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ABSTRACT: We have synthesized two lactose-based molecular transporters, each containing seven guanidine residues attached to the lactose scaffold through omega-aminocarboxylate linker chains of two different lengths, and have examined their cellular uptakes and intracellular and organellar localizations in HeLa cells, as well as their tissue distributions in mice. Both molecular transporters showed higher cellular uptake efficiencies than Arg8, and wide tissue distributions including the brain. Mitochondrial localization is of special interest because of its potential relevance to "mitochondrial diseases". Interestingly, it has been found that the intracellular localization sites of the G7 molecular transporters-namely either mitochondria or lysosomes and endocytic vesicles-are largely determined by the linker chain lengths, or their associated lipophilicities.
Chemistry 10/2008; 14(30):9161-8. · 5.93 Impact Factor
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Chemistry 09/2008; 14(30):9161 - 9168. · 5.93 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We have developed a novel class of synthetic molecular transporters that contain eight residues of guanidine with an inositol dimer as the scaffold. The dimers were prepared by connecting two units of myo- or scyllo-inositol via a carbonate or amide linkage, and the multiple units of the guanidine functionality were constructed on the inositol scaffold by means of peracylation with omega-aminocarboxylate derivatives of varying length. Bioassays based on confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence-activated cell sorter analyses indicated that these transporters display a varying degree of membrane translocating ability, and the intracellular localization and mouse-tissue distribution studies strongly suggested that these transporters undergo substantially different mechanistic processes from those of peptide transporters reported to date. It was also shown that doxorubicin, an anticancer antibiotic, can be efficiently delivered into mouse brain by aid of this type of transporter.
Chemistry 02/2007; 13(3):762-75. · 5.93 Impact Factor
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition 05/2006; 45(18):2907-12. · 13.45 Impact Factor
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Angewandte Chemie 03/2006; 118(18):2973 - 2978.
