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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 1436-1444Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201400133
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fullerenes; inhibitors; lectins; multivalent ligands; sugar
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- Universite de Strasbourg
- CNRS
- Agence National de la Recherche (ANR)
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Among the large variety of bioactive C-60 derivatives, fullerene derivatives substituted with sugar residues, that is, glycofullerenes, are of particular interest. The sugar residues are not only solubilizing groups; their intrinsic biological properties also provide additional appealing features to the conjugates. The most recent advances in the synthesis and the biological applications of glycofullerenes are summarized in the present review article with special emphasis on globular glycofullerenes, that is, fullerene sugar balls, constructed on a hexa-substituted fullerene scaffold. The high local concentration of carbohydrates around the C-60 core in fullerene sugar balls is perfectly suited to the binding of lectins through the glycoside cluster effect, and these compounds are potential anti-adhesive agents against bacterial infection. Moreover, mannosylated fullerene sugar balls have shown antiviral activity in an Ebola pseudotyped infection model. Finally, when substituted with peripheral iminosugars, dramatic multivalent effects have been observed for glycosidase inhibition. These unexpected observations have been rationalized by the interplay of interactions involving the catalytic site of the enzyme and non-glycone binding sites with lectin-like abilities.
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