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. 2023 Jun;40(3):333-341.
doi: 10.1007/s10719-023-10111-0. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

Synthesis and biological activity of ganglioside GM3 analogues with a (S)-CHF-Sialoside linkage and an alkyne tag

Eisuke Ota  1 , Daiki Takeda  2 , Kana Oonuma  1   3 , Marie Kato  1 , Hiroaki Matoba  2 , Makoto Yoritate  2 , Mikiko Sodeoka  4   5 , Go Hirai  6   7   8
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Synthesis and biological activity of ganglioside GM3 analogues with a (S)-CHF-Sialoside linkage and an alkyne tag

Eisuke Ota et al. Glycoconj J. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

The alkyne tag, consisting of only two carbons, is widely used as a bioorthogonal functional group due to its compactness and nonpolar structure, and various probes consisting of lipids bearing an alkyne tag have been developed. Here, we designed and synthesized analogues of ganglioside GM3 bearing an alkyne tag in the fatty acid moiety and evaluated the effect of the alkyne tag on the biological activity. To eliminate the influence of other factors such as degradation of the glycan chain when evaluating biological activity in a cellular environment, we introduced the tag into sialidase-resistant (S)-CHF-linked GM3 analogues developed by our group. The designed analogues were efficiently synthesized by tuning the protecting group of the glucosylsphingosine acceptor. The growth-promoting effect of these analogues on Had-1 cells was dramatically altered depending upon the position of the alkyne tag.

Keywords: Alkyne; Biological activity; C-glycoside analogues; Ganglioside GM3; Glycosylation.

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