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Glycosaminoglycan-mimetic biomaterials. 3. Glycopolymers prepared from alkene-derivatized mono- and disaccharide-based glycomonomers

  • Subramanian Baskaran
  • , Daniel Grande
  • , Xue Sun
  • , Avner Yayon
  • , Elliot L. Chaikof
  • Emory University School of Medicine
  • Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
  • Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Mono- and disaccharide-containing glycopolymers were synthesized by two different free-radical processes, and their ability to act as heparan sulfate glycomimetics in promoting the binding of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (FGF-2) to its receptor (FGFR-1) was evaluated using an in vitro cell-based assay. Cyanoxyl (·OC≡N)-mediated polymerization of acrylamide with alkene-derivatized mono- and disaccharides including sulfated or nonsulfated N-acetyl-D-glucosamine is described. The results of this approach are compared to those obtained via the classical ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS)/N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) initiating system and confirm the capacity of cyanoxyl-mediated polymerization to generate a variety of glycopolymers with high saccharide contents and low polydispersity indexes. In vitro assays demonstrate that specific glycopolymers can potentiate FGF-2/FGFR-1 binding interactions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1309-1313
Number of pages5
JournalBioconjugate Chemistry
Volume13
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2002

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