Synthesis of carbohydrate analogs (positional, configurational, and optical) of n-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, and their immunoadjuvant activities.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)80713-2

2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-4- and -6-O-(D-2-propanoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine)-D-glucopyranose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-3-O-(D-2-propanoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine)-D-allopyranose, -D-gulopyranose, -D-galactopyranose, -D-mannopyranose, and -L-idopyranose, and 3-O-(D-2-propanoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine)-D- and -L-glucopyranose were synthesized, in order to clarify the structural requirements for the immunoadjuvant activity of the carbohydrate moiety in N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine. Immunoadjuvant activity of the N-acetylmuramoyl-dipeptide analogs was examined in guinea-pigs.