Castro-Palomino JC, Simon B, Speer O, Leist M, Schmidt RR. Synthesis of ganglioside GD3 and its comparison with bovine GD3 with regard to oligodendrocyte apoptosis mitochondrial damage.
Chemistry 2001;
7:2178-84. [PMID:
11411990 DOI:
10.1002/1521-3765(20010518)7:10<2178::aid-chem2178>3.0.co;2-e]
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Abstract
2,3-Dehydroneuraminic acid derivative 5 was transformed in five efficient steps into sialyl donor 2, which has a phenylthio group on the beta-side of the 3-position for anchimeric assistance and a diethyl phosphite residue as leaving group at the anomeric carbon. The known GM3 intermediate 10 was transformed into the 4b,4c,8c-O-unprotected acceptor 3, which was then allowed to react with 2 by using TMSOTf as catalyst and acetonitrile as solvent to afford the desired tetrasaccharide 12, which has an alpha(2-8)-linkage between two neuraminic acid residues. Removal of the phenylthio group gave intermediate 13, which was transformed into O-tetraosyl trichloroacetimidate 16 as glycosyl donor. Application of the azidosphingosine glycosylation procedure furnished GD3 (1) in high overall yield. Comparison of synthetic GD3 with bovine-brain-derived GD3 showed that there were similar effects in GD3-triggered uncoupling of mitochondrial respiration and in induction of apoptosis in oligodendrocytes.
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