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The Role of B-Cells and Antibodies against Candida Vaccine Antigens in Invasive Candidiasis. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9101159. [PMID: 34696267 PMCID: PMC8540628 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9101159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Systemic candidiasis is an invasive fungal infection caused by members of the genus Candida. The recent emergence of antifungal drug resistance and increased incidences of infections caused by non-albicans Candida species merit the need for developing immune therapies against Candida infections. Although the role of cellular immune responses in anti-Candida immunity is well established, less is known about the role of humoral immunity against systemic candidiasis. This review summarizes currently available information on humoral immune responses induced by several promising Candida vaccine candidates, which have been identified in the past few decades. The protective antibody and B-cell responses generated by polysaccharide antigens such as mannan, β-glucan, and laminarin, as well as protein antigens like agglutinin-like sequence gene (Als3), secreted aspartyl proteinase (Sap2), heat shock protein (Hsp90), hyphally-regulated protein (Hyr1), hyphal wall protein (Hwp1), enolase (Eno), phospholipase (PLB), pyruvate kinase (Pk), fructose bisphosphate aldolase (Fba1), superoxide dismutase gene (Sod5) and malate dehydrogenase (Mdh1), are outlined. As per studies reviewed, antibodies induced in response to leading Candida vaccine candidates contribute to protection against systemic candidiasis by utilizing a variety of mechanisms such as opsonization, complement fixation, neutralization, biofilm inhibition, direct candidacidal activity, etc. The contributions of B-cells in controlling fungal infections are also discussed. Promising results using anti-Candida monoclonal antibodies for passive antibody therapy reinforces the need for developing antibody-based therapeutics including anti-idiotypic antibodies, single-chain variable fragments, peptide mimotopes, and antibody-derived peptides. Future research involving combinatorial immunotherapies using humanized monoclonal antibodies along with antifungal drugs/cytokines may prove beneficial for treating invasive fungal infections.
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Paulovičová E, Paulovičová L, Farkaš P, Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Krylov VB, Nifantiev NE. Importance of Candida Antigenic Factors: Structure-Driven Immunomodulation Properties of Synthetically Prepared Mannooligosaccharides in RAW264.7 Macrophages. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:378. [PMID: 31788453 PMCID: PMC6856089 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The incidence and prevalence of serious fungal infections is rising, especially in immunosuppressed individuals. Moreover, co-administration of antibiotics and immunosuppressants has driven the emergence of new multidrug-resistant pathogens. The significant increase of multidrug-resistant pathogens, together with their ability to form biofilms, is associated with morbidity and mortality. Research on novel synthetically prepared immunomodulators as potential antifungal immunotherapeutics is of serious interest. Our study demonstrated the immunobiological activity of synthetically prepared biotinylated mannooligosaccharides mimicking Candida antigenic factors using RAW264.7 macrophages. Macrophage exposure to the set of eight structurally different mannooligosaccharides induced a release of Th1, Th2, Th17, and Treg cytokine signature patterns. The observed immune responses were tightly associated with structure, dose, exposure time, and selected signature cytokines. The viability/cytotoxicity of the mannooligosaccharide formulas was assessed based on cell proliferation. The structure-based immunomodulatory activity of the formulas was evaluated with respect to the length, branching and conformation of the various formulas. Glycoconjugate formulas with terminal β-mannosyl-units tended to be more potent in terms of Candida relevant cytokines IL-12 p70, IL-17, GM-CSF, IL-6, and TNFα induction and cell proliferation, and this tendency was associated with structural differences between the studied glycoconjugate formulas. The eight tested mannooligosaccharide conjugates can be considered potential in vitro immunomodulative agents suitable for in vitro Candida diagnostics or prospectively for subcellular anti-Candida vaccine design.
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- Ema Paulovičová
- Cell Culture & Immunology Laboratory, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center for Glycomics, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Cell Culture & Immunology Laboratory, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center for Glycomics, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Cell Culture & Immunology Laboratory, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center for Glycomics, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Krylov VB, Nifantiev NE. Synthetic Oligosaccharides Mimicking Fungal Cell Wall Polysaccharides. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 425:1-16. [PMID: 31875266 DOI: 10.1007/82_2019_187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cell wall of pathogenic fungi is highly important for the development of fungal infections and is the first cellular component to interact with the host immune system. The fungal cell wall is mainly built up of different polysaccharides representing ligands for pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on immune cells and antibodies. Purified fungal polysaccharides are not easily available; in addition, they are structurally heterogenic and have wide molecular weight distribution that limits the possibility to use natural polysaccharides to assess the structure of their active determinants. The synthetic oligosaccharides of definite structure representing distinct polysaccharide fragments are indispensable tools for a variety of biological investigations and represent an advantageous alternative to natural polysaccharides. The attachment of a spacer group to these oligosaccharides permits their efficient transformation into immunogenic glycoconjugates as well as their immobilization on plates or microbeads. Herein, we summarize current information on synthetic availability of the variety of oligosaccharides related to main types of fungal cell wall components: galactomannan, α- and β-mannan, α- and β-(1 → 3)-glucan, chitin, chitosan, and others. These data are supplemented with published results of biochemical and immunological applications of synthetic oligosaccharides as molecular probes especially as the components of thematic glycoarrays suitable for characterization of anti-polysaccharide antibodies and cellular lectins or PRRs.
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- Vadim B Krylov
- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
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Krylov VB, Paulovičová L, Paulovičová E, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE. Recent advances in the synthesis of fungal antigenic oligosaccharides. PURE APPL CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2016-1011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AbstractThe driving force for the constant improvement and development of new synthetic methodologies in carbohydrate chemistry is a growing demand for biologically important oligosaccharide ligands and neoglycoconjugates thereof for numerous biochemical investigations such as cell-to-pathogen interactions, immune response, cell adhesion, etc. Here we report our syntheses of the spacer-armed antigenic oligosaccharides related to three groups of the polysaccharides of the fungal cell-wall including α- and β-mannan, α- and β-glucan and galactomannan chains, which include new rationally designed synthetic blocks, efficient solutions for the stereoselective construction of glycoside bonds, and novel strategy for preparation of furanoside-containing oligosaccharides based on recently discovered pyranoside-into-furanoside (PIF) rearrangement.
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- Vadim B. Krylov
- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center for Glycomics, Institute of Chemistry, Slovakia Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravská cesta 9, 84538 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center for Glycomics, Institute of Chemistry, Slovakia Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravská cesta 9, 84538 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia,
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Tsvetkov DE, Sukhova EV, Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE. Estimation of the degree of conjugation of oligosaccharide haptens to bovine serum albumin in the course of the squarate procedure using gel permeation HPLC. Russ Chem Bull 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-016-1680-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Blockwise synthesis of a pentasaccharide structurally related to the mannan fragment from the Candida albicans cell wall corresponding to the antigenic factor 6. Russ Chem Bull 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-015-1251-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Paulovičová E, Paulovičová L, Nifantiev NE. A Blockwise Approach to the Synthesis of (1→2)-Linked Oligosaccharides Corresponding to Fragments of the Acid-Stable β-Mannan from theCandida albicansCell Wall. European J Org Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201501464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Paulovičová L, Paulovičová E, Bystrický S. Immunological basis of anti-Candida vaccines focused on synthetically prepared cell wall mannan-derived manno-oligomers. Microbiol Immunol 2015; 58:545-51. [PMID: 25154867 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 08/06/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The increasing incidence of diseases caused by Candida species and complications in individuals with impaired immunity require new strategies for candidiasis treatment and prevention. The available therapies are often of limited effectiveness in immunocompromised patients, resulting in treatment failures, chronic infections and high mortality rates. Research directed at identifying the composition of an effective vaccine is required. Mannan forms the outermost layer of the Candida cell wall and has an essential role in modulation of anti-Candida host immune responses. Therefore, Candida cell wall mannan and synthetically prepared manno-oligomer-based glycoconjugates are the foci of attention in vaccine candidate development. Almost all of the existing human vaccines mediate protection through neutralizing antibodies. Th1-based and/or Th17-based cellular immune responses, rather than antibody-mediated immunity, mediate protection against candidiasis. Findings of published studies indicate that analysis of cellular immune responses as well as antibody responses is necessary when assessing the immunomodulatory properties of manno-oligomer-based glycoconjugates that are potential anti-Candida vaccine candidates.
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- Lucia Paulovičová
- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2009-2010. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2015; 34:268-422. [PMID: 24863367 PMCID: PMC7168572 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2010. General aspects such as theory of the MALDI process, matrices, derivatization, MALDI imaging, arrays and fragmentation are covered in the first part of the review and applications to various structural typed constitutes the remainder. The main groups of compound that are discussed in this section are oligo and polysaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosides and biopharmaceuticals. Many of these applications are presented in tabular form. Also discussed are medical and industrial applications of the technique, studies of enzyme reactions and applications to chemical synthesis.
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- David J. Harvey
- Department of BiochemistryOxford Glycobiology InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3QUUK
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Paulovičová E, Bujdáková H, Chupáčová J, Paulovičová L, Kertys P, Hrubiško M. Humoral immune responses to Candida albicans complement receptor 3-related protein in the atopic subjects with vulvovaginal candidiasis. Novel sensitive marker for Candida infection. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 15:fou001. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fou001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Paulovičová L, Paulovičová E, Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE, Bystrický S. Immune cell response to Candida cell wall mannan derived branched α-oligomannoside conjugates in mice. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2013; 48:9-19. [PMID: 24239417 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Constructs composed of cell wall mannan-derived moieties conjugated to immunogenic proteins could be promising agents for induction of protective anti-Candida immune responses. METHODS This report is focused on the cellular immune response differences induced by BSA-based conjugates bearing synthetic α-1,6-branched oligomannosides. For monitoring of the immune responses following active immunization we evaluated changes in the frequencies of T and B lymphocytes and their activation status in the blood and spleen. We compared the immunization-induced changes of co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 expression on blood neutrophils and Th1/Th2 polarization of the immune response based on IFN-γ, TNF-α (pro-Th1), IL-4, and IL-10 (pro-Th2) cytokines levels and induction of IL-17. RESULTS The results pointed out a comparable effect of the conjugates on the modulation of T and B lymphocytes frequencies in blood and spleen. Both conjugates induced upregulation of CD25 surface antigen on CD4(+) T lymphocytes, independently on the structural differences of oligosaccharides. The differences in structure of oligomannoside antigens or conjugate constructs were reflected in the increase of co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 expression on neutrophils, and in induced cytokine response. M5-BSA conjugate induced only a slight increase in CD80 expression but a significant increase in IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-10. M6-BSA conjugate induced a significant increase of CD80 expression and increase of TNF-α, IL-4, and IL-10. CONCLUSION Obtained data demonstrate the importance of cellular immune response analysis for investigation of immunomodulatory properties of oligomannoside-protein conjugates.
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- Lucia Paulovičová
- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Centre of Excellence Glycomed, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Centre of Excellence Glycomed, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Centre of Excellence Glycomed, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Paulovičová E, Paulovičová L, Pilišiová R, Bystrický S, Yashunsky DV, Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE. Synthetically prepared glycooligosaccharides mimicking Candida albicans cell wall glycan antigens--novel tools to study host-pathogen interactions. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 13:659-73. [PMID: 23859640 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The immunobiological efficacy of synthetically prepared mannooligosaccharides and a glucooligosaccharide mimicking the structure of Candida albicans cell wall glycans was assessed in vivo and in vitro to exploit immune responses. The exposure of mice splenocytes to BSA-based conjugates of synthetic oligomannosides and oligoglucoside revealed intense influence on T-cell subset polarization. The conjugates biased the immune responses towards Th1 and Th17 with respect to the prevalence of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin (IL)-17 (IL-17) over IL-4 and IL-10 levels. The inflammatory activity of the conjugates has been evaluated based on the induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Postvaccination, antimannooligosaccharide and antiglucooligosaccharide antisera were subjected to an evaluation of the structure-immunomodulation activity relationship. Clinical isolates of C. albicans CCY 29-3-32 and C. albicans CCY 29-3-164 were applied to study interactions between Candida cells and anti-oligosaccharide antibodies. In situ recognition of parietal oligomannosyl and oligoglucosyl sequences in C. albicans cell wall by the antisera raised against BSA-based conjugates of synthetic oligomannosides and oligoglucoside revealed the effective recognition of specific distribution of natural oligosaccharide sequences in the cell wall of C. albicans serotype A. With respect to these results, it can be concluded that new, synthetically prepared oligosaccharides mimicking Candida cell wall structures represent prospective immunobiologically effective components for further immunopharmacologically relevant Candida vaccine design.
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- Ema Paulovičová
- Department Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates, Center of Excellence GLYCOMED, Institute of Chemistry, Centre for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Wurm FR, Klok HA. Be squared: expanding the horizon of squaric acid-mediated conjugations. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:8220-36. [PMID: 23873344 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60153f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Squaric acid diesters can be applied as reagents to couple two amino-functional compounds. Consecutive coupling of two amines allows the synthesis of asymmetric squaric acid bisamides with either low molecular weight compounds but also biomolecules or polymers. The key feature of the squaric acid diester mediated coupling is the reduced reactivity of the resulting ester-amide after the first amidation step of the diester. This allows the sequential amidation and generation of asymmetric squaramides with high selectivity and in high yields. This article gives an overview of the well-established squaric acid diester mediated coupling reactions for glycoconjugates and presents recent advances that aim to expand this very versatile reaction protocol to the modification of peptides and proteins.
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- Frederik R Wurm
- Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Paulovičová L, Paulovičová E, Karelin AA, Tsvetkov YE, Nifantiev NE, Bystrický S. Effect of Branched α-Oligomannoside Structures on Induction of Anti-CandidaHumoral Immune Response. Scand J Immunol 2013; 77:431-41. [DOI: 10.1111/sji.12044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- L. Paulovičová
- Centre of Excellence Glycomed; Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates; Institute of Chemistry; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Bratislava; Slovakia
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- Centre of Excellence Glycomed; Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates; Institute of Chemistry; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Bratislava; Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Chemistry of Glycoconjugates; Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow; Russia
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- Laboratory of Chemistry of Glycoconjugates; Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow; Russia
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- Laboratory of Chemistry of Glycoconjugates; Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow; Russia
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- Centre of Excellence Glycomed; Department of Immunochemistry of Glycoconjugates; Institute of Chemistry; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Bratislava; Slovakia
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Humoral and cell-mediated immunity following vaccination with synthetic Candida cell wall mannan derived heptamannoside-protein conjugate: immunomodulatory properties of heptamannoside-BSA conjugate. Int Immunopharmacol 2012; 14:179-87. [PMID: 22835427 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chemically defined glycoprotein conjugate composed of synthetically prepared mannan-derived heptamannoside with terminal β-1,2-linked mannose residue attached to the α-1,3-linked mannose residues and BSA as carrier protein (M7-BSA conjugate) was analysed for the capacity to induce protective humoral immunity and appropriate alteration cellular immunity. To identify protective antigenic structure of Candida cell wall mannan M7-BSA conjugate was used for BALB/c mice immunization. The obtained results were compared with placebo group and with heat-inactivated C. albicans whole cells immunization. The administration route of M7-BSA conjugate secondary booster injection significantly affected the intensity of humoral immune response and the specificity of produced antibodies. All prepared sera were able to elevate candidacidal activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in cooperation with complement. Moreover, polyclonal sera obtained after secondary subcutaneous (s.c.) booster injection of M7-BSA conjugate were able to induce candidacidal activity of PMN also in complement independent manner. M7-BSA conjugate immunization induced increases of phagocytic activity and respiratory burst of granulocytes, caused a raise of the proportion of CD3(+) T lymphocytes and increased the CD4(+)/CD8(+) T lymphocyte ratio. We observed also an increasing proportion of CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells compared to immunization with heat inactivated whole C. albicans cells, which in turn promoted an increase of the CD8(+)CD25(+) cell proportion. Immunization with M7-BSA conjugate induced Th1, Th2 and Th17 immune responses as indicated by the elevation of relevant cytokines levels. These data provide some insights on the immunomodulatory properties of oligomannosides and contribute to the development of synthetic oligosaccharide vaccines against fungal diseases.
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Liu M, Machová E, Neščáková Z, Medovarská I, Clemons KV, Martinez M, Chen V, Bystrický S, Stevens DA. Vaccination with mannan protects mice against systemic aspergillosis. Med Mycol 2012; 50:818-28. [PMID: 22587733 DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.683539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients and therapeutic options are often limited, thus a vaccine would be desirable. We presently studied acid-stable cell-wall mannan (α-1, 6-linked backbone highly branched with α-1, 2; α-1, 3; and β-1, 2-linked manno-oligomers) derived from C. albicans, with or without conjugation to bovine serum albumin (BSA), as a vaccine against systemic aspergillosis. Mice were vaccinated subcutaneously with mannan or mannan-BSA conjugate weekly 3 times, ending 2 weeks prior to infection with A. fumigatus conidia. Results showed that the protection induced by mannan is dose-dependent; 12 mg unconjugated mannan alone or > 0.3 mg mannan-BSA consistently enhanced survival (P < 0.05). Fungal burdens in brains and kidneys were reduced after > 0.3 mg of mannan-BSA (all P < 0.05). Mannan-induced protection was improved about 40-fold by conjugation of BSA to mannan. Mannan-BSA (500 kDa) was more protective than 40 kDa mannan-BSA. Mannan is a candidate for a cross-protective conjugate fungal vaccine.
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- Min Liu
- California Institute for Medical Research, San Jose, California, USA
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Adamo R, Tontini M, Brogioni G, Romano MR, Costantini G, Danieli E, Proietti D, Berti F, Costantino P. Synthesis of Laminarin Fragments and Evaluation of a β-(1,3) Glucan Hexasaccaride-CRM197Conjugate as Vaccine Candidate againstCandida albicans. J Carbohydr Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/07328303.2011.604453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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