TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of the Core Structure of the Lipoteichoic Acid of Streptococcus pneumoniae
AU - Pedersen, Christian Marcus
AU - Figueroa-Perez, Ignacio
AU - Boruwa, Joshodeep
AU - Lindner, Buko
AU - Ulmer, Artur J.
AU - Zähringer, Ulrich
AU - Schmidt, Richard R.
PY - 2010/11/8
Y1 - 2010/11/8
N2 - Streptococcus pneumoniae LTA is a highly complex glycophospholipid that consists of nine carbohydrate residues: three glucose, two galactosamine and two 2-acetamino-4-amino-2,4,6-trideoxygalactose (AATDgal) residues that are each differently linked, one ribitol and one diacylated glycerol (DAG) residue. Suitable building blocks for the glucose and the AATDgal residues were designed and their synthesis is described in this paper. These building blocks permitted the successful synthesis of the core structure Glcβ(1-3)AATDgalβ(1-3) Glcα(1-O)DAG in a suitably protected form for further chain extension (1b, 1c) and as unprotected glycolipid (1a) that was employed in biological studies. These studies revealed that 1a as well as 1 lead to interleukin-8 release, however not via TLR2 or TLR4 as receptor. The core: The synthesized core structure (1) of S. pneumoniae LTA (lipoteichoic acid) exhibited similar stimulation of interleukin-8 release as the recently synthesized complete LTA consisting of the core structure and the pseudopentasaccharidic repeating unit. Contrary to previous postulations, TLR2 is not the signalling receptor for these compounds.
AB - Streptococcus pneumoniae LTA is a highly complex glycophospholipid that consists of nine carbohydrate residues: three glucose, two galactosamine and two 2-acetamino-4-amino-2,4,6-trideoxygalactose (AATDgal) residues that are each differently linked, one ribitol and one diacylated glycerol (DAG) residue. Suitable building blocks for the glucose and the AATDgal residues were designed and their synthesis is described in this paper. These building blocks permitted the successful synthesis of the core structure Glcβ(1-3)AATDgalβ(1-3) Glcα(1-O)DAG in a suitably protected form for further chain extension (1b, 1c) and as unprotected glycolipid (1a) that was employed in biological studies. These studies revealed that 1a as well as 1 lead to interleukin-8 release, however not via TLR2 or TLR4 as receptor. The core: The synthesized core structure (1) of S. pneumoniae LTA (lipoteichoic acid) exhibited similar stimulation of interleukin-8 release as the recently synthesized complete LTA consisting of the core structure and the pseudopentasaccharidic repeating unit. Contrary to previous postulations, TLR2 is not the signalling receptor for these compounds.
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201001204
DO - 10.1002/chem.201001204
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
C2 - 20878800
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 16
SP - 12627
EP - 12641
JO - Chemistry: A European Journal
JF - Chemistry: A European Journal
IS - 42
ER -