Fluorous-tag assisted synthesis of a glycosaminoglycan mimetic tetrasaccharide as a high-affinity FGF-2 and midkine ligand.

Basic Information

ID: ALA4184260

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem

Title: Fluorous-tag assisted synthesis of a glycosaminoglycan mimetic tetrasaccharide as a high-affinity FGF-2 and midkine ligand.

Authors: Maza S, Gandia-Aguado N, de Paz JL, Nieto PM.

Abstract: Here, we present the preparation of a sulfated, fully protected tetrasaccharide derivative following the glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-related sequence GlcNAc-β(1 → 4)-Glc-β(1 → 3). The tetramer was efficiently assembled via an iterative glycosylation strategy using monosaccharide building blocks. A fluorous tag was attached at position 6 of the reducing end unit enabling the purification of reaction intermediates by simple fluorous solid phase extraction. Fluorescence polarization competition experiments revealed that the synthesized tetrasaccharide strongly interacts with two heparin-binding growth factors, midkine and FGF-2 (IC50 of 270 nM and 2.4 µM, respectively). Our data indicate that this type of oligosaccharide derivatives, displaying sulfates, hydrophobic protecting groups and a fluorinated tail can be considered as interesting GAG mimetics for the regulation of relevant carbohydrate-protein interactions.

CiteXplore: 29409708

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.01.022

Patent ID: