COX, ANDREW, D.,ST. MICHAEL, FRANK,RICHARDS, JAMES, C.,MOXON, E. RICHARD
申请号：
EP09810948
公开号：
EP2326671A4
申请日:
2009.09.08
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
The removal of the glycosidic phosphate from the reducing end of the derived LPS molecule creates an aldehydo functionality which causes the formation of an immunologically dominant neo-epitope. Conjugation to the reducing end of a carbohydrate molecule following removal of the glycosidic phosphate traps the reducing glucosamine residue in an open-chain form which surprisingly was found to dominate the immune response. We therefore modified our conjugation strategy to avoid this open-chain form, by utilising the amino functionality created by the isolated amidase activity from Dictyostelium discoideum, concomitant with a unique blocking and un-blocking strategy to protect the immunologically important phosphoethanolamine inner core residue. These antigenic structures are useful in producing vaccines and compounds helpful in combating Gram-negative bacteria. Also described are specific structures of the carbohydrate molecules derived from a variety of Gram-negative bacteria, which when presented appropriately as a glycoconjugate will facilitate a functional immune response to the target core oligosaccharide region.
