title: Synthesis of spacer-containing chlamydial disaccharides as analogues of the alpha-Kdop-(2-->8)-alpha-Kdop-(2-->4)-alpha-Kdop trisaccharide epitope.
abstract: On the basis of high-resolution crystal structures of the antigen binding fragment of the chlamydia-specific monoclonal antibody S25-2 in complex with the trisaccharide alpha-Kdop-(2-->8)-alpha-Kdop-(2-->4)-alpha-Kdop and part structures thereof, seven modified alpha-Kdop-(2-->8)-alpha-Kdop disaccharide derivatives were synthesized starting from the protected disaccharide allyl ketoside 1. Hydroboration and subsequent oxidation as well as ozonolysis, respectively, followed by Wittig-reaction for chain elongation were used to install a terminal carboxylic group on spacer entities of various chain lengths. Furthermore, addition of methyl 2-thioacetate to the allyl group furnished the corresponding thioether derivative. Standard deprotection gave the target disaccharides as simplified trisaccharide analogues, which will be used to probe the contribution of the proximal carboxylic group in the binding of chlamydia-specific di- and trisaccharide-reactive monoclonal antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sixta
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hofinger
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kosma
mesh_terms: D002689:Chlamydia / Q000737:chemistry*; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: C114585:3-deoxymanno-oct-2-ulosonic acid-(2-8)-3-deoxymanno-oct-2-ulosonic acid-(2-O)-allyl; D004187:Disaccharides; D000939:Epitopes; D014312:Trisaccharides