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Herrera-González I, González-Cuesta M, Thépaut M, Laigre E, Goyard D, Rojo J, García Fernández JM, Fieschi F, Renaudet O, Nieto PM, Ortiz Mellet C. High-Mannose Oligosaccharide Hemimimetics that Recapitulate the Conformation and Binding Mode to Concanavalin A, DC-SIGN and Langerin. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303041. [PMID: 37828571 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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The "carbohydrate chemical mimicry" exhibited by sp2 -iminosugars has been utilized to develop practical syntheses for analogs of the branched high-mannose-type oligosaccharides (HMOs) Man3 and Man5 . In these compounds, the terminal nonreducing Man residues have been substituted with 5,6-oxomethylidenemannonojirimycin (OMJ) motifs. The resulting oligomannoside hemimimetic accurately reproduce the structure, configuration, and conformational behavior of the original mannooligosaccharides, as confirmed by NMR and computational techniques. Binding studies with mannose binding lectins, including concanavalin A, DC-SIGN, and langerin, by enzyme-linked lectin assay and surface plasmon resonance revealed significant variations in their ability to accommodate the OMJ unit in the mannose binding site. Intriguingly, OMJMan segments demonstrated "in line" heteromultivalent effects during binding to the three lectins. Similar to the mannobiose (Man2 ) branches in HMOs, the binding modes involving the external or internal monosaccharide unit at the carbohydrate binding-domain exist in equilibrium, facilitating sliding and recapture processes. This equilibrium, which influences the multivalent binding of HMOs, can be finely modulated upon incorporation of the OMJ sp2 -iminosugar caps. As a proof of concept, the affinity and selectivity towards DC-SIGN and langerin were adjustable by presenting the OMJMan epitope in platforms with diverse architectures and valencies.
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- Irene Herrera-González
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
- Present address: DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
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- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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Targeting galectin-driven regulatory circuits in cancer and fibrosis. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2023; 22:295-316. [PMID: 36759557 DOI: 10.1038/s41573-023-00636-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Galectins are a family of endogenous glycan-binding proteins that have crucial roles in a broad range of physiological and pathological processes. As a group, these proteins use both extracellular and intracellular mechanisms as well as glycan-dependent and independent pathways to reprogramme the fate and function of numerous cell types. Given their multifunctional roles in both tissue fibrosis and cancer, galectins have been identified as potential therapeutic targets for these disorders. Here, we focus on the therapeutic relevance of galectins, particularly galectin 1 (GAL1), GAL3 and GAL9 to tumour progression and fibrotic diseases. We consider an array of galectin-targeted strategies, including small-molecule carbohydrate inhibitors, natural polysaccharides and their derivatives, peptides, peptidomimetics and biological agents (notably, neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and truncated galectins) and discuss their mechanisms of action, selectivity and therapeutic potential in preclinical models of fibrosis and cancer. We also review the results of clinical trials that aim to evaluate the efficacy of galectin inhibitors in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cancer. The rapid pace of glycobiology research, combined with the acute need for drugs to alleviate fibrotic inflammation and overcome resistance to anticancer therapies, will accelerate the translation of anti-galectin therapeutics into clinical practice.
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Laderach DJ, Compagno D. Inhibition of galectins in cancer: Biological challenges for their clinical application. Front Immunol 2023; 13:1104625. [PMID: 36703969 PMCID: PMC9872792 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1104625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Galectins play relevant roles in tumor development, progression and metastasis. Accordingly, galectins are certainly enticing targets for medical intervention in cancer. To date, however, clinical trials based on galectin inhibitors reported inconclusive results. This review summarizes the galectin inhibitors currently being evaluated and discusses some of the biological challenges that need to be addressed to improve these strategies for the benefit of cancer patients.
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- Diego José Laderach
- Molecular and Functional Glyco-Oncology Laboratory, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facutad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina,Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina,Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján, Argentina,*Correspondence: Diego José Laderach,
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- Molecular and Functional Glyco-Oncology Laboratory, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facutad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina,Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ou C, Li C, Feng C, Tong X, Vasta GR, Wang LX. Synthesis, binding affinity, and inhibitory capacity of cyclodextrin-based multivalent glycan ligands for human galectin-3. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 72:116974. [PMID: 36108470 PMCID: PMC10349921 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Human galectin 3 (Gal-3) has been implicated to play important roles in different biological recognition processes such as tumor growth and cancer metastasis. High-affinity Gal-3 ligands are desirable for functional studies and as inhibitors for potential therapeutic development. We report here a facile synthesis of β-cyclodextrin (CD)-based Tn and TF antigen-containing multivalent ligands via a click reaction. Binding studies indicated that the synthetic multivalent glycan ligands demonstrated a clear clustering effect in binding to human Gal-3, with up to 153-fold enhanced relative affinity in comparison with the monomeric glycan ligand. The GalNAc (Tn antigen) containing heptavalent ligand showed the highest affinity for human Gal-3 among the synthetic ligands tested, with an EC50 of 1.4 μM in binding to human Gal-3. A cell-based assay revealed that the synthetic CD-based multivalent ligands could efficiently inhibit Gal-3 binding to human airway epithelial cells, with an inhibitory capacity consistent with their binding affinity measured by SPR. The synthetic cyclodextrin-based ligands described in this study should be valuable for functional studies of human Gal-3 and potentially for therapeutic applications.
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- Chong Ou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
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Manabe Y, Tsutsui M, Hirao K, Kobayashi R, Inaba H, Matsuura K, Yoshidome D, Kabayama K, Fukase K. Mechanistic Studies for the Rational Design of Multivalent Glycodendrimers. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201848. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yoshiyuki Manabe
- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
- Forefront Research Center Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-Minami Tottori 680-8552 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-Minami Tottori 680-8552 Japan
- Centre for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-Minami Tottori 680-8552 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-Minami Tottori 680-8552 Japan
- Centre for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry Tottori University 4-101 Koyama-Minami Tottori 680-8552 Japan
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- Schrödinger K.K. 17F Marunouchi Trust Tower North, 1-8-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
- Forefront Research Center Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
- Forefront Research Center Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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Agrahari AK, Bose P, Jaiswal MK, Rajkhowa S, Singh AS, Hotha S, Mishra N, Tiwari VK. Cu(I)-Catalyzed Click Chemistry in Glycoscience and Their Diverse Applications. Chem Rev 2021; 121:7638-7956. [PMID: 34165284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Copper(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between organic azides and terminal alkynes, commonly known as CuAAC or click chemistry, has been identified as one of the most successful, versatile, reliable, and modular strategies for the rapid and regioselective construction of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles as diversely functionalized molecules. Carbohydrates, an integral part of living cells, have several fascinating features, including their structural diversity, biocompatibility, bioavailability, hydrophilicity, and superior ADME properties with minimal toxicity, which support increased demand to explore them as versatile scaffolds for easy access to diverse glycohybrids and well-defined glycoconjugates for complete chemical, biochemical, and pharmacological investigations. This review highlights the successful development of CuAAC or click chemistry in emerging areas of glycoscience, including the synthesis of triazole appended carbohydrate-containing molecular architectures (mainly glycohybrids, glycoconjugates, glycopolymers, glycopeptides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycoclusters, and glycodendrimers through regioselective triazole forming modular and bio-orthogonal coupling protocols). It discusses the widespread applications of these glycoproducts as enzyme inhibitors in drug discovery and development, sensing, gelation, chelation, glycosylation, and catalysis. This review also covers the impact of click chemistry and provides future perspectives on its role in various emerging disciplines of science and technology.
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- Anand K Agrahari
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology (JIST), Jorhat, Assam 785010, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science and Engineering Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Cagnoni AJ, Primo ED, Klinke S, Cano ME, Giordano W, Mariño KV, Kovensky J, Goldbaum FA, Uhrig ML, Otero LH. Crystal structures of peanut lectin in the presence of synthetic β-N- and β-S-galactosides disclose evidence for the recognition of different glycomimetic ligands. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2020; 76:1080-1091. [PMID: 33135679 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798320012371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Carbohydrate-lectin interactions are involved in important cellular recognition processes, including viral and bacterial infections, inflammation and tumor metastasis. Hence, structural studies of lectin-synthetic glycan complexes are essential for understanding lectin-recognition processes and for the further design of promising chemotherapeutics that interfere with sugar-lectin interactions. Plant lectins are excellent models for the study of the molecular-recognition process. Among them, peanut lectin (PNA) is highly relevant in the field of glycobiology because of its specificity for β-galactosides, showing high affinity towards the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen, a well known tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen. Given this specificity, PNA is one of the most frequently used molecular probes for the recognition of tumor cell-surface O-glycans. Thus, it has been extensively used in glycobiology for inhibition studies with a variety of β-galactoside and β-lactoside ligands. Here, crystal structures of PNA are reported in complex with six novel synthetic hydrolytically stable β-N- and β-S-galactosides. These complexes disclosed key molecular-binding interactions of the different sugars with PNA at the atomic level, revealing the roles of specific water molecules in protein-ligand recognition. Furthermore, binding-affinity studies by isothermal titration calorimetry showed dissociation-constant values in the micromolar range, as well as a positive multivalency effect in terms of affinity in the case of the divalent compounds. Taken together, this work provides a qualitative structural rationale for the upcoming synthesis of optimized glycoclusters designed for the study of lectin-mediated biological processes. The understanding of the recognition of β-N- and β-S-galactosides by PNA represents a benchmark in protein-carbohydrate interactions since they are novel synthetic ligands that do not belong to the family of O-linked glycosides.
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- Alejandro J Cagnoni
- Laboratorio de Glicómica Funcional y Molecular, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, IBYME-CONICET, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, INBIAS-CONICET, Ruta Nacional 36 Km 601, 5800 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Avenida Patricias Argentinas 435, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, INBIAS-CONICET, Ruta Nacional 36 Km 601, 5800 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Glicómica Funcional y Molecular, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, IBYME-CONICET, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratoire de Glycochimie, des Antimicrobiens et des Agroressources (LG2A)-CNRS UMR 7378, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue Saint Leu, 80039 Amiens CEDEX, France
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Avenida Patricias Argentinas 435, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Avenida Patricias Argentinas 435, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Freichel T, Heine V, Laaf D, Mackintosh EE, Sarafova S, Elling L, Snyder NL, Hartmann L. Sequence-Defined Heteromultivalent Precision Glycomacromolecules Bearing Sulfonated/Sulfated Nonglycosidic Moieties Preferentially Bind Galectin-3 and Delay Wound Healing of a Galectin-3 Positive Tumor Cell Line in an In Vitro Wound Scratch Assay. Macromol Biosci 2020; 20:e2000163. [PMID: 32715650 PMCID: PMC9831253 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202000163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Within this work, a new class of sequence-defined heteromultivalent glycomacromolecules bearing lactose residues and nonglycosidic motifs for probing glycoconjugate recognition in carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) of galectin-3 is presented. Galectins, a family of β-galactoside-binding proteins, are known to play crucial roles in different signaling pathways involved in tumor biology. Thus, research has focused on the design and synthesis of galectin-targeting ligands for use as diagnostic markers or potential therapeutics. Heteromultivalent precision glycomacromolecules have the potential to serve as ligands for galectins. In this work, multivalency and the introduction of nonglycosidic motifs bearing either neutral, amine, or sulfonated/sulfated groups are used to better understand binding in the galectin-3 CRD. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and surface plasmon resonance studies are performed, revealing a positive impact of the sulfonated/sulfated nonglycosidic motifs on galectin-3 binding but not on galectin-1 binding. Selected compounds are then tested with galectin-3 positive MCF 7 breast cancer cells using an in vitro would scratch assay. Preliminary results demonstrate a differential biological effect on MCF 7 cells with high galectin-3 expression in comparison to an HEK 293 control with low galectin-3 expression, indicating the potential for sulfonated/sulfated heteromultivalent glycomacromolecules to serve as preferential ligands for galectin-3 targeting.
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- Tanja Freichel
- Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Davidson College, Box 7188, Davidson, NC 28035, USA
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Davidson College, Box 7120, Davidson, NC 28035, USA
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- Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Universitätsstraße 1, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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Bertuzzi S, Quintana JI, Ardá A, Gimeno A, Jiménez-Barbero J. Targeting Galectins With Glycomimetics. Front Chem 2020; 8:593. [PMID: 32850631 PMCID: PMC7426508 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Among glycan-binding proteins, galectins, β-galactoside-binding lectins, exhibit relevant biological roles and are implicated in many diseases, such as cancer and inflammation. Their involvement in crucial pathologies makes them interesting targets for drug discovery. In this review, we gather the last approaches toward the specific design of glycomimetics as potential drugs against galectins. Different approaches, either using specific glycomimetic molecules decorated with key functional groups or employing multivalent presentations of lactose and N-acetyl lactosamine analogs, have provided promising results for binding and modulating different galectins. The review highlights the results obtained with these approximations, from the employment of S-glycosyl compounds to peptidomimetics and multivalent glycopolymers, mostly employed to recognize and/or detect hGal-1 and hGal-3.
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- Sara Bertuzzi
- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.,Department of Organic Chemistry II, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country - UPV-EHU, Leioa, Spain
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Tavares MR, Bláhová M, Sedláková L, Elling L, Pelantová H, Konefał R, Etrych T, Křen V, Bojarová P, Chytil P. High-Affinity N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide Copolymers with Tailored N-Acetyllactosamine Presentation Discriminate between Galectins. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:641-652. [PMID: 31904940 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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N-Acetyllactosamine (LacNAc; Galβ4GlcNAc) is a typical disaccharide ligand of galectins. The most abundant members of these human lectins, galectin-1 (Gal-1) and galectin-3 (Gal-3), participate in a number of pathologies including cancerogenesis and metastatic formation. In this study, we synthesized a series of fifteen N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA)-based glycopolymers with varying LacNAc amounts and presentations and evaluated the impact of their architecture on the binding affinity to Gal-1 and Gal-3. The controlled radical reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer copolymerization technique afforded linear polymer precursors with comparable molecular weight (Mn ≈ 22,000 g mol-1) and narrow dispersity (D̵ ≈ 1.1). The precursors were conjugated with the functionalized LacNAc disaccharide (4-22 mol % content in glycopolymer) prepared by enzymatic synthesis under catalysis by β-galactosidase from Bacillus circulans. The structure-affinity relationship study based on the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed that the type of LacNAc presentation, individual or clustered on bi- or trivalent linkers, brings a clear discrimination (almost 300-fold) between Gal-1 and Gal-3, reaching avidity to Gal-1 in the nanomolar range. Whereas Gal-1 strongly preferred a dense presentation of individually distributed LacNAc epitopes, Gal-3 preferred a clustered LacNAc presentation. Such a strong galectin preference based just on the structure of a multivalent glycopolymer type is exceptional. The prepared nontoxic, nonimmunogenic, and biocompatible glycopolymers are prospective for therapeutic applications requiring selectivity for one particular galectin.
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- Marina Rodrigues Tavares
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstí 2 , CZ-162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstí 2 , CZ-162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology , Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083 , CZ-142 20 Prague 4 , Czech Republic.,Department of Health Care Disciplines and Population Protection, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering , Czech Technical University in Prague , Sítná sq. 3105 , CZ-272 01 Kladno , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering , RWTH Aachen , Pauwelstr. 20 , D-52079 Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology , Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083 , CZ-142 20 Prague 4 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstí 2 , CZ-162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstí 2 , CZ-162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology , Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083 , CZ-142 20 Prague 4 , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology , Czech Academy of Sciences , Vídeňská 1083 , CZ-142 20 Prague 4 , Czech Republic.,Department of Health Care Disciplines and Population Protection, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering , Czech Technical University in Prague , Sítná sq. 3105 , CZ-272 01 Kladno , Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Heyrovského náměstí 2 , CZ-162 06 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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Binding of Gold(III) Porphyrin by the Pro-metastatic Regulatory Protein Human Galectin-3. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24244561. [PMID: 31842510 PMCID: PMC6943629 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24244561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Gold(III) porphyrin presents an attractive alternative to the use of, for example, cisplatin in chemotherapy. However, approaches that allow to selectively target cancer cells are highly sought. Many plant and mammalian lectins have been shown to bind oligosaccharide sequences of the aberrant glycosylation pattern found on cancerous tumors. For example human galectin-3, of the galectin family specific for β-galactoside, is overexpressed in the extracellular matrix of tumorigenous and metastatic tissues. We searched for non-carbohydrate ligands for galectin-3 that can guide a cytotoxic drug to the cancer cells by maintaining its affinity for tumor associated carbohydrate antigens. Previous findings showed that zinc tetrasulfonatophenylporphyrin can bind galectin-3 with sub-micromolar affinity without disturbing lactose binding. Gold(III) porphyrin is not only cytotoxic to cancer cells, it knows also a potential application as photosensitiser in photodynamic therapy. We investigated the binding of gold(III) porphyrin to galectin-3 using different biophysical interaction techniques and demonstrated a low micromolar affinity of human galectin-3 for the cytotoxic compound. Co-crystallization attempts in order to understand the binding mode of gold porphyrin to galectin-3 failed, but molecular docking emphasized a highly populated secondary binding site that does not hinder lactose or Thomsen Friendenreich disaccharide binding. This suggests that gold(III) porphyrin might significantly enhance its concentration and delivery to cancer cells by binding to human galectin-3 that keeps its orientation towards tumor associated carbohydrate antigens.
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Dextran aldehyde (dexOx), resulting from the periodate oxidative cleavage of 1,2-diol moiety inside dextran, is a polymer that is very useful in many areas, including as a macromolecular carrier for drug delivery and other biomedical applications. In particular, it has been widely used for chemical engineering of enzymes, with the aim of designing better biocatalysts that possess improved catalytic properties, making them more stable and/or active for different catalytic reactions. This polymer possesses a very flexible hydrophilic structure, which becomes inert after chemical reduction; therefore, dexOx comes to be highly versatile in a biocatalyst design. This paper presents an overview of the multiple applications of dexOx in applied biocatalysis, e.g., to modulate the adsorption of biomolecules on carrier surfaces in affinity chromatography and biosensors design, to serve as a spacer arm between a ligand and the support in biomacromolecule immobilization procedures or to generate artificial microenvironments around the enzyme molecules or to stabilize multimeric enzymes by intersubunit crosslinking, among many other applications.
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Denavit V, Lainé D, Tremblay T, St-Gelais J, Giguère D. Synthetic Inhibitors of Galectins: Structures and Syntheses. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2018. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1729.1se] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vincent Denavit
- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, PROTEO, RQRM
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, PROTEO, RQRM
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, PROTEO, RQRM
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, PROTEO, RQRM
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, PROTEO, RQRM
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Besford QA, Wojnilowicz M, Suma T, Bertleff-Zieschang N, Caruso F, Cavalieri F. Lactosylated Glycogen Nanoparticles for Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:16869-16879. [PMID: 28362077 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Glyconanoparticles that exhibit multivalent binding to lectins are desirable for molecular recognition and therapeutic applications. Herein we explore the use of glycogen nanoparticles as a biosourced glycoscaffold for engineering multivalent glyconanoparticles. Glycogen nanoparticles, a naturally occurring highly branched polymer of glucose, was functionalized with lactose, achieved through copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition chemistry, for targeted interaction with lectins ex situ and on prostate cancer cells. The lactosylated glycogen, which contains terminal β-galactoside moieties, is termed galacto-glycogen (GG), and is found to interact strongly with peanut agglutinin (PNA), a β-galactoside-specific lectin, as observed by optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and quartz crystal microbalance measurements. The GG nanoparticles exhibit multivalent binding to PNA with an affinity constant of 3.4 × 105 M-1, and the GG-PNA complex cannot be displaced by lactose, demonstrating the competitive binding of GG to the lectin. These GG nanoparticles were tested for association with prostate cancer cell membranes in vitro, where the particles exhibited a high affinity for the membrane, as observed from flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. This is inferred to result from specific extracellular galectin-1 targeting. Furthermore, the GG nanoparticles induce aggregation between prostate cancer cells. Our results highlight a strategy for engineering a biosourced polysaccharide with surface moieties that exhibit strong multivalent interactions with lectins, and targeted interaction with prostate cancer cells.
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- Quinn A Besford
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", via della ricerca scientifica 1 , 00173 Rome, Italy
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Kushwaha D, Xu P, Kováč P. Carbohydrates as potentially versatile core subcarriers for multivalent immunogens. RSC Adv 2017; 7:7591-7603. [PMID: 28944050 PMCID: PMC5607872 DOI: 10.1039/c6ra27181b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synthetic multivalent glycoclusters that carry carbohydrate antigen epitopes have been recognized as promising candidates for the development of carbohydrate based vaccines. Here we describe a convergent strategy for the synthesis of conjugation-ready multivalent glycoclusters using sugars as versatile core subcarriers. d-Glucose and gentiobiose were converted into poly-alkyne functionalized cores which were then decorated with an azide bearing model ligand d-glucose using click chemistry, to form structurally well-defined tetra- and heptavalent glycoclusters. Each cluster was conjugated to a model protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) by squaric acid chemistry. Carbohydrate clusters can be prepared in a variety of sizes and spatial arrangements by altering the structure and configuration of the core, depending on the mono-, or oligosaccharides used for their assembly. It is suggested that the use of carbohydrate as core subcarriers provides an opportunity to tailor the size and topology of antigens and modify multivalent presentation of immunogens in a way to optimize cluster effect for stronger immunoreactivity.
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- Divya Kushwaha
- NIDDK, LBC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0815 (U.S.A.)
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- NIDDK, LBC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0815 (U.S.A.)
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- NIDDK, LBC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0815 (U.S.A.)
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Campo VL, Marchiori MF, Rodrigues LC, Dias-Baruffi M. Synthetic glycoconjugates inhibitors of tumor-related galectin-3: an update. Glycoconj J 2016; 33:853-876. [PMID: 27526114 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-016-9721-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Galectin-3 is associated with the development and malignancy of several types of tumor, mediating important tumor-related functions, such as tumorigenesis, neoplastic transformation, tumor cell survival, angiogenesis, tumor metastasis and regulation of apoptosis. Therefore, synthetic galectin-3 inhibitors are of utmost importance for development of new antitumor therapeutic strategies. In this review we present an updated selection of synthetic glycoconjugates inhibitors of tumor-related galectin-3, properly addressed as monosaccharide- and disaccharide-based inhibitors, and multivalent-based inhibitors, disclosuring relevant methods for their synthesis along with their inhibitory activities towards galectin-3. In general, Cu(I)-assisted 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions were predominantly applied for the synthesis of the described inhibitors, which had their inhibitory activities against galectin-3 evaluated by fluorescence polarization, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), hemagglutination, ELISA and cell imaging assays. Overall, the presented synthetic glycoconjugates represent frontline galectin-3 inhibitors, finding important biomedical applications in cancer.
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- Vanessa Leiria Campo
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Av. Café S/N, CEP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Av. Café S/N, CEP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Av. Café S/N, CEP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Av. Café S/N, CEP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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Multivalent sialylation of β-thio-glycoclusters by Trypanosoma cruzi trans sialidase and analysis by high performance anion exchange chromatography. Glycoconj J 2016; 33:809-18. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-016-9676-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Blanchard H, Bum-Erdene K, Bohari MH, Yu X. Galectin-1 inhibitors and their potential therapeutic applications: a patent review. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2016; 26:537-54. [PMID: 26950805 DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2016.1163338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Galectins have affinity for β-galactosides. Human galectin-1 is ubiquitously expressed in the body and its expression level can be a marker in disease. Targeted inhibition of galectin-1 gives potential for treatment of inflammatory disorders and anti-cancer therapeutics. AREAS COVERED This review discusses progress in galectin-1 inhibitor discovery and development. Patent applications pertaining to galectin-1 inhibitors are categorised as monovalent- and multivalent-carbohydrate-based inhibitors, peptides- and peptidomimetics. Furthermore, the potential of galectin-1 protein as a therapeutic is discussed along with consideration of the unique challenges that galectin-1 presents, including its monomer-dimer equilibrium and oxidized and reduced forms, with regard to delivering an intact protein to a pathologically relevant site. EXPERT OPINION Significant evidence implicates galectin-1's involvement in cancer progression, inflammation, and host-pathogen interactions. Conserved sequence similarity of the carbohydrate-binding sites of different galectins makes design of specific antagonists (blocking agents/inhibitors of function) difficult. Key challenges pertaining to the therapeutic use of galectin-1 are its monomer-dimer equilibrium, its redox state, and delivery of intact galectin-1 to the desired site. Developing modified forms of galectin-1 has resulted in increased stability and functional potency. Gene and protein therapy approaches that deliver the protein toward the target are under exploration as is exploitation of different inhibitor scaffolds.
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- Helen Blanchard
- a Institute for Glycomics , Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus , Queensland , Australia
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- a Institute for Glycomics , Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus , Queensland , Australia
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- a Institute for Glycomics , Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus , Queensland , Australia
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Marchiori MF, Pires Souto DE, Oliveira Bortot L, Francisco Pereira J, Kubota LT, Cummings RD, Dias-Baruffi M, Carvalho I, Campo VL. Synthetic 1,2,3-triazole-linked glycoconjugates bind with high affinity to human galectin-3. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:3414-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Revised: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cagnoni AJ, Kovensky J, Uhrig ML. Design and synthesis of hydrolytically stable multivalent ligands bearing thiodigalactoside analogues for peanut lectin and human galectin-3 binding. J Org Chem 2014; 79:6456-67. [PMID: 24937526 DOI: 10.1021/jo500883v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herein, we describe the design and synthesis of a novel family of hydrolytically stable glycoclusters bearing thiodigalactoside (TDG) analogues as recognition elements of β-galactoside binding lectins. The TDG analogue was synthesized by thioglycosylation of a 6-S-acetyl-α-D-glucosyl bromide with the isothiouronium salt of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-galactose. Further propargylation of the TDG analogue allowed the coupling to azido-functionalized oligosaccharide scaffolds through copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) under microwave activation. The final mono-, di-, and tetravalent ligands were resistant to enzymatic hydrolisis by Escherichia coli β-galactosidase. Binding affinities to peanut agglutinin and human galectin-3 were measured by isothermal titration calorimetry which showed K(a) constants in the micromolar range as well as a multivalent effect. Monovalent ligand exhibited a binding affinity higher than that of thiodigalactoside. Docking studies performed with a model ligand on both β-galactoside binding lectins showed additional interactions between the triazole ring and lectin amino acid residues, suggesting a positive effect of this aromatic residue on the biological activity.
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- Alejandro J Cagnoni
- CIHIDECAR-CONICET, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires , Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Šimonová A, Kupper CE, Böcker S, Müller A, Hofbauerová K, Pelantová H, Elling L, Křen V, Bojarová P. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of LacdiNAc dimers of varying length as novel galectin ligands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2013.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yao W, Xia MJ, Meng XB, Li Q, Li ZJ. Adaptable synthesis of C-lactosyl glycoclusters and their binding properties with galectin-3. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:8180-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01374c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The synthesis of mono- to tetravalent C-β-lactosyl glycoclusters has been achieved in good yield. The KD values of glycoclusters against galectin-3 were tested by SPR assay, and the structure–activity relationship has been summarized in detail.
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- Wang Yao
- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Peking University
- Beijing 100191, P R China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Peking University
- Beijing 100191, P R China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Peking University
- Beijing 100191, P R China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Peking University
- Beijing 100191, P R China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- Peking University
- Beijing 100191, P R China
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Brissonnet Y, Ortiz Mellet C, Morandat S, Garcia Moreno MI, Deniaud D, Matthews SE, Vidal S, Šesták S, El Kirat K, Gouin SG. Topological Effects and Binding Modes Operating with Multivalent Iminosugar-Based Glycoclusters and Mannosidases. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:18427-35. [DOI: 10.1021/ja406931w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Yoan Brissonnet
- LUNAM Université, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité,
Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR
des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Profesor García González no. 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Laboratoire
de Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire, FRE-CNRS 3580, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Profesor García González no. 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité,
Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR
des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- School
of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Institut
de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires,
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique 2 Glycochimie, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratoire
de Biomécanique et Bioingénierie, UMR-CNRS 7338, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité,
Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR
des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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García Fernández JM, Benito JM, Ortiz Mellet C. Cyclodextrin-scaffolded glycotransporters for gene delivery. PURE APPL CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1351/pac-con-12-10-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Conventional drugs consist of a formulation of a bioactive species and a carrier, the former accounting for most of the sophistication of the design. In the case of biomolecular drugs, however, the role of the carrier becomes decisive in enabling the load to reach its target to carry out its designed therapeutic function. Thus, the clinical success of gene therapy, where the active principles are nucleic acids, critically depends on the use of efficient and safe delivery systems. Carbohydrates have proven particularly useful in this regard. Glycocoating, similarly to poly(ethylene)glycol (PEG)-coating (pegylation), can stabilize colloidal aggregates by improving solvation and preventing nonspecific interactions, for example, with serum proteins. Moreover, glycoconjugates can drive specific recognition and receptor-mediated internalization in target cells. Actually, the inherent flexibility of carbohydrate and glycoconjugate chemistry has greatly contributed to enlarging the range of functional materials that can be rationally conceived for gene delivery. Herein, this is illustrated with selected examples that focus on controlling the architectural parameters of the vectors to make them suitable for structure–activity relationship (SAR) and optimization studies. The members of the cyclomaltooligosaccharide (cyclodextrin, CD) family will be the central actors of the story.
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Cagnoni AJ, Varela O, Uhrig ML, Kovensky J. Efficient Synthesis of Thiolactoside Glycoclusters by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reaction of Disubstituted Alkynes on Carbohydrate Scaffolds. European J Org Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Almant M, Mastouri A, Gallego-Yerga L, García Fernandez JM, Ortiz Mellet C, Kovensky J, Morandat S, El Kirat K, Gouin SG. Probing the Nature of the Cluster Effect Observed with Synthetic Multivalent Galactosides and Peanut Agglutinin Lectin. Chemistry 2012; 19:729-38. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cecioni S, Matthews SE, Blanchard H, Praly JP, Imberty A, Vidal S. Synthesis of lactosylated glycoclusters and inhibition studies with plant and human lectins. Carbohydr Res 2012; 356:132-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Belardi B, O'Donoghue GP, Smith AW, Groves JT, Bertozzi CR. Investigating cell surface galectin-mediated cross-linking on glycoengineered cells. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:9549-52. [PMID: 22540968 PMCID: PMC3374418 DOI: 10.1021/ja301694s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The galectin family of glycan-binding proteins is thought
to mediate
many cellular processes by oligomerizing cell surface glycoproteins
and glycolipids into higher-order aggregates. This hypothesis reflects
the known oligomeric states of the galectins themselves and their
binding properties with multivalent ligands in vitro, but direct evidence of their ability to cross-link ligands on a
cell surface is lacking. A major challenge in fundamental studies
of galectin–ligand interactions is that their natural ligands
comprise a heterogeneous collection of glycoconjugates that share
related glycan structures but disparate underlying scaffolds. Consequently,
there is no obvious means to selectively monitor the behaviors of
natural galectin ligands on live cell surfaces. Here we describe an
approach for probing the galectin-induced multimerization of glycoconjugates
on cultured cells. Using RAFT polymerization, we synthesized well-defined
glycopolymers (GPs) functionalized with galectin-binding glycans along
the backbone, a lipid group on one end and a fluorophore on the other.
After insertion into live cell membranes, the GPs’ fluorescence
lifetime and diffusion time were measured in the presence and absence
of galectin-1. We observed direct evidence for galectin-1-mediated
extended cross-linking on the engineered cells, a phenomenon that
was dependent on glycan structure. This platform offers a new approach
to exploring the “galectin lattice” hypothesis and to
defining galectin ligand specificity in a physiologically relevant
context.
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- Brian Belardi
- Department of Chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Gómez-García M, Benito JM, Butera AP, Mellet CO, Fernández JMG, Blanco JLJ. Probing Carbohydrate-Lectin Recognition in Heterogeneous Environments with Monodisperse Cyclodextrin-Based Glycoclusters. J Org Chem 2012; 77:1273-88. [DOI: 10.1021/jo201797b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Marta Gómez-García
- Departamento
de Química
Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1,
E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones
Químicas, CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092 Sevilla,
Spain
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- Departamento
de Química
Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1,
E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química
Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1,
E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones
Químicas, CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092 Sevilla,
Spain
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- Departamento
de Química
Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1,
E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Méndez-Ardoy A, Guilloteau N, Di Giorgio C, Vierling P, Santoyo-González F, Ortiz Mellet C, García Fernández JM. β-Cyclodextrin-Based Polycationic Amphiphilic “Click” Clusters: Effect of Structural Modifications in Their DNA Complexing and Delivery Properties. J Org Chem 2011; 76:5882-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jo2007785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alejandro Méndez-Ardoy
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- LCMBA UMR 6001CNRS - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis 28, Avenue de Valrose, F-06108 Nice, France
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- LCMBA UMR 6001CNRS - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis 28, Avenue de Valrose, F-06108 Nice, France
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- LCMBA UMR 6001CNRS - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis 28, Avenue de Valrose, F-06108 Nice, France
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Profesor García González 1, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, A2mérico Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Synthesis of glycopeptide dendrimers, dimerization and affinity for Concanavalin A. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:2879-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.03.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chabre YM, Giguère D, Blanchard B, Rodrigue J, Rocheleau S, Neault M, Rauthu S, Papadopoulos A, Arnold AA, Imberty A, Roy R. Combining Glycomimetic and Multivalent Strategies toward Designing Potent Bacterial Lectin Inhibitors. Chemistry 2011; 17:6545-62. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoann M. Chabre
- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- CERMAV CNRS (Affiliated to Université Joseph Fourier and belonging to ICMG), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France), Fax: (+33) 476‐547‐203
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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- CERMAV CNRS (Affiliated to Université Joseph Fourier and belonging to ICMG), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France), Fax: (+33) 476‐547‐203
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- Pharmaqam, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Succ. Centre‐Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3P8 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 514‐987‐4054
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Cagnoni AJ, Varela O, Gouin SG, Kovensky J, Uhrig ML. Synthesis of Multivalent Glycoclusters from 1-Thio-β-d-galactose and Their Inhibitory Activity against the β-Galactosidase from E. coli. J Org Chem 2011; 76:3064-77. [DOI: 10.1021/jo102421e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alejandro J. Cagnoni
- CIHIDECAR-CONICET, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CIHIDECAR-CONICET, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- LABORATOIRE DES GLUCIDES-CNRS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- LABORATOIRE DES GLUCIDES-CNRS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- CIHIDECAR-CONICET, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Yim CB, van der Wildt B, Dijkgraaf I, Joosten L, Eek A, Versluis C, Rijkers DTS, Boerman OC, Liskamp RMJ. Spacer effects on in vivo properties of DOTA-conjugated dimeric [Tyr3]octreotate peptides synthesized by a "Cu(I)-click" and "sulfo-click" ligation method. Chembiochem 2011; 12:750-60. [PMID: 21328514 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
We report on the SSTR2-binding properties of a series of four dimeric [Tyr3]octreotate analogues with different spacer lengths (nine, 19, 41, and 57 atoms) between the peptides. Two analogues (9 and 57 atoms) were selected as precursors for the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of DOTA-conjugated dimeric [Tyr3]octreotate analogues for tumor targeting. These compounds were synthesized by using a two-stage click ligation procedure: a Cu(I) -catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition ("copper-click" reaction) and a thio acid/sulfonyl azide amidation ("sulfo-click" reaction). The IC(50) values of these DOTA-conjugated [Tyr3]octreotate analogues were comparable, and internalization studies showed that the nine-atom (111) In-DOTA-labeled [Tyr3]octreotate dimer had rapid and high receptor binding. Biodistribution studies with BALB/c nude mice bearing subcutaneous AR42J tumors showed that the (111) In-labeled [Tyr3]octreotate dimer (nine atoms) had a high tumor uptake at 1 h p.i. (38.8 ± 8.3 % ID g(-1) ), and excellent tumor retention at 4 h p.i. (40.9 ± 2.5 % ID g(-1) ). However, the introduction of the extended hydrophilic 57 atoms spacer led to rapid clearance from the circulation; this limited tumor accumulation of the radiotracer (21.4 ± 4.9 % ID g(-1) at 1 h p.i.). These findings provide important insight on dimerization and spacer effects on the in vivo properties of DOTA-conjugated [Tyr3]octreotate dimers.
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- Cheng-Bin Yim
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Deniaud D, Julienne K, Gouin SG. Insights in the rational design of synthetic multivalent glycoconjugates as lectin ligands. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:966-79. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00389a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Euzen R, Reymond JL. Glycopeptide dendrimers: tuning carbohydrate–lectin interactions with amino acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 7:411-21. [DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00177e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Díaz-Moscoso A, Méndez-Ardoy A, Ortega-Caballero F, Benito JM, Ortiz Mellet C, Defaye J, Robinson TM, Yohannes A, Karginov VA, García Fernández JM. Symmetry Complementarity-Guided Design of Anthrax Toxin Inhibitors Based on β-Cyclodextrin: Synthesis and Relative Activities of Face-Selective Functionalized Polycationic Clusters. ChemMedChem 2010; 6:181-92. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201000419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Salomonsson E, Larumbe A, Tejler J, Tullberg E, Rydberg H, Sundin A, Khabut A, Frejd T, Lobsanov YD, Rini JM, Nilsson UJ, Leffler H. Monovalent Interactions of Galectin-1. Biochemistry 2010; 49:9518-32. [DOI: 10.1021/bi1009584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Emma Salomonsson
- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Molecular Structure and Function Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 Canada
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- Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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