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Haack A, Polaczek C, Tsolakis M, Thinius M, Kersten H, Benter T. Charge Retention/Charge Depletion in ESI-MS: Theoretical Rationale. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:785-795. [PMID: 32150409 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gas phase modification in ESI-MS can significantly alter the charge state distribution of small peptides and proteins. The preceding paper presented a systematic experimental study on this topic using Substance P and proposed a charge retention/charge depletion mechanism, explaining different gas- and liquid-phase modifications [Thinius et al. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. 2020, 10.1021/jasms.9b00044]. In this work, we aim to support this rational by theoretical investigations on the proton transfer processes from (multiply) charged analytes toward solvent clusters. As model systems we use small (di)amines as analytes and methanol (MeOH) and acetonitrile (ACN) as gas phase modifiers. The calculations are supported by a set of experiments using (di)amines, to bridge the gap between the present model system and Substance P used in the preceding study. Upon calculation of the thermochemical stability as well as the proton transfer pathways, we find that both ACN and MeOH form stable adduct clusters at the protonation site. MeOH can form large clusters through a chain of H-bridges, eventually lowering the barriers for proton transfer to an extent that charge transfer from the analyte to the MeOH cluster becomes feasible. ACN, however, cannot form H-bridged structures due to its aprotic nature. Hence, the charge is retained at the original protonation site, i.e., the analyte. The investigation confirms the proposed charge retention/charge depletion model. Thus, adding aprotic solvent vapors to the gas phase of an ESI source more likely yields higher charge states than using protic compounds.
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- Alexander Haack
- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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Thinius M, Polaczek C, Langner M, Bräkling S, Haack A, Kersten H, Benter T. Charge Retention/Charge Depletion in ESI-MS: Experimental Evidence. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:773-784. [PMID: 32150403 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The effects of liquid and gas phase additives (chemical modifiers) on the ion signal distribution for Substance P (SP), recorded with a nanoelectrospray setup, are evaluated. Depletion of the higher charge state of Substance P ([SP+3H]3+) is observed with polar protic gas phase modifiers. This is attributed to their ability to form larger hydrogen-bonded clusters, whose proton affinity increases with cluster size. These clusters are able to deprotonate the higher charge state. "Supercharging agents" (SCAs) as well as aprotic polar gas phase modifiers, which promote the retention of the higher charge state of Substance P, do not form such large clusters under the given conditions and are therefore not able to deprotonate Substance P. Both SCAs and aprotic modifiers form clusters with the higher charge state, leading to stabilization of the charge. Whereas supercharging agents have low vapor pressures and are therefore enriched in late-stage electrospray droplets, the gas phase modifiers are volatile organic solvents. Collision induced dissociation experiments revealed that the addition of a modifier significantly delays the droplet evaporation and ion release process. This indicates that the droplet takes up the gas phase modifier to a certain extent (accommodation). Depending on the modifier's properties either charge depletion or retention may eventually be promoted.
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- Marco Thinius
- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Str. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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Kelly MI, Dodds ED. Parallel Determination of Polypeptide and Oligosaccharide Connectivities by Energy-Resolved Collison-Induced Dissociation of Protonated O-Glycopeptides Derived from Nonspecific Proteolysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:624-632. [PMID: 32126781 PMCID: PMC7164384 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Collision-induced dissociation (CID) is by far the most broadly applied dissociation method used for tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). This includes MS/MS-based structural interrogation of glycopeptides for applications in glycoproteomics. The end goal of such measurements is to determine the monosaccharide connectivity of the glycan, the amino acid sequence of the peptide, and the site of glycosylation for each glycopeptide of interest. In turn, this allows inferences with respect to the glycoprofile of the intact glycoprotein. For glycopeptide analysis, CID is best known for the ability to determine glycosidic topology of the oligosaccharide group; however, CID has also been shown to produce amide bond cleavage of the polypeptide group. Whether structural information is obtained for the glycan or the peptide has been found to depend on the applied collision energy. While these energy-resolved fragmentation pathways have been the subject of several studies on N-linked glycopeptides, there remains a dearth of similar work on O-linked glycopeptides. In this study, MS/MS via CID was shown to provide substantial peptide backbone fragmentation, in addition to glycosidic fragmentation, in an energy-dependent manner. While qualitatively similar to previous findings for N-glycopeptides, the energy-resolved CID (ER-CID) of O-glycopeptides was found to be substantially more sensitive to the collision energy setting. Thus, deliberately obtaining either glycan or peptide dissociation is a more delicate undertaking for O-glycopeptides. Establishing a more complete understanding of O-glycopeptide ER-CID is likely to have a substantive impact on how O-glycoproteomic analysis is approached in the future.
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- Maia I. Kelly
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0304, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0304, USA
- Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0304, USA
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Borgmann-Winter KE, Wang K, Bandyopadhyay S, Torshizi AD, Blair IA, Hahn CG. The proteome and its dynamics: A missing piece for integrative multi-omics in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2020; 217:148-161. [PMID: 31416743 PMCID: PMC7500806 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The complex and heterogeneous pathophysiology of schizophrenia can be deconstructed by integration of large-scale datasets encompassing genes through behavioral phenotypes. Genome-wide datasets are now available for genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic variations in schizophrenia, which are then analyzed by newly devised systems biology algorithms. A missing piece, however, is the inclusion of information on the proteome and its dynamics in schizophrenia. Proteomics has lagged behind omics of the genome, transcriptome and epigenome since analytic platforms were relatively less robust for proteins. There has been remarkable progress, however, in the instrumentation of liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) (LCMS), experimental paradigms and bioinformatics of the proteome. Here, we present a summary of methodological innovations of recent years in MS based proteomics and the power of new generation proteomics, review proteomics studies that have been conducted in schizophrenia to date, and propose how such data can be analyzed and integrated with other omics results. The function of a protein is determined by multiple molecular properties, i.e., subcellular localization, posttranslational modification (PTMs) and protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Incorporation of these properties poses additional challenges in proteomics and their integration with other omics; yet is a critical next step to close the loop of multi-omics integration. In sum, the recent advent of high-throughput proteome characterization technologies and novel mathematical approaches enable us to incorporate functional properties of the proteome to offer a comprehensive multi-omics based understanding of schizophrenia pathophysiology.
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- Karin E Borgmann-Winter
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403, United States of America; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America; Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403, United States of America
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403, United States of America.
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Glycosaminoglycan Domain Mapping of Cellular Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfates. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3506. [PMID: 32103093 PMCID: PMC7044218 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60526-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are polysaccharides produced by most mammalian cells and involved in a variety of biological processes. However, due to the size and complexity of GAGs, detailed knowledge about the structure and expression of GAGs by cells, the glycosaminoglycome, is lacking. Here we report a straightforward and versatile approach for structural domain mapping of complex mixtures of GAGs, GAGDoMa. The approach is based on orthogonal enzymatic depolymerization of the GAGs to generate internal, terminating, and initiating domains, and nanoflow reversed-phase ion-pairing chromatography with negative mode higher-energy collision dissociation (HCD) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) for structural characterization of the individual domains. GAGDoMa provides a detailed structural insight into the glycosaminoglycome, and offers an important tool for deciphering the complexity of GAGs in cellular physiology and pathology.
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Zhu H, Aloor A, Ma C, Kondengaden SM, Wang PG. Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Protein Glycosylation. ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/bk-2020-1346.ch010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- He Zhu
- These authors contributed equally
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- Current Address: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P. R. China
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Klein JA, Zaia J. A Perspective on the Confident Comparison of Glycoprotein Site-Specific Glycosylation in Sample Cohorts. Biochemistry 2019; 59:3089-3097. [PMID: 31833756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Protein glycosylation, resulting from glycosyl transferase reactions under complex control in the secretory pathway, consists of a distribution of related glycoforms at each glycosylation site. Because the biosynthetic substrate concentration and transport rates depend on architecture and other aspects of cellular phenotypes, site-specific glycosylation cannot be predicted accurately from genomic, transcriptomic, or proteomic information. Rather, it is necessary to quantify glycosylation at each protein site and how this changes among a sample cohort to provide information about disease mechanisms. At present, mature mass spectrometry-based methods allow for qualitative assignment of the glycan composition and glycosylation site of singly glycosylated proteolytic peptides. To make such quantitative comparisons, it is necessary to sample the glycosylation distribution with sufficient coverage and accuracy for confident assessment of the glycosylation changes that occur in the biological cohort. In this Perspective, we discuss the unmet needs for mass spectrometry acquisition methods and bioinformatics for the confident comparison of protein site-specific glycosylation among sample cohorts.
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Chang D, Zaia J. Why Glycosylation Matters in Building a Better Flu Vaccine. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:2348-2358. [PMID: 31604803 PMCID: PMC6885707 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r119.001491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Low vaccine efficacy against seasonal influenza A virus (IAV) stems from the ability of the virus to evade existing immunity while maintaining fitness. Although most potent neutralizing antibodies bind antigenic sites on the globular head domain of the IAV envelope glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA), the error-prone IAV polymerase enables rapid evolution of key antigenic sites, resulting in immune escape. Significantly, the appearance of new N-glycosylation consensus sequences (sequons, NXT/NXS, rarely NXC) on the HA globular domain occurs among the more prevalent mutations as an IAV strain undergoes antigenic drift. The appearance of new glycosylation shields underlying amino acid residues from antibody contact, tunes receptor specificity, and balances receptor avidity with virion escape, all of which help maintain viral propagation through seasonal mutations. The World Health Organization selects seasonal vaccine strains based on information from surveillance, laboratory, and clinical observations. Although the genetic sequences are known, mature glycosylated structures of circulating strains are not defined. In this review, we summarize mass spectrometric methods for quantifying site-specific glycosylation in IAV strains and compare the evolution of IAV glycosylation to that of human immunodeficiency virus. We argue that the determination of site-specific glycosylation of IAV glycoproteins would enable development of vaccines that take advantage of glycosylation-dependent mechanisms whereby virus glycoproteins are processed by antigen presenting cells.
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- Deborah Chang
- Dept. of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118
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- Dept. of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118.
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Raghunathan R, Sethi MK, Klein JA, Zaia J. Proteomics, Glycomics, and Glycoproteomics of Matrisome Molecules. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:2138-2148. [PMID: 31471497 PMCID: PMC6823855 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r119.001543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The most straightforward applications of proteomics database searching involve intracellular proteins. Although intracellular gene products number in the thousands, their well-defined post-translational modifications (PTMs) makes database searching practical. By contrast, cell surface and extracellular matrisome proteins pass through the secretory pathway where many become glycosylated, modulating their physicochemical properties, adhesive interactions, and diversifying their functions. Although matrisome proteins number only a few hundred, their high degree of complex glycosylation multiplies the number of theoretical proteoforms by orders of magnitude. Given that extracellular networks that mediate cell-cell and cell-pathogen interactions in physiology depend on glycosylation, it is important to characterize the proteomes, glycomes, and glycoproteomes of matrisome molecules that exist in a given biological context. In this review, we summarize proteomics approaches for characterizing matrisome molecules, with an emphasis on applications to brain diseases. We demonstrate the availability of methods that should greatly increase the availability of information on matrisome molecular structure associated with health and disease.
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- Rekha Raghunathan
- Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218.
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Glycan size and attachment site location affect electron transfer dissociation (ETD) fragmentation and automated glycopeptide identification. Glycoconj J 2019; 36:487-493. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-019-09888-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Turiák L, Sugár S, Ács A, Tóth G, Gömöry Á, Telekes A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Site-specific N-glycosylation of HeLa cell glycoproteins. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14822. [PMID: 31616032 PMCID: PMC6794373 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51428-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We have characterized site-specific N-glycosylation of the HeLa cell line glycoproteins, using a complex workflow based on high and low energy tandem mass spectrometry of glycopeptides. The objective was to obtain highly reliable data on common glycoforms, so rigorous data evaluation was performed. The analysis revealed the presence of a high amount of bovine serum contaminants originating from the cell culture media - nearly 50% of all glycans were of bovine origin. Unaccounted, the presence of bovine serum components causes major bias in the human cellular glycosylation pattern; as is shown when literature results using released glycan analysis are compared. We have reliably identified 43 (human) glycoproteins, 69 N-glycosylation sites, and 178 glycoforms. HeLa glycoproteins were found to be highly (68.7%) fucosylated. A medium degree of sialylation was observed, on average 46.8% of possible sialylation sites were occupied. High-mannose sugars were expressed in large amounts, as expected in the case of a cancer cell line. Glycosylation in HeLa cells is highly variable. It is markedly different not only on various proteins but also at the different glycosylation sites of the same protein. Our method enabled the detailed characterization of site-specific N-glycosylation of several glycoproteins expressed in HeLa cell line.
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- Lilla Turiák
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Semmelweis University, Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, St Lazarus County Hospital, Füleki út 54-56, H-3100, Salgótarján, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Čaval T, Zhu J, Heck AJR. Simply Extending the Mass Range in Electron Transfer Higher Energy Collisional Dissociation Increases Confidence in N-Glycopeptide Identification. Anal Chem 2019; 91:10401-10406. [PMID: 31287300 PMCID: PMC6706795 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Glycopeptide-centric
mass spectrometry has become a popular approach
for studying protein glycosylation. However, current approaches still
utilize fragmentation schemes and ranges originally optimized and
intended for the analysis of typically much smaller unmodified tryptic
peptides. Here, we show that by merely increasing the tandem mass
spectrometry m/z range from 2000
to 4000 during electron transfer higher energy collisional dissociation
(EThcD) fragmentation, a wealth of highly informative c and z ion
fragment ions are additionally detected, facilitating improved identification
of glycopeptides. We demonstrate the benefit of this extended mass
range on various classes of glycopeptides containing phosphorylated,
fucosylated, and/or sialylated N-glycans. We conclude that the current
software solutions for glycopeptide identification also require further
improvements to realize the full potential of extended mass range
glycoproteomics. To stimulate further developments, we provide data
sets containing all classes of glycopeptides (high mannose, hybrid,
and complex) measured with standard (2000) and extended (4000) m/z range that can be used as test cases
for future development of software solutions enhancing automated glycopeptide
analysis.
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- Tomislav Čaval
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Utrecht , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Utrecht , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Utrecht , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 CH Utrecht , The Netherlands
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Stavenhagen K, Gahoual R, Dominguez Vega E, Palmese A, Ederveen ALH, Cutillo F, Palinsky W, Bierau H, Wuhrer M. Site-specific N- and O-glycosylation analysis of atacicept. MAbs 2019; 11:1053-1063. [PMID: 31349756 PMCID: PMC6748583 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2019.1630218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Fc-fusion protein atacicept is currently under clinical investigation for its biotherapeutic application in autoimmune diseases owing to its ability to bind the two cytokines B-Lymphocyte Stimulator (BLyS) and A PRoliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL). Like typical recombinant IgG-based therapeutics, atacicept is a glycoprotein whose glycosylation-related heterogeneity arises from the glycosylation-site localization, site-specific occupation and structural diversity of the attached glycans. Here, we present a first comprehensive site-specific N- and O-glycosylation characterization of atacicept using mass spectrometry-based workflows. First, N- and O-glycosylation sites and their corresponding glycoforms were identified. Second, a relative quantitation of the N-glycosylation site microheterogeneity was achieved by glycopeptide analysis, which was further supported by analysis of the released N-glycans. We confirmed the presence of one N-glycosylation site, carrying 47 glycoforms covering 34 different compositions, next to two hinge region O-glycosylation sites with core 1-type glycans. The relative O-glycan distribution was analyzed based on the de-N-glycosylated intact protein species. Overall, N- and O-glycosylation were consistent between two individual production batches.
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- Kathrin Stavenhagen
- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Division of Chemical and Biological Technologies for Health, Faculty of Pharmacy, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical & Analytical Development Biotech Products, Merck Serono SpA, an affiliate of Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Roma, Italy
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- Pharmaceutical & Analytical Development Biotech Products, Merck Serono SpA, an affiliate of Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Roma, Italy
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- Biotech Development Programme, Merck Biopharma, an affiliate of Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Aubonne, Switzerland
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- Biotech Development Programme, CMC Science & Intelligence, Merck Serono SpA, an affiliate of Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Rome, Italy
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- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Expanding our understanding of the role of microbial glycoproteomes through high-throughput mass spectrometry approaches. Glycoconj J 2019; 36:259-266. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-019-09875-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Shen Y, You Y, Xiao K, Chen Y, Tian Z. Large-Scale Identification and Fragmentation Pathways Analysis of N-Glycans from Mouse Brain. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1254-1261. [PMID: 31098956 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02181-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
N-linked glycosylation is one of the most common protein PTMs, and the topological structure (monosaccharide composition and sequence as well as glycosidic linkages) of N-glycans is vital information to understand their biological functions and roles. Tandem mass spectrometry has been widely used for topological structure characterization of N-glycans, where comprehensive understanding of fragmentation pathways and characteristics of product ions are essential to achieve best interpretation of MS/MS data and highest confidence of identification. Here, we report our glycomic study of N-glycome of mouse brain as well as fragmentation pathway analysis of the identified N-glycans. With LC-MS/MS analysis at both the positive and negative ESI modes together with our recently developed N-glycan database search engine GlySeeker, 221 unique N-glycans with putative topological structures were identified with target-decoy searches and number of best hits of 1. Analysis of fragmentation pathways and characteristics of product ions of permethylated N-glycans in the positive mode and native N-glycans in the negative mode were further carried out. The reported N-glycans serve as a basic reference for future glycosylation study of mouse brain; and in general database search of tandem mass spectra of N-glycans, B/Y/Z ions should be preferentially considered for the permethylated form in the positive mode and B/C/Z ions for the native form in the negative mode.
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- Yun Shen
- School of Chemical Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- School of Chemical Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
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- School of Chemical Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Alagesan K, Kolarich D. Improved strategy for large scale isolation of sialylglycopeptide (SGP) from egg yolk powder. MethodsX 2019; 6:773-778. [PMID: 31016140 PMCID: PMC6475658 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Chicken egg yolk is an easily available source for the isolation of sialylglycopeptides (SGP) carrying homogenous biantennary N-glycans. This approach has gained much attention in the last decade since these SGPs can easily be used for the semi-synthesis of glycoconjugates circumventing laborious full-synthetic methodologies. Here we report an optimised, significantly shorter (one day instead of five) and environmentally friendly procedure for the mg scale isolation of SGP using commercially available egg yolk powder. A single chromatographic step following chloroform/methanol precipitation of proteins and lipids yielded desired approximately 200 mg SGP from 250 g egg yolk powder within a day. Environmentally friendly procedure for isolation of sialylglycopeptide from Egg yolk powder. Reduced the protocol from five days down to one.
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- Kathirvel Alagesan
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD, 4222, Australia
- ARC Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Australia
- Corresponding author at: Institute for Glycomics, Building G26, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, 4222 QLD, Australia.
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Pirro M, Schoof E, van Vliet SJ, Rombouts Y, Stella A, de Ru A, Mohammed Y, Wuhrer M, van Veelen PA, Hensbergen PJ. Glycoproteomic Analysis of MGL-Binding Proteins on Acute T-Cell Leukemia Cells. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:1125-1132. [PMID: 30582698 PMCID: PMC6399673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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C-type lectins are
a diverse group of proteins involved in many
human physiological and pathological processes. Most C-type lectins
are glycan-binding proteins, some of which are pivotal for innate
immune responses against pathogens. Other C-type lectins, such as
the macrophage galactose-type lectin (MGL), have been shown to induce
immunosuppressive responses upon the recognition of aberrant glycosylation
on cancer cells. MGL is known to recognize terminal N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), such as the Tn antigen, which is commonly
found on malignant cells. Even though this glycan specificity of MGL
is well described, there is a lack of understanding of the actual
glycoproteins that bind MGL. We present a glycoproteomic workflow
for the identification of MGL-binding proteins, which we applied to
study MGL ligands on the human Jurkat leukemia cell line. In addition
to the known MGL ligands and Tn antigen-carrying proteins CD43 and
CD45 on these cells, we have identified a set of novel cell-surface
ligands for MGL. Importantly, for several of these, O-glycosylation
has hitherto not been described. Altogether, our data provide new
insight into the identification and structure of novel MGL ligands
that presumably act as modulatory molecules in cancer immune responses.
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- Martina Pirro
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, 1007 MB Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Toulouse 31062 , France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Toulouse 31062 , France
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics , Leiden University Medical Center , 2300 RC Leiden , The Netherlands
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Hoffmann M, Pioch M, Pralow A, Hennig R, Kottler R, Reichl U, Rapp E. The Fine Art of Destruction: A Guide to In-Depth Glycoproteomic Analyses-Exploiting the Diagnostic Potential of Fragment Ions. Proteomics 2018; 18:e1800282. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201800282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Marcus Hoffmann
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
- glyXera GmbH; 39120 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
- glyXera GmbH; 39120 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering; Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems; Bioprocess Engineering; 39106 Magdeburg Germany
- glyXera GmbH; 39120 Magdeburg Germany
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Yu A, Zhao J, Peng W, Banazadeh A, Williamson SD, Goli M, Huang Y, Mechref Y. Advances in mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics. Electrophoresis 2018; 39:3104-3122. [PMID: 30203847 PMCID: PMC6375712 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201800272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Protein glycosylation, an important PTM, plays an essential role in a wide range of biological processes such as immune response, intercellular signaling, inflammation, and host-pathogen interaction. Aberrant glycosylation has been correlated with various diseases. However, studying protein glycosylation remains challenging because of low abundance, microheterogeneities of glycosylation sites, and poor ionization efficiency of glycopeptides. Therefore, the development of sensitive and accurate approaches to characterize protein glycosylation is crucial. The identification and characterization of protein glycosylation by MS is referred to as the field of glycoproteomics. Methods such as enrichment, metabolic labeling, and derivatization of glycopeptides in conjunction with different MS techniques and bioinformatics tools, have been developed to achieve an unequivocal quantitative and qualitative characterization of glycoproteins. This review summarizes the recent developments in the field of glycoproteomics over the past 6 years (2012 to 2018).
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- Aiying Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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Plomp R, de Haan N, Bondt A, Murli J, Dotz V, Wuhrer M. Comparative Glycomics of Immunoglobulin A and G From Saliva and Plasma Reveals Biomarker Potential. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2436. [PMID: 30405629 PMCID: PMC6206042 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The N-glycosylation of immunoglobulin (Ig) G, the major antibody in the circulation of human adults, is well known for its influence on antibody effector functions and its alterations with various diseases. In contrast, knowledge on the role of glycans attached to IgA, which is a key immune defense agent in secretions, is very scarce. In this study we aimed to characterize the glycosylation of salivary (secretory) IgA, including the IgA joining chain (JC), and secretory component (SC) and to compare IgA and IgG glycosylation between human plasma and saliva samples to gain a first insight into oral cavity-specific antibody glycosylation. Plasma and whole saliva were collected from 19 healthy volunteers within a 2-h time window. IgG and IgA were affinity-purified from the two biofluids, followed by tryptic digestion and nanoLC-ESI-QTOF-MS(/MS) analysis. Saliva-derived IgG exhibited a slightly lower galactosylation and sialylation as compared to plasma-derived IgG. Glycosylation of IgA1, IgA2, and the JC showed substantial differences between the biofluids, with salivary proteins exhibiting a higher bisection, and lower galactosylation and sialylation as compared to plasma-derived IgA and JC. Additionally, all seven N-glycosylation sites, characterized on the SC of secretory IgA in saliva, carried highly fucosylated and fully galactosylated diantennary N-glycans. This study lays the basis for future research into the functional role of salivary Ig glycosylation as well as its biomarker potential.
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- Rosina Plomp
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Ács A, Ozohanics O, Vékey K, Drahos L, Turiák L. Distinguishing Core and Antenna Fucosylated Glycopeptides Based on Low-Energy Tandem Mass Spectra. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12776-12782. [PMID: 30299079 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
A straightforward approach has been developed to distinguish core and antenna fucosylation in glycopeptides. The method does not require derivatization and can be easily adapted into a proteomics workflow. The key aspect is to use low collision energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) (on a quadrupole time-of-flight type instrument) when only single-step fragmentation processes occur. Low collision energy should show the precursor ion as the largest peak in the spectrum; the survival yield should be ideally over 50%, and this is obtained at a collision energy ca. 30% of that typically used for proteomics. In such a case, interfering processes like fucose migration or consecutive reactions are minimized. Core and antenna fucosylation can be discriminated using various ion abundance ratios. Low-energy CID spectra are very "clean" (no chemical noise), and the ions used for locating the fucose are among the major peaks, making the method well-suited for analytical work. Monitoring the change in the proportion of core and antenna fucosylation at the same glycosylation site is also feasible.
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- András Ács
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary.,PhD School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Semmelweis University , Üllői út 26 , H-1085 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary.,Department of Medical Biochemistry , Semmelweis University , Tűzoltó út 37-47 , H-1094 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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Pioch M, Hoffmann M, Pralow A, Reichl U, Rapp E. glyXtoolMS: An Open-Source Pipeline for Semiautomated Analysis of Glycopeptide Mass Spectrometry Data. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11908-11916. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Markus Pioch
- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
- glyXera GmbH, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
- Bioprocess Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
- glyXera GmbH, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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Aboufazeli F, Dodds ED. Precursor ion survival energies of protonated N-glycopeptides and their weak dependencies on high mannose N-glycan composition in collision-induced dissociation. Analyst 2018; 143:4459-4468. [PMID: 30151520 PMCID: PMC6131044 DOI: 10.1039/c8an00830b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Fully realizing the capabilities of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) for analysis of glycosylated peptides will require further understanding of the unimolecular dissociation chemistry that dictates their fragmentation pathways. In this context, the overall composition of a given glycopeptide ion is a key characteristic; however, the extent to which the carbohydrate moiety influences the preferred dissociation channels has received relatively little study. Here, the effect of glycan composition on energy-resolved collision-induced dissociation (CID) behavior was studied for a select menu of 30 protonated high mannose type N-linked glycopeptide ions. Groups of analytes which shared a common charge state, polypeptide sequence, and glycosylation site exhibited 50% precursor ion survival energies that varied only slightly as the size and composition of the oligosaccharide was varied. This was found to be true regardless of whether the precursor ion survival energies were normalized for the number of available vibrational degrees of freedom. The practical consequence of this was that a given collision energy brought about highly similar levels of precursor ion depletion and structural information despite systematic variation of the glycan identity. This lack of sensitivity to oligosaccharide composition stands in contrast to other physicochemical properties of glycopeptide ions (e.g., polypeptide composition, charge state, charge carrier) which sharply influence their energy-resolved CID characteristics. On the whole, these findings imply that the deliberate selection of CID energies to bring about a desired range of fragmentation pathways does not necessarily hinge on the nature of the glycan.
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- Forouzan Aboufazeli
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA.
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Yang H, Yang C, Sun T. Characterization of glycopeptides using a stepped higher-energy C-trap dissociation approach on a hybrid quadrupole orbitrap. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2018; 32:1353-1362. [PMID: 29873418 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Accurate characterization of glycopeptides without a prior glycan cleavage could provide valuable information on site-specific glycosylation, which is critical to reveal the biological functions of protein glycosylation. However, due to the distinct nature of oligosaccharides and ploypeptides, it is usually difficult to effectively fragment glycopeptides in mass spectrometry analysis. METHODS Here we applied a stepped normalized collisional energy (NCE) approach, which is able to combine fragment ions from three different collision energies, in a hybrid quadrupole orbitrap (Q Exactive Plus) to characterize glycopeptides. A systematic evaluation was firstly performed to find optimal NCE values for the fragmentation of glycan chains and peptide backbones from glycopeptides. Guided by the results of the systematic evaluation, the stepped NCE method was optimized and employed to analyze glycopeptides enriched from human serum. RESULTS The stepped NCE approach was found to effectively fragment both the glycan chains and peptide backbones from glycopeptides and record these fragments in a single MS/MS spectrum. In comparison with the regular HCD methods, the stepped NCE method identified more glycopeptides with higher scores from human serum samples. CONCLUSIONS Our studies demonstrate the capability of stepped NCE for the effective characterization of glycopeptides on a large scale.
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- Hong Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Stavenhagen K, Kayili HM, Holst S, Koeleman CAM, Engel R, Wouters D, Zeerleder S, Salih B, Wuhrer M. N- and O-glycosylation Analysis of Human C1-inhibitor Reveals Extensive Mucin-type O-Glycosylation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:1225-1238. [PMID: 29233911 PMCID: PMC5986245 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Human C1-inhibitor (C1-Inh) is a serine protease inhibitor and the major regulator of the contact activation pathway as well as the classical and lectin complement pathways. It is known to be a highly glycosylated plasma glycoprotein. However, both the structural features and biological role of C1-Inh glycosylation are largely unknown. Here, we performed for the first time an in-depth site-specific N- and O-glycosylation analysis of C1-Inh combining various mass spectrometric approaches, including C18-porous graphitized carbon (PGC)-LC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS applying stepping-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) and electron-transfer dissociation (ETD). Various proteases were applied, partly in combination with PNGase F and exoglycosidase treatment, in order to analyze the (glyco)peptides. The analysis revealed an extensively O-glycosylated N-terminal region. Five novel and five known O-glycosylation sites were identified, carrying mainly core1-type O-glycans. In addition, we detected a heavily O-glycosylated portion spanning from Thr82-Ser121 with up to 16 O-glycans attached. Likewise, all known six N-glycosylation sites were covered and confirmed by this site-specific glycosylation analysis. The glycoforms were in accordance with results on released N-glycans by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS/MS. The comprehensive characterization of C1-Inh glycosylation described in this study will form the basis for further functional studies on the role of these glycan modifications.
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- Kathrin Stavenhagen
- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
- §Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- §Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ¶Department of Chemistry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey
- ‖Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey
- **Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- ‡‡Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory of the AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- §§Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ‡‡Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory of the AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- §§Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ‡‡Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory of the AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- §§Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- **Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- §Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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More AS, Toth RT, Okbazghi SZ, Middaugh CR, Joshi SB, Tolbert TJ, Volkin DB, Weis DD. Impact of Glycosylation on the Local Backbone Flexibility of Well-Defined IgG1-Fc Glycoforms Using Hydrogen Exchange-Mass Spectrometry. J Pharm Sci 2018; 107:2315-2324. [PMID: 29751008 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2018.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We have used hydrogen exchange-mass spectrometry to characterize local backbone flexibility of 4 well-defined IgG1-Fc glycoforms expressed and purified from Pichia pastoris, 2 of which were prepared using subsequent in vitro enzymatic treatments. Progressively decreasing the size of the N-linked N297 oligosaccharide from high mannose (Man8-Man12), to Man5, to GlcNAc, to nonglycosylated N297Q resulted in progressive increases in backbone flexibility. Comparison of these results with recently published physicochemical stability and Fcγ receptor binding data with the same set of glycoproteins provide improved insights into correlations between glycan structure and these pharmaceutical properties. Flexibility significantly increased upon glycan truncation in 2 potential aggregation-prone regions. In addition, a correlation was established between increased local backbone flexibility and increased deamidation at asparagine 315. Interestingly, the opposite trend was observed for oxidation of tryptophan 277 where faster oxidation correlated with decreased local backbone flexibility. Finally, a trend of increasing C'E glycopeptide loop flexibility with decreasing glycan size was observed that correlates with their FcγRIIIa receptor binding properties. These well-defined IgG1-Fc glycoforms serve as a useful model system to identify physicochemical stability and local backbone flexibility data sets potentially discriminating between various IgG glycoforms for potential applicability to future comparability or biosimilarity assessments.
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- Apurva S More
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047; Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045.
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Révész Á, Rokob TA, Jeanne Dit Fouque D, Turiák L, Memboeuf A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Selection of Collision Energies in Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Experiments for Best Peptide Identification: Study of Mascot Score Energy Dependence Reveals Double Optimum. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1898-1906. [PMID: 29607649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Collision energy is a key parameter determining the information content of beam-type collision induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) spectra, and its optimal choice largely affects successful peptide and protein identification in MS-based proteomics. For an MS/MS spectrum, quality of peptide match based on sequence database search, often characterized in terms of a single score, is a complex function of spectrum characteristics, and its collision energy dependence has remained largely unexplored. We carried out electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time of flight (ESI-Q-TOF)-MS/MS measurements on 2807 peptides from tryptic digests of HeLa and E. coli at 21 different collision energies. Agglomerative clustering of the resulting Mascot score versus energy curves revealed that only few of them display a single, well-defined maximum; rather, they feature either a broad plateau or two clear peaks. Nonlinear least-squares fitting of one or two Gaussian functions allowed the characteristic energies to be determined. We found that the double peaks and the plateaus in Mascot score can be associated with the different energy dependence of b- and y-type fragment ion intensities. We determined that the energies for optimum Mascot scores follow separate linear trends for the unimodal and bimodal cases with rather large residual variance even after differences in proton mobility are taken into account. This leaves room for experiment optimization and points to the possible influence of further factors beyond m/ z.
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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Rath CB, Schirmeister F, Figl R, Seeberger PH, Schäffer C, Kolarich D. Flagellin Glycoproteomics of the Periodontitis Associated Pathogen Selenomonas sputigena Reveals Previously Not Described O-glycans and Rhamnose Fragment Rearrangement Occurring on the Glycopeptides. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:721-736. [PMID: 29339411 PMCID: PMC5880101 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Flagellated, Gram-negative, anaerobic, crescent-shaped Selenomonas species are colonizers of the digestive system, where they act at the interface between health and disease. Selenomonas sputigena is also considered a potential human periodontal pathogen, but information on its virulence factors and underlying pathogenicity mechanisms is scarce. Here we provide the first report of a Selenomonas glycoprotein, showing that S. sputigena produces a diversely and heavily O-glycosylated flagellin C9LY14 as a major cellular protein, which carries various hitherto undescribed rhamnose- and N-acetylglucosamine linked O-glycans in the range from mono- to hexasaccharides. A comprehensive glycomic and glycoproteomic assessment revealed extensive glycan macro- and microheterogeneity identified from 22 unique glycopeptide species. From the multiple sites of glycosylation, five were unambiguously identified on the 437-amino acid C9LY14 protein (Thr149, Ser182, Thr199, Thr259, and Ser334), the only flagellin protein identified. The O-glycans additionally showed modifications by methylation and putative acetylation. Some O-glycans carried hitherto undescribed residues/modifications as determined by their respective m/z values, reflecting the high diversity of native S. sputigena flagellin. We also found that monosaccharide rearrangement occurred during collision-induced dissociation (CID) of protonated glycopeptide ions. This effect resulted in pseudo Y1-glycopeptide fragment ions that indicated the presence of additional glycosylation sites on a single glycopeptide. CID oxonium ions and electron transfer dissociation, however, confirmed that just a single site was glycosylated, showing that glycan-to-peptide rearrangement can occur on glycopeptides and that this effect is influenced by the molecular nature of the glycan moiety. This effect was most pronounced with disaccharides. This study is the first report on O-linked flagellin glycosylation in a Selenomonas species, revealing that C9LY14 is one of the most heavily glycosylated flagellins described to date. This study contributes to our understanding of the largely under-investigated surface properties of oral bacteria. The data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD005859.
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- Cornelia B. Rath
- From the ‡Department of NanoBiotechnology, NanoGlycobiology unit, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- §Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany; ,¶Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- ‖Department of Chemistry, Division of Biochemistry, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- §Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany; ,¶Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of NanoBiotechnology, NanoGlycobiology unit, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, 1190 Vienna, Austria;
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- §Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany; .,**Institute for Glycomics, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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Bollineni RC, Koehler CJ, Gislefoss RE, Anonsen JH, Thiede B. Large-scale intact glycopeptide identification by Mascot database search. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2117. [PMID: 29391424 PMCID: PMC5795011 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20331-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Workflows capable of determining glycopeptides in large-scale are missing in the field of glycoproteomics. We present an approach for automated annotation of intact glycopeptide mass spectra. The steps in adopting the Mascot search engine for intact glycopeptide analysis included: (i) assigning one letter codes for monosaccharides, (ii) linearizing glycan sequences and (iii) preparing custom glycoprotein databases. Automated annotation of both N- and O-linked glycopeptides was proven using standard glycoproteins. In a large-scale study, a total of 257 glycoproteins containing 970 unique glycosylation sites and 3447 non-redundant N-linked glycopeptide variants were identified in 24 serum samples. Thus, a single tool was developed that collectively allows the (i) elucidation of N- and O-linked glycopeptide spectra, (ii) matching glycopeptides to known protein sequences, and (iii) high-throughput, batch-wise analysis of large-scale glycoproteomics data sets.
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- Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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de Oliveira RM, Ornelas Ricart CA, Araujo Martins AM. Use of Mass Spectrometry to Screen Glycan Early Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2018; 7:328. [PMID: 29379771 PMCID: PMC5775512 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Association between altered glycosylation patterns and poor prognosis in cancer points glycans as potential specific tumor markers. Most proteins are glycosylated and functionally arranged on cell surface and extracellular matrix, mediating interactions and cellular signaling. Thereby, aberrant glycans may be considered a pathological phenotype at least as important as changes in protein expression for cancer and other complex diseases. As most serum glycoproteins have hepatic origin, liver disease phenotypes, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), may present altered glycan profile and display important modifications. One of the prominent obstacles in HCC is the diagnostic in advanced stages when patients have several liver dysfunctions, limiting treatment options and life expectancy. The characterization of glycomic profiles in pathological conditions by means of mass spectrometry (MS) may lead to the discovery of early diagnostic markers using non-invasive approaches. MS is a powerful analytical technique capable of elucidating many glycobiological issues and overcome limitations of the serological markers currently applied in clinical practice. Therefore, MS-based glycomics of tumor biomarkers is a promising tool to increase early detection and monitoring of disease.
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- Raphaela Menezes de Oliveira
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.,University Hospital Walter Cantídeo, Surgery Department, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Domagalski MJ, Alocci D, Almeida A, Kolarich D, Lisacek F. PepSweetener: A Web-Based Tool to Support Manual Annotation of Intact Glycopeptide MS Spectra. Proteomics Clin Appl 2017; 12:e1700069. [DOI: 10.1002/prca.201700069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Marcin Jakub Domagalski
- Proteome Informatics Group; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Geneva Switzerland
- Computer Science Department CUI; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Geneva Switzerland
- Computer Science Department CUI; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
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- Institute for Glycomics; Gold Coast Campus; Griffith University; Southport QLD Australia
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- Institute for Glycomics; Gold Coast Campus; Griffith University; Southport QLD Australia
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- Proteome Informatics Group; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Geneva Switzerland
- Computer Science Department CUI; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
- Section of Biology; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland
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Improvement of the glycoproteomic toolbox with the discovery of a unique C-terminal cleavage specificity of flavastacin for N-glycosylated asparagine. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11419. [PMID: 28900186 PMCID: PMC5595805 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11668-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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To determine all potential N-glycosylation sites of a glycoprotein, one central aspect of every bottom-up N-glycoproteomic strategy is to generate suitable N-glycopeptides that can be detected and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Specific proteases, such as trypsin, bear the potential of generating N-glycopeptides that either carry more than one N-glycosylation site or are too long to be readily analyzed by mass spectrometry- both due to the lack of tryptic cleavage sites near the N-glycosylation site. Here, we present a newly identified cleavage specificity of flavastacin, a protease from Flavobacterium menigosepticum, which - up to now - was only reported to cleave peptide bonds N-terminal to aspartic acid residues. In contrast to literature, we could not confirm this N-terminal specificity of flavastacin for aspartic acid. However, for the first time, we show a unique cleavage specificity of flavastacin towards the C-terminus of N-glycosylated asparagine residues. Implemented in an N-glycoproteomic workflow the use of flavastacin can thus not only render data analysis much easier, it can also significantly increase the confidence of MS-based N-glycoproteomic analyses. We demonstrate this newly discovered specificity of flavastacin by in-depth LC-MS(/MS) analysis of complex-type glycosylated human lactotransferrin and bovine serum albumin peptides and N-glycopeptides that were generated by trypsin and flavastacin digestion. Following to this work, further elucidation of the efficiency, specificity and mode of action of flavastacin is needed, but we believe that our discovery has great potential to facilitate and improve the characterization of N-glycoproteomes.
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Liu MQ, Zeng WF, Fang P, Cao WQ, Liu C, Yan GQ, Zhang Y, Peng C, Wu JQ, Zhang XJ, Tu HJ, Chi H, Sun RX, Cao Y, Dong MQ, Jiang BY, Huang JM, Shen HL, Wong CCL, He SM, Yang PY. pGlyco 2.0 enables precision N-glycoproteomics with comprehensive quality control and one-step mass spectrometry for intact glycopeptide identification. Nat Commun 2017; 8:438. [PMID: 28874712 PMCID: PMC5585273 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00535-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The precise and large-scale identification of intact glycopeptides is a critical step in glycoproteomics. Owing to the complexity of glycosylation, the current overall throughput, data quality and accessibility of intact glycopeptide identification lack behind those in routine proteomic analyses. Here, we propose a workflow for the precise high-throughput identification of intact N-glycopeptides at the proteome scale using stepped-energy fragmentation and a dedicated search engine. pGlyco 2.0 conducts comprehensive quality control including false discovery rate evaluation at all three levels of matches to glycans, peptides and glycopeptides, improving the current level of accuracy of intact glycopeptide identification. The N-glycoproteome of samples metabolically labeled with 15N/13C were analyzed quantitatively and utilized to validate the glycopeptide identification, which could be used as a novel benchmark pipeline to compare different search engines. Finally, we report a large-scale glycoproteome dataset consisting of 10,009 distinct site-specific N-glycans on 1988 glycosylation sites from 955 glycoproteins in five mouse tissues. Protein glycosylation is a heterogeneous post-translational modification that generates greater proteomic diversity that is difficult to analyze. Here the authors describe pGlyco 2.0, a workflow for the precise one step identification of intact N-glycopeptides at the proteome scale.
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- Ming-Qi Liu
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.,Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, Basic Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 20032, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- National Center for Protein Science (Shanghai), Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (Beijing), Beijing, 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (Beijing), Beijing, 102206, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- National Center for Protein Science (Shanghai), Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China. .,Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, Basic Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 20032, China.
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Matsuda A, Higashi M, Nakagawa T, Yokoyama S, Kuno A, Yonezawa S, Narimatsu H. Assessment of tumor characteristics based on glycoform analysis of membrane-tethered MUC1. J Transl Med 2017; 97:1103-1113. [PMID: 28581490 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2017.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Clinical tissue specimens are useful for pathological diagnosis, which is, in some cases, supported by visualization of biomolecule localization. In general, diagnostic specificity in molecular pathology is increased by the acquisition of a probe to distinguish the modification of isomers. Although glycosylation is one of the candidate modifications in a protein, comparative glycan analysis of disease-associated proteins derived from a single tissue section is still challenging because of the lack of analytical sensitivity. Here we demonstrate a possible method for differential glycoform analysis of an endogenous tumor-associated glycoprotein MUC1 by an antibody-overlay lectin microarray. Tissue sections (5 μm thick) of patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA; n=21) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC; n=50) were stained with an anti-MUC1 antibody MY.1E12 that was established as a monoclonal antibody recognizing an MUC1 glycosylation isoform with a sialyl-core 1 structure (NeuAcα2-3galactosyl β1-3-N-acetylgalactosamine). MY.1E12-positive tissue areas (2.5 mm2) were selectively dissected with a laser capture microdissection procedure. The membrane MUC1 was enriched by immunoprecipitation with MY.1E12 and subjected to lectin microarray analysis. Even though the reactivities of MY.1E12 between CCA and PDAC were similar, the lectin-binding patterns varied. We found Maackia amurensis leukoagglutinin and pokeweed lectin distinguished MY.1E12-reactive MUC1 of CCA from that of PDAC. Moreover, MUC1 with M. amurensis hemagglutinin (MAH) reactivity potentially reflected the degree of malignancy. These results were confirmed with MAH-MY.1E12 double fluorescent immunostaining. These glycan changes on MUC1 were detected with high sensitivity owing to the cluster effect of immobilized lectins on a tandem repeat peptide antigen covered with highly dense glycosylation such as mucin. Our approach provides the information to investigate novel glycodynamics in biology, for example, glycoalteration, as well as diseases related to not only MUC1 but also other membrane proteins.
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- Atsushi Matsuda
- Glycomedicine Technology Research Center (GTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Field of Oncology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Glycomedicine Technology Research Center (GTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Field of Oncology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Glycomedicine Technology Research Center (GTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Field of Oncology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Glycomedicine Technology Research Center (GTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Yu Q, Wang B, Chen Z, Urabe G, Glover MS, Shi X, Guo LW, Kent KC, Li L. Electron-Transfer/Higher-Energy Collision Dissociation (EThcD)-Enabled Intact Glycopeptide/Glycoproteome Characterization. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1751-1764. [PMID: 28695533 PMCID: PMC5711575 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1701-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Protein glycosylation, one of the most heterogeneous post-translational modifications, can play a major role in cellular signal transduction and disease progression. Traditional mass spectrometry (MS)-based large-scale glycoprotein sequencing studies heavily rely on identifying enzymatically released glycans and their original peptide backbone separately, as there is no efficient fragmentation method to produce unbiased glycan and peptide product ions simultaneously in a single spectrum, and that can be conveniently applied to high throughput glycoproteome characterization, especially for N-glycopeptides, which can have much more branched glycan side chains than relatively less complex O-linked glycans. In this study, a redefined electron-transfer/higher-energy collision dissociation (EThcD) fragmentation scheme is applied to incorporate both glycan and peptide fragments in one single spectrum, enabling complete information to be gathered and great microheterogeneity details to be revealed. Fetuin was first utilized to prove the applicability with 19 glycopeptides and corresponding five glycosylation sites identified. Subsequent experiments tested its utility for human plasma N-glycoproteins. Large-scale studies explored N-glycoproteomics in rat carotid arteries over the course of restenosis progression to investigate the potential role of glycosylation. The integrated fragmentation scheme provides a powerful tool for the analysis of intact N-glycopeptides and N-glycoproteomics. We also anticipate this approach can be readily applied to large-scale O-glycoproteome characterization. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Qing Yu
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Center Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Cardiovascular Research Center Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
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Shajahan A, Heiss C, Ishihara M, Azadi P. Glycomic and glycoproteomic analysis of glycoproteins-a tutorial. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017. [PMID: 28585084 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-04067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The structural analysis of glycoproteins is a challenging endeavor and is under steadily increasing demand, but only a very limited number of labs have the expertise required to accomplish this task. This tutorial is aimed at researchers from the fields of molecular biology and biochemistry that have discovered that glycoproteins are important in their biological research and are looking for the tools to elucidate their structure. It provides brief descriptions of the major and most common analytical techniques used in glycomics and glycoproteomics analysis, including explanations of the rationales for individual steps and references to published literature containing the experimental details necessary to carry out the analyses. Glycomics includes the comprehensive study of the structure and function of the glycans expressed in a given cell or organism along with identification of all the genes that encode glycoproteins and glycosyltransferases. Glycoproteomics which is subset of both glycomics and proteomics is the identification and characterization of proteins bearing carbohydrates as posttranslational modification. This tutorial is designed to ease entry into the glycomics and glycoproteomics field for those without prior carbohydrate analysis experience.
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- Asif Shajahan
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Shajahan A, Heiss C, Ishihara M, Azadi P. Glycomic and glycoproteomic analysis of glycoproteins-a tutorial. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:4483-4505. [PMID: 28585084 PMCID: PMC5498624 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0406-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The structural analysis of glycoproteins is a challenging endeavor and is under steadily increasing demand, but only a very limited number of labs have the expertise required to accomplish this task. This tutorial is aimed at researchers from the fields of molecular biology and biochemistry that have discovered that glycoproteins are important in their biological research and are looking for the tools to elucidate their structure. It provides brief descriptions of the major and most common analytical techniques used in glycomics and glycoproteomics analysis, including explanations of the rationales for individual steps and references to published literature containing the experimental details necessary to carry out the analyses. Glycomics includes the comprehensive study of the structure and function of the glycans expressed in a given cell or organism along with identification of all the genes that encode glycoproteins and glycosyltransferases. Glycoproteomics which is subset of both glycomics and proteomics is the identification and characterization of proteins bearing carbohydrates as posttranslational modification. This tutorial is designed to ease entry into the glycomics and glycoproteomics field for those without prior carbohydrate analysis experience.
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- Asif Shajahan
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Khatri K, Klein JA, Haserick JR, Leon DR, Costello CE, McComb ME, Zaia J. Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Monosaccharides, Oligosaccharides, and Glycopeptides. Anal Chem 2017; 89:6645-6655. [PMID: 28530388 PMCID: PMC5554952 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Glycomics and glycoproteomics analyses by mass spectrometry require efficient front-end separation methods to enable deep characterization of heterogeneous glycoform populations. Chromatography methods are generally limited in their ability to resolve glycoforms using mobile phases that are compatible with online liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The adoption of capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry methods (CE-MS) for glycomics and glycoproteomics is limited by the lack of convenient interfaces for coupling the CE devices to mass spectrometers. Here, we describe the application of a microfluidics-based CE-MS system for analysis of released glycans, glycopeptides and monosaccharides. We demonstrate a single CE method for three different modalities, thus contributing to comprehensive glycoproteomics analyses. In addition, we explored compatible sample derivatization methods. We used glycan TMT-labeling to improve electrophoretic migration and enable multiplexed quantitation by tandem MS. We used sialic acid linkage-specific derivatization methods to improve separation and the level of information obtained from a single analytical step. Capillary electrophoresis greatly improved glycoform separation for both released glycans and glycopeptides over that reported for chromatography modes more frequently employed for such analyses. Overall, the CE-MS method described here enables rapid setup and analysis of glycans and glycopeptides using mass spectrometry.
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- Kshitij Khatri
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Dosekova E, Filip J, Bertok T, Both P, Kasak P, Tkac J. Nanotechnology in Glycomics: Applications in Diagnostics, Therapy, Imaging, and Separation Processes. Med Res Rev 2017; 37:514-626. [PMID: 27859448 PMCID: PMC5659385 DOI: 10.1002/med.21420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This review comprehensively covers the most recent achievements (from 2013) in the successful integration of nanomaterials in the field of glycomics. The first part of the paper addresses the beneficial properties of nanomaterials for the construction of biosensors, bioanalytical devices, and protocols for the detection of various analytes, including viruses and whole cells, together with their key characteristics. The second part of the review focuses on the application of nanomaterials integrated with glycans for various biomedical applications, that is, vaccines against viral and bacterial infections and cancer cells, as therapeutic agents, for in vivo imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and for selective drug delivery. The final part of the review describes various ways in which glycan enrichment can be effectively done using nanomaterials, molecularly imprinted polymers with polymer thickness controlled at the nanoscale, with a subsequent analysis of glycans by mass spectrometry. A short section describing an active glycoprofiling by microengines (microrockets) is covered as well.
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- Erika Dosekova
- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of ChemistrySlovak Academy of SciencesDubravska cesta 9845 38BratislavaSlovakia
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- Center for Advanced MaterialsQatar UniversityP.O. Box 2713DohaQatar
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of ChemistrySlovak Academy of SciencesDubravska cesta 9845 38BratislavaSlovakia
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- School of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of BiotechnologyThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- Center for Advanced MaterialsQatar UniversityP.O. Box 2713DohaQatar
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of ChemistrySlovak Academy of SciencesDubravska cesta 9845 38BratislavaSlovakia
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Chaffey PK, Guan X, Wang LX, Tan Z. Introduction: General Aspects of the Chemical Biology of Glycoproteins. CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF GLYCOPROTEINS 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/9781782623823-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This chapter is meant to serve as an introduction to the remainder of the book by providing general background on the chemical biology of glycoproteins as well as a brief review of the chapters that follow. The purpose here is to introduce some basic concepts common to many forms of glycosylation for those readers who may be unfamiliar with the field. We begin with a discussion of the strategies and methods used to study protein glycosylation. During the overview, an effort is made to highlight a few relevant aspects of chemical glycobiology, including glycoprotein biosynthesis and a brief description of the synthesis and function of glycoproteins. Finally, we have a summary of the contributions from chemical biology over the years. It is our hope that, after reading this introductory chapter, the reader will have a broad view of the chemical glycobiology field as it currently stands and a deeper appreciation for some of the unique ideas that chemical biology brings to the field.
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- Patrick K. Chaffey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder CO 80303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder CO 80303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder CO 80303 USA
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Nilsson J, Noborn F, Gomez Toledo A, Nasir W, Sihlbom C, Larson G. Characterization of Glycan Structures of Chondroitin Sulfate-Glycopeptides Facilitated by Sodium Ion-Pairing and Positive Mode LC-MS/MS. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:229-241. [PMID: 27873218 PMCID: PMC5227003 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1539-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Purification and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) characterization of glycopeptides, originating from protease digests of glycoproteins, enables site-specific analysis of protein N- and O-glycosylations. We have described a protocol to enrich, hydrolyze by chondroitinase ABC, and characterize chondroitin sulfate-containing glycopeptides (CS-glycopeptides) using positive mode LC-MS/MS. The CS-glycopeptides, originating from the Bikunin proteoglycan of human urine samples, had ΔHexAGalNAcGlcAGalGalXyl-O-Ser hexasaccharide structure and were further substituted with 0-3 sulfate and 0-1 phosphate groups. However, it was not possible to exactly pinpoint sulfate attachment residues, for protonated precursors, due to extensive fragmentation of sulfate groups using high-energy collision induced dissociation (HCD). To circumvent the well-recognized sulfate instability, we now introduced Na+ ions to form sodiated precursors, which protected sulfate groups from decomposition and facilitated the assignment of sulfate modifications. Sulfate groups were pinpointed to both Gal residues and to the GalNAc of the hexasaccharide structure. The intensities of protonated and sodiated saccharide oxonium ions were very prominent in the HCD-MS2 spectra, which provided complementary structural analysis of sulfate substituents of CS-glycopeptides. We have demonstrated a considerable heterogeneity of the bikunin CS linkage region. The realization of these structural variants should be beneficial in studies aimed at investigating the importance of the CS linkage region with regards to the biosynthesis of CS and potential interactions to CS binding proteins. Also, the combined use of protonated and sodiated precursors for positive mode HCD fragmentation analysis will likely become useful for additional classes of sulfated glycopeptides. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Jonas Nilsson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Proteomics Core Facility, Core Facilities, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Stefan Gaunitz
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
- Regional Center for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Oncological Institute, 656 53 Brno, Czech Republic
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Stavenhagen K, Hinneburg H, Kolarich D, Wuhrer M. Site-Specific N- and O-Glycopeptide Analysis Using an Integrated C18-PGC-LC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS Approach. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1503:109-119. [PMID: 27743362 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6493-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The vast heterogeneity of protein glycosylation, even of a single glycoprotein with only one glycosylation site, can give rise to a set of macromolecules with different physicochemical properties. Thus, the use of orthogonal approaches for comprehensive characterization of glycoproteins is a key requirement. This chapter describes a universal workflow for site-specific N- and O-glycopeptide analysis. In a first step glycoproteins are treated with Pronase to generate glycopeptides containing small peptide sequences for enhanced glycosylation site assignment and characterization. These glycopeptides are then separated and detected using an integrated C18-porous graphitized carbon-liquid chromatography (PGC-LC) setup online coupled to a high-resolution electrospray ionization (ESI)-quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF)-mass spectrometer operated in a combined higher- and lower-energy CID (stepping-energy CID) mode. The LC-setup allows retention of more hydrophobic glycopeptides on C18 followed by subsequent capturing of C18-unbound (glyco)peptides by a downstream placed PGC stationary phase. Glycopeptides eluted from both columns are then analyzed within a single analysis in a combined data acquisition mode. Stepping-energy CID results in B- and Y-ion fragments originating from the glycan moiety as well as b- and y-ions derived from the peptide part. This allows simultaneous site-specific identification of the glycan and peptide sequence of a glycoprotein.
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- Kathrin Stavenhagen
- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands.,Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, 2333, ZA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, 14424, Germany.,Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids andInterfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands. .,Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, 2333, ZA, The Netherlands.
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Chemical tools have accelerated progress in glycoscience, reducing experimental barriers to studying protein glycosylation, the most widespread and complex form of posttranslational modification. For example, chemical glycoproteomics technologies have enabled the identification of specific glycosylation sites and glycan structures that modulate protein function in a number of biological processes. This field is now entering a stage of logarithmic growth, during which chemical innovations combined with mass spectrometry advances could make it possible to fully characterize the human glycoproteome. In this review, we describe the important role that chemical glycoproteomics methods are playing in such efforts. We summarize developments in four key areas: enrichment of glycoproteins and glycopeptides from complex mixtures, emphasizing methods that exploit unique chemical properties of glycans or introduce unnatural functional groups through metabolic labeling and chemoenzymatic tagging; identification of sites of protein glycosylation; targeted glycoproteomics; and functional glycoproteomics, with a focus on probing interactions between glycoproteins and glycan-binding proteins. Our goal with this survey is to provide a foundation on which continued technological advancements can be made to promote further explorations of protein glycosylation.
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- Krishnan K. Palaniappan
- Verily Life Sciences, 269 East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Chen R, Cheng K, Ning Z, Figeys D. N-Glycopeptide Reduction with Exoglycosidases Enables Accurate Characterization of Site-Specific N-Glycosylation. Anal Chem 2016; 88:11837-11843. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Rui Chen
- Ottawa Institute
of Systems
Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute
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Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute
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Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute
of Systems
Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Hinneburg H, Hofmann J, Struwe WB, Thader A, Altmann F, Varón Silva D, Seeberger PH, Pagel K, Kolarich D. Distinguishing N-acetylneuraminic acid linkage isomers on glycopeptides by ion mobility-mass spectrometry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:4381-4. [PMID: 26926577 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01114d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Differentiating the structure of isobaric glycopeptides represents a major challenge for mass spectrometry-based characterisation techniques. Here we show that the regiochemistry of the most common N-acetylneuraminic acid linkages of N-glycans can be identified in a site-specific manner from individual glycopeptides using ion mobility-mass spectrometry analysis of diagnostic fragment ions.
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- H Hinneburg
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. and Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany. and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, OX1 3QZ, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. and Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany. and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
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Sanda M, Goldman R. Data Independent Analysis of IgG Glycoforms in Samples of Unfractionated Human Plasma. Anal Chem 2016; 88:10118-10125. [PMID: 27649061 PMCID: PMC5803558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Glycosylation regulates functional responses mediated by the interaction of IgG with their receptors. Multiple analytical methods have been designed for the determination of the IgG N-glycan microheterogeneity, including MS methods for the analysis of site specific glycoforms of IgG. However, measurement of low abundant glycoforms remains challenging in complex samples like serum without enrichment of the IgG. We present a workflow for quantitative analysis of site specific glycoforms of IgG based on data independent acquisition (DIA) of Y-ions generated under "minimal" fragmentation conditions. The adjusted collision induced dissociation (CID) conditions generate specific Y-ions in the yield of up to 60% precursor ion intensity. These selective fragments, measured in high resolution, improve specificity of detection compared to the typically quantified B-ions which have higher overall intensity but lower signal-to-noise ratios. Under optimized conditions, we achieve label-free quantification of the majority of previously reported glycoforms of IgG (26 glycoforms of IgG1, 22 glycoforms of IgG 2/3, and 19 glycoforms of IgG4) directly in unfractionated samples of human plasma and we detect traces of previously unreported glycoforms of IgG1, including doubly fucosylated glycoforms. The SWATH data independent quantification of IgG glycoforms in pooled plasma samples of patients with liver cirrhosis detects reliably the expected changes in the quantity of major glycoforms compared to healthy controls. Our results show that optimized CID fragmentation enables DIA of IgG glycoforms and suggest that such workflow may enable quantitative analyses of the glycoproteome in complex matrixes.
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- Miloslav Sanda
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057, United States
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Site-specific identification of heparan and chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans in hybrid proteoglycans. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34537. [PMID: 27694851 PMCID: PMC5046109 DOI: 10.1038/srep34537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) are complex polysaccharides that regulate important biological pathways in virtually all metazoan organisms. The polysaccharides often display opposite effects on cell functions with HS and CS structural motifs presenting unique binding sites for specific ligands. Still, the mechanisms by which glycan biosynthesis generates complex HS and CS polysaccharides required for the regulation of mammalian physiology remain elusive. Here we present a glycoproteomic approach that identifies and differentiates between HS and CS attachment sites and provides identity to the core proteins. Glycopeptides were prepared from perlecan, a complex proteoglycan known to be substituted with both HS and CS chains, further digested with heparinase or chondroitinase ABC to reduce the HS and CS chain lengths respectively, and thereafter analyzed by nLC-MS/MS. This protocol enabled the identification of three consensus HS sites and one hybrid site, carrying either a HS or a CS chain. Inspection of the amino acid sequence at the hybrid attachment locus indicates that certain peptide motifs may encode for the chain type selection process. This analytical approach will become useful when addressing fundamental questions in basic biology specifically in elucidating the functional roles of site-specific glycosylations of proteoglycans.
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Nasir W, Toledo AG, Noborn F, Nilsson J, Wang M, Bandeira N, Larson G. SweetNET: A Bioinformatics Workflow for Glycopeptide MS/MS Spectral Analysis. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:2826-40. [PMID: 27399812 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Glycoproteomics has rapidly become an independent analytical platform bridging the fields of glycomics and proteomics to address site-specific protein glycosylation and its impact in biology. Current glycopeptide characterization relies on time-consuming manual interpretations and demands high levels of personal expertise. Efficient data interpretation constitutes one of the major challenges to be overcome before true high-throughput glycopeptide analysis can be achieved. The development of new glyco-related bioinformatics tools is thus of crucial importance to fulfill this goal. Here we present SweetNET: a data-oriented bioinformatics workflow for efficient analysis of hundreds of thousands of glycopeptide MS/MS-spectra. We have analyzed MS data sets from two separate glycopeptide enrichment protocols targeting sialylated glycopeptides and chondroitin sulfate linkage region glycopeptides, respectively. Molecular networking was performed to organize the glycopeptide MS/MS data based on spectral similarities. The combination of spectral clustering, oxonium ion intensity profiles, and precursor ion m/z shift distributions provided typical signatures for the initial assignment of different N-, O- and CS-glycopeptide classes and their respective glycoforms. These signatures were further used to guide database searches leading to the identification and validation of a large number of glycopeptide variants including novel deoxyhexose (fucose) modifications in the linkage region of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.
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- Waqas Nasir
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , SE 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , SE 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , SE 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , SE 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, CSE, and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, CSE, and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , SE 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Thaysen-Andersen M, Packer NH, Schulz BL. Maturing Glycoproteomics Technologies Provide Unique Structural Insights into the N-glycoproteome and Its Regulation in Health and Disease. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:1773-90. [PMID: 26929216 PMCID: PMC5083109 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o115.057638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The glycoproteome remains severely understudied because of significant analytical challenges associated with glycoproteomics, the system-wide analysis of intact glycopeptides. This review introduces important structural aspects of protein N-glycosylation and summarizes the latest technological developments and applications in LC-MS/MS-based qualitative and quantitative N-glycoproteomics. These maturing technologies provide unique structural insights into the N-glycoproteome and its synthesis and regulation by complementing existing methods in glycoscience. Modern glycoproteomics is now sufficiently mature to initiate efforts to capture the molecular complexity displayed by the N-glycoproteome, opening exciting opportunities to increase our understanding of the functional roles of protein N-glycosylation in human health and disease.
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- Morten Thaysen-Andersen
- From the ‡Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia;
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- §School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, St Lucia, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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