Issue 24, 2014

Non-stoichiometric O-acetylation of Shigella flexneri 2a O-specific polysaccharide: synthesis and antigenicity

Abstract

Synthetic functional mimics of the O-antigen from Shigella flexneri 2a are seen as promising vaccine components against endemic shigellosis. Herein, the influence of the polysaccharide non-stoichiometric di-O-acetylation on antigenicity is addressed for the first time. Three decasaccharides, representing relevant internal mono- and di-O-acetylation profiles of the O-antigen, were synthesized from a pivotal protected decasaccharide designed to tailor late stage site-selective O-acetylation. The latter was obtained via a convergent route involving the imidate glycosylation chemistry. Binding studies to five protective mIgGs showed that none of the acetates adds significantly to broad antibody recognition. Yet, one of the five antibodies had a unique pattern of binding. With IC50 in the micromolar to submicromolar range mIgG F22-4 exemplifies a remarkable tight binding antibody against diversely O-acetylated and non-O-acetylated fragments of a neutral polysaccharide of medical importance.

Graphical abstract: Non-stoichiometric O-acetylation of Shigella flexneri 2a O-specific polysaccharide: synthesis and antigenicity

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Dec 2013
Accepted
31 Mar 2014
First published
31 Mar 2014

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 4218-4232

Non-stoichiometric O-acetylation of Shigella flexneri 2a O-specific polysaccharide: synthesis and antigenicity

C. Gauthier, P. Chassagne, F. Theillet, C. Guerreiro, F. Thouron, F. Nato, M. Delepierre, P. J. Sansonetti, A. Phalipon and L. A. Mulard, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 4218 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB42586J

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