摘要:
The extract of the cell wall skeleton of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG-CWS) from Mycobacterium bovis is known to be an activator of innate immunity. Synthesis of pentaarabinofuranoside as part of the arabinan moiety of BCG-CWS was achieved by double alpha-arabinofuranosylation followed by double beta-arabinofuranosylation with orthogonally protected donors. Mycolic esters of the arabinan in the terminal lipo-arabinan motif or BCG-CWS were synthesized through alkylation of unprotected mycolic acid with bis- and tetra-tosylates of pentaarabinofuranoside. A series Of compounds Were Subjected to a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion-inducing assay, disclosing aspects of the structure-activity relationship which Should be useful in finding the site of the activity. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.