Synthesis and biological evaluation of mannose-6-phosphate-coated multivalent dendritic cluster glycosides

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The synthesis of multivalent dendritic cluster glycosides of mannopyranosyl-6-phosphate is presented. Poly(amido amine)-based dendrimers of 0.5-3.5 generations, containing carboxylic acid peripheral functionalities, were utilized so as to install 4, 8, 16

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A R T I C L E
Synthesis and biological evaluation of mannose-6-phosphate-coated
multivalent dendritic cluster glycosides
Oruganti Srinivas,a S. Radhika,a Narasimha Murthy Bandaru,a Siva Kumar Nadimpalli*b and
Narayanaswamy Jayaraman*a
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
b Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046. E-mail: jayaraman@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in;
Fax: 91-80-2360-0529
Received 6th May 2005, Accepted 23rd September 2005
First published as an Advance Article on the web 31st October 2005
The synthesis of multivalent dendritic cluster glycosides of mannopyranosyl-6-phosphate is presented. Poly(amido
amine)-based dendrimers of 0.5–3.5 generations, containing carboxylic acid peripheral functionalities, were utilized
so as to install 4, 8, 16 and 32 mannopyranosyl-6-phosphate residues at the peripheries of the dendrimers. Amide
bond formation between an amine-tethered mannopyranosyl-6-phosphate monomer unit and carboxylic
acid-functionalized dendrimers was conducted to synthesize the dendritic cluster glycosides. The constitutions of the
Man-6-P-containing dendrimers were assessed by 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopies and the sugar content analysis
by a resorcinol assay. Preliminary biological studies with few newly synthesized Man-6-P-containing dendrimers
showed that these compounds could bind the purified goat liver mannose 6-phopshate receptor (MPR 300) protein.
sugar units and carboxylic acid-functionalized PAMAM den-
Introduction
drimers. Pre-formed PAMAM dendrimers8 of 0.5, 1.5, 2.5
Phosphorylated and phosphosugar structures form major com-
and 3.5 generations, possessing 4, 8, 16 and 32 carboxylic
ponents of natural glycosylated biomacromolecules, such as
acid groups, respectively, were utilized to obtain the Man-6-P-
proteophosphoglycans and lipophosphoglycan, present abun-
containing dendrimers. Synthesis of amine-tethered Man-6-P
derivative 5 was initiated from N-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-
ethyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-a-D-mannopyranoside (1). Deri-
vative 1 was modified sequentially as: (i) deprotection of the
O-benzoyl protecting groups; (ii) O-tritylation of the primary
hydroxy group; and (iii) O-benzoylation of the remaining
hydroxy groups to afford 2 (Scheme 1). De-O-tritylation of 2
and phosphorylation of 3, with chlorodimethyl phosphate in
pyridine, provided the Man-6-P derivative 4. Hydrogenolysis of
the benzyloxycarbonyl protecting group in 4 led to the isolation
of the free amine-tethered Man-6-P derivative 5. Alternatively,
O-benzoyl group deprotection of 4 led to the isolation of the free
dantly in pathogenic parasites and poly(glycosyl phosphates).1
In some of these phosphoglycans, the phosphoryl components
are composed of repeating units of Man-1-P and Gal-b-(1–4)-
Man-a-1-P residues, as in the case of Leishmania genus.2 These
phosphorylated glycosides act as biological signals. Mannose-6-
phosphate (Man-6-P), in particular, is known to be involved
in the selective targeting of newly synthesized enzymes to
lysosomes.3 It is known that the presence of multiple Man-6-
P residues on N-linked oligosaccharides lead to binding affinity
enhancements to the cation-independent Man-6-P receptors in
macrophages and such enhanced binding affinities have been
attributed to the so-called ‘glycoside cluster effect’.4 In the light
hydroxy group-containing Man-6-P derivative 6.
of the importance of the glycoside cluster effect in carbohydrate–
protein interactions, a large number of synthetic cluster gly-
cosides have been synthesized and their lectin recognition
properties resulting from clustering the sugar ligands studied.5
Cluster glycosides built up on dendritic scaffolds have occupied
considerable interest in recent years.6 The hyperbranched and
unimolcular nature of dendrimers add as yet another newer
scaffold for the presentation of clustered sugar ligands, and
on the basis of dendritic design principles, several dendritic
cluster glycosides have been synthesized and their properties
studied.7 Dendrimers constructed with phosphorylated building
blocks might be considered as highly branched analogs of
naturally-occurring phosphorylated glycosides and thus have
a potential to incorporate them in studies directed towards
understanding the functions of phosphorylated glycoconju-
Scheme 1 Reagents and conditions: (i) 0.5 M NaOMe/MeOH; (ii) TrCl,
Py, 70 ◦C, 3 h; (iii) BzCl, Py, 12 h; (iv) HCOOH–THF–H2O (1 : 1 : 0.1),
50 ◦C, 2 h; (v) (O)P(OMe)2Cl, Py, −40 ◦C → rt, 24 h; (vi) H2, 10% Pd–C,
MeOH–EtOAc (1 : 1), 12 h, rt.
gates. We report herein the synthesis of phosphorylated sugar-
containing dendrimers, in which the phosphorylated sugar units
are presented at the peripheries of the dendrimers. In the
synthesis of phosphorylated sugar-coated dendrimers, Man-6-
P sugar units were attached at the peripheries of a series of
poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrimers.
Amine 5 was subjected to amide bond formation with
pre-formed PAMAM dendrimers. Thus, the reaction of 5
with PAMAM dendrimers (0.5 generation), having four car-
boxylic acid groups, in the presence of di-isopropylcarbodiimide
(DIC)/1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt), followed by deprotec-
tion of the O-benzoyl groups with NaOMe/MeOH afforded the
tetravalent Man-6-P-functionalized first generation dendrimer 7
Results and discussion
The covalent modification of the peripheries of dendrimers was
performed by forming amide bonds between amine-tethered
4 2 5 2
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T h i s j o u r n a l i s
T h e R o y a l S o c i e t y o f C h e m i s t r y 2 0 0 5
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Scheme 2 Reagents and conditions: (i) PAMAM G0.5–(COOH)4, DIC,
HOBt, DMF, rt, 24 h; (ii) PAMAM G1.5–(COOH)8, EDC/NHS, DMF,
rt, 24 h; (iii) NaOMe/MeOH, rt, 3 h.
Scheme 3 Reagents and conditions: (i) PAMAM G2.5–(COOH)16,
EDC/NHS, DMF, rt, 24 h; (ii) 0.5 M NaOMe/MeOH, rt, 12 h.
of functionalization. This comparison indicated that while 7,
8 and 9 were fully functionalized with Man-6-P units, about 30
Man-6-P units were present in the case of 10. The anomeric
carbon resonance in the 13C NMR spectra appeared at ca.
99.5 ppm and 31P NMR spectra showed the phosphate moiety
at ca. 1.0–2.0 ppm. Mass spectral and elemental composition
analysis of 7–10 were attempted. Mass spectral analysis by FAB-
MS, MALDI-TOF-MS and ESI-MS ionization modes were not
successful to secure the molecular ion peak. On the other hand,
the hygroscopic nature of the compounds led to inability to
obtain reliable elemental composition values from the elemental
analysis.
The extent of mannose-6-O-phosphate substitution on the
PAMAM dendrimers was confirmed by colorimetric deter-
mination using resorcinol-sulfuric acid assay.9 This microtiter
plate assay method is used widely for the estimation of the
percentage of sugar substitution in neoglycoproteins, glycolipids
and macromolecules such as glycopolymers.10
The percentage of sugar moieties in the final free sugar-
containing dendrimers 7–10 was determined in comparison to
a-D-mannose, which was utilized as the standard. The results
of this assay are presented in Table 1. From this analysis, the
number of mannose-6-O-phosphate residues present in deriva-
tives 7 and 8 was found to be 4 and 8, respectively, confirming
the complete substitution of Man-6-P at the peripheries of first
and second generation PAMAM dendrimers. In the case of
derivatives 9 and 10, the percentage sugar content related to the
presence of only 15–16 and 28–29 Man-6-P residues, respectively.
These results correlate with the number of Man-6-P moieties, as
determined by 1H NMR spectral analysis.
In order to analyze if the synthetic compounds made in
this study can bind a receptor protein, preliminary biological
studies were carried out. For this purpose, the putative goat liver
MPR 300 protein (cation-independent receptor) was chosen.11
In a protocol, the monomeric (6), tetrameric (7) and octameric
(8) compounds were immobilized to Seralose gels, denoted as
Seralose-M, Seralose-T and Seralose-O gels, respectively. The
purified goat MPR 300 protein was separately incubated with
these gels and processed as described in the Experimental
section. SDS-PAGE analysis of the eluted samples revealed
that the receptor, bound on these gels, could be eluted with
7.5 mM mannose 6-phosphate. Under the same conditions,
the phosphomannan-Sepharose gel that was used to purify the
(Scheme 2). To functionalize the higher generation dendrimers,
activation of the carboxylic acid groups was performed us-
ing 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) and
N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) in DMF. Thus, EDC/NHS-
mediated activation of the higher generation carboxylic acid-
functionalized dendrimers (1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 generations, having
8, 16 and 32 carboxylic acid functionalities, respectively),
followed by amidation with amine 5 in DMF led to the formation
of multivalent O-benzoyl group-protected Man-6-P-containing
PAMAM dendrimers. These protected sugar-containing den-
drimers were purified before deprotection by gel permeation
chromatography (GPC), with THF as the eluent. Fractions
eluting with early retention times were collected and the solvents
removed. The GPC chromatograms of the protected compounds
showed retention times centered at: O-benzoyl-protected 8
(7.45 min); O-benzoyl-protected 9 (7.15 min); O-benzoyl-
protected 10 (6.98 min). The resulting product was subjected to
O-benzoyl group deprotection (NaOMe/MeOH) and the free
Man-6-P-functionalized dendrimers 8–10 were thus obtained
(Schemes 2, 3 and 4, respectively). The structural nature of the
dendrimers was assessed by 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopies
and the sugar content analysis by a resorcinol assay. The pro-
tected Man-6-P derivative 4 had shown the presence of two OMe
groups of the phosphate moiety as a double doublet, centered at
3.69 ppm in the 1H NMR spectrum. In the 13C NMR spectrum of
4, a resonance corresponding to the OMe groups was observed
at 54.5 ppm (JP,C = 6.5 Hz). Similarly, the phosphorus nucleus
was observed at 1.10 ppm in the 31P NMR spectrum of 4. The
presence of the dimethylphosphate moiety in 6, obtained after
treatment of 4 with NaOMe/MeOH, was confirmed by the
above NMR spectroscopies. Mass spectral analysis of 6 provided
the molecular ion peak as the corresponding K adduct.
The presence of two methoxy groups of the phosphate moiety
and also the phosphorus nucleus in 7–10 were confirmed by 1H,
13C and 31P NMR spectroscopies. The extent of functionalization
1
was inferred from the H NMR integration of the anomeric
proton of the sugar units and one of the methylene protons of
the dendritic core. Specifically, a comparison of the integrations
of the resonances corresponding to the anomeric H-1 proton
(ca. 5.0 ppm) of the sugar unit and the resonance corresponding
to the methylene protons (2.69–2.87 ppm), adjacent to the
carbonyl group functionalities, were indicative of the extent
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Table 1 Analysis of the number of sugar residues by resorcinol–sulfuric acid methoda
Calculated sugar contentb (%)
Observed sugar contentc,d (%)
Number of mannose residues
7
44.4
40.0
37.5
36.6
44.8
40.1
36.3
32.6
4
8
8
9
10
15–16
28–29
a Aliquots of glycodendrimer solutions in water were in the concentration range 1.2–0.2 mg mL−1 b The calculated percentage weight of mannose
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present in glycodendrimers based on complete substitution. c All the samples were assayed in triplicate. d Error: 0.3–0.5%.
Scheme 4 Reagents and conditions: (i) PAMAM G3.5–(COOH)32, EDC/NHS, DMF, rt, 24 h; (ii) 0.5 M NaOMe/MeOH, rt, 12 h.
goat liver receptor was shown to bind the receptor protein
efficiently. The results are shown in the Fig. 1. The figure
shows that the band pattern is similar in intensity for all three
compounds subjected in this study, and this pattern suggests
that the protein binds to all gels to a similar extent, including
the phosphomannan gel which was used as a control. From
previous work it is known that the pentamannosyl-phosphate
and phosphomannan coupled as functional appendages to
Sepharose via divinylsulfone can be used efficiently for the
purification of the MPR 300 proteins from goat liver.12
Conclusions
Fig. 1 7.5% SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified goat MPR 300 protein
(silver staining); 4 lg of protein applied on all gels. Lane 1: purified
goat liver MPR 300 protein, bound and eluted from phosphomannan
gel; lanes 2, 4, and 6 are the receptor protein bound and eluted from
the Seralose-M, Seralose-T and Seralose-O gels, respectively (the arrow
indicates the position of the receptor protein); lanes 3 and 5: no protein
applied.
In conclusion, a series of phosphorylated sugar-containing
cluster glycosides was prepared. In this instance, Man-6-P
sugar units were installed at the peripheries of various PA-
MAM dendritic scaffolds. The simultaneous multiple func-
tionalizations were efficient, and nearly complete substitutions
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were achieved with the PAMAM dendritic scaffolds of up
to four generations. A number of dendritic cluster glycosides
incorporated at the peripheries of PAMAM dendrimers were
known previously.13 Moderate increases in binding potencies
of dendritic cluster glycosides with relvant lectins have also
been observed often.14 While important issues relating to the
structural and topological requirements of dendritic clustered
sugar ligands for an efficient lectin binding remain at an early
stage of generalization,15 the incorporation of dendritic design
principles itself is established firmly, so as to obtain newer types
of cluster glycosides. The phosphorylated sugar-containing
dendrimers reported herein should thus add further to the
repertoire of dendritic cluster glycosides. Preliminary biological
results obtained in this study suggest that the purified goat liver
MPR 300 protein can bind on the affinity adsorbents prepared
and can be eluted with 7.5 mM mannose 6-phosphate. It would
be interesting to see if the matrices prepared can also bind the
receptor isolated from other animal species. Further, it remains
to be etablished whether the MPR 46 protein can also bind on
these matrices. The ready availability of the synthetic compunds
should allow further experimentation in the preparation of the
affinity gels and analysis of their various functions, such as
binding and interaction with the putative mannose 6-phosphate
receptor proteins, namely, MPR 300 and 46.
(1 H, m), 3.93 (1 H, m), 3.72 (1 H, m), 3.59–3.24 (4 H, band);
13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): d 165.6, 165.0, 156.4, 143.6, 136.4,
133.5, 133.1, 133.0, 130.1, 129.9–128.1, 127.7, 126.8, 97.9, 86.7,
70.7, 70.6, 70.4, 67.8, 66.8, 66.7, 62.1, 40.9. ESI-MS: calc. for
C56H49NO11: m/z: 934.3203 [M + Na]+; found: 934.3182 [M +
Na]+.
N-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)ethyl-2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-a-D-
mannopyranoside (3). A suspension of 2 (0.120 g, 0.131 mmol)
in HCOOH–THF–H2O (1 : 1 : 0.1, 5 mL) was heated at 50 ◦C for
2 h. Solvents were removed in vacuo, the residue co-evaporated
with PhMe (2 × 5 mL) and purified (EtOAc–petroleum ether =
3 : 2) to furnish 3 (0.082 g, 93%) as a glassy solid. TLC: Rf 0.71
(EtOAc–petroleum ether = 3 : 2). [a]2D4 −48.00◦ (c 2.0, CHCl3).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d 8.09 (2 H, d, J = 7.2 Hz), 7.97
(2 H, d, J = 7.2 Hz), 7.82 (2 H, d, J = 7.5 Hz), 7.62–7.24 (14
H, band), 5.93 (1 H, dd, J = 3.6, 10.2 Hz), 5.83 (1 H, t, J =
9.9 Hz), 5.68 (1 H, m), 5.29 (1 H, m), 5.13 (3 H, m), 4.06–4.02
(1 H, m), 3.92–3.50 (6 H, band); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3):
d 166.4, 165.5, 156.4, 136.3, 133.7, 133.6, 133.2, 129.9, 129.7,
129.1, 128.9–128.1, 97.9, 71.2, 70.4, 69.5, 67.7, 67.1, 66.9, 61.3,
40.8. ESI-MS: calc. for C37H35NO11: m/z: 692.2108 [M + Na]+;
found: 692.2129 [M + Na]+.
2-Aminoethyl-6-O-dimethylphosphoryl-2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-a-
D-mannopyranoside (5). Chlorodimethyl phosphate (90 lL,
0.636 mmol) was added slowly to a stirring solution of 3
(0.215 g, 0.321 mmol), in C5H5N (2 mL) at −40 ◦C. The
reaction mixture was allowed to reach room temperature,
stirred for 24 h and the solvents removed, the residue was
dissolved in CH2Cl2 (15 mL), filtered and the filtrate evaporated
in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified (EtOAc–petroleum
ether = 4 : 1) to afford 4 (0.236 g, 94%) as a viscous syrup.
Experimental
General methods
All solvents were dried prior to use according to literature
methods.16 Et3N was dried over CaH2 and distilled freshly prior
to use. Analytical TLC was performed on silica gel 60-F254
(Merck) with detection by fluorescence and/or by charring
following immersion in 5% H2SO4/EtOH. GPC was performed
on a Waters HPLC pump/dual k absorbance detector using a
TLC: Rf 0.62 (EtOAc–petroleum ether = 4 : 1). [a]24 −25.50◦
D
1
(c 5.0, CHCl3). H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d 8.07 (2 H, dd,
J = 1.3, 8.4 Hz), 7.95 (2 H, app. d), 7.80 (2 H, dd, J = 1.2, 8.4
Hz), 7.60–7.22 (14 H, band), 5.89 (1 H, t, J = 10.1 Hz), 5.84
(1 H, dd, J = 3.2, 10.1 Hz), 5.65 (1 H, m), 5.39 (1 H, app. t),
5.11 (2 H, s), 5.03 (1 H, d, J = 2.0 Hz), 4.26–4.23 (3 H, m), 3.92
(1 H, m), 3.75–3.65 (6 H, dd, J = 11.4 Hz), 3.60–3.48 (3 H,
m); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): d 165.4, 156.4, 136.4, 133.6,
133.5, 133.2, 129.9–128.1, 97.7, 70.3, 69.8, 69.7, 67.9, 66.8, 66.5,
66.0, 65.9, 54.5, 40.8; 31P NMR (162 MHz, CDCl3): d 1.10.
ESI-MS: calc. for C39H40NO14P: m/z: 800.2084 [M + Na]+;
found: 800.2085 [M + Na]+. For 5: a suspension of 4 (0.152 g,
0.195 mmol) in MeOH–EtOAc (4 : 1, 20 mL) and Pd–C (10%;
0.020 g) was subjected to hydrogenolysis using H2 gas for 12 h.
After filtration over Celite, the solvents were removed in vacuo
to yield 5 (0.115 g, 92%) as a white foamy solid. TLC: Rf 0.11
(EtOAc).
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phenogel column (5 lm, 500 A) and solvent THF (flow rate:
1 mL min−1). Silica gel (100–200 mesh) was used for column
chromatography. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded either
on a spectrometer operating at 300 and 75 MHz, respectively, or
a spectrometer operating at 400 and 100 MHz, respectively. 31
P
NMR spectra were recorded using a spectrometer operating at
162 MHz. Tetramethylsilane or residual solvent signal formed
the internal reference for the NMR spectra. The following
abbreviations were used to denote the signal multiplicities: s,
singlet; d, doublet; t, triplet; m, multiplet; dd, double doublet;
app. s, apparent singlet; app. d, apparent doublet; app. t,
apparent triplet; band, several overlapping signals; AB q, AB
type quartet; br, broad; br. s, broad singlet.
N-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)ethyl-2,3,4,-tri-O-benzoyl-6-O-
trityl-a-D-mannopyranoside (2). A suspension of 1 17 (0.375 g,
0.484 mmol) in MeOH was admixed with NaOMe/MeOH
(0.5 M, 0.5 mL) and left stirring for 6 h, neutralized with
Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+ form), filtered and the filtrate
concentrated in vacuo. The resulting solid was triturated
with Et2O and dried thoroughly to afford a white solid. This
product was suspended in a mixture of trityl chloride (0.175 g,
0.63 mmol), DMAP (0.020 g) and C5H5N (10 mL) and heated
for 3 h. The reaction mixture was then allowed to come to
room temperature, cooled to 0 ◦C and BzCl (1.0 mL) was
added before stirring for 12 h. The reaction mixture was diluted
with Et2O (20 mL), washed with aqueous NaHCO3 (10%;
2 × 15 mL), aqueous NaHSO3 (5%; 2 × 15 mL), followed by
H2O (2 × 20 mL). The organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and
concentrated in vacuo to obtain a residue, which was purified
(EtOAc–petroleum ether = 3 : 7) to afford 2 (0.304 g, 69%) as a
white foamy solid. TLC: Rf 0.65 (EtOAc–petroleum ether = 3 :
N-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)ethyl-6-O-dimethylphosphoryl-
a-D-mannopyranoside (6).
A suspension of 4 (0.052 g,
0.066 mmol) in MeOH (5 mL) was admixed with NaOMe–
MeOH (0.5 M, 0.2 mL) and left stirring for 12 h, neutralized
with Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+ form), filtered and the filtrate
concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in H2O (1 mL)
and washed with EtOAc (2 × 1 mL), evaporated in vacuo to
obtain 6 (0.030 g, 97%) as a colourless glassy solid. [a]2D4 −7.25◦
(c 1.2, H2O). 1H NMR (400 MHz, D2O): d 7.29 (5 H, m),
4.98 (3 H, m), 4.11–3.21 (16 H, band); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
D2O): d 158.4, 136.5, 128.8, 128.7, 128.6, 127.7, 99.8, 72.7, 71.2,
70.4, 69.8, 67.0, 66.5, 55.1, 40.5; 31P NMR (162 MHz, D2O): d
1.83. ESI-MS: calc. for C18H28NO11P: m/z: 504.1037 [M + K]+;
found: 504.1004 [M + K]+.
4-mer (7). To a mixture of PAMAM G0.5–(COOH)4 (0.014 g,
0.040 mmol), 5 (0.138 g, 0.214 mmol), and HOBt (0.029 g,
0.199 mmol) in DMF (5 mL) was added DIC (30 lL, 0.20
mmol) and stirred at room temperature. After 24 h, solvents
were removed in vacuo, the resulting residue was purified via
column chromatography (SiO2, EtOAc–MeOH = 9 : 1) to afford
1
7). H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d 8.15 (2 H, d, J = 7.2 Hz),
7.83 (2 H, d, J = 7.5 Hz), 7.73 (2 H, d, J = 6.9 Hz), 7.51–7.07
(29 H, band), 6.04 (1 H, t, J = 9.9 Hz), 5.76 (1 H, dd, J = 3.3,
10.5 Hz), 5.70 (1 H, app. s), 5.35 (1 H, app. t), 5.12 (3 H, m), 4.16
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the O-benzoyl-protected Man-6-P dendrimer 7 (37 mg) as a
gummy solid. A suspension of the residue in MeOH (10 mL)
was admixed with NaOMe/MeOH (0.5 M, 0.2 mL) and left
stirring for 3 h, neutralized with Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+
form), filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue
was dissolved in H2O (1 mL), washed with EtOAc (5 × 1 mL),
and evaporated in vac◦uo to obtain 7 (0.021 g, 33%) as a colourless
glassy solid. [a]2D4 27.3 (c 0.88, H2O). 1H NMR (400 MHz, D2O):
d 4.71 (4 H, app. s, obscured by HOD), 4.15–3.20 (76 H, band),
2.85 (8 H, br s); 13C NMR (100 MHz, D2O): d 173.9, 99.6,
71.7, 70.2, 69.9, 66.2, 65.9, 64.8, 53.2, 50.3, 38.9, 28.2; 31P NMR
(162 MHz, D2O): d 1.840. ESI-MS: m/z: 420 [M/4 + Na]+.
neutralized with Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+ form), filtered and
the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in
H2O (1 mL), washed with EtOAc (5 × 1 mL), and evaporated
in vacuo to obtain 10 (0.024 g, 16%) as a white waxy solid. The
resorcinol assay showed that the product contained 28–29 sugar
residues on average, instead of complete substitution with 32-
sugar units. Accordingly, the characterization given here refers
to the product containing a varying number of sugar units. [a]D24
29.3◦ (c 0.58, H2O). 1H NMR (400 MHz, D2O): d 4.89 (27–30 H,
br s), 4.13–3.20 (695–746 H, band), 3.11–2.55 (120 H, br); 13C
NMR (100 MHz, D2O): d 174.5, 172.9, 165.7, 99.8, 71.9, 71.7,
70.4, 69.9, 66.7, 66.4, 65.3, 64.6, 63.6, 62.5, 60.8, 58.6, 57.4, 52.9,
49.8, 39.1, 37.6, 33.7; 31P NMR (162 MHz, D2O): d 1.49.
8-mer (8). To a stirring solution of PAMAM G1.5–(COOH)8
(0.028 g, 0.025 mmol) and 5 (0.20 g, 0.31 mmol) in DMF (3 mL),
were added EDC (0.059 g, 0.31 mmol) and NHS (0.036 g,
0.31 mmol) under an N2 blanket and stirred for 24 h. Solvents
were removed, the residue co-evaporated with PhMe (2 × 2 mL),
then dissolved in THF (1 mL) and filtered through a 0.25 lm
filter. The solution was purified by GPC, and the fraction
corresponding to the retention time between 7.40 and 7.48 min
was collected and the solvents removed in vacuo. A suspension
of the residue (32 mg) in MeOH (15 mL) was admixed with
NaOMe/MeOH (0.5 M, 0.5 mL) and left stirring for 12 h,
neutralized with Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+ form), filtered and
the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in
H2O (1 mL), washed with EtOAc (5 × 1 mL), and evaporated
in vacuo to obtain 8 (0.028 mg, 31%) as a white waxy solid. [a]D24
Resorcinol assay
To each U-shaped well of a 96-well microtiter plate were added
20 lL of the derivatives 7–10 plus 20 lL of a 6 mg mL−1
solution of resorcinol plus 100 lL of 75% H2SO4 plus 50 lL
pristane. The solutions were homogenized by shaking the plate
with a vortex apparatus. The plates were heated at 90 ◦C in an
oven for 30 min and subsequently kept at room temperature
for 30 min, in the dark. The optical density of each well was
recorded automatically by using a microtiter plate reader Wallac
Victor 1420 multilabel counter equipped with an interference
filter at 430 nm. The concentration of sugar present in the
aliquots of glycodendrimer solutions was determined from the
plot of absorbance vs. concentration of a-D-mannose (lg lL−1),
as determined from a solution of a-D-mannose taken as the
standard.
28.6◦ (c 0.60, H2O). H NMR (400 MHz, D2O): d 4.70 (8 H,
1
br s), 3.95–3.39 (172 H, band), 3.18–3.07 (24 H, br); 13C NMR
(100 MHz, D2O): d 179.3, 176.5, 99.6, 74.1, 73.2, 72.7, 70.4, 69.9,
69.1, 66.2, 60.8, 58.6, 54.9, 52.9, 48.8, 38.9, 35.6, 33.9; 31P NMR
(162 MHz, D2O): d 1.80.
Preparation of affinity gels and testing their ability to bind
purified goat liver mannose 6-phosphate receptor (MPR 300)
protein
16-mer (9). To a solution of PAMAM G2.5–(COOH)16
(0.05 g, 19.2 lmol) in DMF (5 mL), 5 (0.24 g, 0.372 mmol),
EDC (0.072 g, 0.372 mmol) and NHS (0.042 g, 0.372 mmol)
were added and stirred for 24 h under an N2 blanket. Solvents
were removed, the residue co-evaporated with PhMe (2 ×
2 mL), dissolved in THF (1 mL) and filtered through a
0.25 lm filter. The solution was purified by GPC and fractions
corresponding to the retention time between 7.13 and 7.17 min
were collected and the solvents removed in vacuo. A suspension
of the resulting residue (0.064 g) in MeOH (15 mL) was admixed
with NaOMe/MeOH (0.5 M, 0.5 mL) and left stirring for 12 h,
neutralized with Amberlite IR-120 resin (H+ form), filtered and
the filtrate concentrated. The residue was dissolved in H2O
(1 mL), washed with EtOAc (5 × 1 mL), and evaporated
in vacuo to obtain 9 (0.032 g, 22%) as a white waxy solid.
The resorcinol assay showed that the product contained 15–
16 sugar residues, instead of complete substitution with 16-
sugar units. Accordingly, the characterization given here refers
to the product containing a varying number of sugar units. [a]D24
Goat liver MPR 300 protein was purified on pre-
pared Sepharose-divinyl sulfone-phosphomannan gel.12 The
monomeric (M), tetrametric (T) and the octameric (O) com-
pounds were separately coupled to 500 lL of Seralose 4B gel
(SRL Chemicals) that had been activated with divinyl sulfone
as described, except that in place of Sepharose gel, Seralose gel
was used and in place of pentamannosylphosphate, the synthetic
compounds prepared were used.18 Purified goat liver MPR 300
protein was applied separately to 250 lL portions of these
gels equilibrated with column buffer (50 mM imidazole-HCl
buffer pH 7.0, 0.15 M NaCl, 5 mM sodium b-glycerophosphate,
2 mM EDTA, 0.05% Triton X-100) in an Eppendorf tube
◦
overnight at 4 C. The gel was packed into a column, washed
with 1.0 mL of column buffer, followed by 1.0 mL of 7.5 mM
mannose 6-phosphate in column buffer. Eluted samples were
TCA precipitated and analyzed on 7.5% SDS-PAGE under
reducing conditions as described,19 and the protein bands
detected by silver staining.20
◦
1
27.0 (c 0.60, H2O). H NMR (400 MHz, D2O): d 5.17 (16 H,
br s), 3.85–3.41 (256 H, band), 3.43–3.39 (108 H, br), 2.87–2.69
(56 H, br); 13C NMR (100 MHz, D2O): d 177.4, 173.7, 172.7,
99.6, 72.9, 72.7, 70.5, 70.0, 69.9, 66.6, 66.2, 60.8, 59.8, 57.4, 53.0,
52.8, 52.0, 50.6, 44.2, 40.0, 34.5, 30.0; 31P NMR (162 MHz, D2O):
d 0.88.
Acknowledgements
We thank the Department of Science and Technology, New
Delhi, India and Third World Academy Sciences, Trieste,
Italy, for financial support of this work. S. K. N. thanks the
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for a
research support on the mannose 6-phosphate receptor proteins
(SR/SO/BB-60/2003).
32-mer (10). To a solution of PAMAM G3.5–(COOH)32
(0.054 g, 9.6 lmol) in DMF (5 mL), amine 5 (0.240g, 0.36 mmol),
EDC (0.072 g, 0.36 mmol) and NHS (0.021 g, 0.37 mmol) were
added and stirred for 24 h under an N2 blanket. Solvents were
removed, the residue co-evaporated with PhMe (2 × 2 mL),
dissolved in THF (1 mL) and filtered through a 0.25 lm
filter. The solution was purified by GPC and the fraction
corresponding to the retention time between 6.90 and 7.08 min
was collected and the solvents removed. A suspension of the
resulting residue (0.078 g) in MeOH (15 mL) was admixed
with NaOMe/MeOH (0.5 M, 1 mL) and left stirring for 12 h,
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