一种木葡聚糖类寡糖的化学合成及生物活性

天然木葡聚糖类寡糖是一类对植物生长具有调节作用的寡糖, 本文以3个单糖组分为原料, 经5步合成了一种木葡聚糖三糖(1)(总产率15%), 以及该三糖的糖苷缀合物1a及其异构体1b. 利用糖基化立体选择性原则, 一步偶联反应同时得到所需的α,β连接产物, 整个合成路线高效简捷. 活性测试结果表明, 3种目标寡糖在1 mg/L浓度下, 对烟草的生长均显示出一定的促进作用, 表明所合成的3种寡糖有望发展成为植物生长促进剂.     

糖苷和寡糖的立体选择性合成研究进展

精苷、寡糖的立体选择性合成是一个十分重要的课题. 本文结合作者的研究工作介绍了糖苷、寡糖的立体选择合成的方法学进展,主要涉及近年来合成寡糖的新方法,并对这些方法的优势及不足进行了评述.     

硫代糖苷在糖化学合成中的应用

介绍了近几年来有关硫代糖苷在一些复杂寡糖及其缀合物合成中的应用。     

探索“甜蜜”疫苗的抗癌之路——基于合成寡糖的癌症免疫治疗

疫苗是人类与疾病斗争的有力武器。由于特征性糖蛋白和糖脂结构在恶性肿瘤细胞表面过度表达,肿瘤相关糖抗原可用于合成癌症候选疫苗。近年来,通过多步合成得到的寡糖-蛋白缀合物逐步进入临床实验。本文将重点介绍国际上研究工作的最新进展,包括候选疫苗分子的设计思路、寡糖抗原的结构与合成、疫苗载体蛋白、疫苗辅剂等。本文还将讨论寡糖合成,疫苗分子组成及临床前实验中面临的困难和可能的解决方案。     

靶向抗肿瘤药物甲氨喋呤-琥珀酰壳聚糖缀合物的制备及其体外稳定性的初步探讨

报道了甲氨喋呤-琥珀酰壳聚糖缀合物的合成方法,并通过紫外光谱、红外光谱及核磁共振谱进行了结构验证.流式细胞仪的检测结果表明,N-琥珀酰壳聚糖对K562白血病肿瘤细胞具有较强的亲和性;溶解性实验结果表明,甲氨喋呤-琥珀酰壳聚糖缀合物的水溶性较好(pH=1～14);体外释放实验结果表明,缀合物性质稳定,能明显延缓甲氨喋呤的释放,为抗肿瘤药物的靶向及缓控释给药体系的研究提供了初步参考.     

E.coli O86 O-Antigen全保护五糖重复单元的化学简易合成

以5个单糖组分为原料, 经过7步, 以21%的总产率得到E.coli O86抗原全保护的五糖重复单元.在合成路线中, 充分利用糖基化反应的立体选择性原则, 结合HClO4-SiO2固体催化剂和“IP”策略, 大大提高了合成的效率. 整个合成路线设计操作简单, 选择性高, 消耗低, 产率高, 可以用于快速高效地合成其它一些具有生物活性的寡糖分子.     

促性腺激素释放激素类似物-紫杉醇靶向抗肿瘤缀合物的合成及评价

以促性腺激素释放激素类似物(GnRHa)为靶向配体, 以紫杉醇为抗癌因子, 分别以硫醚键和二硫键为连接臂, 设计合成了2个靶向抗肿瘤缀合物. 研究了缀合物的肿瘤细胞增殖抑制活性和GnRH受体结合活性, 结果表明, 2个缀合物均具有较强的抗肿瘤活性和GnRH受体亲和力; 另外, 血浆稳定性实验结果显示, 以硫醚键偶联的缀合物1在血浆中孵育24 h, 原型保留仍在50%以上, 具有较高的稳定性.     

5-氟尿嘧啶的三元环类化合物的缀合物的合成及其抗肿瘤活性

基于具有三元环状结构的化合物的广泛生理活性和氟尿嘧啶的抗癌作用机制,本文设计、合成并表征了一系列新型5-氟尿嘧啶（5-FU）的三元碳环缀合物及三元氧杂环缀合物。并对5-FU 的N-1和N-3位的选择性烷基化方法进行了系统研究,发现苄氧甲酰氧甲基保护基具有稳定性高、有效保护性好、制备方便、易于脱除等特点,适宜于在本类反应中应用。测试了所合成的新型5-FU三元环缀合物的体外抗肿瘤活性,化合物7、8、12、13显示了对人食管癌细胞Ec9706不同程度的抑制活性。     

肝素类寡糖合成研究进展

肝素(heparin,HP)和硫酸乙酰肝素(heparan sulfate,HS)是糖胺聚糖(glycosaminoglycans,GAGs)家族中的一类线性硫酸化多糖,其结构复杂、牛物活性多样.为了深入研究其结构序列与小同生物活性之间的关系,近年来针对肝素类寡糖的合成与功能研究成为糖化学和糖牛物学研究的一个热点领域,涌现出一些新的合成方法与合成策略.选取了2001年以来国际上一些在肝素类寡糖的化学合成和酶法合成方面的代表性工作予以综述.     

含磷糖生物缀合物的合成

糖生物缀合物具有许多重要的生物功能.因而,建立化学合成各种新型糖类缀合物的方法,进一步研究其结构与生物功能之间的关系,对于探索其生物学功能具有十分重要的理论意义和实际应用价值.本文通过改进的化学方法合成了56种结构新颖的糖基-1-磷酰氨基酸甲酯衍生物,所有目标化合物的结构均被NMR和MS等方法确认,并研究了它们NMR谱学特征和在质谱中的裂解规律.     

An extensive review of studies on mycobacterium cell wall polysaccharide-related oligosaccharides – part I: Synthetic studies on arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharides

Abstract

Lipoarabinomannan (LAM), mannosyl LAM (ManLAM), and mycolyl-arabinogalactan (mAG) are unique and ubiquitous cell wall constituents of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the bacterium causing tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest diseases worldwide. It has been well documented that LAM, ManLAM, and mAG play an important role in mycobacterial infections and in the elicitation of specific immune responses against M. tb in the host. Therefore, LAM, ManLAM, mAG, and related molecules are attractive targets for the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for TB. Accordingly, great research efforts have been spent on the chemical synthesis and biological studies of mycobacterium-related arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharides and their mimetics and conjugates. This article provides an extensive review about the progresses in this area. Due to the page limit of the journal, this review is published separately in three parts. Part I is focused on various glycosylation methods or strategies and protection tactics for stereoselective and stereospecific construction of α- and β-arabinofuranosyl linkages, as well as their applications to the synthesis of simple to highly complex mycobacterium-related arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharides containing only α-linked or both α- and β-linked arabinofuranosyl residues.     

Modular Synthesis of Nona-Decasaccharide Motif from Psidium guajava Polysaccharides: Orthogonal One-Pot Glycosylation Strategy

The synthesis of long, branched, and complex carbohydrate sequences remains a challenging task in chemical synthesis. Reported here is an efficient and modular one-pot synthesis of a nona-decasaccharide and shorter sequences from Psidium guajava polysaccharides, which have the potent α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. The synthetic strategy features: 1) several one-pot glycosylation reactions on the basis of N-phenyltrifluoroacetimidate (PTFAI) and Yu glycosylation to streamline the chemical synthesis of oligosaccharides, 2) the successful and efficient assembly sequences (first O3′, second O5′, final O2′) toward the challenging 2,3,5-branched Araf motif, 3) the stereoselective 1,2-cis-glucosylation by reagent control, and 4) the convergent [6+6+7] one-pot coupling reaction for the final assembly of the target nona-decasaccharide. This orthogonal one-pot glycosylation strategy can streamline the chemical synthesis of long, branched, and complicated carbohydrate chains.     

Modular Synthesis of Nona‐Decasaccharide Motif from Psidium guajava Polysaccharides: Orthogonal One‐Pot Glycosylation Strategy

The synthesis of long, branched, and complex carbohydrate sequences remains a challenging task in chemical synthesis. Reported here is an efficient and modular one‐pot synthesis of a nona‐decasaccharide and shorter sequences from Psidium guajava polysaccharides, which have the potent α‐glucosidase inhibitory activity. The synthetic strategy features: 1) several one‐pot glycosylation reactions on the basis of N‐phenyltrifluoroacetimidate (PTFAI) and Yu glycosylation to streamline the chemical synthesis of oligosaccharides, 2) the successful and efficient assembly sequences (first O3′, second O5′, final O2′) toward the challenging 2,3,5‐branched Araf motif, 3) the stereoselective 1,2‐cis‐glucosylation by reagent control, and 4) the convergent [6+6+7] one‐pot coupling reaction for the final assembly of the target nona‐decasaccharide. This orthogonal one‐pot glycosylation strategy can streamline the chemical synthesis of long, branched, and complicated carbohydrate chains.     

The use of silyl groups in the synthesis of arabinofuranosides

The review considers the known strategies for the synthesis of fragments of arabinogalactan and lipoarabinomannan, polysaccharides that are contained in the cell walls of causative agent of tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as well as other related oligosaccharides containing arabinofuranose residues, using silyl substituents both for the differentiation of hydroxy groups in monosaccharide blocks and as stereodirecting groups during formation of a β-arabinofuranoside bond. In particular, the use of silyl groups (in combination with orthogonal to them acyl groups) allows the stereoselective synthesis of arabinans without the involvement of benzyl groups removable under reducing conditions, which is unacceptable in the presence of fragments sensitive to hydrogenolysis. This significantly simplifies the synthesis of 1,2-cis-linked oligosaccharides containing multiple bonds or azide groups, in particular, in aglycone, which is extremely important for the preparation of neoglycoconjugates both by converting the azide to an amine, followed by covalent binding to a carrier, and by conducting click-chemistry reactions using the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides to alkynes.

     

Enantioselective C?C and C?H Bond Formation Mediated or Catalyzed by Chiral ebthi Complexes of Titanium and Zirconium

The development of catalytic processes that effect enantioselective bond formation under mild conditions is an important and challenging task in modern chemical synthesis. In this connection, chiral C₂-symmetric ansa-metallocenes (bridged metallocenes) have found notable applications as catalysts. This article discusses the chemistry of this class of chiral metallocene complexes with regard to their utility in catalytic and enantioselective C? C and C? H bond formation reactions. In addition, where applicable, a brief comparison with other related catalytic enantioselective processes is offered. Many of the reactions effected with high levels of enantioselectivity by catalytic amounts of these complexes are of great significance to the preparation of new materials and in the synthesis of therapeutic agents. For example, zirconocene complexes readily catalyze the enantioselective addition of alkylmagnesium halides to alkenes, and cationic zirconocene complexes may promote the highly stereoregulated copolymerization of terminal alkenes. Furthermore, the related chiral titanocenes are involved in an impressive range of useful asymmetric catalytic reactions, including the enantioselective hydrogenation of olefins and reduction of imines or ketones. This review attempts to bring together the practical aspects of the use of [(ebthi)M] complexes of Group 4 transition metals (catalyst synthesis and resolution), outline the manner in which the C₂-symmetric chiral ligands are believed to initiate stereoselective bond formation, and highlight the aspects of this chemistry that are less well understood and require further research.     

Tactics and strategies for the synthesis of iminosugar C-glycosides: a review

Three decades after their first synthesis, iminosugar C-glycosides have become an important class of iminosugars with promising biological and therapeutic properties. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the versatile strategies that have been developed to synthesize this family of stable imino-analogues of glycosides and glycoconjugates. Some guidelines and predictive stereoselective models are presented to facilitate the design of synthetic strategies toward iminosugar C-glycosides of defined configuration.     

Tailoring D‐Amino Acid Oxidase from the Pig Kidney to R‐Stereoselective Amine Oxidase and its Use in the Deracemization of α‐Methylbenzylamine

The deracemization of racemic amines to yield enantioenriched amines using S‐stereoselective amine oxidases (AOx) has recently been attracting attention. However, R‐stereoselective AOx that are suitable for deracemization have not yet been identified. An R‐stereoselective AOx was now evolved from porcine kidney D ‐amino acid oxidase (pkDAO) and subsequently use for the deracemization of racemic amines. The engineered pkDAO, which was obtained by directed evolution, displayed a markedly changed substrate specificity towards R amines. The mutant enzyme exhibited a high preference towards the substrate α‐methylbenzylamine and was used to synthesize the S amine through deracemization. The findings of this study indicate that further investigations on the structure–activity relationship of AOx are warranted and also provide a new method for biotransformations in organic synthesis.     

Kdo Glycosylations and Their Application in Oligosaccharide Synthesis**

Higher carbon saccharide 3-deoxy-d -manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo) is a structural unit of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and capsular polysaccharides (CPSs). Kdo is present in the inner core region of LPSs, and this region is structurally conserved. Being non-mammalian in origin, Kdos are effectively recognized by the native and adaptive immune systems. Therefore, the synthesis of new Kdo derivatives and neoglycoconjugates is highly important for the development of vaccines. This review highlights recent accomplishments related to α-glycosylations, β-glycosylations and C-glycosylations of Kdos and their application to the stereoselective synthesis of inner core oligosaccharides.     

An extensive review of studies on mycobacterium cell wall polysaccharide-related oligosaccharides – part II: Synthetic studies on complex arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharides carrying other functional motifs and related derivatives and analogs

Abstract

Lipoarabinomannan (LAM), mannosyl LAM (ManLAM), and mycolyl-arabinogalactan (mAG) are unique and ubiquitous cell wall constituents of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the bacterium causing tuberculosis (TB). It has been well documented that LAM, ManLAM, and mAG play an important role in mycobacterial infections and in the elicitation of specific immune responses against M. tb in the host. Therefore, LAM, ManLAM, mAG, and related molecules are attractive targets for the development of novel TB diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Accordingly, numerous research groups have spent great effort on the chemical synthesis and biological studies of mycobacterium-related arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharides and their mimetics and conjugates. This article provides an extensive review about the progresses in this area. Due to the page limit of this journal, the review is published in three parts separately. This part (Part II) is focused on the synthesis of various ManLAM and mAG analogs containing mannose, galactose or galactosamine units and other natural structural motifs, as well as arabinofuranosyl oligosaccharide C-analogs and other derivatives.     

Whole‐Cell Biocatalysts for Stereoselective C−H Amination Reactions

Enantiomerically pure chiral amines are ubiquitous chemical building blocks in bioactive pharmaceutical products and their synthesis from simple starting materials is of great interest. One of the most attractive strategies is the stereoselective installation of a chiral amine through C?H amination, which is a challenging chemical transformation. Herein we report the application of a multienzyme cascade, generated in a single bacterial whole‐cell system, which is able to catalyze stereoselective benzylic aminations with ee values of 97.5 %. The cascade uses four heterologously expressed recombinant enzymes with cofactors provided by the host cell and isopropyl amine added as the amine donor. The cascade presents the first example of the successful de novo design of a single whole‐cell biocatalyst for formal stereoselective C?H amination.