Development of Clickable Monophosphoryl Lipid A Derivatives toward Semisynthetic Conjugates with Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens

J Med Chem. 2017 Dec 14;60(23):9757-9768. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01234. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

Abstract

A semisynthetic strategy to obtain monophosphoryl lipid A derivatives equipped with clickable (azide, alkyne, double bond, or thiol precursor) moieties, starting from the native lipid A isolated from Escherichia coli, is presented. These lipid A derivatives can be conjugated with other interesting biomolecules, such as tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs). In this way, the immunostimulant activity of monophosphoryl lipid A can significantly improve the immunogenicity of TACAs, thus opening access to potential self-adjuvant anticancer vaccine candidates. A monophosphoryl lipid A-Thomson-Friedenreich (TF) antigen conjugate was obtained to demonstrate the feasibility of this methodology, which stands as a valuable, rapid, and scalable alternative to the highly complex approaches of total synthesis recently reported to the same aim. A preliminary evaluation of the immunological activity of this conjugate as well as of other semisynthetic lipid A derivatives was also reported.

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / chemical synthesis
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / chemistry*
  • Alkynes / chemical synthesis
  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / chemistry*
  • Azides / chemical synthesis
  • Azides / chemistry
  • Cancer Vaccines / chemical synthesis
  • Cancer Vaccines / chemistry*
  • Click Chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Lipid A / analogs & derivatives*
  • Lipid A / chemical synthesis
  • Lipid A / chemistry
  • Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Alkynes
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Azides
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Lipid A
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen
  • monophosphoryl lipid A