Synthesis of a Candida albicans tetrasaccharide spanning the β1,2-mannan phosphodiester α-mannan junction
Synthesis of a Candida albicans tetrasaccharide spanning the β1,2-mannan phosphodiester α-mannan junction
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DOI:
10.1039/c2ob26355f
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Bundle, David R.
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作者:
Dang, Anh-Thu;Johnson, Margaret A.;Bundle, David R.
The cell wall phosphomannan of Candida species is a complex N-linked glycoprotein with a glycan chain containing predominantly an alpha-linked mannose backbone with alpha-mannose branches. A minor beta-mannan component is attached to the branches either via a glycosidic bond (acid stable beta-mannan) or a phosphodiester bond (acid-labile beta-mannan). The alpha-mannan residues of the cell wall phosphomannan do not afford protective antibody, while the beta-mannan portion is a protective antigen and has become an attractive target as the key epitope of a conjugate vaccine. We report the first synthesis of a tetrasaccharide 1 consisting of a beta 1,2-mannopyranosyl trisaccharide linked via a phosphodiester to methyl a-mannopyranoside. This encompasses the attachment site of the acid labile beta-mannan to the alpha-mannan component of the cell wall phosphomannan. The trisaccharide was formed by an iterative process to first create a beta-glucopyranoside linkage and then epimerize the C-2 center via an oxidation-reduction sequence. The phosphate diester linkage was accessed via an anomeric H-phosphonate. The binding of phosphomannan fragment 1 with the protective antibody C3.1 has been evaluated and compared with a beta-mannotrioside in hapten inhibition experiments. The observed activities are rationalized with a model for 1 docked in the binding site of C3.1.