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Review
. 2010 Mar;30(2):171-257.
doi: 10.1002/med.20155.

Carbohydrate recognition by boronolectins, small molecules, and lectins

Shan Jin  1 , Yunfeng Cheng, Suazette Reid, Minyong Li, Binghe Wang
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Review

Carbohydrate recognition by boronolectins, small molecules, and lectins

Shan Jin et al. Med Res Rev. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Carbohydrates are known to mediate a large number of biological and pathological events. Small and macromolecules capable of carbohydrate recognition have great potentials as research tools, diagnostics, vectors for targeted delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents, and therapeutic agents. However, this potential is far from being realized. One key issue is the difficulty in the development of "binders" capable of specific recognition of carbohydrates of biological relevance. This review discusses systematically the general approaches that are available in developing carbohydrate sensors and "binders/receptors," and their applications. The focus is on discoveries during the last 5 years.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Structures of an enantiomeric pair of α-amidoboronic acids studied for their binding with diols
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Figure 2
Structures of boronic acid-based fluorescent reporter compounds 5–7.
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Figure 3
Structure of compound 8
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Figure 4
Structures of boronic acid-based fluorescent reporters 9–13
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Figure 5
Structures of boronic acid-based reporters 14–18
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Figure 6
Structures of compounds 20–22 in the Singaram glucose sensing system
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Figure 7
Structure of compound 27
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Figure 8
Structures of boronic acid-based sensors 28–29
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Figure 9
Structures of boronic acid-based sensors 30 and 31
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Figure 10
Structures of boronic acid-based sensor 32, complex 33, and sensor 34
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Figure 11
Structures of boronic acid-based sensors 35 and BPR indicator 36
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Figure 12
Structure of boronic acid-based sensor 37
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Figure 13
Structure frame of a peptide library 1 with 289 members
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Figure 14
Structures of ortho-hydroxymethyl phenylboronic acid 39a and its dialkylamino (Wulff type) analogue 39b as well as methyl α-D-glucopyranoside
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Figure 15
Structure of tetramethylrhodamine-boronic acid (40, TMR-B)
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Figure 16
Structure of polymer 44
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Figure 17
Structures of boronic acid-based sensors on SAMs
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Figure 18
Structures of a tridentate β-D-fructofuranose ester 51 and a macrocyclic β-D-fructopyranose diester 52
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Figure 19
sLex structure
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Figure 20
Structure of neomycin B
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Figure 21
Structure of moenomycin A
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Figure 22
The chemical structures of BTTP and MTTP
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Figure 23
Structures of compounds 57, 58a, and 58b
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Figure 24
Structures of compounds 59–65
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Figure 25
Structures of compounds 66–69
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Figure 26
Structures of compounds 70–74
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Figure 27
Structures of compounds 75 and 76
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Figure 28
Structures of compounds 77–85
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Figure 29
Structures of receptors 86 and 87
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Figure 30
Structure of crown ether receptors 88 and 89
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Figure 31
Structures of compounds 90, 91α and 91β
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Figure 32
Structures of pyrrolic tripodal receptors 98–105
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Figure 33
Structures of model sugars for binding studies
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Figure 34
Structures of 106 and 107
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Figure 35
Structures of compounds 108 and monosaccharides 109–111
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Figure 36
Structures of compounds 112–116
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Figure 37
Structure of 117
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Figure 38
Structure of compound 118
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Figure 39
Structure of compound 119
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Figure 40
NOESY contacts observed for the complex between β-cellobiose and receptor 119
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Figure 41
Structures of compounds 120 and 121
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Figure 42
Structures of hydrogen bonding-driven foldamers 122 and 123
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Figure 43
Calix[4]arene-based ligands as endotoxin receptors 124–126
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Figure 44
Structure of MACP-4
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Figure 45
Transition states of MACP-4-resorcinol complex
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Figure 46
Complex Structure proposed for boronic-acid-appended Zinc (II) porphyrin plus G-6-P
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Figure 47
Complexation mode proposed for the two-points binding of uronic acids to the Zn(II) complex
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Figure 48
Structure of 130 and 131
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Figure 49
Structures of salophene-lanthanide (europium) complexes
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Figure 50
Complexes modes with mannosed glucose
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Scheme 1
Binding of phenylboronic acid with a diol
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Scheme 2
Overall binding of phenylboronic acid with a diol
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Scheme 3
Mechanism of sugar sensing by the viologen-boronic acid system
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Scheme 4
Carbohydrate sensing using a 3-component assay with a nitronyl nitroxide quencher
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Scheme 5
Synthesis of a cadmium-centered tris-boronic acid receptor 26
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Scheme 6
Immobilization and derivatization of boronic acids using N, N-diethanolaminomethyl polystyrene (DEAM-PS 38) for combinatorial library synthesis
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Scheme 7
Binding between ortho-hydroxymethyl phenylboronic acid 39c and glycoconjugates
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Scheme 8
A strategy for the visual detection of the terminal glycosylation state of a glycoprotein
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Scheme 9
Arylboronic acid (41, 42)-polymer (43) based sensors for saccharides
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Scheme 10
Formation of a block copolymer (45, 46 and 49) containing boronic acid and acrylamido fragments via atom transfer radical (ATRP) polymerization
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Scheme 11
A fluorescent glucose sensing system based on ARS/PBA/DBBTAB co-vesicles
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Scheme 12
Schematic illustration of the modified electrode and competitive assay
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Scheme 13
(a) A cooperative hydrogen-bond pattern in carbohydrate complexation with 59. (b) A cooperative and secondary hydrogen-bond pattern in carbohydrate complexation with 66
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Scheme 14
Synthesis of the macrobicyclic cage 95
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Scheme 15
β-Mannoside-selective pyrrolic tripodal receptor
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Tricatecholic receptor for carbohydrate recognition
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Scheme 17
Hydrogen-bond-driven saccharide recognition
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