Mirja Hartmann, Heike Papavlassopoulos, Vijayanand Chandrasekaran, Carsten Grabosch, Femke Beiroth, Thisbe K Lindhorst, Claudia Röhl
Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
FEBS letters 2012 May 21Bacterial adhesion to glycosylated surfaces is a key issue in human health and disease. Inhibition of bacterial adhesion by suitable carbohydrates could lead to an anti-adhesion therapy as a novel approach against bacterial infections. A selection of five α-mannosides has been evaluated as inhibitors of bacterial adhesion to the polysaccharide mannan, as well as to the surface of live human HT-29 cells. Cell toxicity studies were performed to identify the therapeutic window for a potential in vivo-application of the tested carbohydrates. A previously published mannosidic squaric acid diamide was shown to be exceptionally effective as inhibitor of the bacterial lectin FimH. Copyright © 2012 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Mirja Hartmann, Heike Papavlassopoulos, Vijayanand Chandrasekaran, Carsten Grabosch, Femke Beiroth, Thisbe K Lindhorst, Claudia Röhl. Inhibition of bacterial adhesion to live human cells: activity and cytotoxicity of synthetic mannosides. FEBS letters. 2012 May 21;586(10):1459-65
PMID: 22673511
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