Chemical and enzymatic synthesis of fructose analogues as probes for import studies by the hexose transporter in parasites

Autor: Casimir Blonski, Frédéric Bringaud, Laurent Azema, Jacques Périé
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry. 8(4)
ISSN: 0968-0896
Popis: Various D-fructose analogues modified at C-1 or C-6 positions were synthesized from D-glucose by taking advantage of the Amadori rearrangement or using the aldol condensation between dihydroxyacetone phosphate and appropriate aldehyde catalyzed by fructose 1,6-diphosphate aldolase from rabbit muscle. The affinities of the analogues for the glucose transporter expressed in the mammalian form of Trypanosoma brucei were determined by inhibition of radiolabelled 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DOG) transport using zero-trans kinetic analysis. Interestingly, the analogues bearing an aromatic group (i.e. a fluorescence marker) at C-1 or C-6 positions present comparable apparent affinities to D-fructose for the transporter. This result could find applications for hexose transport studies and also provides criteria for the design of glucose import inhibitors.
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