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 include e.g. N2-N2, N6-bis[3-(a-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-L-lysyl} -N6- [3-(a-D-mannopyranosylthiolpropionyl]-L-lysine (5). Those compounds 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.
由糖和
氨基酸或肽的共轭物组成的细胞特异性
配体是由
氨基酸(如
鸟氨酸、赖
氨酸)、肽(如二赖
氨酸、二
鸟氨酸或低聚赖
氨酸)和具有活性官能团并受适当阻断基团保护的精选糖合成的。这类糖肽包括如 N2-N2,N6-双[3-(a-D-
吡喃
甘露糖硫基)丙酰基]-
L-赖氨酸}-N6-[3-(a-D-
吡喃
甘露糖硫基)丙酰基]-
L-赖氨酸(5)。这些化合物是有用的组织特异性物质,当通过可代谢或可
水解的连接与
生物活性物质结合时,可将这些
生物活性物质输送到选定的部位。通过这种方式,
地塞米松等抗炎药物通过可代谢或可
水解连接,在给患有炎症疾病的动物用药时,可将药物带到炎症部位进行细胞内释放。