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 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. Other examples include the macrophage ligand N.sup.2 -N.sup.2, N.sup.6 -Bis-[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-6-lysyl-N.sup.6 -[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-L-lysine, 5, which when coupled to .beta.-glucocerebrosidase, can deliver the enzyme selectively to kupffer cells. This is useful in the enzyme replacement therapy of Gaucher's disease.
由
氨基酸(如
鸟氨酸,赖
氨酸)、肽(如双赖
氨酸、双
鸟氨酸或寡赖
氨酸)和选定的具有适当阻断基保护的反应性官能团的糖组成的细胞特异性
配体被合成。这种糖肽可用作组织特异性物质,当通过可代谢或可
水解的连接与
生物活性材料耦合时,可将这些
生物活性材料输送到所选的部位。通过这种方式,例如,抗炎药物如
地塞米松通过可代谢或可
水解的连接与之链接,并在对患有炎症性疾病的动物进行治疗时将药物带到炎症部位进行细胞内释放。其他例子包括巨噬细胞
配体N.sup.2-N.sup.2,N.sup.6-Bis-[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-6-lysyl-N.sup.6-[3-(.alpha.-D-mannopyranosylthio)propionyl]-L-lysine,5,当与β-
葡聚糖酶耦合时,可以将酶有选择地输送到库普弗细胞。这在高氏病的酶替代疗法中非常有用。