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  • Unprecedented Thiacalixaren...
    Taouai, Marwa; Porkolab, Vanessa; Chakroun, Khouloud; Cheneau, Coraline; Luczkowiak, Joanna; Abidi, Rym; Lesur, David; Cragg, Peter J; Halary, Franck; Delgado, Rafael; Fieschi, Franck; Benazza, Mohammed

    Bioconjugate chemistry, 04/2019, Letnik: 30, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    Glycan–protein interactions control numerous biological events from cell–cell recognition and signaling to pathogen host cell attachment for infections. To infect cells, some viruses bind to immune cells with the help of DC-SIGN (dendritic cell DC-specific ICAM3-grabbing nonintegrin) C-type lectin expressed on dendritic and macrophage cell membranes, via their envelope protein. Prevention of this infectious interaction is a serious therapeutic option. Here, we describe the synthesis of the first water-soluble tetravalent fucocluster pseudopeptide-based 1,3-alternate thiacalixarenes as viral antigen mimics designed for the inhibition of DC-SIGN, to prevent viral particle uptake. Their preparation exploits straightforward convergent strategies involving one-pot Ugi four-component (Ugi-4CR) and azido-alkyne click chemistry reactions as key steps. Surface plasmon resonance showed strong inhibition of DC-SIGN interaction properties by tetravalent ligands designed with high relative potencies and β avidity factors. All ligands block DC-SIGN active sites at nanomolar IC50 preventing cis-cell infection by Ebola viral particles pseudotyped with EBOV glycoprotein (Zaire species of Ebola virus) on Jurkat cells that express DC-SIGN. In addition, we observed strong inhibition of DC-SIGN/human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-gB recombinant glycoprotein interaction. This finding opens the way to the simple development of new models of water-soluble glycocluster-based thia-calixarenes with wide-ranging antimicrobial activities.