@article{bianco_solid-phase_2006,
title = {Solid-phase synthesis of CD40L mimetics},
author = {Alberto Bianco and Sylvie Fournel and Sébastien Wieckowski and Johan Hoebeke and Gilles Guichard},
doi = {10.1039/b601528j},
issn = {1477-0520},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-04-01},
journal = {Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry},
volume = {4},
number = {8},
pages = {1461--1463},
abstract = {The C3-symmetric molecule has been previously shown to mimic CD40 ligand (CD40L) homotrimers and to display effector functions. This molecule consists of a cyclic hexapeptide core containing the repetition of the D-Ala-L-Lys motif. The side chains of the lysine residues have been modified by appending the CD40L-derived sequence 143Lys-Gly-Tyr-Tyr146 via a 6-aminohexanoic acid residue as a spacer. The present report describes a general solid-phase synthesis approach to and related trimeric architectures. In addition, their CD40 binding properties as well as their effector functions have been evaluated.},
keywords = {Apoptosis, CD40 Ligand, Cell Line, Chromatography, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, High Pressure Liquid, Humans, I2CT, Molecular Mimicry, Molecular Structure, Protein Binding, Team-Bianco, tumor},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The C3-symmetric molecule has been previously shown to mimic CD40 ligand (CD40L) homotrimers and to display effector functions. This molecule consists of a cyclic hexapeptide core containing the repetition of the D-Ala-L-Lys motif. The side chains of the lysine residues have been modified by appending the CD40L-derived sequence 143Lys-Gly-Tyr-Tyr146 via a 6-aminohexanoic acid residue as a spacer. The present report describes a general solid-phase synthesis approach to and related trimeric architectures. In addition, their CD40 binding properties as well as their effector functions have been evaluated.