PROPERTIES OF A SYNTHETIC ANTIGEN RELATED TO HUMAN BLOOD-GROUP LEWIS-A
PROPERTIES OF A SYNTHETIC ANTIGEN RELATED TO HUMAN BLOOD-GROUP LEWIS-A
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00847a035
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
BAKER, DA
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作者:
LEMIEUX, RU;BUNDLE, DR;BAKER, DA
The (3-glycosides of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-0-(aL-fucopyranosyl)-D-glu-copyranose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-3-< 9-(/?-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-glucopyranose, and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-0-(aL-fucopyranosyl)-3-0-((3-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-glucopyranose were synthesized, using either 8-ethoxycarbonyl-or 8-methoxycar-bonyl-l-octanol. Semisyntheticantigens were prepared from theseest'ers by attachment to the free amino groups in bovine serum albumin. The antibodies raised with the trisaccharide antigen which possesses the terminal trisaccharide unit of the human blood-group Lewis a (Lea) determinant precipitated natural blood-group Lea substance and agglutinated Lea red blood cells. Other immunochemical cross-reactions as well as inhibition experiments are reported.The success achieved in the synthesis of oligosaccharide structures using the so-called oximinochloride3'4 and halide ion5-7 catalyzed glycosidation reactions augurs well for a capability to synthesize substantial portions of the oligosac-charide antigenic determinants of polysaccharide, glycoprotein, and glycolipid antigens. The most noteworthy achievements to date in this regard were the syntheses of 3-0-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-aD-galactopyranosyl)-D-galactopyran-ose (the terminal disaccharide unit of the human bloodgroup A determinant), 8 2-0-(aL-fucopyranosyl)-3-0-(a-D-gaIactopyranosyI)-D-galactose (the terminal trisacchar-ide unit of the human blood-group B determinant), 7 2-0-(aL-fucopyranosyl)-D-galactose (the terminal disaccharide unit of the human blood-group O (H) determinant), 7'9 and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-0-(aL-fucopyranosyl)-3-0-(/3-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-glucose (the terminal trisaccharide unit of the human blood-group Lea). 6 Methodology was es-tablished in the first instance for the synthesis of these re-ducing oligosaccharides primarily forthe comparison of the synthetic products with those obtained by hydrolysis of the blood-group glycoproteins. However, the synthesis of reduc-ing oligosaccharides per se is of limited value, and such syn-theses have been largely discontinued in this laboratory. In-stead, attention is now focused on the synthesis of the oligo-saccharides in the form of glycosides that possess an agly-con which can serve as a bridge for the attachment of the oligosaccharide to high molecular weight substances. Thus, covalent attachment to proteins or other high polymers would provide antigens with which to study the immunochemistry and immunology of carbohydrate antigens. The immunochemical aspects of such developments based in chemical synthesis are considered particularly exciting since these would allow the study of chemically modified antigens in such a way as perhaps to shed important insight on the mechanism of the binding with the active sites of the antibody.