JPH09176204A - Functional material containing sialoglycochain and its synthesis - Google Patents
Functional material containing sialoglycochain and its synthesisInfo
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Description
【0001】[0001]
【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、生医学材料として
用いられるシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質及びその製造用中
間体及びその合成方法に関するものである。TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a functional substance containing a sialo-glycan used as a biomedical material, an intermediate for producing the same, and a synthetic method thereof.
【0002】[0002]
【従来の技術】本発明者は、オリゴ糖の持つ細胞認識機
能を利用した新しい生医学材料の開発を行っており、既
にオリゴ糖鎖を側鎖に結合したポリアクリルアミド及び
ポリスチレンの合成に成功している。また糖鎖の中でも
とくに重要なシアル酸やそのオリゴ糖がさまざまな生命
現象に関わっていることに着目し、シアロ糖鎖を側鎖に
結合したポリアクリルアミドの合成については、R.Roy
らの報告がある。The present inventor has been developing new biomedical materials utilizing the cell recognition function of oligosaccharides, and has already succeeded in synthesizing polyacrylamide and polystyrene in which oligosaccharide chains are linked to side chains. ing. In addition, focusing on the fact that sialic acid and its oligosaccharides, which are particularly important among sugar chains, are involved in various life phenomena, R.Roy has described the synthesis of polyacrylamide in which sialo sugar chains are linked to side chains.
There is a report from them.
【0003】ところが、シアロ糖鎖含有ポリアクリルア
ミドはシアロ糖鎖もポリアクリルアミドもともに親水性
であるために配向性に乏しく、水中において安定した組
織を形成しにくい。このために生体モデルとして利用し
たり、ウイルス捕捉体等として用いるに不適当な面があ
った。However, sialo-oligosaccharide-containing polyacrylamide has poor orientation because both the sialo-oligosaccharide and the polyacrylamide are hydrophilic, and it is difficult to form a stable tissue in water. For this reason, it is not suitable for use as a biological model or as a virus trap.
【0004】また、シアロ糖鎖含有ポリアクリルアミド
を合成するには、まずシアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物の官能基
のうち、反応に関わらせたくない官能基を保護基でブロ
ックしたうえ、シアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物の水酸基とポリ
アクリルアミドとを結合させ、その後に再び保護基を脱
離させるという3段階以上の反応が必要であり、合成工
程が非常に複雑であるという問題もあった。In order to synthesize a polyacrylamide containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, first, of the functional groups of a compound having a sialo-oligosaccharide, a functional group which is not desired to be involved in the reaction is blocked with a protecting group, and then the sialo-oligosaccharide is attached There is also a problem that the synthesis process is very complicated because it requires a reaction of three or more steps of binding the hydroxyl group of the compound having with the polyacrylamide and then removing the protecting group again.
【0005】[0005]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】本発明は上記した従来
の問題点を解決し、合成が容易であり、水中における配
向性に優れているために生体モデル等として利用し易い
シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質及びその合成方法を提供する
ことを目的としてなされたものである。DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, is easy to synthesize, and has an excellent orientation in water, and therefore has a sialo-glycan-containing function that is easy to use as a biological model or the like. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sexual substance and a method for synthesizing the same.
【0006】[0006]
【課題を解決するための手段】上記の課題を解決するた
めになされた請求項1の発明のシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物
質は、アミノ基を持つ化合物のアミノ基に、シアロ糖鎖
を含む化合物のカルボキシル基を結合したモノマーから
なることを特徴とするものである。また請求項2の発明
のシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質は、アミノ基を持つ化合物
のアミノ基に、シアロ糖鎖を含む化合物のカルボキシル
基を結合したモノマーの重合体あるいは共重合体からな
ることを特徴とするものである。また請求項3の発明の
シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質の合成方法は、アミノ基を持
つ化合物とシアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物とを0 ℃〜50℃で反
応させ、アミノ基を持つ化合物のアミノ基にシアロ糖鎖
を含む化合物のカルボキシル基を脱水縮合により結合さ
せたモノマーを得ることを特徴とするものである。な
お、この反応は1段階で行わせることができる。また請
求項5の発明のシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質の合成方法
は、請求項3の方法により得られたモノマーを重合また
は共重合させることを特徴とするものである。The functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide according to claim 1 made to solve the above-mentioned problems is a compound containing a sialo-oligosaccharide in an amino group of a compound having an amino group. It is characterized by comprising a monomer having a carboxyl group bonded thereto. Further, the functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide according to the present invention comprises a polymer or copolymer of monomers in which the carboxyl group of the compound containing a sialo-oligosaccharide is bonded to the amino group of the compound having an amino group. It is a feature. The method for synthesizing a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide according to the third aspect of the present invention is the reaction of a compound having an amino group with a compound having a sialo-oligosaccharide at 0 ° C to 50 ° C to give an amino group of the compound having an amino group. In addition, a monomer having a carboxyl group of a compound containing a sialo-oligosaccharide bound thereto by dehydration condensation is obtained. This reaction can be carried out in one step. Further, the method for synthesizing the functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide according to the invention of claim 5 is characterized in that the monomer obtained by the method of claim 3 is polymerized or copolymerized.
【0007】[0007]
【発明の実施の形態】以下にこれらの発明の実施の形態
を、図1のモデルを参照しつつ説明する。図1において
1はシアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物を代表するシアル酸のモノ
マーであり、2はアミノ基を持つ化合物を代表するP-ビ
ニルベンジルアミンである。これらをジメチルスルホオ
キシド等の極性溶媒に溶解させたうえ活性化剤を加えて
混合すると、シアル酸のカルボキシル基とP-ビニルベン
ジルアミンのアミノ基との間で縮合反応が進行し、シア
ロ糖鎖を側鎖に持つビニルモノマー3が1段階で生成さ
れる。この反応は0 ℃〜50℃程度の温度域で、より好ま
しくは20〜35℃の室温付近で短時間で進行させることが
できる。なお、反応温度を0 ℃〜50℃としたのは、反応
温度が0 ℃未満であると反応が進行しにくくなり、反応
温度が50℃を越えると好ましくない副反応が生じるおそ
れがあるためである。このシアロ糖鎖を側鎖に持つビニ
ルモノマー3はそれ自体をシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質と
して利用できる。またこのシアロ糖鎖を側鎖に持つビニ
ルモノマー3を常法により重合または共重合させること
により、4のポリマーとなったシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物
質を得ることができる。BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the model of FIG. In FIG. 1, 1 is a sialic acid monomer representing a compound having a sialo sugar chain, and 2 is P-vinylbenzylamine representing a compound having an amino group. When these are dissolved in a polar solvent such as dimethyl sulfoxide and then an activator is added and mixed, a condensation reaction proceeds between the carboxyl group of sialic acid and the amino group of P-vinylbenzylamine, resulting in a sialo sugar chain. Vinyl monomer 3 having a side chain is produced in one step. This reaction can be carried out in a temperature range of about 0 ° C to 50 ° C, more preferably near room temperature of 20 to 35 ° C in a short time. The reaction temperature was set to 0 ° C to 50 ° C because if the reaction temperature is lower than 0 ° C, the reaction will not proceed easily, and if the reaction temperature exceeds 50 ° C, an undesirable side reaction may occur. is there. The vinyl monomer 3 having this side chain as a sialo sugar chain can be used as a functional substance containing a sialo sugar chain itself. Further, by polymerizing or copolymerizing the vinyl monomer 3 having this sialo-oligosaccharide as a side chain by a conventional method, a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, which is a polymer of 4, can be obtained.
【0008】前記したシアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物として
は、シアル酸、シアル酸誘導体、またはこれらの含む
糖、糖タンパク質、糖脂質等を用いることができる。特
にシアル酸のオリゴマーを用いれば、アミド基との縮合
反応に関与しないカルボキシル基を複数個備えたシアロ
糖鎖含有機能性物質が得られるので、それらのカルボキ
シル基に糖鎖認識信号としての高い機能を発現させるこ
とが可能となる利点がある。As the above-mentioned compound having a sialo-oligosaccharide, sialic acid, a sialic acid derivative, or sugars, glycoproteins, glycolipids containing these and the like can be used. In particular, if an oligomer of sialic acid is used, a functional substance containing a sialo-sugar chain having a plurality of carboxyl groups that do not participate in the condensation reaction with an amide group can be obtained. Therefore, these carboxyl groups have a high function as a sugar chain recognition signal. Has the advantage that it can be expressed.
【0009】アミノ基を持つ化合物としては、ビニルベ
ンジルアミンのほかにも例えばビニルアニリン、アリル
アミン等のビニル化合物や、フェニルアミン、N-ヘキサ
デシルアミン、2本鎖アルキルアミン等を用いることが
できる。これらの化合物の化学構造式を化1に示す。As the compound having an amino group, in addition to vinylbenzylamine, vinyl compounds such as vinylaniline and allylamine, phenylamine, N-hexadecylamine, double-chain alkylamine and the like can be used. The chemical structural formulas of these compounds are shown in Chemical formula 1.
【0010】[0010]
【化1】 Embedded image
【0011】活性化剤としては、例えば化2に示すBO
P、PyBOP、DBP、HOBt、HBTUなどを用
いることができる。活性化剤は反応を促進する作用を持
つが、反応時間を十分に取れば反応は進行するので、本
発明においては活性化剤の使用は必須ではない。As the activator, for example, BO shown in Chemical formula 2
P, PyBOP, DBP, HOBt, HBTU, etc. can be used. Although the activator has an action of promoting the reaction, the use of the activator is not essential in the present invention because the reaction proceeds if the reaction time is sufficiently long.
【0012】[0012]
【化2】 Embedded image
【0013】このようにして得られたシアロ糖鎖含有機
能性物質は、親水性のシアロ糖鎖と疎水性の官能基とか
らなるので、図2に示すように水中で配向し易く、固体
表面に吸着し易い。このために、糖鎖信号が極めて高濃
度に固体表面及び膜表面に配向することとなり、生物認
識能の高い生体モデルとして利用したり、細胞培養基材
やウイルス捕捉体等として用いるに適したものである。
なお、シアロ糖鎖を直鎖のアルキルアミンやアミノ基を
持つコレステロールと化合させたシアロ糖鎖含有機能性
物質は、図3に示すように水中でミセルを形成するの
で、それ自身で、あるいは生体膜やリポゾームに取り込
ませて認識機能膜を作成することができ、またドラッグ
デリバリーの原料としても使用することができる。また
本発明によれば従来のように保護基を用いることなく反
応を進行させることができるので、きわめて容易にシア
ロ糖鎖含有機能性物質を合成することができる。Since the functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide thus obtained is composed of a hydrophilic sialo-oligosaccharide and a hydrophobic functional group, it is easy to orient in water as shown in FIG. It is easy to stick to. For this reason, the sugar chain signal is oriented to the solid surface and the membrane surface at an extremely high concentration, and is suitable for use as a biological model with high biorecognition ability, or as a cell culture substrate or a virus trap. Is.
The functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide obtained by combining a sialo-oligosaccharide with a linear alkylamine or cholesterol having an amino group forms micelles in water as shown in FIG. It can be incorporated into a membrane or liposome to form a recognition function membrane, and can also be used as a raw material for drug delivery. Further, according to the present invention, since the reaction can proceed without using a protecting group as in the conventional case, a functional substance having a sialo-oligosaccharide can be synthesized very easily.
【0014】[0014]
【実施例】次に本発明の実施例を示す。100mL ナス型フ
ラスコにシアル酸(150mg、0.5mmol)を採り、ジメチルス
ルホキシド3.5mL を加えて溶解させた。カルボキシル基
の活性化剤として、BOP:Benzotriazol-l-oxy-tris
(dimethylamino)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate(665
mg 、1.50mmol) と、HOBT:l-Hydroxybenzotriazol
e (67.5mg、0.50mmol) を加えて室温で1時間反応させ
た。水25mLを加えて反応を停止させた。反応液中に沈殿
物を生じたので、これを吸引濾過して取り除いた。Next, examples of the present invention will be described. Sialic acid (150 mg, 0.5 mmol) was placed in a 100 mL eggplant-shaped flask, and 3.5 mL of dimethyl sulfoxide was added and dissolved. As a carboxyl group activator, BOP: Benzotriazol-l-oxy-tris
(dimethylamino) phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (665
mg, 1.50 mmol) and HOBT: l-Hydroxybenzotriazol
e (67.5 mg, 0.50 mmol) was added, and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction was stopped by adding 25 mL of water. A precipitate was formed in the reaction solution, which was removed by suction filtration.
【0015】得られた溶液を減圧下に濃縮したあと、展
開溶媒を変えてカラムクロマトグラフィーにより精製し
た。充填剤はトヨパール-HW-40s であり、展開溶媒は1
回目:メタノール:水=4:1、2回目:水、3回目:
メタノール:水=4:1である。またUV検出器の波長
は280nm である。目的物を含む分画を減圧濃縮し、つい
で水溶液の凍結乾燥を行って目的物(シアロ糖鎖を側鎖
に持つビニルモノマー)を得た。収量は0.154 g、収率
は75%である。この目的物を核磁気共鳴により分析した
データを式1に示す。これを常法により重合させて、ポ
リマー状のシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質を得た。The obtained solution was concentrated under reduced pressure and then purified by column chromatography while changing the developing solvent. The packing material is Toyopearl-HW-40s and the developing solvent is 1
1st time: Methanol: water = 4: 1, 2nd time: water, 3rd time:
Methanol: water = 4: 1. The wavelength of the UV detector is 280 nm. The fraction containing the target substance was concentrated under reduced pressure, and then the aqueous solution was freeze-dried to obtain the target substance (a vinyl monomer having a sialo sugar chain as a side chain). The yield is 0.154 g, and the yield is 75%. The data obtained by analyzing this object by nuclear magnetic resonance is shown in Equation 1. This was polymerized by a conventional method to obtain a polymeric sialo-glycan-containing functional substance.
【0016】[0016]
【式1】 (Equation 1)
【0017】[0017]
【発明の効果】以上に説明したように、本発明によれば
従来のような保護基を用いることなく、シアロ糖鎖を側
鎖に持つモノマーのシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質を1 段階
で合成することができ、またこれを常法により重合また
は共重合させることによって、ポリマーのシアロ糖鎖含
有機能性物質を容易に得ることができる。特にシアロ糖
鎖含有機能性物質が親水基と疎水基とからなる場合に
は、図2に示したように糖鎖信号が極めて高濃度に固体
表面に配向することとなり、また図3に示すようにミセ
ルを形成させることができるので、生物認識能の高い生
体モデルとして利用したり、細胞培養基材、ウイルス捕
捉体、ドラッグデリバリーの原料等として用いるに適し
たものとなる。Industrial Applicability As described above, according to the present invention, a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, which is a monomer having a sialo-oligosaccharide as a side chain, can be synthesized in one step without using a conventional protecting group. Further, by polymerizing or copolymerizing this by a conventional method, a functional substance having a sialo-oligosaccharide as a polymer can be easily obtained. In particular, when the functional substance containing sialo-oligosaccharide has a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group, the sugar chain signal is oriented to the solid surface at an extremely high concentration as shown in FIG. 2, and as shown in FIG. Since it is capable of forming micelles in, it is suitable for use as a biological model with high biorecognition ability, or as a cell culture substrate, virus trap, drug delivery material, and the like.
【図1】本発明の合成工程を示す工程説明図である。FIG. 1 is a process explanatory view showing a synthesis process of the present invention.
【図2】シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質の配向状態を示す概
念図である。FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an orientation state of a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide.
【図3】シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質がミセルを形成した
状態の概念図である。FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide forms micelles.
1 シアロ糖鎖を持つ化合物を代表するシアル酸のモノ
マー、2 アミノ基を持つ化合物を代表するP-ビニルベ
ンジルアミン、3 シアロ糖鎖を側鎖に持つビニルモノ
マー、4 シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質1 Sialic acid monomer representative of compounds with sialo-sugar chains, P-vinylbenzylamine representative of compounds with 2 amino groups, 3 Vinyl monomers with side chains of sialo-sugar chains, 4 Sialo-sugar chain-containing functional substances
───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き (72)発明者 川瀬 優治 愛知県名古屋市瑞穂区須田町2番56号 日 本碍子株式会社内 (72)発明者 山田 和成 愛知県名古屋市瑞穂区須田町2番56号 日 本碍子株式会社内 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Yuuji Kawase No. 56 Sudamachi, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture Nikko Insulators Co., Ltd. No. 56 Nihon Insulator Co., Ltd.
Claims (5)
ロ糖鎖を含む化合物のカルボキシル基を結合したモノマ
ーからなることを特徴とするシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物
質。1. A functional substance containing a sialo sugar chain, which comprises a monomer in which a carboxyl group of a compound containing a sialo sugar chain is bonded to an amino group of a compound having an amino group.
ロ糖鎖を含む化合物のカルボキシル基を結合したモノマ
ーの重合体あるいは共重合体からなることを特徴とする
シアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質。2. A functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, comprising a polymer or copolymer of monomers in which a carboxyl group of a compound containing a sialo-oligosaccharide is bonded to an amino group of a compound having an amino-group.
化合物とを0 ℃〜50℃で反応させ、アミノ基を持つ化合
物のアミノ基にシアロ糖鎖を含む化合物のカルボキシル
基を脱水縮合により結合させたモノマーを得ることを特
徴とするシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質の合成方法。3. A compound having an amino group and a compound having a sialo sugar chain are reacted at 0 ° C. to 50 ° C., and the carboxyl group of the compound having a sialo sugar chain is dehydrated and condensed to the amino group of the compound having an amino group. A method for synthesizing a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, which comprises obtaining a bound monomer.
3に記載のシアロ糖鎖含有機能性物質の合成方法。4. The method for synthesizing a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide according to claim 3, wherein the monomer is synthesized in one step.
重合または共重合させることを特徴とするシアロ糖鎖含
有機能性物質の合成方法。5. A method for synthesizing a functional substance containing a sialo-oligosaccharide, which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing the monomer obtained by the method according to claim 3.
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