今有許多的抗癌藥物會利用金屬離子所結合行成的複合物而導致癌細胞的死亡，可以增加其應用在人類惡性腫瘤治療的潛力。因此本計劃我們將研究aureolic類抗癌藥物與其他不同金屬離子構成複合物的能力(結合力和相對配位)，並且評估此類聚合物的生化功能、抑制topoisomerase I及細胞毒性。

著作

期刊論文(*Corresponding author)
    1. Jhen-Yi Hong, Shih-Chao Lin, Kylene Kehn-Hall, Kai-Min Zhang, Shun-Yuan Luo, Hung-Yi Wu, Sui-Yuan Chang, and Ming-Hon Hou* (January 2024) Targeting protein–protein interaction interfaces with anti-viral N protein inhibitor in SARS-CoV-2, Biophysical Journal
    2. Shun-Ching Wang, Yi-Tsao Chen, Roshan Satange, Jhih-Wei Chu* and Ming-Hon Hou* (May 2023) Structural basis for water modulating RNA duplex formation in the CUG repeats of myotonic dystrophy type 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry
    3. Kuo-Yang Huang, Ying-Lin Hsu, Huang-Chi Chen, Ming-Hwarng Horng, Cheliang Chung, Ching-Hsiung Lin, Jia-Lang Xu* and Ming-Hon Hou* (May 2023) Developing a machine-learning model for real-time prediction of successful extubation in mechanically ventilated patients using time-series ventilator-derived parameters. Frontiers in Medicine, Volume 10 – 2023
    4. Roshan Satange, Peng Jin, Ming-Hon Hou, Ambadas B. Rode* (April 2023) Editorial: Non-canonical nucleic acid structures, functions and their applications for understanding human genetic diseases. Frontiers in Genetics, 14:1188978
    5. Roshan Satange, Chih-Chun Chang, Long‐Yuan Li, Sheng-Hao Lin, Stephen Neidle*, and Ming-Hon Hou* (March 2023) Synergistic binding of actinomycin D and echinomycin to DNA mismatch sites and their combined anti-tumour effects. Nucleic Acids Research, volume 51, Issue 8, pages 3540–3555
    6. Roshan Satange, Ambadas B. Rode, and Ming-Hon Hou* (Nov 2022) Revisiting recent unusual drug-DNA complex structures: implications for cancer and neurological disease diagnostics and therapeutics. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, volume 76, 2022, 117094
    7. Roshan Satange, Shih-Hao Kao, Ching-Ming Chien, Shan-Ho Chou, Chi-Chien Lin, Stephen Neidle*, and Ming-Hon Hou* (July 2022) Staggered intercalation of DNA duplexes with base-pair modulation by two distinct drug molecules induces asymmetric backbone twisting and structure polymorphism. Nucleic Acids Research, volume 50, issue 15, p.8867-8881
    8. Jia-Ning Hsu, Jyun-Siao Chen, Shan-Meng Lin, Yi-Jheng Chen, Jhen-Yi Hong, U-Ser Jeng, Shun-Yuan Luo*, and Ming-Hon Hou* (April 2022) Targeting the N-terminus domain of the coronavirus nucleocapsid protein induces abnormal oligomerization via allosteric modulation. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Volume 9, Article 871499, 2022
    9. Chun-Wei Lin, Kuo-Yang Huang, Ching-Hsiung Lin, Bing-Yen Wang, Chew-Teng Kor, Ming-Hon Hou, and Sheng-Hao Lin* (Feb 2022) Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Community-Acquired Thoracic Empyema: Analysis of Risk Factors for Mortality. Surgical Infections Vol. 23, No. 2. 191-198
    10. Tai-Lin Chen, Anilkumar S. Patel, Vicky Jain, Ramajayam Kuppusamy, Yi-Wen Lin, Ming-Hon Hou, Tsann-Long Su*, and Te-Chang Lee* (August 2021) Discovery of Oral Anticancer 1,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)benzo[g]pyrrolo[2,1-a]phthalazine Hybrids That Inhibit Angiogenesis and Induce DNA Cross-Links. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    11. Chung-ke Chang, Shan-Meng Lin, Roshan Satange, Shih-Chao Lin, Sin-Cih Sun, Hung-Yi Wu, Kylene Kehn-Hall and Ming-Hon Hou* (April 2021) Targeting protein-protein interaction interfaces in COVID-19 drug discovery. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, volume 19, 2246-2255
    12. Cyong-Ru Jhan, Roshan Satange, Shun-Ching Wang, Jing-Yi Zeng, Yih-Chern Horng, Peng Jin, Stephen Neidle, and Ming-Hon Hou* (April 2021) Targeting the ALS/FTD-associated A-DNA kink with anthracene-based metal complex causes DNA backbone straightening and groove contraction. Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 49, issue 16, p.9526-9538
    13. Ching-Ming Chien, Pei-Ching Wu, Roshan Satange, Cheng-Chun Chang, ZI-Lun Lai, Lauren D. Hagler, Steven C. Zimmerman, and Ming-Hon Hou*. (June 2020) Structural basis for targeting T:T mismatch with triaminotriazine-acridine conjugate induces a U-shaped head-to-head four-way junction in CTG repeat DNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society
    14. Shan-Meng Lin, Shih-Chao Lin, Jia-Ning Hsu, Chung-ke Chang, Ching-Ming Chien, Yong-Sheng Wang, Hung-Yi Wu, U-Ser Jeng, Kylene Kehn-Hall and Ming-Hon Hou*. (Feb 2020) Structure-based stabilization of non-native protein-protein interactions of coronavirus nucleocapsid proteins in antiviral drug design. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    15. Jyung-Hurng Liu*, Jun-Yi Yang, Duen-Wei Hsu, Yi-Hua Lai, Yun-Pei Li, Yi-Rung Tsai, and Ming-Hon Hou. (Oct 2019) Crystal Structure-Based Exploration of Arginine-Containing Peptide Binding in the ADP-Ribosyltransferase Domain of the Type III Effector XopAI Protein. International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    16. Roshan Satange, Chien-Ying Chuang, Stephen Neidle and Ming-Hon Hou*. (Jul 2019) Polymorphic G:G mismatches act as hotspots for inducing right-handed Z DNA by DNA intercalation. Nucleic Acids Research
    17. Chen YW; Satange R; Wu PC; Jhan CR; Chang CK; Chung KR; Waring MJ; Lin SW; Hsieh LC; Hou MH*.(2018) CoII(Chromomycin)2 complex induces a conformational change of CCG repeats from i-Motif to base-extruded DNA duplex. International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    18. Wu PC, Tzeng SL, Chang CK, Kao YF, Waring MJ, Hou MH*. (2018) Cooperative recognition of T:T mismatch by echinomycin causes structural distortions in DNA duplex Nucleic Acids Research
    19. Satange R; Chang CK; Hou, MH*. (2018) A survey of recent unusual high-resolution DNA structures provoked by mismatches, repeats and ligand binding. Nucleic acids research
    20. Liu CH, Chen YT, Hou MH, Hu NJ, Chen CS, Shaw JF. (2018) Crystallographic analysis of the Staphylococcus epidermidis lipase involved in esterification in aqueous solution. Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications
    21. Huang TY; Chang CK; Kao YF; Chin CH; Ni CW; Hsu HY; Hu NJ; Hsieh LC; Chou SH; Lee IR; Hou MH*. (2017) Parity-dependent hairpin configurations of repetitive DNA sequence promote slippage associated with DNA expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    22. Tseng WH; Chang CK; Wu PC; Hu NJ; Lee GH; Tzeng CC; Neidle S; Hou MH*. (2017) Induced-fit recognition of CCG trinucleotide repeats by a nickel chromomycin complex results in large-scale DNA deformation. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
    23. Lin YH; Chuang SM; Wu PC; Chen CL; Jeyachandran S; Lo SC; Huang HS; Hou MH*. (2016) Selective recognition and stabilization of new ligands targeting the potassium form of the human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA. Scientific Reports
    24. Liu CL; Hung HC; Lo SC; Chiang CH; Chen IJ; Hsu JT; Hou MH*. (2016) Using mutagenesis to explore conserved residues in the RNA-binding groove of influenza A virus nucleoprotein for antiviral drug development. Scientific Reports
    25. Hou MH; Chuang CY; Ko TP; Hu NJ; Chou CC; Shih YP; Ho CL; Wang AH. (2016) Crystal structure of vespid phospholipase A(1) reveals insights into the mechanism for cause of membrane dysfunction. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
    26. Chang CK; Jeyachandran S; Hu NJ; Liu CL; Lin SY; Wang YS; Chang YM; Hou MH*. (2016) Structure-based virtual screening and experimental validation of the discovery of inhibitors targeted towards the human coronavirus nucleocapsid protein. Molecular Biosystems
    27. Wang YS; Chang CK; Hou MH*. (2015) Crystallographic analysis of the N-terminal domain of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus nucleocapsid protein. Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications
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研討會論文 (*Invited speaker)
      1. Roshan Satange and Ming-Hon Hou*(2018, May) Synergistic intercalation of echinomycin and actinomycin D to DNA duplex with T:T mismatch causes single strand deformation. pp.104(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung, Taiwan
      2. Yun-Jean Lin and Ming-Hon Hou*(2018, May) Structural study of the specific interactions between echinomycin and methylated DNA containing the CCG motif .pp.103(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung, Taiwan
      3. Hsiang-Ti Huang and Ming-Hon Hou*(2018, May) Structural basis for the binding of Echinomycin to DNA duplex containing I:C mismatch. pp.91(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung, Taiwan
      4. Pei-Ching Wu, Shu-Ling Tzeng, Chung-ke Chang, Ya-Fen Kao, Michael J. Waring and Ming-Hon Hou* (2018, May) Cooperative recognition of T:T mismatch by echinomycin causes structural distortions in DNA duplex. pp.106(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung, Taiwan
      5. Ching-Ming Chien, Jia-Ning Hsu and Ming-Hon Hou* (2018, May) Homology Modeling and Crystallization of N-terminal domain of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Nucleocapsid Protein. pp.90(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung,Taiwan
      6. Jing-Yi Zeng, Tzu-Jung Huang and Ming-Hon Hou* (2018, May) The terminal base pairs determine the conformation of DNA duplex with G:T mismatch. pp.117(Poster). In: The 23rd Biophysics Conference; 2018 May 23-25; Taichung, Taiwan
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