Chemical synthesis and immunological activities of glycolipids structurally related to lipid A

• Published in: Biochemistry (Easton) Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 2736 - 2742
• Main Authors: Charon, Daniel, Chaby, Richard, Malinvaud, Agnes, Mondange, Michelle, Szabo, Ladislas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 21.05.1985
• Subjects: Animals; Complement Activation - drug effects; DNA Replication - drug effects; Glycolipids - chemical synthesis; Glycolipids - immunology; Glycolipids - pharmacology; Indicators and Reagents; Interleukin-1 - analysis; Lipid A; Lymphocytes - immunology; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Inbred C3H; Structure-Activity Relationship
• ISSN: 0006-2960; 1520-4995
• DOI: 10.1021/bi00332a021

Complete chemical syntheses of a number of monosaccharides derived from 2-deoxy-2-[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanamido]-D-glucopyranose and structurally related to the hydrophobic moiety (lipid A) of several bacterial endotoxins are described. Selected humoral (complement activation) and cellular (mitogenicity and induction of interleukin 1 production) in vitro activities of a lipid A preparation obtained from the Bordetella pertussis endotoxin were compared with those of ten of these monosaccharides and with those of previously synthesized, analogous disaccharides. Results show that each of these in vitro activities of the lipid A preparation can be efficiently induced by at least one of the monosaccharide derivatives.