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Constanze Brocke

Synthetic Tumor-Associated Glycopeptide Antigens from the Tandem Repeat Sequence of the Epithelial Mucin MUC4

In cancer research, the development of vaccines against tumor-associated antigens is of particular interest. Epithelial cells express mucin type glycoproteins, which are extensively O-glycosylated. In case of cancer, the expression of these mucins is increased, and their carbohydrate side chains show an aberrant glycosylation pattern. A set of single and double glycosylated hexadecapeptides representing the tandem repeat sequence of the epithelial mucin MUC4 carrying different tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens was prepared by sequential solid-phase glycopeptide synthesis. The crucial glycosyl amino acid building blocks containing the T N , T, sialyl-T N and (2,6)-sialyl-T antigens were…

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Synthetic Glycopeptides of the Tandem Repeat Sequence of the Epithelial Mucin MUC4 with Tumour-associated Carbohydrate Antigens

Glycohexadecapeptides representing the tandem repeat sequence of the epithelial mucin MUC4 were prepared by applying a solid-phase methodology. The required glycosyl amino acid building blocks containing the tumour-associated saccharide antigens T N -, T,- sialyl-T N , (2,6)- and (2,3)-sialyl-T were synthesized according to a straightforward biomimetic strategy by stepwise extension of the saccharide side chain of a Fmoc-protected galactosamine threonine tert-butyl ester.

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Biomimetic synthesis of the tumor-associated (2,3)-sialyl-T antigen and its incorporation into glycopeptide antigens from the mucins MUC1 and MUC4.

Glycoproteins on epithelial tumor cells often exhibit aberrant glycosylation profiles. The incomplete formation of the glycan side chains resulting from a down-regulated glucosamine transfer and a premature sialylation results in additional peptide epitopes, which become accessible to the immune system in mucin-type glycoproteins. These cancer-specific structure alterations are considered to be a promising basis for selective immunological attack on tumor cells. Among the tumor-associated saccharide antigens, the (2,3)-sialyl-T antigen has been identified as the most abundant glycan, found in several different carcinoma cell lines. According to a linear biomimetic strategy, the (2,3)-sialyl…

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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Tumor-Associated Glycopeptide Antigens

Carbohydrates and peptides linked together in glycoproteins constitute important components of the molecular communication between cells in multicellular organisms. Cell morphogenesis and tumorigenesis are accompanied by changes in the glycoprotein profiles of the outer cell membranes. Glycopeptide fragments of glycoproteins that have altered structures in tumor cells are of interest as tumor-associated antigens for the distinction between normal cells and tumor cells. In contrast to glycoproteins isolated from biological sources, synthetic glycopeptides are obtained in pure form and exactly specified structures. The methods developed for the synthesis of glycopeptides with tumor-associated…

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Synthesis of tumor-associated glycopeptide antigens.

Carbohydrates and peptides linked together in glycoproteins constitute important components of the molecular communication between cells in multicellular organisms. Cell morphogenesis and tumorigenesis are accompanied by changes in the glycoprotein profiles of the outer cell membranes. Glycopeptide fragments of glycoproteins that have altered structures in tumor cells are of interest as tumor-associated antigens for the distinction between normal cells and tumor cells. In contrast to glycoproteins isolated from biological sources, synthetic glycopeptides are obtained in pure form and exactly specified structures. The methods developed for the synthesis of glycopeptides with tumor-associated…

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