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    Synthesis of fluorescent BAPAD dendrimeric structrures for biomedical applications

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    ComunicaciĂłn oral presentada en el Congreso IV Encuentro sobre DendrĂ­meros, Santiago de Compostela, 2014In this work, we present the synthesis and characterization of BAPAD1 fluorescent Dendrimeric-Antigens (DeAn), to study the dendritic cell maturation as a test to detect drug allergy reactions. Recently our research group developed a new kind of dendrimer, called BAPAD1, that we have used in this work to obtain the dendrimeric moiety of the target molecule. To this avail we synthesized a generation two BAPAD dendrimer using cystamine as core. Then, the free amine groups on the surface of the dendrimer were functionalized with an amoxiciloyl group (AXO), the allergenic determinant to the beta-lactam antibiotic amoxicillin. By the reduction of the disulfur bond we obtained two dendrons with a thiol group in the focal point, useful to attach a fluorescent probe. We synthesize as fluorescent moiety a naphthalimide derivative with a maleimide group upon which the thiol group of the dendron is added by a click reaction.2 In this way we obtained the target molecule to be used in the basophil activation test. The fluorescent DeAn (F-DeAn) has been fully characterized by NMR and MS techniques, and their fluorescent properties well established in aqueous biological media. The fluorescent dendron without the haptenic moieties at the periphery has been also obtained and fully characterized as a control assay. Both molecules have been also characterized using molecular dynamics simulation calculations. We show also here how these dendrimeric structures interact with dendritic cells and are internalized by them.Universidad de MĂĄlaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂ­a Tec

    Synthesis of fluorescent dendrimeric antigen efficiently internalized by human dendritic cells

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    A new fluorescent dendrimeric antigen (DeAn) based on a dendron with amoxicilloyl terminal groups has been synthetized. The synthesis implies a novel class of all-aliphatic polyamide dendrimer (BisAminoalkylPolyAmide Dendrimers, or BAPAD).[1] The introduction of a cystamine core allows the incorporation of this dendrons into a 1,8-naphthalimide fluorofore functionalized with a maleimide group. The fluorescence properties of this DeAn has been studied and compared with the properties of an equivalent dendron possessing amino-terminal groups. This DeAn has been used as a synthetic antigen in a biomedical assay that tests the amoxicillin sensitivity of dendritic cells (DC) from tolerant and allergic patients.Universidad de MĂĄlaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂ­a Tech

    Managing with (fluorescent)-biomimetic dendrimers

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    Dendrimers that are modified through their peripheral groups have been employed for many biomedical purposes. Diagnosis via specific interactions with target proteins is one of the objectives that has been given more attention. In this way, we have been developing different methodologies for the detection of immunoglobulins, as an in vitro method for the diagnosis of allergic reactions to drugs [1], [2]. Specific cell interactions of surfaces grafted dendrimers have been applied to the study of cell adhesion. We have studied also the application of dendrimer-based uneven nanopatterns to evaluate the local RGD surface density effects on cell adhesion, as bioactive substrates to evaluate the impact of the RGD local surface density on the chondrogenic induction of adult human mesenchymal stem cells [3], [4], [5]. Although the use of PAMAM dendrimer has allowed us to develop useful methods for this purpose, for certain objectives we have required the development of new dendrimeric models. We have developed a new approach for the production of allaliphatic polyamide dendrimers (BAPAD) by iterative 3,3â€Č-diaminopivalic acid connections as building blocks for dendrimer construction. These dendrimers were studied in explicit solvent by atomistic forcefield-based molecular dynamics to characterize structural properties such as shape, radius and monomer distribution [6]. Fluorescent labeling of these biomimetic dendrimers has been used as a tool to study their interaction with cells.Universidad de MĂĄlaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂ­a Tech

    Fluorescent BAPAD Dendrimeric Antigens Are Efficiently Internalized by Human Dendritic Cells

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    A new fluorescent dendrimeric antigen (DeAn) based on a dendron with amoxicilloyl terminal groups was synthesized. The synthesis was carried out using a novel class of all-aliphatic polyamide dendrimer (BisAminoalkylPolyAmide Dendrimers, or BAPAD) involving the direct condensation of 3,3â€Č-diazidopivalic acid as a building block. Iterative azide reduction/amide formation increases the dendrimer generation. The BAPAD dendrimer was designed with a cystamine core. Reduction of the disulfide bond allows the incorporation of BAPAD dendrons into a 1,8-naphthalimide functionalized with a maleimide group. The fluorescence properties of DeAn were studied in PBS and compared with the properties of an equivalent dendron possessing amino-terminal groups. Both molecules shown high fluorescence quantum yields in PBS and could readily be visualized by fluorescence microscopy. DeAn was used as a synthetic antigen in a biomedical assay that tests their potential as an amoxicillin carrier in drug internalization by dendritic cells (DC) from tolerant and allergic patients. Cytometry data suggest that the dendrons are non-toxic and easily internalized by DCs, while confocal microscopy images indicate that the compounds are preferentially accumulated in the cytoplasm. These results indicate that BAPAD dendrons are good candidates for synthetic scaffolds for biomedical applications
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