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The Immunogenicity of the Tumor‐Associated Antigen Lewis y May Be Suppressed by a Bifunctional Cross‐Linker Required for Coupling to a Carrier Protein
Author(s) -
Buskas Therese,
Li Yanhong,
Boons GeertJan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200400074
Subject(s) - immunogenicity , antigen , keyhole limpet hemocyanin , moiety , chemistry , linker , hemocyanin , antibody , hapten , stereochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , immunology , computer science , operating system
A Lewis y (Le y ) tetrasaccharide modified by an artificial aminopropyl spacer was synthesized by a highly convergent approach that employed a levulinoyl ester and a 9‐fluorenylmethoxycarbonate for temporary protection of the hydroxy groups and a trichloroethyloxycarbonyl as an amino protecting group. The artificial aminopropyl moiety was modified by a thioacetyl group, which allowed efficient conjugation to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) modified by electrophilic 4‐(maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane‐1‐carboxylate (MI). Mice were immunized with the KLH–MI–Le y antigen. A detailed analysis of sera by ELISA established that a strong immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody response was elicited against the linker region. The use of a smaller and more flexible 3‐(bromoacetamido)propionate for the attachment of Le y to KLH not only reduced the IgG antibody response against the linker but also led to a significantly improved immune response against the Le y antigen. This study shows that highly antigenic linkers suppress antibody responses to weak antigens such as self‐antigens.

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