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MDPI, Molecules, 6(20), p. 10253-10263, 2015

DOI: 10.3390/molecules200610253

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Synthesis of Phospholipid-Protein Conjugates as New Antigens for Autoimmune Antibodies

Journal article published in 2015 by Arindam Maity, Claudia Macaubas, Elizabeth Mellins ORCID, Kira Astakhova
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition, or CuAAC click chemistry, is an efficient method for bioconjugation aiming at chemical and biological applications. Herein, we demonstrate how the CuAAC method can provide novel phospholipid-protein conjugates with a high potential for the diagnostics and therapy of autoimmune conditions. In doing this, we, for the first time, covalently bind via 1,2,3-triazole linker biologically complementary molecules, namely phosphoethanol amine with human β2-glycoprotein I and prothrombin. The resulting phospholipid-protein conjugates show high binding affinity and specificity for the autoimmune antibodies against autoimmune complexes. Thus, the development of this work might become a milestone in further diagnostics and therapy of autoimmune diseases that involve the production of autoantibodies against the aforementioned phospholipids and proteins, such as antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.