Synthesis and biological activity of α-galactosyl ceramide KRN7000 and galactosyl (α1→2) galactosyl ceramide

Natacha Veerapen; M Brigl; S Garg; V Cerundolo; Liam Cox; MB Brenner; Gurdyal Besra

doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.05.095

Synthesis and biological activity of α-galactosyl ceramide KRN7000 and galactosyl (α1→2) galactosyl ceramide

Natacha Veerapen, M Brigl, S Garg, V Cerundolo, Liam Cox, MB Brenner, Gurdyal Besra

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Abstract

We herein report a faster and less cumbersome synthesis of the biologically attractive, α-galactosyl ceramide (α-GalCer), known as KRN7000, and its analogues. More importantly, the use of a silicon tethered intramolecular glycosylation reaction gave easy access to the diglycosyl ceramide Gal(α1→2)GalCer, which has been shown to require uptake and processing to the biologically active α-GalCer derivative.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4288-4291
Number of pages	4
Journal	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume	19
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.05.095
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2009

Keywords

iNKT
CD1d
KRN7000
Galactosyl(alpha 1-2)galactosyl

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Modulation of Immune Responses by aGalCer Analogues Through Differential Activation of CD1d-restricted NKT Cells
Besra, D. & Lammas, T.
Medical Research Council
1/06/05 → 30/11/09
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Synthesis and biological activity of α-galactosyl ceramide KRN7000 and galactosyl (α1→2) galactosyl ceramide

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