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ArticleACS omega2023

Overcoming Challenges in Chemical Glycosylation to Achieve Innovative Vaccine Adjuvants Possessing Enhanced TLR4 Activity.

Alessio Romerio, Ana Rita Franco, Melanie Shadrick, Mohammed Monsoor Shaik, Valentina Artusa, Alice Italia, Federico Lami, Alexei V Demchenko, Francesco Peri

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Article in ACS omega, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessio RomerioDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Ana Rita FrancoDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Melanie ShadrickDepartment of Chemistry, Saint Louis University, 3501 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, United States.
Mohammed Monsoor ShaikDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Valentina ArtusaDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Alice ItaliaDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Federico LamiDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Alexei V DemchenkoDepartment of Chemistry, Saint Louis University, 3501 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3515-212X
Francesco PeriDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-8224
University of Milano-Bicocca · ITSaint Louis University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mimicry leading to toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) active compounds has been so far based mainly on reproducing the lipid A portion of LPS. Our work led to a series of structurally simplified synthetic TLR4 agonists in preclinical development as vaccine adjuvants called FPs. FPs bind MD2/TLR4 similarly to lipid A, inserting the lipid chains in the MD2 lipophilic cavity. A strategy to improve FPs' target affinity is introducing a monosaccharide unit in C6, mimicking the first sugar of the LPS core. We therefore designed a panel of FP derivatives bearing different monosaccharides in C6. We report here the synthesis and optimization of FPs' C6 glycosylation, which presented unique challenges and limitations. The biological activity of glycosylated FP compounds was preliminarily assessed in vitro in HEK-Blue cells. The new molecules showed a higher potency in stimulating TLR4 activation when compared to the parent molecule while maintaining TLR4 selectivity.

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