Facile Synthesis of a Library of Lyme Disease Glycolipid Antigens
摘要:
A library of one of the two Lyme disease antigens, BbGL1, has been synthesized in four steps from D-galactose using BF3-promoted glycosylation of the peracetate to introduce the cholesteryl beta-glycoside and TBTU-promoted esterification to add a range of fatty acids regioselectively at O-6 of D-galactose in good yield.
A new strategy for diversity-oriented direct glycosylation of bioactive small molecules was developed. This reaction features (-)-beta-pinene as acid scavenger and work with glycosyl iodides under mild conditions. With the aid of RP-HPLC and chiral SFC separation techniques, the new direct glycosylation proved effective at gram scale on bioactive small molecules including AZD6244, podophyllotoxin, paclitaxel, and docetaxel. Interesting glycoside derivatives were efficiently created with good yields and 1,2-cis selectivity.
Two-Step Synthesis of the Immunogenic Bacterial Glycolipid BbGL1
作者:Suvarn S. Kulkarni、Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague
DOI:10.1021/ol801780c
日期:2008.11.6
Chemical synthesis of a bacterial glycolipid BbGL1 is reported in two steps starting from per-O-TMS D-galactose. The key features are glycosyl iodide mediated beta-stereoselective glycosylation in the absence of neighboring group participation and regioselective acylation.
Novel Targeted Liposomes Deliver siRNA to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells<i>in vitro</i>
Liposomes form a major class of non‐viral vectors for short interfering RNA delivery, however tissue and cell‐specific targeting are additional requirements in the design of short interfering RNA delivery systems with a therapeutic potential. Selective delivery of liposomes to hepatocytes may be achieved by directing complexes to the asialoglycoprotein receptor, which is expressed on hepatocytes, and which displays high affinity for the β‐d‐galactopyranosyl moiety. We aimed to show that the d‐galactopyranosyl ring in direct β‐glycosidic link to cholesterol, when formulated into liposomes with 3β[N‐(N′,N′‐dimethylaminopropane) carbamoyl] cholesterol (Chol‐T) or its quaternary trimethylammonium analogue (Chol‐Q), may promote targeted delivery of cytotoxic short interfering RNA to the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 via the asialoglycoprotein receptor. Liposome‐short interfering RNA interactions were characterized by electron microscopy, dye displacement, gel retardation and nuclease assays. Stable short interfering RNA‐protective lipoplexes were formed at N/P ratios in the range 5:1–7:1. Targeted lipoplex 4 achieved high transfection efficiencies at 50 nm short interfering RNA (70%) and <10% in a competition assay, whilst untargeted complexes reached low levels at the same concentration (<25%). Transfection efficiencies of all lipoplexes in the asialoglycoprotein receptor‐negative cell line HEK293 under the same conditions were low. Lipoplexes containing cholesteryl‐β‐d‐galactopyranoside may therefore form the basis for the development of useful hepatotropic short interfering RNA delivery vectors.