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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Sudagar Gurcha, Professor Del Besra
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The emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and the continuing pandemic of tuberculosis emphasizes the urgent need for the development of new, anti-tubercular agents with novel drug targets. The recent structural elucidation of the mycobacterial cell wall highlights a large variety of structurally unique components that may be a basis for new drug development. This publication describes the synthesis, characterization, and screening of several octyl Galf(beta ,1 -->5)Galf and octyl Galf(beta ,1 -->6)Galf derivatives. A cell-free assay system has been utilized for galactosyltransferase activity using UDP[C-14]Galf as the glycosyl donor, and in vitro inhibitory activity has been determined in a colorimetric broth microdilution assay system against MTB H37Ra and three clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Certain derivatives showed moderate activities against MTB and MAC. The biological evaluation of these disaccharides suggests that more hydrophobic analogues with a blocked reducing end showed better activity as compared to totally deprotected disaccharides that more closely resemble the natural substrates in cell wall biosynthesis. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Pathak AK, Pathak V, Seitz L, Maddry JA, Gurcha SS, Besra GS, Suling WJ, Reynolds RC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Year: 2001
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
Pages: 3129-3143
ISSN (print):
ISSN (electronic): 1464-3391
Publisher: Pergamon
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0896(01)00179-1
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0896(01)00179-1
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