Systematic syntheses of influenza neuraminidase inhibitors: a series of carbosilane dendrimers uniformly functionalized with thioglycoside-type sialic acid moieties

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Aug 1;17(15):5451-64. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.06.036. Epub 2009 Jun 21.

Abstract

In order to develop novel influenza sialidase inhibitors, we constructed a library of glycoclusters composed of twelve types of sialylated dendrimers with thioglycosidic linkage that are resistant to hydrolysis by the sialidases. These sialodendrimers were synthesized by condensation reaction between a thiosialoside modified on the aglycon terminal end by a thioacetyl group and twelve types of carbosilane dendrimers having brominated terminal ends under deacetylation conditions, and temporal re-protection was performed for purification. Removal of all protection of the glycodendrimers was accomplished by transesterification and subsequent saponification to provide corresponding water-soluble glycodendrimers in good yields. For investigation of the structure-activity relationship, dendrimer scaffolds having differences in number of the sugar moieties, such as 3-, 4-, 6- and 12-functionalized dendrimers, and in linkage patterns, such as normal aliphatic linkage, ether- and amide-linkages. Biological evaluations of these glycodendrimers showed that all of the ether- and amide-elongated compounds had inhibitory potencies for the influenza sialidases in the mM range, while compounds having normal aliphatic linkage did not have any activities except for a 12-functionalized compound.

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry*
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology
  • Dendrimers / chemical synthesis
  • Dendrimers / chemistry*
  • Dendrimers / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Influenza A virus / drug effects
  • Influenza A virus / enzymology*
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Molecular Structure
  • N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / chemistry
  • Neuraminidase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Neuraminidase / metabolism
  • Silanes / chemical synthesis
  • Silanes / chemistry*
  • Silanes / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thioglycosides / chemistry
  • Viral Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Dendrimers
  • Silanes
  • Thioglycosides
  • Viral Proteins
  • carbosilane
  • Neuraminidase
  • N-Acetylneuraminic Acid