Fluorinated glycosyl amino acids for mucin-like glycopeptide antigen analogues

Chemistry. 2010 Jun 25;16(24):7319-30. doi: 10.1002/chem.200903294.

Abstract

The aberrant glycosylation profiles of mucin glycoproteins on epithelial tumour cells represent attractive target structures for the development of immunotherapy against cancer. Mucin-type glycopeptides have been successfully investigated as molecularly defined vaccine prototypes for triggering humoral immunity but are susceptible to rapid in vivo degradation. As a potential means to enhance the bioavailabilities of the antigenic structures, hydrolysis-resistant carbohydrate analogues with fluorine substituents at positions C6, C2' and C6' were synthesised and incorporated into the tandem repeat sequence of the mucin MUC1. The resulting pseudo-glycopeptides can be used to elucidate the effects of chemically modified antibody determinants on metabolic and immunological properties.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / chemistry*
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / immunology*
  • Glycopeptides / chemistry*
  • Glycosylation
  • Halogenation
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mucin-1 / chemistry*
  • Mucin-1 / immunology
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Glycopeptides
  • Mucin-1