Presented by CD1d protein, KRN7000, a potent synthetic cc-galactosylceramide, is known to stimulate the iNKT cells to produce different bioactive cytokines. Six new KRN7000 analogues, in which the amide bond in KRN7000 is replaced with O, NH, or ester groups incorporating variation of the acyl chain, or possessing an additional four-atom linker between the galactose and phytosphingosine moiety, were designed and synthesized. The synthetic compounds were evaluated for their ability to stimulate cytokine release and the preliminary structure activity relationships were discussed. The synthetic strategy will benefit the construction of more KRN7000 derivatives, which may contribute to cytokine profile bias. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Presented by CD1d protein, KRN7000, a potent synthetic cc-galactosylceramide, is known to stimulate the iNKT cells to produce different bioactive cytokines. Six new KRN7000 analogues, in which the amide bond in KRN7000 is replaced with O, NH, or ester groups incorporating variation of the acyl chain, or possessing an additional four-atom linker between the galactose and phytosphingosine moiety, were designed and synthesized. The synthetic compounds were evaluated for their ability to stimulate cytokine release and the preliminary structure activity relationships were discussed. The synthetic strategy will benefit the construction of more KRN7000 derivatives, which may contribute to cytokine profile bias. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An efficient synthesis of d-ribo- and l-lyxo-phytosphingosine from d-tartaric acid
作者:Xuequan Lu、Robert Bittman
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.03.063
日期:2005.5
The preparations of d-ribo- and l-lyxo-phytosphingosines (1, 2) are described. Chelation-controlled addition of tetradecylmagnesium bromide to pentylidene-protected d-threitol aldehyde 6 afforded the key intermediate tetrol 7, providing the desired l-lyxo stereochemistry of phytosphingosine. Inversion at C4 of intermediate 7 provided the d-ribo stereochemistry.