Click chemistry oligomerisation of azido-alkyne-functionalised galactose accesses triazole-linked linear oligomers and macrocycles that inhibit Trypanosoma cruzi macrophage invasion

Vanessa L. Campo, Irina M. Ivanova, Ivone Carvalho, Carla D. Lopes, Zumira A. Carneiro, Gerhard Saalbach, Sergio Schenkman, João Santana da Silva, Sergey A. Nepogodiev, Robert A. Field

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Abstract

Abstract Reaction of 2-(2-(2-azidoethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl 6-O-(prop-2-ynyl)-β-d-galactopyranoside (7) under CuAAC conditions gives rise to mixed cyclic and linear triazole-linked oligomers, with individual compounds up to d.p. 5 isolable, along with mixed larger oligomers. The linear compounds resolve en bloc from the cyclic materials by RP HPLC, but are separable by gel permeation chromatography. The triazole-linked oligomers - pseudo-galactooligomers - were demonstrated to be acceptor substrates for the multi-copy cell surface trans-sialidase of the human parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. In addition, these multivalent TcTS ligands were able to block macrophage invasion by T. cruzi.

Original languageEnglish
Article number26688
Pages (from-to)7344-7353
Number of pages10
JournalTetrahedron
Volume71
Issue number39
Early online date6 May 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2015

Keywords

  • Click chemistry
  • Macrophage invasion
  • Pseudo-glycomacrocycles
  • Triazole-linked oligomers
  • Trypanosoma cruzi

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