A fully synthetic and biochemically validated phosphatidyl inositol-3-phosphate hapten via asymmetric synthesis and native chemical ligation

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jan 8;136(1):412-8. doi: 10.1021/ja410750a. Epub 2013 Dec 17.

Abstract

We report the synthesis and biochemical validation of a phosphatidyl inositol-3 phosphate (PI3P) immunogen. The inositol stereochemistry was secured through peptide-catalyzed asymmetric phosphorylation catalysis, and the subsequent incorporation of a cysteine residue was achieved by native chemical ligation (NCL). Conjugation of the PI3P hapten to maleimide-activated keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) provided a PI3P immunogen, which was successfully used to generate selective PI3P antibodies. The incorporation of a sulfhydryl nucleophile into a phosphoinositide hapten demonstrates a general strategy to reliably access phosphoinositide immunogens.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cysteine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cysteine / chemical synthesis
  • Cysteine / chemistry
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Haptens / chemistry*
  • Inositol Phosphates / chemical synthesis
  • Inositol Phosphates / chemistry*
  • Phosphatidylinositols / chemistry*

Substances

  • Haptens
  • Inositol Phosphates
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Cysteine