Rational Design and Synthesis of Optimized Glycoclusters for Multivalent Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions: Influence of the Linker Arm

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CECIONI Samy PRALY Jean-Pierre MATTHEWS Susan E WIMMEROVÁ Michaela IMBERTY Anne VIDAL Sebastien

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Chemistry - A European Journal
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Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
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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