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Synthesis and immunochemical evaluation of a non-methylated disaccharide analogue of the anthrax tetrasaccharide
Milhomme, Ophélie,K?hler, Susanne M.,Ropartz, David,Lesur, David,Pilard, Serge,Djeda?ni-Pilard, Florence,Beyer, Wolfgang,Grandjean, Cyrille
, p. 8524 - 8532 (2012/11/14)
Anthrax tetrasaccharide is an oligosaccharide expressed at the outermost surface of the Bacillus anthracis spores, featuring three rhamnoses and a rare sugar called anthrose. This motif has now been identified as a plausible component of future human vaccines against anthrax. We report herein the synthesis of a 2-O-demethylated-β-d-anthropyranosyl-(1→3)-α-l- rhamnopyranose disaccharide analogue of this tetrasaccharide from a cyclic sulfate intermediate. This disaccharide conjugated to BSA induces an anti-native tetrasaccharide IgG antibody response when administered in BALB/c mice. Moreover, induced sera bound to native B. anthracis endospores. These results suggest that the disaccharide analogue, easily amenable for a synthetic scale-up, could be used in a glycoconjugate antigen formulation.
