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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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