Synthesis of the fungal metabolite YWA1 and related constructs as tools to study MelLec-mediated immune response to Aspergillus infections

Monica Piras; Ilaria Patruno; Christina Nikolakopoulou; Janet A Willment; Nikki  Sloan; Chiara Zanato; Gordon Brown; Matteo  Zanda

doi:10.1021/acs.joc.0c02324

Synthesis of the fungal metabolite YWA1 and related constructs as tools to study MelLec-mediated immune response to Aspergillus infections

Monica Piras, Ilaria Patruno, Christina Nikolakopoulou, Janet A Willment, Nikki Sloan, Chiara Zanato, Gordon Brown^* (Corresponding Author), Matteo Zanda^* (Corresponding Author)

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We describe the chemical synthesis of the fungal naphthopyrones YWA1 and fonsecin B, as well as their functionalization with an amine-spacer arm and the conjugation of the resulting molecules to three different functional tags (i.e. biotin, Oregon green, PyMPO). The naphthopyrone-biotin and -PyMPO constructs maintained the ability to bind the Ctype lectin receptor MelLec, whose interaction with immunologically active fungal metabolites (i.e. DHN-melanin and YWA1) is a key step in host recognition and induction of protective immune responses against A. fumigatus. The fluorescent Fonsecin B-PyMPO construct 21 was used to selectively visualize MelLec-expressing cells, thus validating the potential of this strategy for studying the role and functions of MelLec in immunity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6044-6055
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume	86
Issue number	9
Early online date	22 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c02324
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2021

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