樹枝狀高分子在未來有潛力成為生物性分子上的研究趨勢,因其設計完善的結構,和多功能性表面。藉由具分子的設計,有能力包覆或以共價鍵結疏水和親水的化合物。在樹枝狀高分子的表面修飾胺基酸或胜肽是一種胜肽模擬的方法,並可應用於臨床研究中。但是在巨分子上,量產大代數高分子是一大困難。因此克服此一困難的方法之一是先合成小代數,再藉由自組裝形成大代數的樹枝狀高分子。而且有研究指出,相較於大代數,小代數的毒性較小。不論在生物領域中廣泛的應用,高分子於生物體系統中受限於高毒性此一問題。在實驗室先前研究中,將rink amide樹脂以間位雙氨基苯甲酸修飾,形成疊氮-炔環化反應,最後以親和性試劑切除。並以此方法設計具自組裝特性之巨分子。我們以Fmoc固相合成法合成具有兩性結構的前列腺專一性抗體和低代數的賴氨酸樹枝狀高分子。希望此合成能為巨分子在生物上的應用建立更好的方法.
In this work, we present a method for the synthesis and design of system with self-assembly properties. Using a nucleophilic cleavable rink amide resin modified with a 3,4-diaminobenzoyl (Dbz) linker developed in our laboratory initially for C-terminal modified peptides, we have synthesized prostate specific antibody-poly-L-lysine (PLL) dendrimer conjugates by employing flourenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) Solid Phase Synthesis (SPS) protocol. We have successfully synthesized PSA peptide (HSSKLQL) and growing low generation Poly-L-Lysine (PLL) dendrimers; G1 and G2 respectively. The synthetic process involves activation of the linker with isoamyl nitrite and nucleophilic cleavage. We hope this approach will pave way for the synthesis of important macromolecules for biological applications.