Constrained H-Type 2 Blood Group Trisaccharide Synthesized in a Bioactive Conformation via Intramolecular Glycosylation
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Abstract
The methyl glycoside of the H-type 2 trisaccharide 1 was synthesized in a constrained, bioactive conformation via intramolecular aglycon delivery. Computer modeling of the crystal structure of the Ulex europaeus I lectin with a docked H-type 2 trisaccharide suggested that the disaccharide Galp(1→4)GlcpNAc1→OCH3 could be tethered in a bioactive conformation if Gal O-6 and GlcNAc O-3 are linked via a three-carbon tether. The ethyl 1-thiogalactopyranoside 13 was used to alkylate the methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy glucopyranoside 7, and the resulting dimer was subjected to intramolecular glycosylation following protecting group manipulation. The tethered disaccharide 4 was glycosylated by the activated fucopyranosyl donor 3 to give the protected target molecule 17. Solid-phase binding assays showed that the tethered trisaccharide 2 was 3-fold less active than native H-type 2 trisaccharide 1 when assayed against the U. europaeus I lectin, whereas it was 250 times less active when assayed with the Psophocarpus tetragonolobus II lectin. The observed activities are consistent with published models for H-trisaccharide interactions with Ulex and Psophocarpus lectins and provide further evidence that suggests reduction of oligosaccharide flexibility by intramolecular tethering provides no significant gain in binding energy.
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