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Synthesis and inhibitory activity of a di- and a trisaccharide corresponding to an erythrocyte glycolipid responsible for the nor polyagglutination
Westerlind, Ulrika,Hagback, Per,Duk, Maria,Norberg, Thomas
, p. 1517 - 1522 (2002)
The polyagglutinable erythrocytes NOR contain unusual neutral glycolipids reactive with anti-NOR antibodies. The disaccharide α-D-Galp-(1→4)-D-GalpNAc and the trisaccharide α-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-GalpNAc-(1→3)-D-Gal corresponding to the non-reducing end of a NOR glycolipid (NOR1) were chemically synthesized. The syntheses were based on a common (1→4)-β-D-GalNAc precursor, and utilized benzyl glycoside and benzyl ether functions for persistent blocking of hydroxyls. The α-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-GalpNAc structural element has been found only recently in Nature, and derivatives thereof have not been synthesized before. Both the synthesized oligosaccharides inhibited specifically human anti-NOR antibodies, the trisaccharide being 300 times more active than the disaccharide.
