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Selectively Deoxyfluorinated N-Acetyllactosamine Analogues as 19F NMR Probes to Study Carbohydrate-Galectin Interactions
Kurfi?t, Martin,Dra?ínsky, Martin,?ervenková ??astná, Lucie,Cu?ínová, Petra,Hamala, Vojtěch,Hovorková, Michaela,Bojarová, Pavla,Karban, Jind?ich
, p. 13040 - 13051 (2021/08/07)
Galectins are widely expressed galactose-binding lectins implied, for example, in immune regulation, metastatic spreading, and pathogen recognition. N-Acetyllactosamine (Galβ1-4GlcNAc, LacNAc) and its oligomeric or glycosylated forms are natural ligands of galectins. To probe substrate specificity and binding mode of galectins, we synthesized a complete series of six mono-deoxyfluorinated analogues of LacNAc, in which each hydroxyl has been selectively replaced by fluorine while the anomeric position has been protected as methyl β-glycoside. Initial evaluation of their binding to human galectin-1 and -3 by ELISA and 19F NMR T2-filter revealed that deoxyfluorination at C3, C4′ and C6′ completely abolished binding to galectin-1 but very weak binding to galectin-3 was still detectable. Moreover, deoxyfluorination of C2′ caused an approximately 8-fold increase in the binding affinity towards galectin-1, whereas binding to galectin-3 was essentially not affected. Lipophilicity measurement revealed that deoxyfluorination at the Gal moiety affects log P very differently compared to deoxyfluorination at the GlcNAc moiety.
Why are the hydroxy groups of partially protected N-acetylglucosamine derivatives such poor glycosyl acceptors, and what can be done about it? A comparative study of the reactivity of N-acetyl-, N-phthalimido-, and 2-azido-2-deoxy-glucosamine derivatives
Crich,Dudkin
, p. 6819 - 6825 (2007/10/03)
Competition experiments were used to determine that the 4-OH of a 2-deoxy-2-azidoglucose derivative is more reactive than that of the corresponding N-phthalimido glucose derivative which, in turn, is more easily glycosylated than the N-acetyl derivative.
