95991-05-2Relevant articles and documents
Nuclear magnetic resonance of lipid A - The influence of solvents on spin relaxation and spectral quality
Brecker, Lothar
, p. 27 - 39 (2007/10/03)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of lipid A is limited by rapid transversal relaxation and subsequent line broadening caused by the tendency of these glycolipids to form aggregates in all solvents. To examine the influence of solvents on NMR spectra, hexa-acyl lipid A from Escherichia coli F515 was investigated. Line widths at half height, longitudinal relaxation times, and transversal relaxation times were measured in different solvents, lipid A concentrations, and temperatures. Chloroform-d, dioxane-d8, and pyridine-d5 each mixed with 25% methanol-d4 as well as sole DMSO-d6 and 0.1M triethylamine-d15 (TEA-d 15) in D2O caused good spectral resolutions and allowed structure analysis. ROESY and HMBC spectra gave an insight into the influence of transversal relaxation times on spectral quality in two-dimensional spectra. Solvent depending differences of interglycosidic NOEs indicated dissimilarities of the conformations in the interglycosidic linkage and allowed conclusions about the lipid A solution state.
A divergent synthesis of lipid A and its chemically stable unnatural analogues
Liu, Wen-Chi,Oikawa, Masato,Fukase, Koichi,Suda, Yasuo,Kusumoto, Shoichi
, p. 1377 - 1385 (2007/10/03)
Lipid A and its two chemically stable analogues, wherein the glycosidic phosphoryl groups in lipid A is replaced with 2-(phosphonooxy)ethyl or carboxymethyl groups, have been synthesized by an improved and divergent route via a common allyl glycoside intermediate in which the 4-hydroxy group was protected as a benzyl ether. The total yields were more than 20% for 11 or 12 steps starting from allyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-2-deoxy-2- (trichloroethoxycarbonylamino)-D-glucopyranoside. These synthetic chemically stable analogues induce interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor a in human peripheral whole blood cells with potencies comparable to those by natural- type synthetic lipid A. The Limulus activities of both analogues were found to be even stronger than the activity of the natural-type one.
TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPID A
Imoto, Masahiro,Yoshimura, Hiroyuki,Sakaguchi, Nobuki,Kusumoto, Shoichi,Shiba, Tetsuo
, p. 1545 - 1548 (2007/10/02)
The first total synthesis of E. coli lipid A (1) is described.The synthetic compound was identical with a natural specimen and exhibited the full endotoxic activity.It was thus conclusively proved by this chemical synthesis that lipid A is the active prin