Inhibition of Streptococcus suis adhesion by dendritic galabiose compounds at low nanomolar concentration

J Med Chem. 2004 Dec 16;47(26):6499-508. doi: 10.1021/jm049476+.

Abstract

A series of mono-, di-, and tetravalent galabiose (Galalpha1-4Gal) compounds were synthesized in good yields by coupling of a general carboxylic acid-bearing sugar building block to dendritic scaffolds based on the 3,5-di-(2-aminoethoxy)benzoic acid branching unit. Furthermore, a poly(amidoamine)- (PAMAM-) based dendritic galabioside was synthesized containing eight galabiose units. All galabiosides were tested in a hemagglutination assay and a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) competition assay in order to establish their potency in the binding to the bacterial Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus suis. A monovalent galabioside containing a short spacer was used as a reference compound in all the assays. Variations in the scaffold as well as in the spacer arms were introduced to determine their influence on the inhibition. The best inhibitor of hemagglutination was an octavalent galabioside with a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.3 nM, to the best of our knowledge the first example of inhibition of bacterial binding by a soluble carbohydrate at a subnanomolar concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Adhesion / drug effects
  • Disaccharides / chemical synthesis*
  • Disaccharides / chemistry
  • Disaccharides / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Erythrocytes / microbiology
  • Erythrocytes / physiology
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Ovomucin / chemistry
  • Streptococcus suis / chemistry
  • Streptococcus suis / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus suis / physiology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance

Substances

  • Disaccharides
  • 4-O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-D-galactose
  • Ovomucin