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Manmode S, Hussain N, Marin OJG, Kato A, Veytia-Bucheli JI, Vincent SP, Gauthier C. Thioarylation of 6-Amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic Acid (IminoKdo): Access to 3,6-Disubstituted Picolinates and Mechanistic Insights. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303904. [PMID: 38116880 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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In this work, we present a metal-free coupling protocol for the regio- and stereoselective C3-thioarylation of 6-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (iminoKdo). The developed procedure enables the coupling of electron-rich, electron-deficient, and hindered arylthiols, providing a series of C3-modified iminoKdo derivatives in moderate to good yields. Elucidation of active species through controlled experimental studies and time-lapse 31 P NMR analysis provides insights into the reaction mechanism. We demonstrate that, following a tandem Staudinger/aza-Wittig reaction of an azido-containing keto ester, an inseparable equimolar mixture of imine/enamine is formed. The enamine then undergoes a Stork-like nucleophilic attack with the in situ-formed disulfide reagent, resulting in the formation of the coupling products. Additionally, we describe a rarely reported acid-promoted aromatization of the C3-thioarylated iminoKdo skeleton into 3,6-disubstituted picolinates, which are reminiscent of dichotomines.
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- Sujit Manmode
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) INRS-UQAC, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Chicoutimi & Laval, Québec, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) INRS-UQAC, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Chicoutimi & Laval, Québec, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) INRS-UQAC, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Chicoutimi & Laval, Québec, G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, 5000, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, 5000, Belgium
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) INRS-UQAC, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Chicoutimi & Laval, Québec, G7H 2B1, Canada
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Andrei IM, Chen W, Baaden M, Vincent SP, Barboiu M. Proton- versus Cation-Selective Transport of Saccharide Rim-Appended Pillar[5]arene Artificial Water Channels. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21904-21914. [PMID: 37771004 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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Transport of water across cell membranes is a fundamental process for important biological functions. Herein, we focused our research on a new type of symmetrical saccharide rim-functionalized pillar[5]arene (PA-S) artificial water channels with variable pore structures. To point out the versatility of PA-S channels, we systematically varied the nature of anchoring/gate keepers d-mannoside, d-mannuronic acid, or sialic acid H-bonding groups on lateral pillar[5]arene (PA) arms, known as good membrane adhesives, to best describe the influence of the chemical structure on their transport activity. The control of hydrophobic membrane binding-hydrophilic water binding balance is an important feature influencing the channels' structuration and efficiency for a proper insertion into bilayer membranes. The glycosylated PA channels' transport performances were assessed in lipid bilayer membranes, and the channels were able to transport water at high rates (∼106-107 waters/s/channel within 1 order of magnitude as for aquaporins), serving as selective proton railways with total Na+ and K+ rejection. Molecular simulation substantiates the idea that the PAs can generate supramolecular pores, featuring hydrophilic carbohydrate gate-keepers that serve as water-sponge relays at the channel entrance, effectively absorbing and redirecting water within the channel. The present channels may be regarded as a rare biomimetic example of artificial channels presenting proton vs cation transport selectivity performances.
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- Iuliana M Andrei
- Institut Europeen des Membranes (IEM), Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group (NSA), University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, UMR 5635, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Bio-Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Bio-Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Institut Europeen des Membranes (IEM), Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group (NSA), University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, UMR 5635, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Wang T, Jimmidi R, Roubinet B, Landemarre L, Vincent SP. Glycofullerene-AuNPs as multivalent ligands of DC-SIGN and bacterial lectin FimH: tuning nanoparticle size and ligand density. Nanoscale 2023. [PMID: 37378654 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr01611k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Glycoclusters have been extensively investigated for their inhibition of multivalent carbohydrate-protein interactions, which is often the first step for bacterial and viral pathogens to selectively bind their host cells. Glycoclusters may thus prevent infections by blocking the microbe attachment onto the host cell surface. The potency of multivalent carbohydrate-protein interactions is largely derived from the spatial arrangement of the ligand and the nature and flexibility of the linker. The size of the glycocluster may also have a dramatic impact on the multivalent effect. The main objective of this study is to provide a systematic comparison of gold nanoparticles of three representative sizes and ligand densities at their surface. Therefore, AuNPs with diameters of 20, 60, and 100 nm were coupled either to a monomeric D-mannoside or a decameric glycofullerene. Lectin DC-SIGN and lectin FimH were selected as representative models of viral and bacterial infections, respectively. We also report the synthesis of a hetero-cluster built from 20 nm AuNPs and a mannose-derived glycofullerene and monomeric fucosides. All final glycoAuNPs were evaluated as ligands of DC-SIGN- and FimH using the GlycoDiag LectProfile technology. This investigation revealed that the 20 nm AuNPs bearing glycofullerenes with short linker are the most potent binders of both DC-SIGN and FimH. Moreover, the hetero-glycoAuNPs showed an enhanced selectivity and inhibitory ability towards DC-SIGN. Hemagglutination inhibition assays using uropathogenic E. coli corroborated the in vitro assays. Overall, these results showed smaller glycofullerene-AuNPs (20 nm) exhibited the best potential as anti-adhesive materials for a variety of bacterial and viral pathogens.
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- Tao Wang
- University of Namur (UNamur, Institut Narilis), Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- University of Namur (UNamur, Institut Narilis), Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- University of Namur (UNamur, Institut Narilis), Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Cao J, Vincent SP. Synthesis of Spirocyclic Cyclopropyl Glycosyl-1-phosphate Analogues. Org Lett 2022; 24:4165-4169. [PMID: 35666228 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A general methodology allowing the preparation of phosphonylated 1-spirocyclopropyl analogues of glycosyl-1-phosphates is reported. The scope of this reaction has been assessed using various exo-glycals easily obtained from the corresponding pyranoses and furanoses. The cyclopropanation was found to be stereospecific, and the cis/trans selectivity only depends on the E/Z configuration of the starting exo-glycal. The four possible isomers of spirocyclopropyl ribose-1-phosphonate could thus be prepared in a controlled manner, protected and deprotected.
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- Jun Cao
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), 5000 Namur, Belgium
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Vincent SP, Chen W. Copillar[5]arene Chemistry: Synthesis and Applications. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1738369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AbstractResearch on pillar[n]arenes has witnessed a very quick expansion. This emerging class of functionalized macrocyclic oligoarenes not only offers host–guest properties due to the presence of the central cavity, but also presents a wide variety of covalent functionalization possibilities. This short review focuses on copillararenes, a subfamily of pillar[n]arenes. In copillararenes, at least one of the hydroquinone units bears different functional groups compared to the others. After having defined the particular features of copillararenes, this short review compares the different synthetic strategies allowing their construction. Some key applications and future perspectives are also described. 1 Introduction2 General Features of Pillar[5]arenes3 Synthesis of Functionalized Copillar[4+1]arenes4 Concluding Remarks
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- Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D, Guizhou Medical University
- Department of Chemistry, UNamur, NARILIS
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Petitjean SJL, Chen W, Koehler M, Jimmidi R, Yang J, Mohammed D, Juniku B, Stanifer ML, Boulant S, Vincent SP, Alsteens D. Multivalent 9-O-Acetylated-sialic acid glycoclusters as potent inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2564. [PMID: 35538121 PMCID: PMC9091252 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30313-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The recent emergence of highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants illustrates the urgent need to better understand the molecular details of the virus binding to its host cell and to develop anti-viral strategies. While many studies focused on the role of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the infection, others suggest the important role of cell attachment factors such as glycans. Here, we use atomic force microscopy to study these early binding events with the focus on the role of sialic acids (SA). We show that SARS-CoV-2 binds specifically to 9-O-acetylated-SA with a moderate affinity, supporting its role as an attachment factor during virus landing to cell host surfaces. For therapeutic purposes and based on this finding, we have designed novel blocking molecules with various topologies and carrying a controlled number of SA residues, enhancing affinity through a multivalent effect. Inhibition assays show that the AcSA-derived glycoclusters are potent inhibitors of cell binding and infectivity, offering new perspectives in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cell surface attachment factors, such as glycans, play an important role in viral infection. Here, Petitjean et al. show that SARS-CoV-2 specifically binds to 9-Oacetylated sialic acid and have designed novel inhibitors based on multivalent derivatives.
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- Simon J L Petitjean
- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry (NARILIS), UNamur, Namur, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry (NARILIS), UNamur, Namur, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, Center for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research (CIID), University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, Center for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research (CIID), University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. .,Walloon Excellence in Life sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), Wavre, Belgium.
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Mohy El Dine T, Jimmidi R, Diaconu A, Fransolet M, Michiels C, De Winter J, Gillon E, Imberty A, Coenye T, Vincent SP. Pillar[5]arene-Based Polycationic Glyco[2]rotaxanes Designed as Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiofilm Agents. J Med Chem 2021; 64:14728-14744. [PMID: 34542288 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.A.) is a human pathogen belonging to the top priorities for the discovery of new therapeutic solutions. Its propensity to generate biofilms strongly complicates the treatments required to cure P.A. infections. Herein, we describe the synthesis of a series of novel rotaxanes composed of a central galactosylated pillar[5]arene, a tetrafucosylated dendron, and a tetraguanidinium subunit. Besides the high affinity of the final glycorotaxanes for the two P.A. lectins LecA and LecB, potent inhibition levels of biofilm growth were evidenced, showing that their three subunits work synergistically. An antibiofilm assay using a double ΔlecAΔlecB mutant compared to the wild type demonstrated that the antibiofilm activity of the best glycorotaxane is lectin-mediated. Such antibiofilm potency had rarely been reached in the literature. Importantly, none of the final rotaxanes was bactericidal, showing that their antibiofilm activity does not depend on bacteria killing, which is a rare feature for antibiofilm agents.
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- Tharwat Mohy El Dine
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.,Center of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers "Petru Poni", Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, 41A, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda, 700487 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry, University of Mons (Umons), 20 place du parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Centre de recherches sur les macromolécules végétales (CERMAV), University of Genoble Alpes, CNRS, 601 rue de la chimie, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Centre de recherches sur les macromolécules végétales (CERMAV), University of Genoble Alpes, CNRS, 601 rue de la chimie, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Ghent (UGent), Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry - NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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Diaconu A, Coenye T, Barboiu M, Vincent SP. Dynamic Constitutional Frameworks as Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Agents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Andrei Diaconu
- Faculty of Science University of Namur Rue de Bruxelles 61 Namur Belgium
- Center of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy 41A, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda Iasi Romania
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- LPM Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology Ghent University Ottergemsesteenweg 460 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Institut Européen des Membranes University of Montpellier ENSCM CNRS Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 047 34095 Montpellier France
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Diaconu A, Coenye T, Barboiu M, Vincent SP. Dynamic Constitutional Frameworks as Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Agents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22505-22512. [PMID: 34346553 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dynamic constitutional frameworks (DCFs) were synthesized and screened for biofilm inhibition or disruption. They are composed of a trialdehyde core reversibly linked to a diamine PEG connector and to a variety of neutral, anionic, or cationic heads, to generate a library of DCFs to generate multivalent dendritic architectures in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The best DCFs were always polycationic and the nature of the cationic heads significantly impact the antibiofilm activity. The best antibiofilm activity was observed for DCF3B, displaying a polyethyleneimine head. A simple inactive guanidinium functional head strongly inhibited biofilm growth when assayed as a multivalent DCF3C. Using a more advanced in vitro biofilm model of chronic wound infection, DCF3C was found significantly superior than all other DCFs. These results demonstrate the versatility and effectiveness of DCFs as low cost and efficient systems for antibiofilm disruption.
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- Andrei Diaconu
- Faculty of Science, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, Namur, Belgium
- Center of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, 41A, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda, Iasi, Romania
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- LPM Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut Européen des Membranes, University of Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 047, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Faculty of Science, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, Namur, Belgium
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Champciaux B, Raynaud C, Viljoen A, Chene L, Thibonnet J, Vincent SP, Kremer L, Thiery E. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 3,4-dihydro-1H-[1,4] oxazepino [6,5,4-hi] indol-1-ones and 4,6-dihydrooxepino [5,4,3-cd] indol-1(3H)-ones as Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 43:116248. [PMID: 34274760 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study focuses on the synthesis of 1,7- and 3,4-indole-fused lactones via a simple and efficient reaction sequence. The functionalization of these "oxazepino-indole" and "oxepino-indole" tricycles is carried out by palladium catalysed CC coupling, nucleophilic substitution or 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The evaluation of their activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows that the "oxazepino-indole" structure is a new inhibitor of M. tuberculosis growth in vitro.
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- Bastien Champciaux
- Laboratoire Synthèse et Isolement de Molécules Bioactives (SIMBA, EA 7502), Université de Tours, Faculté de Pharmacie, Parc de Grandmont, 31 Avenue Monge, 37200 Tours, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire Synthèse et Isolement de Molécules Bioactives (SIMBA, EA 7502), Université de Tours, Faculté de Pharmacie, Parc de Grandmont, 31 Avenue Monge, 37200 Tours, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France; INSERM, IRIM, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Synthèse et Isolement de Molécules Bioactives (SIMBA, EA 7502), Université de Tours, Faculté de Pharmacie, Parc de Grandmont, 31 Avenue Monge, 37200 Tours, France.
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Fu J, Fu H, Xia Y, N'Go I, Cao J, Pan W, Vincent SP. Identification of inhibitors of UDP-galactopyranose mutase via combinatorial in situ screening. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:1818-1826. [PMID: 33565547 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00138h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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An in situ screening assay for UDP-galactopyranose mutase (UGM, an essential enzyme of M. tuberculosis cell wall biosynthesis) has been developed to discover novel UGM inhibitors. The approach is based on the amide-forming reaction of an amino acid core with various cinnamic acids, followed by a direct fluorescence polarization assay to identify the best UGM binders without isolation and purification of the screened ligands. This assay allows us to perform one-pot high-throughput synthesis and screening of enzyme inhibitors in a 384-well plate format. UGM ligands were successfully identified by this technology and their inhibition levels were established from pure synthetic compounds in vitro and in a whole cell antibacterial assay. This study provides a blueprint for designing enamide structures as new UGM inhibitors and anti-mycobacterial agents.
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- Jian Fu
- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, China and Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium. and The Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Li T, Tikad A, Fu H, Milicaj J, Castro CD, Lacritick M, Pan W, Taylor EA, Vincent SP. A General Strategy to Synthesize ADP-7-Azido-heptose and ADP-Azido-mannoses and Their Heptosyltransferase Binding Properties. Org Lett 2021; 23:1638-1642. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Tianlei Li
- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
- Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Substances Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences, Université Moulay Ismail, B.P. 11201, Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, United States
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory for Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, United States
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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Chen W, Mohy Ei Dine T, Vincent SP. Synthesis of functionalized copillar[4+1]arenes and rotaxane as heteromultivalent scaffolds. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:492-495. [PMID: 33326542 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07684h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In this study, novel copillar[4+1]arenes were used as central heteromultivalent scaffolds via orthogonal couplings with a series of biologically relevant molecules such as carbohydrates, α-amino acids, biotin and phenylboronic acid. Further modifications by introducing maleimides or cyclooctyne groups provided molecular probes adapted to copper-free click chemistry. An octa-azidated fluorescent rotaxane bearing two distinct ligands was also generated in a fully controlled manner.
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- Wenzhang Chen
- Faculty of Science, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, Namur, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Science, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, Namur, Belgium.
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Linclau B, Ardá A, Reichardt NC, Sollogoub M, Unione L, Vincent SP, Jiménez-Barbero J. Fluorinated carbohydrates as chemical probes for molecular recognition studies. Current status and perspectives. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 49:3863-3888. [PMID: 32520059 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00099b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This review provides an extensive summary of the effects of carbohydrate fluorination with regard to changes in physical, chemical and biological properties with respect to regular saccharides. The specific structural, conformational, stability, reactivity and interaction features of fluorinated sugars are described, as well as their applications as probes and in chemical biology.
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- Bruno Linclau
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO171BJ, UK
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Spain.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, University of Namur (UNamur), B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Spain. and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain and Department of Organic Chemistry II, Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Liang L, Cao J, Wei TYW, Tsai MD, Vincent SP. Synthesis of a biotinylated heptose 1,7-bisphosphate analogue, a probe to study immunity and inflammation. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:4943-4948. [PMID: 33988211 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00790d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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d-glycero-d-manno-Heptose-1β,7-bisphosphate (HBP) is a bacterial metabolite that can induce a TIFA-dependent innate immune response in mammals. It was recently discovered that after HBP enters into the cytoplasm of the host cell, it is transformed into ADP-heptose-7-phosphate, which then leads to ALPK1-TIFA-dependent inflammatory response. In order to provide a molecular tool allowing the discovery of the proteins involved in this novel inflammatory pathway, we designed and synthesized a biotinylated analogue of HBP. This chemical probe displays an anomeric β-phosphate and a phosphonate at the 7-position, and a d-configured 6-position to which is attached the biotin moiety. To do so, different synthetic strategies were explored and described in this report. Moreover, we demonstrated that the biotinylated version of HBP is still biologically active and can activate the NF-κB pathway in HEK293T cells.
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- Lina Liang
- Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- University of Namur (UNamur), NARILIS, Department of Chemistry, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- University of Namur (UNamur), NARILIS, Department of Chemistry, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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De Roover Q, Vucko T, Vincent SP, De Winter J, Coulembier O. Photocontrolled lactide ROP by the light-regulated release of potassium acetate from an azobenzene-bridged crown ether. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01071a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An azobenzene-bridged crown ether was successfully used as a photoswitch for modulating the catalytic activity of potassium acetate (KOAc) in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of l-lactide (l-LA) when initiated from an exogenous alcohol.
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- Quentin De Roover
- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (S2MOs), Materials Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Organique, Université de Namur ASBL, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Organique, Université de Namur ASBL, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (S2MOs), Materials Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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Yang J, Petitjean SJL, Koehler M, Zhang Q, Dumitru AC, Chen W, Derclaye S, Vincent SP, Soumillion P, Alsteens D. Molecular interaction and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 binding to the ACE2 receptor. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4541. [PMID: 32917884 PMCID: PMC7486399 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18319-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 387] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Study of the interactions established between the viral glycoproteins and their host receptors is of critical importance for a better understanding of virus entry into cells. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 entry into host cells is mediated by its spike glycoprotein (S-glycoprotein), and the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has been identified as a cellular receptor. Here, we use atomic force microscopy to investigate the mechanisms by which the S-glycoprotein binds to the ACE2 receptor. We demonstrate, both on model surfaces and on living cells, that the receptor binding domain (RBD) serves as the binding interface within the S-glycoprotein with the ACE2 receptor and extract the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of this binding pocket. Altogether, these results provide a picture of the established interaction on living cells. Finally, we test several binding inhibitor peptides targeting the virus early attachment stages, offering new perspectives in the treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds host ACE2 for virus entry. Here, the authors determine kinetic and thermodynamic properties of this interaction using atomic force microscopy, develop peptides that inhibit binding and suggest existence of additional attachment factors.
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- Jinsung Yang
- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. .,Walloon Excellence in Life sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), 1300, Wavre, Belgium.
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Liang L, Wade Wei T, Wu P, Herrebout W, Tsai M, Vincent SP. Nonhydrolyzable Heptose Bis‐ and Monophosphate Analogues Modulate Pro‐inflammatory TIFA‐NF‐κB Signaling. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2982-2990. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Lina Liang
- University of Namur (UNamur), NARILIS Department of Chemistry rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry 128, Academia Road Section 2, Nankang 11529 Taipei Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry 128, Academia Road Section 2, Nankang 11529 Taipei Taiwan
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- University of Antwerp Department of Chemistry MolSpec Research group Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen Belgium
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry 128, Academia Road Section 2, Nankang 11529 Taipei Taiwan
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- University of Namur (UNamur), NARILIS Department of Chemistry rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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Shen L, Viljoen A, Villaume S, Joe M, Halloum I, Chêne L, Méry A, Fabre E, Takegawa K, Lowary TL, Vincent SP, Kremer L, Guérardel Y, Mariller C. The endogenous galactofuranosidase GlfH1 hydrolyzes mycobacterial arabinogalactan. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:5110-5123. [PMID: 32107309 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Despite impressive progress made over the past 20 years in our understanding of mycolylarabinogalactan-peptidoglycan (mAGP) biogenesis, the mechanisms by which the tubercle bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis adapts its cell wall structure and composition to various environmental conditions, especially during infection, remain poorly understood. Being the central portion of the mAGP complex, arabinogalactan (AG) is believed to be the constituent of the mycobacterial cell envelope that undergoes the least structural changes, but no reports exist supporting this assumption. Herein, using recombinantly expressed mycobacterial protein, bioinformatics analyses, and kinetic and biochemical assays, we demonstrate that the AG can be remodeled by a mycobacterial endogenous enzyme. In particular, we found that the mycobacterial GlfH1 (Rv3096) protein exhibits exo-β-d-galactofuranose hydrolase activity and is capable of hydrolyzing the galactan chain of AG by recurrent cleavage of the terminal β-(1,5) and β-(1,6)-Galf linkages. The characterization of this galactosidase represents a first step toward understanding the remodeling of mycobacterial AG.
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- Lin Shen
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8576 - UGSF - Unit[c33c]zpi;● de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), UMR9004 - CNRS/UM, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO), Université de Namur, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), UMR9004 - CNRS/UM, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO), Université de Namur, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8576 - UGSF - Unit[c33c]zpi;● de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8576 - UGSF - Unit[c33c]zpi;● de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO), Université de Namur, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), UMR9004 - CNRS/UM, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France.,INSERM, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8576 - UGSF - Unit[c33c]zpi;● de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8576 - UGSF - Unit[c33c]zpi;● de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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Poncin K, Roba A, Jimmidi R, Potemberg G, Fioravanti A, Francis N, Willemart K, Zeippen N, Machelart A, Biondi EG, Muraille E, Vincent SP, De Bolle X. Occurrence and repair of alkylating stress in the intracellular pathogen Brucella abortus. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4847. [PMID: 31649248 PMCID: PMC6813329 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12516-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
It is assumed that intracellular pathogenic bacteria have to cope with DNA alkylating stress within host cells. Here we use single-cell reporter systems to show that the pathogen Brucella abortus does encounter alkylating stress during the first hours of macrophage infection. Genes encoding direct repair and base-excision repair pathways are required by B. abortus to face this stress in vitro and in a mouse infection model. Among these genes, ogt is found to be under the control of the conserved cell-cycle transcription factor GcrA. Our results highlight that the control of DNA repair in B. abortus displays distinct features that are not present in model organisms such as Escherichia coli. It is assumed that intracellular pathogenic bacteria must cope with DNA alkylating stress within host cells. Here, Poncin et al. show that the pathogen Brucella abortus does encounter alkylating stress within macrophages, and shed light into the pathways required for DNA repair in this organism.
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- Katy Poncin
- URBM, Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.,Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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- URBM, Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Organique, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR 8576 CNRS, Université de Lille, 50 Avenue Halley, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.,VIB,Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- URBM, Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.,Université de Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019, UMR 8204, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR 8576 CNRS, Université de Lille, 50 Avenue Halley, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- IMM, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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Delbrouck JA, Bochatay VN, Tikad A, Vincent SP. Regioselective Synthesis of Difluorinated C-Furanosides Involving a Debenzylative Cycloetherification. Org Lett 2019; 21:5562-5566. [PMID: 31273996 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A highly regioselective synthesis of valuable gem-difluorinated C-furanosides from unprotected aldoses via a debenzylative cycloetherification (DBCE) reaction induced by diethylaminosulfur trifluoride is descibed. The scope and limitations of this DBCE reaction are described using a series of commercially available pentoses and hexoses to afford, without selective protection/deprotection sequences, the corresponding gem-difluorinated C-furanosides in moderate to good yields.
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- Julien A Delbrouck
- University of Namur , Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique , rue de Bruxelles 61 , B-5000 Namur , Belgium
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- University of Namur , Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique , rue de Bruxelles 61 , B-5000 Namur , Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Substances Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences , Université Moulay Ismail , B.P. 11201, Zitoune , Meknès 50050 , Morocco
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- University of Namur , Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique , rue de Bruxelles 61 , B-5000 Namur , Belgium
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Abellán-Flos M, Timmer BJJ, Altun S, Aastrup T, Vincent SP, Ramström O. QCM sensing of multivalent interactions between lectins and well-defined glycosylated nanoplatforms. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 139:111328. [PMID: 31136921 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) methodology has been adopted to unravel important factors contributing to the "cluster glycoside effect" observed in carbohydrate-lectin interactions. Well-defined, glycosylated nanostructures of precise sizes, geometries and functionalization patterns were designed and synthesized, and applied to analysis of the interaction kinetics and thermodynamics with immobilized lectins. The nanostructures were based on Borromean rings, dodecaamine cages, and fullerenes, each of which carrying a defined number of carbohydrate ligands at precise locations. The synthesis of the Borromeates and dodecaamine cages was easily adjustable due to the modular assembly of the structures, resulting in variations in presentation mode. The binding properties of the glycosylated nanoplatforms were evaluated using flow-through QCM technology, as well as hemagglutination inhibition assays, and compared with dodecaglycosylated fullerenes and a monovalent reference. With the QCM setup, the association and dissociation rate constants and the associated equilibrium constants of the interactions could be estimated, and the results used to delineate the multivalency effects of the lectin-nanostructure interactions.
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- Marta Abellán-Flos
- University of Namur, Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000, Namur, Belgium
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Teknikringen 36, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Attana AB, Björnnäsvägen 21, SE-114, 19 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Attana AB, Björnnäsvägen 21, SE-114, 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- University of Namur, Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000, Namur, Belgium.
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Teknikringen 36, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Chemistry, One University Ave., Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; Linnaeus University, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Sciences, SE-39182, Kalmar, Sweden.
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Frédéric CJM, Cornil J, Vandamme M, Dumitrescu L, Tikad A, Robiette R, Vincent SP. Highly ( Z)-Diastereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated exo-Glycals via Photoredox and Copper Catalysis. Org Lett 2018; 20:6769-6773. [PMID: 30350649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Highly ( Z)-diastereoselective approaches for the synthesis of trifluoromethylated exo-glycals by copper and photoredox catalysis are described. These complementary reactions are applicable to a wide range of methylene exo-glycals generated from the corresponding pyranoses and furanoses and give trifluoromethylated compounds under mild conditions in moderate to good yields. DFT calculations have allowed a rationalization of the observed ( Z)-stereoselectivity.
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- Christophe J-M Frédéric
- Université de Namur , Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO) , rue de Bruxelles 61 , 5000 Namur , Belgium
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- Université de Namur , Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO) , rue de Bruxelles 61 , 5000 Namur , Belgium
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- Université de Namur , Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO) , rue de Bruxelles 61 , 5000 Namur , Belgium
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- Université de Namur , Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO) , rue de Bruxelles 61 , 5000 Namur , Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Substances Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences , Université Moulay Ismail , Zitoune, Meknès 1120 , Morocco
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- Université Catholique de Louvain , Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences , Place Louis Pasteur 1 , 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium
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- Université de Namur , Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organic (CBO) , rue de Bruxelles 61 , 5000 Namur , Belgium
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Kalograiaki I, Abellán-Flos M, Fernández LÁ, Menéndez M, Vincent SP, Solís D. Direct Evaluation of Live Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Adhesion and Efficiency of Antiadhesive Compounds Using a Simple Microarray Approach. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12314-12321. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Ioanna Kalograiaki
- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Avda Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), CSIC, Darwin 3, Campus UAM Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Avda Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur (UNamur), Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Avda Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Delbrouck JA, Tikad A, Vincent SP. Efficient and regioselective synthesis of γ-lactone glycosides through a novel debenzylative cyclization reaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:9845-9848. [PMID: 30110026 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05523h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An efficient and regioselective approach for the construction of synthetically important γ-lactone glycosides is reported from unprotected aldoses through a new debenzylative lactonization (DBL) reaction. The scope and limitations of this DBL reaction are described starting from a series of commercially available hexoses (l-fucose, d-galactose, d-glucose) and pentoses (d-arabinose, d-ribose, d-lyxose, d-xylose) to afford the corresponding γ-lactones in good yields and without concomitant δ-lactone formation.
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- Julien A Delbrouck
- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Timmer BJJ, Flos MA, Jørgensen LM, Proverbio D, Altun S, Ramström O, Aastrup T, Vincent SP. Spatially well-defined carbohydrate nanoplatforms: synthesis, characterization and lectin interaction study. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:12326-12329. [PMID: 27711353 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06737a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Two novel dodecasubstituted carbohydrate nanoplatforms based on molecular Borromean rings and dodecaamine cages have been prepared for use in evaluating the importance of the spatial distribution of carbohydrates in their interaction with lectins. The binding affinities of the glyconanoplatforms were characterized using quartz crystal microbalance technology and compared with a monovalent reference and dodecaglycosylated fullerenes.
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- B J J Timmer
- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Teknikringen 36, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- University of Namur, Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Attana AB, Björnnäsvägen 21, SE-114 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Attana AB, Björnnäsvägen 21, SE-114 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Teknikringen 36, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Attana AB, Björnnäsvägen 21, SE-114 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- University of Namur, Départment de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Fu H, Pan W, Vincent SP. Pyruvate-Kinase-Coupled Glycosyltransferase Assays: Limitations, Struggles and Problem Resolution. Chembiochem 2017; 18:2129-2136. [PMID: 28857455 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Enzyme assays involving coupled pyruvate kinase (PK) have been used for many years to monitor the activity of major classes of enzymes including glycosyltransferases. Numerous potent inhibitors have been discovered and kinetically characterized thanks to this technology. However, when inhibitors of these important enzymes are screened, PK inhibitors or activators are very often observed. In this study we report solutions to resolve the problems encountered either during the screening or during the kinetic characterization of glycosyltransferase inhibitors by means of PK-coupled assays. The enzyme under study-WaaC-is an important glycosyltransferase involved in the bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis pathway. Firstly we showed that alternative kinases such as nucleoside 5-diphosphate kinase (NDPK), myokinase (MK), and ADPdependent hexokinase that catalyze similar reactions to PK are prone to the same troubles. Moreover, an ADP chemosensor was used as an alternative but the sensitivity was not sufficient to allow a proper screening. Finally, we found that a stepwise PK/luciferase assay resolved the problems encountered with PK inhibitors and that a WaaC HPLC assay allowed the identification of WaaC inhibitors acting as PK activators, thus allowing false positive and false negative results linked to the coupling to PK to be eliminated.
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- Huixiao Fu
- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, 3491 Baijin Road, Guiyang, 550014, China
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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Villaume SA, Fu J, N'Go I, Liang H, Lou H, Kremer L, Pan W, Vincent SP. Natural and Synthetic Flavonoids as Potent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
UGM Inhibitors. Chemistry 2017; 23:10423-10429. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Sydney A. Villaume
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Namur Rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Namur Rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Namur Rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal PlantsGuizhou Medical University 3491 Baijin Road Guiyang 550014 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal PlantsGuizhou Medical University 3491 Baijin Road Guiyang 550014 P. R. China
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- IRIM (ex-CPBS)-UMR 9004Infectious Disease Research Institute of Montpellier (IDRIM)Université de Montpellier, CNRS 34293 Montpellier France
- INSERMIRIM 34293 Montpellier France
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal PlantsGuizhou Medical University 3491 Baijin Road Guiyang 550014 P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Namur Rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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Fu J, Fu H, Dieu M, Halloum I, Kremer L, Xia Y, Pan W, Vincent SP. Identification of inhibitors targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall biosynthesis via dynamic combinatorial chemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10632-10635. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05251k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study, we report a dynamic combinatorial approach along with highly efficient in situ screening to identify inhibitors of UDP-galactopyranose mutase (UGM), an essential enzyme involved in mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
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- Jian Fu
- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- University of Namur (FUNDP)
- Namur B-5000
- Belgium
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- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- University of Namur (FUNDP)
- Namur B-5000
- Belgium
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- MaSUN
- Mass Spectrometry Facility
- University of Namur
- 5000 Namur
- Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques
- CNRS UMR 5235
- Université de Montpellier
- France
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- Laboratoire de Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques
- CNRS UMR 5235
- Université de Montpellier
- France
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants
- Guizhou Medical University
- Guiyang 550014
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants
- Guizhou Medical University
- Guiyang 550014
- China
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- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- University of Namur (FUNDP)
- Namur B-5000
- Belgium
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Frédéric CJM, Tikad A, Fu J, Pan W, Zheng RB, Koizumi A, Xue X, Lowary TL, Vincent SP. Synthesis of Unprecedented Sulfonylated Phosphono-exo-Glycals Designed as Inhibitors of the Three Mycobacterial Galactofuranose Processing Enzymes. Chemistry 2016; 22:15913-15920. [PMID: 27628709 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study reports a new methodology to synthesize exo-glycals bearing both a sulfone and a phosphonate. This synthetic strategy provides a way to generate exo-glycals displaying two electron-withdrawing groups and was applied to eight different carbohydrates from the furanose and pyranose series. The Z/E configurations of these tetrasubstituted enol ethers could be ascertained using NMR spectroscopic techniques. Deprotection of an exo-glycal followed by an UMP (uridine monophosphate) coupling generated two new UDP (uridine diphosphate)-galactofuranose analogues. These two Z/E isomers were evaluated as inhibitors of UGM, GlfT1, and GlfT2, the three mycobacterial galactofuranose processing enzymes. Molecule 46-(E) is the first characterized inhibitor of GlfT1 reported to date and was also found to efficiently inhibit UGM in a reversible manner. Interestingly, GlfT2 showed a better affinity for the (Z) isomer. The three enzymes studied in the present work are not only interesting because, mechanistically, they are still the topic of intense investigations, but also because they constitute very important targets for the development of novel antimycobacterial agents.
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- Christophe J-M Frédéric
- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- The Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 202, Sha-chong South Road, Guiyang, 550002, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Alberta Glycomics Centre, University of Alberta, Gunning-Lemieux Chemistry Centre, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Alberta Glycomics Centre, University of Alberta, Gunning-Lemieux Chemistry Centre, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Alberta Glycomics Centre, University of Alberta, Gunning-Lemieux Chemistry Centre, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Alberta Glycomics Centre, University of Alberta, Gunning-Lemieux Chemistry Centre, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium.
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Tikad A, Fu H, Sevrain CM, Laurent S, Nierengarten JF, Vincent SP. Mechanistic Insight into Heptosyltransferase Inhibition by using Kdo Multivalent Glycoclusters. Chemistry 2016; 22:13147-55. [PMID: 27516128 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The synthesis of unprecedented multimeric Kdo glycoclusters based on fullerene and calix[4]arene central scaffolds is reported. The compounds were used to study the mechanism and scope of multivalent glycosyltransferase inhibition. Multimeric mannosides based on porphyrin and pillar[5]arenes were also generated in a controlled manner. Twelve glycoclusters and their monomeric ligands were thus assayed against heptosyltransferase WaaC, which is an important bacterial glycosyltransferase that is involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. It was first found that all the multimers interact solely with the acceptor binding site of the enzyme even when the multimeric ligands mimic the heptose donor. Second, the novel Kdo glycofullerenes displayed very potent inhibition (Ki =0.14 μm for the best inhibitor); an inhibition level rarely observed with glycosyltransferases. Although the observed "multivalent effects" (i.e., the enhancement of affinity of a ligand when presented in a multimeric fashion) were in general modest, a dramatic effect of the central scaffold on the inhibition level was evidenced: the fullerene and the porphyrin scaffolds being by far superior to the calix- and pillar-arenes. We could also show, by dynamic light scattering analysis, that the best inhibitor had the propensity to form aggregates with the heptosyltransferase. This aggregative property may contribute to the global multivalent enzyme inhibition, but probably do not constitute the main origin of inhibition.
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- Abdellatif Tikad
- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- University of Mons (UMONS), Service de Chimie Générale, Organique et Biomédicale, Laboratoire de RMN et d'Imagerie Moléculaire, Avenue Maistriau 19, 7000, Mons, Blegium.,Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Avenue Adrienne Bolland 8, 6041, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium.
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Abellán Flos M, García Moreno MI, Ortiz Mellet C, García Fernández JM, Nierengarten JF, Vincent SP. Potent Glycosidase Inhibition with Heterovalent Fullerenes: Unveiling the Binding Modes Triggering Multivalent Inhibition. Chemistry 2016; 22:11450-60. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Marta Abellán Flos
- Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; University of Namur (UNamur); rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica; Facultad de Química; Universidad de Sevilla; C/Prof. García González 1 41012 Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica; Facultad de Química; Universidad de Sevilla; C/Prof. García González 1 41012 Sevilla Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ); CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla; Av. Américo Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509); Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux; 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg France
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- Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; University of Namur (UNamur); rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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Tikad A, Delbrouck JA, Vincent SP. Debenzylative Cycloetherification: An Overlooked Key Strategy for Complex Tetrahydrofuran Synthesis. Chemistry 2016; 22:9456-76. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Abdellatif Tikad
- University of Namur (UNamur); Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur); Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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- University of Namur (UNamur); Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Namur Belgium
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Buffet K, Nierengarten I, Galanos N, Gillon E, Holler M, Imberty A, Matthews SE, Vidal S, Vincent SP, Nierengarten JF. Pillar[5]arene-Based Glycoclusters: Synthesis and Multivalent Binding to Pathogenic Bacterial Lectins. Chemistry 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Kevin Buffet
- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain; Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires; CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 6922 Villeurbanne France
- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires; CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 6922 Villeurbanne France
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain; Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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Buffet K, Nierengarten I, Galanos N, Gillon E, Holler M, Imberty A, Matthews SE, Vidal S, Vincent SP, Nierengarten JF. Cover Picture: Pillar[5]arene-Based Glycoclusters: Synthesis and Multivalent Binding to Pathogenic Bacterial Lectins (Chem. Eur. J. 9/2016). Chemistry 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kevin Buffet
- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain; Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires; CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 6922 Villeurbanne France
- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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- CERMAV-CNRS; Université Grenoble Alpes; BP 53 38041, Grenoble France
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- School of Pharmacy; University of East Anglia; Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires; CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 6922 Villeurbanne France
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain; Département de Chimie; Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique; rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires; Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM); 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France
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Beaussart A, Abellán-Flos M, El-Kirat-Chatel S, Vincent SP, Dufrêne YF. Force Nanoscopy as a Versatile Platform for Quantifying the Activity of Antiadhesion Compounds Targeting Bacterial Pathogens. Nano Lett 2016; 16:1299-1307. [PMID: 26812480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The development of bacterial strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics has urged the need for new antibacterial therapies. An exciting approach to fight bacterial diseases is the use of antiadhesive agents capable to block the adhesion of the pathogens to host tissues, the first step of infection. We report the use of a novel atomic force microscopy (AFM) platform for quantifying the activity of antiadhesion compounds directly on living bacteria, thus without labeling or purification. Novel fullerene-based mannoconjugates bearing 10 carbohydrate ligands and a thiol bond were efficiently prepared. The thiol functionality could be exploited as a convenient handle to graft the multimeric species onto AFM tips. Using a combination of single-molecule and single-cell AFM assays, we demonstrate that, unlike mannosidic monomers, multivalent glycofullerenes strongly block the adhesion of uropathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria to their carbohydrate receptors. We expect that the nanoscopy technique developed here will help designing new antiadhesion drugs to treat microbial infections, including those caused by multidrug resistant organisms.
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- Audrey Beaussart
- Université catholique de Louvain , Institute of Life Sciences, Croix du Sud, 4-5, bte L7.07.06., B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- University of Namur , Department of Chemistry, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Université catholique de Louvain , Institute of Life Sciences, Croix du Sud, 4-5, bte L7.07.06., B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- University of Namur , Department of Chemistry, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Université catholique de Louvain , Institute of Life Sciences, Croix du Sud, 4-5, bte L7.07.06., B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO) 1300 Wavre, Belgium
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Buffet K, Nierengarten I, Galanos N, Gillon E, Holler M, Imberty A, Matthews SE, Vidal S, Vincent SP, Nierengarten JF. Pillar[5]arene-Based Glycoclusters: Synthesis and Multivalent Binding to Pathogenic Bacterial Lectins. Chemistry 2016; 22:2955-63. [PMID: 26845383 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The synthesis of pillar[5]arene-based glycoclusters has been readily achieved by CuAAC conjugations of azido- and alkyne-functionalized precursors. The lectin binding properties of the resulting glycosylated multivalent ligands have been studied by at least two complementary techniques to provide a good understanding. Three lectins were selected from bacterial pathogens based on their potential therapeutic applications as anti-adhesives, namely LecA and LecB from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and BambL from Burkholderia ambifaria. As a general trend, multivalency improved the binding to lectins and a higher affinity can be obtained by increasing to a certain limit the length of the spacer arm between the carbohydrate subunits and the central macrocyclic core.
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- Kevin Buffet
- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 6922, Villeurbanne, France.,CERMAV-CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
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- CERMAV-CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CERMAV-CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France.
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- School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, CO2-Glyco, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 6922, Villeurbanne, France.
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Belgium.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
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Muñoz A, Sigwalt D, Illescas BM, Luczkowiak J, Rodríguez-Pérez L, Nierengarten I, Holler M, Remy JS, Buffet K, Vincent SP, Rojo J, Delgado R, Nierengarten JF, Martín N. Synthesis of giant globular multivalent glycofullerenes as potent inhibitors in a model of Ebola virus infection. Nat Chem 2015; 8:50-7. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vincent SP, Buffet K, Nierengarten I, Imberty A, Nierengarten JF. Biologically Active Heteroglycoclusters Constructed on a Pillar[5]arene-Containing [2]Rotaxane Scaffold. Chemistry 2015; 22:88-92. [PMID: 26467313 PMCID: PMC4832831 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A synthetic approach combining recent concepts for the preparation of multifunctional nanomolecules (click chemistry on multifunctional scaffolds) with supramolecular chemistry (self‐assembly to prepare rotaxanes) gave easy access to a large variety of sophisticated [2]rotaxane heteroglycoclusters. Specifically, compounds combining galactose and fucose have been prepared to target the two bacterial lectins (LecA and LecB) from the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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- Stéphane P Vincent
- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur (Belgium).
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- University of Namur (UNamur), Académie Louvain, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur (Belgium)
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 (France)
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- CERMAV (UPR5301), CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble (France).
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2 (France).
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Leclere L, Fransolet M, Cambier P, El Bkassiny S, Tikad A, Dieu M, Vincent SP, Van Cutsem P, Michiels C. Identification of a cytotoxic molecule in heat-modified citrus pectin. Carbohydr Polym 2015; 137:39-51. [PMID: 26686103 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.10.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Modified forms of citrus pectin possess anticancer properties. However, their mechanism of action and the structural features involved remain unclear. Here, we showed that citrus pectin modified by heat treatment displayed cytotoxic effects in cancer cells. A fractionation approach was used aiming to identify active molecules. Dialysis and ethanol precipitation followed by HPLC analysis evidenced that most of the activity was related to molecules with molecular weight corresponding to low degree of polymerization oligogalacturonic acid. Heat-treatment of galacturonic acid also generated cytotoxic molecules. Furthermore, heat-modified galacturonic acid and heat-fragmented pectin contained the same molecule that induced cell death when isolated by HPLC separation. Mass spectrometry analyses revealed that 4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one was one cytotoxic molecule present in heat-treated pectin. Finally, we synthesized the enantiopure (4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one and demonstrated that this molecule was cytotoxic and induced a similar pattern of apoptotic-like features than heat-modified pectin.
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- Lionel Leclere
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology-URBC, NARILIS, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology-URBC, NARILIS, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Plant Cellular Biology-URBV, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Organic Chemistry Research Unit (UCO), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Organic Chemistry Research Unit (UCO), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology-URBC, NARILIS, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Organic Chemistry Research Unit (UCO), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Plant Cellular Biology-URBV, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology-URBC, NARILIS, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
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- Marta Abellán-Flos
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, Département de Chimie, Académie Louvain, University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium and
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, Département de Chimie, Académie Louvain, University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium and
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Eppe G, El Bkassiny S, Vincent SP. Galactofuranose Biosynthesis: Discovery, Mechanisms and Therapeutic Relevance. Carbohydrates in Drug Design and Discovery 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849739993-00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Galactofuranose, the atypical and thermodynamically disfavored form of d-galactose, has in reality a very old history in chemistry and biochemistry. The purpose of this book chapter is to give an overview on the fundamental aspects of the galactofuranose biosynthesis, from the biological occurrence to the search of inhibitors.
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- Guillaume Eppe
- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique rue de Bruxelles 61 B-5000 Namur Belgium
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique rue de Bruxelles 61 B-5000 Namur Belgium
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- University of Namur, Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique rue de Bruxelles 61 B-5000 Namur Belgium
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In the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cell-cell adhesion ("flocculation") is conferred by a family of lectin-like proteins known as the flocculin (Flo) proteins. Knowledge of the adhesive and mechanical properties of flocculins is important for understanding the mechanisms of yeast adhesion, and may help controlling yeast behaviour in biotechnology. We use single-molecule and single-cell atomic force microscopy (AFM) to explore the nanoscale forces engaged in yeast flocculation, focusing on the role of Flo1 as a prototype of flocculins. Using AFM tips labelled with mannose, we detect single flocculins on Flo1-expressing cells, showing they are widely exposed on the cell surface. When subjected to force, individual Flo1 proteins display two distinct force responses, i.e. weak lectin binding forces and strong unfolding forces reflecting the force-induced extension of hydrophobic tandem repeats. We demonstrate that cell-cell adhesion bonds also involve multiple weak lectin interactions together with strong unfolding forces, both associated with Flo1 molecules. Single-molecule and single-cell data correlate with microscale cell adhesion behaviour, suggesting strongly that Flo1 mechanics is critical for yeast flocculation. These results favour a model in which not only weak lectin-sugar interactions are involved in yeast flocculation but also strong hydrophobic interactions resulting from protein unfolding.
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- Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel
- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Life Sciences, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Life Sciences, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- University of Namur, Department of Chemistry, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- University of Namur, Department of Chemistry, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Life Sciences, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Life Sciences, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Thiery E, Reniers J, Wouters J, Vincent SP. Stereoselective Synthesis of Boat-Locked Glycosides Designed as Glycosyl Hydrolase Conformational Probes. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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van Straaten KE, Kuttiyatveetil JRA, Sevrain CM, Villaume SA, Jiménez-Barbero J, Linclau B, Vincent SP, Sanders DAR. Structural basis of ligand binding to UDP-galactopyranose mutase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis using substrate and tetrafluorinated substrate analogues. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:1230-44. [PMID: 25562380 DOI: 10.1021/ja511204p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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UDP-Galactopyranose mutase (UGM) is a flavin-containing enzyme that catalyzes the reversible conversion of UDP-galactopyranose (UDP-Galp) to UDP-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf) and plays a key role in the biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall galactofuran. A soluble, active form of UGM from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtUGM) was obtained from a dual His6-MBP-tagged MtUGM construct. We present the first complex structures of MtUGM with bound substrate UDP-Galp (both oxidized flavin and reduced flavin). In addition, we have determined the complex structures of MtUGM with inhibitors (UDP and the dideoxy-tetrafluorinated analogues of both UDP-Galp (UDP-F4-Galp) and UDP-Galf (UDP-F4-Galf)), which represent the first complex structures of UGM with an analogue in the furanose form, as well as the first structures of dideoxy-tetrafluorinated sugar analogues bound to a protein. These structures provide detailed insight into ligand recognition by MtUGM and show an overall binding mode similar to those reported for other prokaryotic UGMs. The binding of the ligand induces conformational changes in the enzyme, allowing ligand binding and active-site closure. In addition, the complex structure of MtUGM with UDP-F4-Galf reveals the first detailed insight into how the furanose moiety binds to UGM. In particular, this study confirmed that the furanoside adopts a high-energy conformation ((4)E) within the catalytic pocket. Moreover, these investigations provide structural insights into the enhanced binding of the dideoxy-tetrafluorinated sugars compared to unmodified analogues. These results will help in the design of carbohydrate mimetics and drug development, and show the enormous possibilities for the use of polyfluorination in the design of carbohydrate mimetics.
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- Karin E van Straaten
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan , 110 Science Place, Saskatoon S7N 5C9, Canada
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Buffet K, Gillon E, Holler M, Nierengarten JF, Imberty A, Vincent SP. Fucofullerenes as tight ligands of RSL and LecB, two bacterial lectins. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:6482-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00689a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A series of water-soluble glycofullerenes containing up to 24 fucose residues were tested against the two bacterial lectins LecB and RSL, and C60(E)12 bearing 24 fucose residues appeared to be the best known inhibitor of both lectins to date.
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- Kevin Buffet
- University of Namur (UNamur)
- Académie Louvain
- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- B-5000 Namur
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- CERMAV - CNRS (affiliated to Université Grenoble Alpes and ICMG)
- Grenoble
- France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires
- Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509)
- Ecole Européenne de Chimie
- Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM)
- 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires
- Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509)
- Ecole Européenne de Chimie
- Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM)
- 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2
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- CERMAV - CNRS (affiliated to Université Grenoble Alpes and ICMG)
- Grenoble
- France
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- University of Namur (UNamur)
- Académie Louvain
- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- B-5000 Namur
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Abellán-Flos M, Tanç M, Supuran CT, Vincent SP. Exploring carbonic anhydrase inhibition with multimeric coumarins displayed on a fullerene scaffold. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:7445-51. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01005e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study reports the first synthesis of multimeric suicide inhibitors of carbonic anhydrases.
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- Marta Abellán-Flos
- University of Namur (UNamur)
- Académie Louvain
- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- B-5000 Namur
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Polo Scientifico
- Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica
- Florence
- Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Polo Scientifico
- Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica
- Florence
- Italy
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- University of Namur (UNamur)
- Académie Louvain
- Département de Chimie
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique
- B-5000 Namur
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Li T, Tikad A, Pan W, Vincent SP. β-Stereoselective phosphorylations applied to the synthesis of ADP- and polyprenyl-β-mannopyranosides. Org Lett 2014; 16:5628-31. [PMID: 25312597 DOI: 10.1021/ol5026876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An efficient and convenient synthetic route to glycosyl 1-β-phosphates has been developed using diallyl chlorophosphate as a phosphorylating agent with 4-N,N-dimethylaminopyridine under mild conditions. Diallyl-glycosyl 1-β-phosphate triesters of D-manno, L-glycero-D-manno-hepto-, D-gluco-, D-galacto-, and L-fuco-pyranose as well as lactose have been obtained by this strategy in good yields and excellent β-selectivities. Furthermore, the diallyl 6-azido-mannosyl 1-β-phosphate 2 was deprotected under mild conditions and converted into potentially clickable analogues of β-mannosyl phosphoisoprenoids I and ADP-heptose II.
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- Tianlei Li
- Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, University of Namur , rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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