Synthesis of inositol phosphoglycans containing thiol-terminated spacers for efficient coupling to maleimide functionalized solid phases or proteins
作者:Jan Lindberg、Peter Strålfors、Peter Konradsson
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(02)00359-9
日期:2002.5
The synthesis of inositol phosphoglycans (IPGs), analogous to second messengers of insulin, to provide a small targeted library of compounds is described. These derivatives contain the glucosamine(α1–6)myo-inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate motif. A thiol-terminated spacer was introduced, for their immobilization, by a radical elongation of an allyl ether with benzyl mercaptane.
Glycosyl Inositol Derivatives Related to Inositolphosphoglycan Mediators: Synthesis, Structure, and Biological Activity
作者:Hansjörg Dietrich、Juan Felix Espinosa、José Luis Chiara、Jesús Jimenez-Barbero、Yolanda Leon、Isabel Varela-Nieto、José-Maria Mato、Felix H. Cano、Concepción Foces-Foces、Manuel Martín-Lomas
Synthesis and characterization of an insulin-mimetic disaccharide
作者:Robert Plourde、Marc D'Alarcao、Alan R. Saltiel
DOI:10.1021/jo00035a015
日期:1992.4
A glucosaminyl-inositol-1,2-cyclic phosphate, 1, has been synthesized and evaluated for selected insulin-mimetic properties. The compound was designed to resemble structurally the recently reported inositol glycans which are believed to be insulin second messengers. The synthesis utilized a Koenigs-Knorr glycosylation of optically pure 1-camphanyl-2,3:4,5-di-O-cyclohexylidene-D-myo-inositol with 2-azido-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl bromide followed by phosphitylation by the phosphoramidite method, oxidation, and carbodiimide cyclization. Compound 1 was found to stimulate lipogenesis in rat adipocytes in a dose-dependent manner in the micromolar range up to a level 30-40% of that maximally induced by insulin.
Tetramerization of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific Phospholipase C from Trypanosoma brucei
作者:Dora Abena Armah、Kojo Mensa-Wilmot
DOI:10.1074/jbc.m001798200
日期:2000.6
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (GPI-PLC) is an integral membrane protein in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, Enzyme activity appears to be suppressed in T, brucei, although the polypeptide is readily detectable. The basis for the apparent quiescence of GPI-PLC is not known. Protein oligomerization was investigated as a possible mechanism for post-translational regulation of GPI-PLC activity, An equilibrium between monomers, dimers, and tetramers of purified GPI-PLC was detected by molecular sieving and shown to be perturbed with specific detergents. Homotetramers dominated in Nonidet P-40, and dimers and monomers of GPI-PLC were the major species in 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate. The detergents were exploited as tools to study the effect of oligomerization on enzyme activity. Tetrameric GPI-PLC was 3.6-20-fold more active than the monomeric enzyme. Tetramer existence was confirmed by chemical cross-linking. In vivo cross-linking revealed the oligomeric state of GPI-PLC during latency and after enzyme activation. During quiescence, monomers were the predominant species in T, brucei, Assembly of tetrameric GPI-PLC occurred when parasites were subjected to conditions known to activate the enzyme. In Leishmania where heterologous expression of GPI-PLC causes a GPI deficiency, the enzyme existed as a tetramer, Hence, oligomerization of GPI-PLC is associated with high enzyme activity both in vivo and in vitro.