Issue 32, 2012

DNA glycoclusters and DNA-based carbohydrate microarrays: From design to applications

Abstract

Our goal was to design carbohydrate mimetics capable of preventing cell adhesion of pathogens by targeting lectins. The original synthesis of these mimetics combines the automated chemistry of DNA and “click” chemistry. From simple building blocks (i.e. phosphoramidites, solid supports and carbohydrates such as alkyne or azide derivatives), a “Lego” approach provides complex and varied decoys exhibiting various topologies and number of carbohydrate residues. The resulting glycomimetics tagged with a specific DNA sequence are efficiently immobilized on a DNA microarray by double strand formation. This glycoarray allows the study of the interactions between carbohydrate mimics and lectins using a minute amount of material. This micro system using DNA arrays is much more effective than conventional carbohydrate microarrays. The studies allowed the identification of the important structural parameters for a customized construction of high-affinity carbohydrate mimics.

Graphical abstract: DNA glycoclusters and DNA-based carbohydrate microarrays: From design to applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
24 Jul 2012
Accepted
07 Sep 2012
First published
17 Sep 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 12043-12068

DNA glycoclusters and DNA-based carbohydrate microarrays: From design to applications

F. Morvan, S. Vidal, E. Souteyrand, Y. Chevolot and J. Vasseur, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 12043 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21550K

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