Synthesis and Applications of Biologically Active Carbohydrate Derivatives and Related Compounds

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This proposal contains three separate sections. The first section proposes improvement of the anti-adhesion strategy against urinary tract infections (UTI), the second most diagnosed disease. Anti-adhesion drugs interfere with the binding of bacterial proteins to carbohydrates on tissue surfaces and thereby prevent bacterial colonization. Persistant UTI are initiated by binding of a protein, FimH, at the end of threadlike projections from the surfaces of certain strains of E. coli, to mannose attached to one of the proteins, uroplakin Ia, at the surface of the urinary tract. Binding changes the shape of the molecules making up the surface that allows bacterial entry and colonization. The proposal is to synthesize compounds that match what is known about the structures of the best binding mannose derivatives, then attach as many as possible to polyester dendrimers or to dendritic nanoparticles or to dendritic polymers, so as to bind as many as possible of the 200-500 pili on each bacterium, to eliminate the shielded bacterial colonies.