Chemical Synthesis and Immunological Evaluation of the Inner Core Oligosaccharide of Francisella tularensis
摘要:
Francisella tularensis, which is a Gram negative bacterium that causes tularemia, has been classified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a category A bioweapon. The development of vaccines, immunotherapeutics, and diagnostics for F. tularensis requires a detailed knowledge of the saccharide structures that can be recognized by protective antibodies. We have synthesized the inner core region of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of F. tularensis to probe antigenic responses elicited by a live and subunit vaccine. The successful preparation of the target compound relied on the use of a disaccharide which was modified by the orthogonal protecting groups diethylisopropylsilyl (DEIPS), 2-naphthylmethyl (Nap), allyl ether (All), and levulinoyl (Lev) ester. The ability to remove the protecting groups in different orders made it possible to establish the optimal glycosylations sequence to prepare a highly crowded 1,2,3-cis configured branching point. A variety of different methods were exploited to control anomeric selectivities of the glycosylations. A comparison of the H-1 NMR spectra of isolated material and the synthetic derivative confirmed the reported structural assignment of the inner core oligosaccharide of F. tularensis. The observation that immunizations with LPS lead to antibody responses to the inner core saccharides provides an impetus to further explore this compound as a vaccine candidate.
Cholesteryl 6-<i>O</i>-acyl-α-glucosides from diverse <i>Helicobacter</i> spp. signal through the C-type lectin receptor Mincle
作者:Dylan G. M. Smith、Emi Ito、Sho Yamasaki、Spencer J. Williams
DOI:10.1039/d0ob01776k
日期:——
Stereoselective α-glucosylation of cholesterol enabled synthesis of cholesteryl 6-O-acyl-glucosides from diverse Helicobacter spp. and demonstration that they signal through the innate immune receptor Mincle.
Synthesis of Cage‐Shaped Borates Bearing Pyrenylmethyl Groups: Efficient Lewis Acid Catalyst for Photoactivated Glycosylations Driven by Intramolecular Excimer Formation
groups was synthesized. The obtained 3aB functioned as a photoactivated Lewis acid catalyst. The photoactivation originates from the deformation of the cage-shaped scaffold driven by intramolecularexcimerformations of the pyrenes, allowing the catalytic O-glycosylation using glycosyl fluorides to proceed with a high efficiency.
合成了具有芘基甲基的笼形硼酸盐3a B 。得到的3a B 起光活化路易斯酸催化剂的作用。光活化源于由芘的分子内准分子形成驱动的笼形支架的变形,从而允许使用糖基氟化物的催化O-糖基化以高效率进行。
Regenerative Glycosylation under Nucleophilic Catalysis
作者:Swati S. Nigudkar、Keith J. Stine、Alexei V. Demchenko
DOI:10.1021/ja411746a
日期:2014.1.22
This article describes 3,3-difluoroxindole (HOFox)-mediated glycosylation. The uniqueness of this approach is that both the in situ synthesis of 3,3-difluoro-3H-indol-2-yl (OFox) glycosyl donors and activation thereof can be conducted in a regenerative fashion as is a typical reaction performed under nucleophilic catalysis. Only a catalytic amount of the OFox imidate donor and a Lewis acid activator are present in the reaction medium. The OFox imidate donor is constantly regenerated upon its consumption until glycosyl acceptor has reacted.