Quantitative Fluorine NMR To Determine Carbohydrate Density on Glyconanomaterials Synthesized from Perfluorophenyl Azide-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles by Click Reaction

• A quantitative fluorine NMR (F-19 qNMR) method was developed to determine the carbohydrate density on glyconanomaterials. Mannose (Man)- and galactose (Gal)-conjugated silica nanoparticles (SNPs) were synthesized from perfluorophenyl azide (PFPA)-functionalized SNPs and propargylated Man or Gal by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (click reaction). After treating PFPA-SNPs or Man-SNPs with hydrofluoric acid followed by lyophilization, the remaining residues were directly subjected to F-19 NMR analysis. The density of PFPA on PFPA-SNP was determined to be 7.7 +/- 0.2 x 10(-16) nmol/nm(2) and Man on Man-SNP to be 6.4 +/- 0.2 x 10(-16) nmol/nm(2) giving a yield of similar to 83% for the click coupling reaction. The apparent dissociation constant (K-d) of Man-SNPs with fluorescein isothiocyanate(FITC)-concanavalin A (Con A) was determined using a fluorescence competition assay to be 0.289 +/- 0.003 mu M, which represents more than 3 orders of magnitude affinity increase compared to free Man with Con A.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

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