Trehalose- and Glucose-Derived Glycoamphiphiles: Small-Molecule and Nanoparticle Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Modulators
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An increasing number of pathologies have been linked to Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) activation and signaling, therefore new hit and lead compounds targeting this receptor activation process are urgently needed. We report on the synthesis and biological properties of glycolipids based on glucose and trehalose scaffolds which potently inhibit TLR4 activation and signaling in vitro and in vivo. Structure-activity relationship studies on these compounds indicate that the presence of fatty ester chains in the molecule is a primary prerequisite for biological activity and point to facial amphiphilicity as a preferred architecture for TLR4 antagonism. The cationic glycolipids here presented can be considered as new lead compounds for the development of drugs targeting TLR4 activation and signaling in infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. Interestingly, the biological activity of the best drug candidate was retained after adsorption at the surface of colloidal gold nanoparticles, broadening the options for clinical development.
Tuning the Topological Landscape of DNA–Cyclodextrin Nanocomplexes by Molecular Design
作者:Tania Neva、Ana I. Carbajo‐Gordillo、Juan M. Benito、Hugo Lana、Gema Marcelo、Carmen Ortiz Mellet、Conchita Tros de Ilarduya、Francisco Mendicuti、José M. García Fernández
DOI:10.1002/chem.202002951
日期:2020.11.26
Original molecular vectors that ensure broad flexibility to tune the shape and surface properties of plasmid DNA (pDNA) condensates are reported herein. The prototypic design involves a cyclodextrin (CD) platform bearing a polycationic cluster at the primary face and a doubly linked aromatic module bridging two consecutive monosaccharide units at the secondary face that behaves as a topology‐encoding
Synthesis of new <i>p-tert</i>-butylcalix[4]arene-based polyammonium triazolyl amphiphiles and their binding with nucleoside phosphates
作者:Vladimir A Burilov、Guzaliya A Fatikhova、Mariya N Dokuchaeva、Ramil I Nugmanov、Diana A Mironova、Pavel V Dorovatovskii、Victor N Khrustalev、Svetlana E Solovieva、Igor S Antipin
DOI:10.3762/bjoc.14.173
日期:——
The synthesis of new calix[4]arenes adopting a cone stereoisomeric form bearing two or four azide fragments on the upperrim and water-soluble triazolyl amphiphilic receptors with two or four polyammonium headgroups via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadditionreaction has been performed for the first time. It was found that the synthesized macrocycles form stable aggregates with hydrodynamic diameters
Dynamic Self-Assembly of Polycationic Clusters Based on Cyclodextrins for pH-Sensitive DNA Nanocondensation and Delivery by Component Design
作者:Laura Gallego-Yerga、M. José González-Álvarez、Natalia Mayordomo、Francisco Santoyo-González、Juan M. Benito、Carmen Ortiz Mellet、Francisco Mendicuti、José M. García Fernández
DOI:10.1002/chem.201402026
日期:2014.5.26
The ability of cyclodextrin‐basedpolycationiccluster to undergo reversible DNA condensation and release in a physiologically useful pH window has been finely tuned by the installation of a capping xylylene moiety at the secondary face of the cyclooligosaccharide. This strategy can be exploited advantageously in the design of self‐assembling nonviral gene‐delivery systems from molecular entities.
Symmetry Complementarity-Guided Design of Anthrax Toxin Inhibitors Based on β-Cyclodextrin: Synthesis and Relative Activities of Face-Selective Functionalized Polycationic Clusters
作者:Alejandro Díaz-Moscoso、Alejandro Méndez-Ardoy、Fernando Ortega-Caballero、Juan M. Benito、Carmen Ortiz Mellet、Jacques Defaye、Tanisha M. Robinson、Adiamseged Yohannes、Vladimir A. Karginov、José M. García Fernández
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.201000419
日期:2011.1.3
potential anthraxtoxininhibitorsbased on the β‐cyclodextrin (βCD) scaffold were developed by exploiting face‐selective CuI‐catalyzed azide–alkyne 1,3‐cycloadditions, amine–isothiocyanate coupling, and allyl group hydroboration–oxidation/hydroxy → amine replacement reactions. The molecular design follows the “symmetry–complementarity” concept between homogeneously functionalizedpolycationic βCD derivatives
Synthesis of Water-Soluble Polyammonium Thiacalix[4]arene Derivative and Its Interaction with Calf Thymus DNA
作者:V. A. Burilov、D. A. Mironova、I. A. Grygoriev、A. M. Valiyakhmetova、S. E. Solovieva、I. S. Antipin
DOI:10.1134/s1070363220010156
日期:2020.1
A water-soluble thiacalix[4]arene derivative containing four diethylenetriamine fragments in 1,3-alternate stereoisomeric form has been obtained for the first time. Using ethidium bromide, it has been found that the macrocycle can interact with calf thymus DNA. The macrocycle has been found to interact with DNA via groove binding. The presence of four diethylenetriamine fragments on the calixarene