Synthetic Studies

Synthesis of Oligosaccharide Fragments of Mannan from Candida albicans Cell Wall and Their BSA Conjugates

A. A. Karelin1, Yu. E. Tsvetkov1, G. Kogan2, S. Bystricky2 and N. E. Nifantiev1#

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1Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia;
2Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia

Received: April 16, 2006; in final form: May 15, 2006

Abstract. 3-Aminopropyl glycosides of α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranose, α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranose, and α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→3)]-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-D-mannopyranose were efficiently synthesized starting from ethyl 2-O-acetyl(benzoyl)-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-1-thio-α-D-mannopyranoside, ethyl 4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-O-benzoyl-1-thio-α-D-mannopyranoside, ethyl 4,6-di-O-benzyl-2,3-di-O-benzoyl-1-thio-α-D-mannopyranoside, and 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-α-D-mannopyranosyl bromide. The oligosaccharide chains synthesized correspond to the three structural types of side chains of mannan from Candida albicans cell wall. A conjugate of the third pentasaccharide with bovine serum albumin was prepared using the squarate method.

Key words: Candida albicansmannanneoglycoconjugatesoligomannosides, synthesis

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry 2007, 33 (1): 110-121