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Akihiro Ogura1, Tsuyoshi Tahara2, Satoshi Nozaki2, Hirotaka Onoe2, Almira Kurbangalieva3, Yasuyoshi Watanabe2, Katsunori Tanaka4.
Abstract
Multivalent interactions play an essential role in molecular recognition in living systems. These effects were employed to target tumor cells using albumin clusters bearing ∼10 molecules of asparagine-linked glycans (N-glycans). Noninvasive near-infrared fluorescence imaging clearly revealed A431 tumors implanted in BALB/cA-nu/nu mice after 1h in an N-glycan structure-dependent manner, thereby demonstrating the efficient use of glycan multivalency effects for tumor targeting in vivo.Entities:
Keywords: A431 tumor; In vivo molecular imaging; Multivalency effects; N-Glycan; α(2,3)-Disialoglycan
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27020300 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.03.046
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823