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ID: ALA2311254

Journal: J Med Chem

Title: Tuning the preference of thiodigalactoside- and lactosamine-based ligands to galectin-3 over galectin-1.

Authors: van Hattum H, Branderhorst HM, Moret EE, Nilsson UJ, Leffler H, Pieters RJ.

Abstract: Inhibitors for galectin-1 and -3 were synthesized from thiodigalactoside and lactosamine by derivatization of the galactose C3. Introduction of 4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl substituents at the thiodigalactoside C3 by CuAAC, targeting arginine-arene interactions, increased the affinity to 13 nM but yielded little selectivity. The bulkier 4-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl substituent, however, increased the preference for galectin-3 over galectin-1 to more than 200-fold. Modeling showed more arginine-arene interactions for galectin-3 than for galectin-1. Introducing 4-phenoxyaryl groups on lactosamine had a similar effect.

CiteXplore: 23281927

DOI: 10.1021/jm301677r