Cell-specific ligands for selective drug delivery to tissues and organs
摘要:
Various numbers of D-mannose residues have been attached via spacer arms to lysine, dilysine, and oligolysine backbones. These D-mannosyl peptide analogues were found to be potent competitive inhibitors of the uptake of 125I-labeled D-mannose-bovine serum albumin conjugate by rat alveolar macrophages. The inhibitory potency of these synthetic ligands increased with increasing number of carbohydrate moieties. The chirality of the peptide backbone did not appear to play a major role in binding, whereas variations of the length and linkage of the spacer arm notably affected the inhibitory activities. The saccharide specificity of the macrophage receptor was demonstrated by the inactivity of the corresponding D-galactosyl peptide analogues. The L-fucosyl peptide derivative was only weakly active. The trimannosyldilysine ligand (KI = 3.9 microM) and its analogues are potentially useful in selective delivery of therapeutic agents to macrophages.
The synthesis and immune stimulating action of mannose-capped lysine-based dendrimers
摘要:
The syntheses of monodisperse lysine dendrimers, capped with two to sixty-four mono-, di- and tri-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl residues are described. These syntheses used reactive N-hydroxysuccinimide esters to ensure complete reaction of dendrimer amines with the mannosylating reagents. The purities of the dendrimers were established by RP-HPLC and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and were found to be excellent. The relative ability of these glycodendrimers to induce dendritic cell Maturation was measured, however, no significant trends were observed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.