Galacto-Configured Aminocyclitol Phytoceramides Are Potent in Vivo Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Stimulators
摘要:
A new class of a-galactosylceramide (alpha GC) nonglycosidic analogues bearing galacto-configured aminocyclitols as sugar surrogates have been obtained. The aminocyclohexane having a hydroxyl substitution pattern similar to an a-galactoside is efficiently obtained by a sequence involving Evans aldol reaction and ring-closing metathesis with a Grubbs catalyst to give a key intermediate cyclohexene, which has been converted in galacto-aminocyclohexanes that are linked through a secondary amine to a phytoceramide lipid having a cerotyl N-acyl group. Natural Killer T (NKT) cellular assays have resulted in the identification of an active compound, HS161, which has been found to promote NKT cell expansion in vitro in a similar fashion but more weakly than alpha GC. This compound stimulates the release of Interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) and Interleukin-4 (IL-4) in iNKT cell culture but with lower potency than alpha GC. The activation of Invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells by this compound has been confirmed in flow cytometry experiments. Remarkably, when tested in mice, HS161 selectively induces a very strong production of IFN-gamma indicative of a potent Th1 cytokine profile. Overall, these data confirm the agonist activity of alpha GC lipid analogues having charged amino-substituted polar heads and their capacity to modulate the response arising from iNKT cell activation in vivo.
Practical syntheses of optically active carbagalactose and their potential application to the carbocyclic analogues of KRN7000
摘要:
Carba-alpha- and beta-D-galactose derivatives were efficiently prepared from a cyclohex-3-ene-1,2-diol derivative 1. Regioselective inversion of 2-OH, and stereoselective dihydroxylation of I were accomplished to provide a carba-p-D-galactose derivative 6 in a good yield and with a high stereoselectivity. Stereo-inversion of 1-OH of 6 via oxidation/reduction gave carba-beta-D-galactose derivative 12 with a high stereoselectivity. An efficient coupling of carba-alpha-galactose 12 with an aziridine derivative of sphingosine has been demonstrated to give 1-O-carba-alpha-galactosyl sphingosine derivative 14. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.