Rational Design and Synthesis of Optimized Glycoclusters for Multivalent Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions: Influence of the Linker Arm
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Chemistry - A European Journal |
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| Web | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201200010/suppinfo |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201200010 |
| Field | Biochemistry |
| Keywords | carbohydrates; click chemistry; glycoclusters; lectin; multivalency |
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| Description | The design of multivalent glycoclusters requires the conjugation of biologically relevant carbohydrate epitopes functionalized with linker arms to multivalent core scaffolds. The multigram-scale syntheses of three structurally modified triethyleneglycol analogues that incorporate amide moiety(ies) and/or a phenyl ring offer convenient access to a series of carbohydrate probes with different water solubilities and rigidities. Evaluation of flexibility and determination of preferred conformations were performed by conformational analysis. Conjugation of the azido-functionalized carbohydrates with tetra-propargylated core scaffolds afforded a library of 18 tetravalent glycoclusters, in high yields, by CuI-catalyzed azidealkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). The compounds were evaluated for their ability to bind to PA-IL (the LecA lectin from the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Biochemical evaluation through inhibition of hemagglutination assays (HIA), enzyme-linked lectin assays (ELLA), surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and isothermal titration microcalorimetry (ITC) revealed improved and unprecedented affinities for one of the monovalent probes (K-d=5.8 mu M) and also for a number of the tetravalent compounds that provide several new nanomolar ligands for this tetrameric lectin. |
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