Jono K, Nagao M, Oh T, Sonoda S, Hoshino Y, Miura Y
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Dec 19;54(1):82-85. doi: 10.1039/c7cc07107h.
The arrangement of sugars in glycopolymers contributes to their recognition. The molecular recognition of proteins was controlled by the living radical polymerization of glycopolymers. The glycopolymers were prepared by the copolymerization of propargyl methacrylate (Pr-MA) and triethyleneglycol methacrylate (TEG-MA) via living radical polymerization with a reversible addition-fragmentation glycopolymer chain transfer (RAFT) reagent and by subsequent sugar conjugation by click chemistry. The block copolymers were prepared by the polymerization of Pr-MA and TEG-MA. The molecular recognition of glycopolymers was analyzed using the fluorescence quenching of lectin and found to be dependent on the glycopolymer structures. Two-site binding of glycopolymers to concanavalin A (ConA) was attained by both the glycopolymer with a 105-mer and the tri-block glycopolymer with a 103-mer. Glycopolymers with either a 27- or 54-mer showed much weaker interaction because of one-site binding. The molecular recognition of the glycopolymer was controlled by the arrangement and size of the sugar cluster and not by the sugar density.
糖在糖聚合物中的排列方式有助于它们的识别。糖聚合物的分子识别由其活性自由基聚合来控制。通过甲基丙烯酸炔丙酯(Pr-MA)和甲基丙烯酸三乙二醇酯(TEG-MA)在具有可逆加成-断裂糖聚合物链转移(RAFT)试剂的活性自由基聚合作用下共聚,并通过点击化学进行后续糖缀合反应来制备糖聚合物。通过Pr-MA和TEG-MA的聚合制备嵌段共聚物。利用凝集素的荧光猝灭分析糖聚合物的分子识别,发现其依赖于糖聚合物结构。具有105个单体的糖聚合物和具有103个单体的三嵌段糖聚合物都实现了糖聚合物与伴刀豆球蛋白A(ConA)的双位点结合。具有27个或54个单体的糖聚合物由于单位点结合而表现出弱得多的相互作用。糖聚合物的分子识别由糖簇的排列和大小控制,而非由糖密度控制。