Cell-specific ligands comprising conjugates of saccharides and amino acids or peptides are synthesized from amino acids such as ornithine, lysine, peptides such as dilysine, diornithine or oligolysine and selected saccharides having reactive functional groups protected by appropriate blocking groups. Such glycopeptides are useful as tissue specific substances, which when coupled with bioactive materials through metabolizable or hydrolyzable linkages, deliver such bioactive materials to the selected site. In this manner, antiinflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone are linked through a metabolizable or hydrolyzable linkage and on administration to an animal suffering from inflammatory disease carries the drug to the site of inflammation for intracellular release. Other examples include the macrophage ligand N.sup.2 -N.sup.2, N.sup.6 -Bis-[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-6-lysyl-N.sup.6 -[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-L-lysine, 5, which when coupled to .beta.-glucocerebrosidase, can deliver the enzyme selectively to kupffer cells. This is useful in the enzyme replacement therapy of Gaucher's disease.
由
氨基酸(如
鸟氨酸、赖
氨酸)、肽(如二赖
氨酸、二
鸟氨酸或寡赖
氨酸)和选定的具有适当阻断基保护的反应性官能团的糖组成的细胞特异性
配体,可合成成糖肽。这些糖肽可作为组织特异性物质,通过可代谢或可
水解的连接与
生物活性材料结合,将这些
生物活性材料传递到选择的部位。通过这种方式,如
地塞米松等抗炎药物可通过可代谢或可
水解的连接结合,并在给患有炎症性疾病的动物施用后将药物携带到炎症部位进行细胞内释放。其他例子包括巨噬细胞
配体N.sup.2-N.sup.2,N.sup.6-Bis-[3-(.alpha.-
D-甘露糖硫基)丙酰基]-6-赖
氨酸-N.sup.6-[3-(.alpha.-
D-甘露糖硫基)丙酰基]-
L-赖氨酸,5,当它与β-
葡糖苷酶结合时,可将酶有选择地传递到库普弗细胞。这对于高氏病的酶替代疗法非常有用。