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NOVEL COMPOUNDS AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF
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The invention relates to novel compounds with the ability to link an immune response to a pathogen,to the use of said compounds in a disease or disorder mediated and/or caused by an infective agent, to compositions containing said compounds, processes for their preparation and to novel intermediates used in said process.
The contribution of the N-terminal structure of polymyxin B peptides to antimicrobial and lipopolysaccharide binding activity
Sakura, Naoki,Itoh, Tatsuya,Uchida, Yoshiki,Ohki, Kazuhiro,Okimura, Keiko,Chiba, Kenzo,Sato, Yuki,Sawanishi, Hiroyuki
, p. 1915 - 1924 (2007/10/03)
To elucidate the N-terminal structure-activity relationships of polymyxin B peptides, seven polymyxin B component peptides, the structures of which having been elucidated, and seven N-terminal fatty acid and/or amino acid deletion analogs were synthesized, and their antimicrobial activities determined. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding activities of synthetic peptides were evaluated using [Dab(Dansyl-Gly)1]-polymyxin B3 (Dab; L-α,γ-diaminobutyric acid) as a fluorescent probe. The results indicated that the fatty acyl moiety was not indispensable for LPS binding, but the C9 fatty acyl groups of polymyxin B peptides contributed to the binding affinity to a slightly greater extent than C8 or C 7. The fatty acyl moieties of polymyxin B contributed greatly to the antimicrobial activity, while the distinct N-terminal structures of polymyxin B1-B6, bearing normal-, iso-, or anteiso-fatty acids, or 3-hydroxy-fatty acid with chain lengths between C7 and C9, did not affect bactericidal potency.
