Wang Pengfei, Škalamera Đani, Sui Xianwei, Zhang Ping, Michalek Suzanne M
ACS Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 14;5(6):974-981. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00039. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
We have designed and synthesized two analogs (5 and 6) of QS-7, a natural saponin compound isolated from Quillaja saponaria (QS) Molina tree bark. The only structural difference between compound 5 and 6 is that 5 is acetylated at the 3- and 4-O positions of the quillaic acid C28 fucosyl unit while 6 is not. However, the two analogs show significantly different immunostimulant profiles. Compound 5 may potentiate a mixed Th1/Th2 (Th, T helper cells) immune response against the specific antigens while compound 6 may only induce a Th2-biased immunity. These results suggest that the 3- and/or 4-O acetyl groups of the fucosyl unit may play an important role in tuning the adjuvanticity of the QS-7 analogs, and compound 5 can serve as a structurally defined synthetic adjuvant when a mixed Th1/Th2 immune responses is desired.
我们设计并合成了QS - 7的两种类似物(5和6),QS - 7是从皂树(QS)莫利纳树皮中分离出的一种天然皂苷化合物。化合物5和6之间唯一的结构差异在于,5在奎来酸C28岩藻糖基单元的3 - O和4 - O位置被乙酰化,而6没有。然而,这两种类似物表现出显著不同的免疫刺激特性。化合物5可能增强针对特定抗原的混合Th1/Th2(Th,辅助性T细胞)免疫反应,而化合物6可能仅诱导偏向Th2的免疫反应。这些结果表明,岩藻糖基单元的3 - O和/或4 - O乙酰基团可能在调节QS - 7类似物的佐剂活性中起重要作用,并且当需要混合Th1/Th2免疫反应时,化合物5可作为结构明确的合成佐剂。