Les iminosucres, analogues de sucres dont l'oxygène intracyclique a été remplacé par un azote, constituent une classe importante de mimes de sucres. Introduire une chaîne alkyle sur le carbone pseudo-anomérique donne accès à une classe importante d'iminosucres, les iminosucres C-glycosides, qui peuvent être des inhibiteurs de glycosidases puissants et sélectifs.Le principal défi associé à la synthèse d'iminosucres C-glycosides est la mise au point de voies de synthèse efficaces et applicables à tous types de sucres permettant ainsi d'accéder à une grande diversité de synthons et d'accélérer la découverte de molécules d'intérêt biologique.Ce travail de thèse a consisté dans un premier temps à élaborer une synthèse efficace et convergente d'iminosucres C-glycosides à six et sept chaînons, à partir d'un précurseur commun, le 6-azido-6-désoxy-2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-D-glucopyranose. Cette nouvelle méthode implique une réaction tandem Staudinger/Aza-Wittig ainsi qu'une isomérisation de cycle d'azépanes stéréocontrolée.La deuxième partie de ce manuscrit traite de l'extension de cette méthodologie à la synthèse de nouveaux D- et L-iminosucres C-glycosides à six chainons mimes de la N-acétyle-D-glucosamine.La dernière partie de ce travail a été consacrée à la synthèse d'iminosucres-aza-couronnes, qui constituent un nouveau type de récepteur moléculaire. L'étude de leur capacité à complexer des métaux a été effectuée par des techniques de RMN ou fluorimétrie et a donné des résultats prometteurs. / Iminosugars, sugar analogs in which the endocyclic oxygen has been replaced by a nitrogen, constitute a major class of sugar mimetics. Introducing an alkyl chain at the pseudoanomeric carbon position leads to another class of important iminosugars, the iminosugars C-glycosides that can be potent and selective glycosidase inhibitors. The main challenge associated with iminosugars C-glycosides synthesis is currently the design of efficient and general routes applicable to any starting sugar and enabling introduction of structural diversity from advanced synthons to accelerate the discovery of biologically relevant molecules.The first part of this work focused on the development of an efficient and convergent synthesis of six and seven membered iminosugars C-glycosides from a common 6-azido-6-deoxy-2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-D-glucopyranose precursor. This new methodology involves a highly diastereoselective tandem ring enlargement/alkylation and a stereocontrolled ring contraction.The second part of the thesis delt with the extension of the methodology to access six-membered D- and L-iminosugars C-glycosides derived from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.The third part of this work was devoted to the synthesis of iminosugar-aza-crowns, which constitute a new type of molecular receptors, using the synthetic route developed in the first part. The ability of these compounds to complex metals was studied either by NMR or fluorimetric techniques and showed promising results.

Les glycosidases sont des enzymes impliquées dans de nombreux processus biologiques. Entre autres, elles sont responsables de la dégradation des déchets polysaccharidiques de nos cellules. Lorsqu’une modification génétique touche un gène qui code pour une de ces enzymes, des pathologies graves regroupées sous l’appellation de « maladies lysosomales » peuvent être déclenchées. L'objectif de ce projet a été de proposer une méthode de synthèse efficace de molécules potentiellement actives spécifiquement sur l'une ou l'autre de ces maladies. Les molécules ciblées sont des inhibiteurs de glycosidases de la famille des aminocyclitols, utilisés dans une stratégie thérapeutique émergente « par molécules chaperonnes ». La méthode de synthèse développée s’appuie sur une étape enzymatique clé utilisant les aldolases comme catalyseurs et répondant aux contraintes environnementales actuelles de la chimie verte. Nous avons atteint nos objectifs grâce à l’utilisation de trois aldolases différentes, produites et purifiées pour la première fois au sein de notre laboratoire. Il s’agit de la fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase F1PA, de la rhamnulose-1-phosphate aldolase R1PA et de la nouvellement découverte fructose-6-phosphate aldolase FSA. La formation d’une quarantaine de nitrocyclitols, de stéréochimies définies, précurseurs des aminocyclitols correspondant, a ainsi été réalisée avec de très bons rendements de synthèse. / Glycosidases are enzymes involved in many biological processes. For example, they are responsible for breaking up polysaccharide waste materials of our cells. When a genetic mutation concerns a gene encoding for one of theses enzymes, acute pathologies named lysosomal storage disorders can appear. Aim of this work was to find an effective synthesis method of molecules potentially active specifically on one or others diseases. Target molecules are glycosidases inhibitors from the aminocyclitols family, used in an emergent strategy “by molecular chaperones”. The method of synthesis developed in the course of this work is based on an enzymatic key step using aldolases as catalyst, and follows current environment constraints of the green chemistry concept. Goals were reached thanks to the use of three different aldolases, produced and purified for the first time in our lab. It consists in fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase F1PA, rhamnulose-1-phosphate aldolase R1PA and the newly discovered fructose-6-phosphate aldolase FSA. Formation of around forty nitrocyclitols (aminocyclitols precursors) with a defined stereochemistry was realised with very good yields of synthesis.

No lúmen do intestino médio da larva de Tenebrio molitor existem 4 β-glicosidases (denominadas 1, 2, 3a e 3b), que não estão presentes na comida do animal. Elas foram purificadas usando-se técnicas de eletroforese e cromatografias de troca iônica e interação hidrofóbica. A β-Glicosidase 1 (Mr 59.000) é instável a 30°C mas é estabilizada na presença do substrato. Ela praticamente não tem atividade sobre galactosídeos e cliva di- e oligossacarídeos. A enzima possui apenas 1 sítio ativo que apresenta 4 subsítios para ligação de glicose. Seu papel fisiológico deve ser o da clivagem de oligo- e principalmente dissacarídeos. A β-Glicosidase 2 (Mr 67.000) é muito instável a 30°C e hidrolisar com maior eficiência galactosídeos sintéticos, cliva muito mal lactose e é incapaz de clivar glucosídeos. Ela apresenta dois sítios ativos sendo que um deles cliva MUβDgal e lactose, que é ativado por Triton X-100, enquanto o outro não é ativado pelo detergente e hidrolisa NPβDgal e NPβDfuc. O papel fisiológico para esta enzima não está claro, mas imagina-se que ela esteja envolvida na digestão de galcatolipídeos. As β-Glicosidases 3a e 3b (Mr 59.000) parecem ser isoformas, uma vez que elas têm parâmetros cinéticos semelhantes, perfis de eluição, de peptídeos gerados por clivagem proteolítica, em HPLC idênticos e a mesma seqüência de aminoácidos para um peptídeo interno comum. Um anticorpo específico produzido contra a β-Glicosidase 3a reconhece a β-Glicosidase 3b, mas não reconhece as β-Glicosidases 1 e 2. Dois clones foram obtidos usando esse anticorpo para selecionar uma biblioteca de cDNA obtida dos rnRNAs do intestino médio de Tenebrio molitor. O resultado final mostrou um cDNA de 1.570 pb codificando para uma proteína madura de 485 aminoácidos. As proteínas codificadas pelos dois cDNAs têm somente 4 aminoácidos de diferentes e podem corresponder às β-Glicosidases 3a e 3b. As seqüências mostraram uma alta similaridade com proteínas da família 1 de glicosídeo hidrolases e codificam todos os peptídeos seqüenciados a partir da clivagem das β-Glicosidases 3a e 3b purificadas. Através de imunocitolocalização usando o anticorpo que reconhece as β-Glicosidases 3a e 3b, foi mostrado que essas são secretadas na parte posterior do intestino médio por uma via exocítica. Essas enzimas tem quatro subsítios para a ligação da glicose e podem hidrolisar di- e oligossacarídeos, alquil glicosídeos e glicosídeos tóxicos de plantas. Experimentos de competição entre substratos, mostraram que elas têm só um sítio ativo responsável para a hidrólise de todos os substratos. Seu papel deve ser principalmente a digestão intermediária de hemiceluloses e celulose. / In the midgut lumen of Tenebrio molitor larvae there are 4 β-glycosidases (named 1, 2, 3a and 3b), not present in the animal food. They were purified with electrophoresis, ion exchange and hydrophobic chromatographies. β-glycosidase 1 (relative molecular weight - Mr 59,000) is unstable at 30°C but is stabilized by substrates. The enzyme hydrolyses di- and oligoglucosides and has a residual activity against galactosides. It has 4 subsites for glucose binding in the active site and its physiological role is the hydrolysis of oligo- and mainly disaccharides. β-glycosidase 2 (Mr 67,000) is unstable at 30°C and hydrolyses efficiently only synthetic galactosides, has poor activity against lactose and is unable to use glucosides as substrates. This enzyme has two active sites. One of them is activated by Triton X-100 and hydrolyses MUβDgal. The other active site is not activated by the detergent and act upon NPβDgal and NPβDfuc. The physiological role ofthis enzyme may be the digestion of galactolipids. The β-glycosidases 3a and 3b (Mr 59,000) are likely isoforms, since they have similar kinetic parameters, identical HPLC peptide elution patterns after proteolytic cleavage and the same amino acid sequence of an internal peptide. A specific antibody raised against β-glycosidase 3a recognizes β-glycosidase 3b, but not β-glycosidase 1 and 2. Two clones were obtained screening a cDNA library, trom Tenebrio molitor midgut mRNA, with this antibody. The final result showed a cDNA of 1,570 pb coding for 485 amino acids in mature protein. The protein sequences showed high similarity with family 1 glycoside hydrolases and have the same amino acid sequence determined for peptides obtained after proteolytic hydrolysis of β-glycosidase 3a and 3b. The immunocytolocalization with this antibody showed that β-glycosidase 3a and 3b are secreted by exocytosis of small vesicles present in posterior midgut. These enzymes have four subsites for glucose binding and can hydrolyse di- and oligosaccharides, alkyl glucosides and toxic plant glucosides. Substrate competition experiments showed that they have only one active site responsible for the hydrolysis of all substrates. Their role may be mainly the intermediate digestion of hemicelluloses and cellulose.

Foram purificadas através de uma combinação de cromatografias as duas &#946;- glicosidases digestivas (Mr 47.000 e 50.000 - denominadas &#946;47 e &#946;50, respectivamente) encontradas na larva de S. frugiperda. Experimentos de competição entre substratos e modificação química mostraram que a &#946;47 possui dois sítios ativos. Um desses sítios denominado aril&$946;glicosidase apresenta um subsítio -1 que liga galactose mais eficientemente do enquanto ,que o subsítio +1 prefere pequenos grupos hidrofóbicos cíclicos. O segundo sítio, denominado celobiase, possui um subsítio -1 que prefere glicose. Já a região de ligação do aglicone apresenta 4 subsítios, que ligam glicose com afinidade decrescente à medida que afastam-se do ponto de clivagem do substrato. O cDNA que codifica a &#946;50 foi clonado e sequenciado. Alinhamentos de sequência de aminoácidos, experimentos de competição entre substratos e inibição mostraram que esta enzima possui apenas um sítio ativo. O subsítio -1, cuja especificidade é controlada por uma rede de pontes de hidrogênio, foi estudado comparando-se os parâmetros cinéticos (Kcat e KcaUKm) para a hidrólise de NP&#946;glicosídeos. A região de posicionamento do aglicone, uma fenda hidrofóbica composta de 3 subsítios, foi caracterizada utilizando-se alquil &#946;-glucosídeos e oligocelodextrinas como inibidores. O alinhamento da sequência de aminoácidos da &#946;50 com outras glicosil hidrolases sugeriu quais aminoácidos participariam da ligação do substrato e que o GlU187 (doador de prótons - pKa = 7,5) e o GIU399 (nucleófilo - pKa = 4,5) estão diretamente envolvidos na catálise. Além disso, a Arg97 e a Tyr331 participam indiretamente modulando o pKa do GIU399. r . / Two digestive &#946;-glycosidases (MW 47,000 and 50,000, named &#946;gly47 and &#946;gly50, respectively) whose are found in the S. frugiperda larvae were purified by a combination of chromatographic steps. Substrate competition experiments and chemical modification data showed that &#946;gly47 has two active sites. One of them was called aryl &#946;-glycosidase and presents a -1 subsite that prefers galactose while the +1 subsite binds small cyclic hydrophobic groups. The other active site was called cellobiase and presents 4 subsites that bind glucose residues weaker as they get far from the cleavage point. The cDNA that codes the &#946;gly50 was cloned and sequenced. Amino acid sequence alignment, substrate competition experiments and inhibitions proved that this enzyme has just one active site. The -1 subsite specificity is controlled by a hydrogen bond network as it was showed comparing the kinetic parameters (Kcat and KcatlKm) for some NP&#946;glycosides hydrolysis. The aglycone binding region, a hydrophobic cleft, was studied with alkyl &#946;-glucosides and oligocellodextrins as competitive inhibitors. Amino acid sequence alignment between the &#946;gly50 and other glycosil hydrolases showed the amino acids responsible for the substrate binding and that the GIU<SUB.187 (proton donor - pKa = 7.5) and GIU399 (nucleophile - pKa = 4.5) are directly involved in the catalysis. Beside this, Arg97 and Tyr331 participate indirectly in the catalysis, modulating the nucleophile pKa

Pan, Wenliang. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-163). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

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This thesis concerns the design and implementation of novel auto-immolative spacers for use in probes for enzymatic activity in vivo.The first part relates the development and in vitro validation of cyclisation spacers which couple the action of an aminopeptidase to the release of a phenol. The modular three-component fluorogenic probes based on these 1,2-diamine spacers are very robust (halflife > 560 h), but are also rapidly enzymatically processed, and quickly (halftime ~3 min) release an exceptionally photostable, insoluble ESIPT fluorophore. The probes have excellent detection sensitivity relative to current methods (signal to control ratio > 3000:1), and provide the first demonstration of a macroscopically binary off-ON system for phenol-releasing probes of aminopeptidase activity. The probe system may allow the exceptionally sensitive, ESIPT-based molecular imaging of a range of exopeptidases. The spacers may also be applied in off ON peptidase probes of other phenolic fluorophores, to peptidase-specific phenol/alcohol prodrugs for targeted therapy, or more generally in chemical adapter technologies.In the second part, two novel families of auto-immolative elimination/tautomerisation spacers were designed for use in three-component off ON magnetogenic probes sensing glycosidase activity. The first known substrate-spacer designs based on 2-hydroxyfurans and on carbimidates were explored. Notably, 2 furanol glycosides were synthesised in pursuit of high-energy alternatives to quinone methides, and a general method for preparing model carbimidate-bearing ligands for pro-magnetic probes was elaborated.

This thesis concerns the design and implementation of novel auto-immolative spacers for use in probes for enzymatic activity in vivo.The first part relates the development and in vitro validation of cyclisation spacers which couple the action of an aminopeptidase to the release of a phenol. The modular three-component fluorogenic probes based on these 1,2-diamine spacers are very robust (halflife > 560 h), but are also rapidly enzymatically processed, and quickly (halftime ~3 min) release an exceptionally photostable, insoluble ESIPT fluorophore. The probes have excellent detection sensitivity relative to current methods (signal to control ratio > 3000:1), and provide the first demonstration of a macroscopically binary off-ON system for phenol-releasing probes of aminopeptidase activity. The probe system may allow the exceptionally sensitive, ESIPT-based molecular imaging of a range of exopeptidases. The spacers may also be applied in off ON peptidase probes of other phenolic fluorophores, to peptidase-specific phenol/alcohol prodrugs for targeted therapy, or more generally in chemical adapter technologies.In the second part, two novel families of auto-immolative elimination/tautomerisation spacers were designed for use in three-component off ON magnetogenic probes sensing glycosidase activity. The first known substrate-spacer designs based on 2-hydroxyfurans and on carbimidates were explored. Notably, 2 furanol glycosides were synthesised in pursuit of high-energy alternatives to quinone methides, and a general method for preparing model carbimidate-bearing ligands for pro-magnetic probes was elaborated.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

No lúmen do intestino médio da larva de Tenebrio molitor existem 4 &#946;-glicosidases (denominadas 1, 2, 3a e 3b), que não estão presentes na comida do animal. Elas foram purificadas usando-se técnicas de eletroforese e cromatografias de troca iônica e interação hidrofóbica. A &#946;-Glicosidase 1 (Mr 59.000) é instável a 30°C mas é estabilizada na presença do substrato. Ela praticamente não tem atividade sobre galactosídeos e cliva di- e oligossacarídeos. A enzima possui apenas 1 sítio ativo que apresenta 4 subsítios para ligação de glicose. Seu papel fisiológico deve ser o da clivagem de oligo- e principalmente dissacarídeos. A &#946;-Glicosidase 2 (Mr 67.000) é muito instável a 30°C e hidrolisar com maior eficiência galactosídeos sintéticos, cliva muito mal lactose e é incapaz de clivar glucosídeos. Ela apresenta dois sítios ativos sendo que um deles cliva MU&#946;Dgal e lactose, que é ativado por Triton X-100, enquanto o outro não é ativado pelo detergente e hidrolisa NP&#946;Dgal e NP&#946;Dfuc. O papel fisiológico para esta enzima não está claro, mas imagina-se que ela esteja envolvida na digestão de galcatolipídeos. As &#946;-Glicosidases 3a e 3b (Mr 59.000) parecem ser isoformas, uma vez que elas têm parâmetros cinéticos semelhantes, perfis de eluição, de peptídeos gerados por clivagem proteolítica, em HPLC idênticos e a mesma seqüência de aminoácidos para um peptídeo interno comum. Um anticorpo específico produzido contra a &#946;-Glicosidase 3a reconhece a &#946;-Glicosidase 3b, mas não reconhece as &#946;-Glicosidases 1 e 2. Dois clones foram obtidos usando esse anticorpo para selecionar uma biblioteca de cDNA obtida dos rnRNAs do intestino médio de Tenebrio molitor. O resultado final mostrou um cDNA de 1.570 pb codificando para uma proteína madura de 485 aminoácidos. As proteínas codificadas pelos dois cDNAs têm somente 4 aminoácidos de diferentes e podem corresponder às &#946;-Glicosidases 3a e 3b. As seqüências mostraram uma alta similaridade com proteínas da família 1 de glicosídeo hidrolases e codificam todos os peptídeos seqüenciados a partir da clivagem das &#946;-Glicosidases 3a e 3b purificadas. Através de imunocitolocalização usando o anticorpo que reconhece as &#946;-Glicosidases 3a e 3b, foi mostrado que essas são secretadas na parte posterior do intestino médio por uma via exocítica. Essas enzimas tem quatro subsítios para a ligação da glicose e podem hidrolisar di- e oligossacarídeos, alquil glicosídeos e glicosídeos tóxicos de plantas. Experimentos de competição entre substratos, mostraram que elas têm só um sítio ativo responsável para a hidrólise de todos os substratos. Seu papel deve ser principalmente a digestão intermediária de hemiceluloses e celulose. / In the midgut lumen of Tenebrio molitor larvae there are 4 &#946;-glycosidases (named 1, 2, 3a and 3b), not present in the animal food. They were purified with electrophoresis, ion exchange and hydrophobic chromatographies. &#946;-glycosidase 1 (relative molecular weight - Mr 59,000) is unstable at 30°C but is stabilized by substrates. The enzyme hydrolyses di- and oligoglucosides and has a residual activity against galactosides. It has 4 subsites for glucose binding in the active site and its physiological role is the hydrolysis of oligo- and mainly disaccharides. &#946;-glycosidase 2 (Mr 67,000) is unstable at 30°C and hydrolyses efficiently only synthetic galactosides, has poor activity against lactose and is unable to use glucosides as substrates. This enzyme has two active sites. One of them is activated by Triton X-100 and hydrolyses MU&#946;Dgal. The other active site is not activated by the detergent and act upon NP&#946;Dgal and NP&#946;Dfuc. The physiological role ofthis enzyme may be the digestion of galactolipids. The &#946;-glycosidases 3a and 3b (Mr 59,000) are likely isoforms, since they have similar kinetic parameters, identical HPLC peptide elution patterns after proteolytic cleavage and the same amino acid sequence of an internal peptide. A specific antibody raised against &#946;-glycosidase 3a recognizes &#946;-glycosidase 3b, but not &#946;-glycosidase 1 and 2. Two clones were obtained screening a cDNA library, trom Tenebrio molitor midgut mRNA, with this antibody. The final result showed a cDNA of 1,570 pb coding for 485 amino acids in mature protein. The protein sequences showed high similarity with family 1 glycoside hydrolases and have the same amino acid sequence determined for peptides obtained after proteolytic hydrolysis of &#946;-glycosidase 3a and 3b. The immunocytolocalization with this antibody showed that &#946;-glycosidase 3a and 3b are secreted by exocytosis of small vesicles present in posterior midgut. These enzymes have four subsites for glucose binding and can hydrolyse di- and oligosaccharides, alkyl glucosides and toxic plant glucosides. Substrate competition experiments showed that they have only one active site responsible for the hydrolysis of all substrates. Their role may be mainly the intermediate digestion of hemicelluloses and cellulose.