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Synthesis of oligosaccharides designed to form micelles, corresponding to structures found in ovarian cyst fluid
Buskas, Therese,Konradsson, Peter
, p. 25 - 51 (2007/10/03)
The syntheses of α-D-GlcpNAc-(1 →4)-β-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-GlcNAc-(1→O)-(CH2)15CH3 (1) and fragments thereof, corresponding to structures found in human ovarian cyst fluid, are described. Silver triflate promoted coupling of 3.4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl bromide (12) and galactose acceptor (11) gave a disaccharide donor (13), which was readily transformed into the corresponding bromoderivative 18. For the synthesis of disaccharide β-D-Galp-(1 →4)-D-GlcNAc, several differently protected glucosamine acceptors were prepared. It was found that cetyl alcohol needed to be introduced after the formation of the β-galactoside bond. Glycosylation of pent-4-enyl 3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-2-tetrachlorophthalimido-β-D-glucopyranoside (30) with (3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 →4)-2,3,6-tri-O-benzoyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl bromide (18) by use of silver triflate as promoter gave the desired trisaccharide 31. Finally 31 was transformed via coupling to the long alkyl chain aglycon and deprotection into the title compound 1.
Chemical synthesis of globotriose and galabiose: Relative stabilities of their complexes with Escherichia coli Shiga-like toxin-1 as determined by denaturation-titration with guanidinium chloride
Mueller, Dieter,Vic, Gabin,Critchley, Peter,Crout, David H. G.,Lea, Nicholas,Roberts, Lynne,Lord, J. Michael
, p. 2287 - 2294 (2007/10/03)
Globotriose [α-D-Gal-(1→4)-β-D-Gal-(1→4)-D-Glc] is the carbohydrate moiety of the globotriosyl ceramide (Gb3), also known as the germinal centre B-cell differentiation antigen CD77, a glycolipid present on the plasma membrane of certain mammalian cells. In Gb3, globotriose functions as the cell-surface receptor for Shiga toxin and for the Shiga-like toxins (verocytotoxins). Here we report the chemical synthesis of globotriose and the corresponding terminal disaccharide, galabiose [α-D-Gal-(1→4)-β-D-Gal]. Globotriose and galabiose are attached via a linker to CNBr-activated Sepharose to generate affinity matrices that permit the one-step purification of recombinant Shiga-like toxin-1 from crude E. coli homogenates. Toxin is released from either of the immobilised saccharides by elution with 6 M guanidinium chloride. After dilution of the denaturant, the released toxin had full catalytic activity. Denaturation-titration experiments show that the bound toxin is released from galabiose-Sepharose at 2.3 M guanidinium chloride, while its release from globotriose-Sepharose requires a higher concentration of 4.8 M. These results indicate that the glucose component of globotriose contributes ～2.6 kcal mol-1 to the binding energy relative to galabiose.
