Glyco-pseudopolyrotaxanes: carbohydrate wheels threaded on a polymer string and their inhibition of bacterial adhesion

Chemistry. 2010 Oct 25;16(40):12168-73. doi: 10.1002/chem.201001538.

Abstract

We report glyco-pseudopolyrotaxanes composed of cucurbit[6]uril-based mannose wheels (ManCB[6]) threaded on polyviologen (PV), which not only effectively induce bacterial aggregation, but also exhibit high inhibitory activity against bacterial binding to host cells. Three glyco-pseudopolyrotaxanes (1-3), which have 10, 5, and 3 ManCB[6] wheels, respectively, on a PV string, were prepared and characterized. Bacterial aggregation assays and hemagglutination inhibition assays illustrated the specific and multivalent interaction between the glyco-pseudopolyrotaxanes and E. coli ORN178. Compound 3 was especially effective at inducing bacterial aggregation and showed 300 times higher inhibitory potency than monomeric methyl-α-mannoside (Me-αMan) for ORN178-induced hemagglutination. Furthermore, we demonstrated their inhibitory activities for the adhesion of ORN178 bacteria to urinary epithelial cells as a model of urinary tract infection. Our findings suggest that these supramolecular carbohydrate clusters are potentially useful in antiadhesion therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Adhesion / drug effects*
  • Bridged-Ring Compounds / chemistry*
  • Bridged-Ring Compounds / pharmacology
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry*
  • Carbohydrates / pharmacology*
  • Cyclodextrins / chemistry*
  • Cyclodextrins / pharmacology*
  • Epithelial Cells / drug effects*
  • Hemagglutination / drug effects*
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Imidazoles / pharmacology
  • Mannose / chemistry*
  • Mannose / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Poloxamer / chemistry*
  • Poloxamer / pharmacology*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Polymers / pharmacology*
  • Rotaxanes / chemistry*
  • Rotaxanes / pharmacology*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy

Substances

  • Bridged-Ring Compounds
  • Carbohydrates
  • Cyclodextrins
  • Imidazoles
  • Polymers
  • Rotaxanes
  • pseudopolyrotaxane
  • Poloxamer
  • cucurbit(6)uril
  • Mannose