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Hořejší K, Holčapek M. Unraveling the complexity of glycosphingolipidome: the key role of mass spectrometry in the structural analysis of glycosphingolipids. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024; 416:5403-5421. [PMID: 39138658 PMCID: PMC11427620 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05475-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSL) are a highly heterogeneous class of lipids representing the majority of the sphingolipid category. GSL are fundamental constituents of cellular membranes that have key roles in various biological processes, such as cellular signaling, recognition, and adhesion. Understanding the structural complexity of GSL is pivotal for unraveling their functional significance in a biological context, specifically their crucial role in the pathophysiology of various diseases. Mass spectrometry (MS) has emerged as a versatile and indispensable tool for the structural elucidation of GSL enabling a deeper understanding of their complex molecular structures and their key roles in cellular dynamics and patholophysiology. Here, we provide a thorough overview of MS techniques tailored for the analysis of GSL, emphasizing their utility in probing GSL intricate structures to advance our understanding of the functional relevance of GSL in health and disease. The application of tandem MS using diverse fragmentation techniques, including novel ion activation methodologies, in studying glycan sequences, linkage positions, and fatty acid composition is extensively discussed. Finally, we address current challenges, such as the detection of low-abundance species and the interpretation of complex spectra, and offer insights into potential solutions and future directions by improving MS instrumentation for enhanced sensitivity and resolution, developing novel ionization techniques, or integrating MS with other analytical approaches for comprehensive GSL characterization.
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- Karel Hořejší
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 53210, Pardubice, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Branišovská 1760, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 53210, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
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Li Z, Wang X, Deng X, Song J, Yang T, Liao Y, Gong G, Huang L, Lu Y, Wang Z. High-sensitivity qualitative and quantitative analysis of human, bovine and goat milk glycosphingolipids using HILIC-MS/MS with internal standards. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 312:120795. [PMID: 37059535 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.120795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in human milk regulate the immune system, support intestinal maturation, and prevent gut pathogens. The structural complexity and low abundance of GSLs limits their systematic analysis. Here, we coupled the use of monosialoganglioside 1-2-amino-N-(2-aminoethyl) benzamide (GM1-AEAB) derivatives as internal standards with HILIC-MS/MS to qualitatively and quantitatively compare GSLs in human, bovine, and goat milk. One neutral glycosphingolipid (GB) and 33 gangliosides were found in human milk, of which 22 were newly detected and three were fucosylated. Five GB and 26 gangliosides were identified in bovine milk, of which 21 were newly discovered. Four GB and 33 gangliosides were detected in goat milk, 23 of them newly reported. GM1 was the main GSL in human milk; whereas disialoganglioside 3 (GD3) and monosialogangloside 3 (GM3) were dominant in bovine and goat milk, respectively; N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) was detected in >88 % of GSLs in bovine and goat milk. N-hydroxyacetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc)-modified GSLs were 3.5 times more abundant in goat than in bovine milk; whereas GSLs modified with both Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc were 3 times more abundant in bovine than in goat milk. Given the health benefits of different GSLs, these results will facilitate the development of custom-designed human milk-based infant formula.
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Furukawa JI, Hanamatsu H, Nishikaze T, Manya H, Miura N, Yagi H, Yokota I, Akasaka-Manya K, Endo T, Kanagawa M, Iwasaki N, Tanaka K. Lactone-Driven Ester-to-Amide Derivatization for Sialic Acid Linkage-Specific Alkylamidation. Anal Chem 2020; 92:14383-14392. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Jun-ichi Furukawa
- Department of Advanced Clinical Glycobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita21, Nishi11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita15, Nishi7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Molecular Glycobiology, Research Team for Mechanism of Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University,3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Clinical Glycobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita21, Nishi11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Molecular Glycobiology, Research Team for Mechanism of Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Molecular Glycobiology, Research Team for Mechanism of Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
- Division of Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-1, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Clinical Glycobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita21, Nishi11, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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Glycomics studies using sialic acid derivatization and mass spectrometry. Nat Rev Chem 2020; 4:229-242. [PMID: 37127981 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0174-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Proteins can undergo glycosylation during and/or after translation to afford glycoconjugates, which are often secreted by a cell or populate cell surfaces. Changes in the glycan portion can have a strong influence on a glycoconjugate and are associated with a multitude of human pathologies. Of particular interest are sialylated glycoconjugates, which exist as constitutional isomers that differ in their linkages (α2,3, α2,6, α2,8 or α2,9) between sialic acids and their neighbouring monosaccharides. In general, mass spectrometry enables the rapid and sensitive characterization of glycosylation, but there are challenges specific to identifying and (relatively) quantifying sialic acid isomers. These challenges can be addressed using linkage-specific methodologies for sialic acid derivatization, after which mass spectrometry can enable product identification. This Review is concerned with the new and important derivatization approaches reported in the past decade, which have been implemented in various mass-spectrometry-glycomics workflows and have found clinical glycomics applications. The convenience and wide applicability of the approaches make them attractive for studies of sialylation in different types of glycoconjugate.
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Glycosylation is one of the most ubiquitous and complex post-translational modifications (PTMs). It plays pivotal roles in various biological processes. Studies at the glycopeptide level are typically considered as a downstream work resulting from enzymatic digested glycoproteins. Less attention has been focused on glycosylated endogenous signaling peptides due to their low abundance, structural heterogeneity and the lack of enabling analytical tools. Here, protocols are presented to isolate and characterize glycosylated neuropeptides utilizing nanoflow liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS). We first demonstrate how to extract neuropeptides from raw tissues and perform further separation/cleanup before MS analysis. Then we describe hybrid MS methods for glycosylated neuropeptide profiling and site-specific analysis. We also include recommendations for data analysis to identify glycosylated neuropeptides in crustaceans where a complete neuropeptide database is still lacking. Other strategies and future directions are discussed to provide readers with alternative approaches and further unravel biological complexity rendered by glycosylation.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
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Yang S, Wu WW, Shen RF, Bern M, Cipollo J. Identification of Sialic Acid Linkages on Intact Glycopeptides via Differential Chemical Modification Using IntactGIG-HILIC. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:1273-1283. [PMID: 29651731 PMCID: PMC6744383 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-1931-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mass spectrometric analysis of intact glycopeptides can reveal detailed information about glycosite, glycan structural features, and their heterogeneity. Sialyl glycopeptides can be positively, negatively, or neutrally charged depending on pH of their buffer solution and ionization conditions. To detect sialoglycopeptides, a negative-ion mode mass spectrometry may be applied with a minimal loss of sialic acids, although the positively charged or neutral glycopeptides may be excluded. Alternatively, the sialyl glycopeptides can be identified using positive-ion mode analysis by doping a high concentration of sodium salts to the analytes. Although manipulation of unmodified sialoglycopeptides can be useful for analysis of samples, less than optimal ionization, facile loss of sialyl and unfavorable ionization of accompanying non-sialyl peptides make such strategies suboptimal. Currently available chemical derivatization methods, while stabilizing for sialic acid, mask sialic acid linkage configuration. Here, we report the development of a novel approach to neutralize sialic acids via sequentially chemical modification that also reveals their linkage configuration, often an important determinant in biological function. This method utilizes several components to facilitate glycopeptide identification. These include the following: solid phase derivatization, enhanced ionization of sialoglycopeptides, differentiation of sialic acid linkage, and enrichment of the modified glycopeptides by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. This technology can be used as a tool for quantitative analysis of protein sialylation in diseases with determination of sialic acid linkage configuration. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Shuang Yang
- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, G614, Bldg 75, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
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- Facility for Biotechnology Resources, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Facility for Biotechnology Resources, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Protein Metrics Inc., 1622 San Carlos Ave, Suite C, San Carlos, CA, 94070, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, G637, Bldg 52/72, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
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Yang S, Chatterjee S, Cipollo J. The Glycoproteomics-MS for Studying Glycosylation in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure. Proteomics Clin Appl 2018; 12:e1700075. [PMID: 29424483 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201700075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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With recent advancements of analytical techniques and mass spectrometric instrumentations, proteomics has been widely exploited to study the regulation of protein expression associated with disease states. Many proteins may undergo abnormal change in response to the stimulants, leading to regulation of posttranslationally modified proteins. In this review, the physiological and pathological roles of protein glycosylation in cardiac hypertrophy is discussed, and how the signal pathways regulate heart function and leading to heart failure. The analytical methods for analysis of protein glycosylation, including glycans, glycosite, occupancy, and heterogeneity is emphasized. The rationale on glycoproteins as disease biomarkers is also discussed. The authors also propose potential research in this field and challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
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- Shuang Yang
- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Zhao X, Shen S, Wu D, Cai P, Pan Y. Novel ionic liquid matrices for qualitative and quantitative detection of carbohydrates by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 985:114-120. [PMID: 28864181 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Analysis of carbohydrates based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is still challenging and researchers have been devoting themselves to efficient matrices discovery. In the present study, the design, synthesis, qualitative and quantitative performance of non-derivative ionic liquid matrices (ILMs) were reported. DHB/N-methylaniline (N-MA) and DHB/N-ethylaniline (N-EA), performing best for carbohydrate detection, have been screened out. The limit of detection for oligosaccharide provided by DHB/N-MA and DHB/N-EA were as low as 10 fmol. DHB/N-MA and DHB/N-EA showed significantly higher ion generation efficiency than DHB. The comparison of capacity to probe polysaccharide between these two ILMs and DHB also revealed their powerful potential. Their outstanding performance were probably due to lower proton affinities and stronger UV absorption at λ = 355 nm. What is more, taking DHB/N-MA as an example, quantitative analysis of fructo-oligosaccharide mixtures extracted and identified from rice noodles has been accomplished sensitively using an internal standard method. Overall, DHB/N-MA and DHB/N-EA exhibited excellent performance and might be significant sources as the carbohydrate matrices.
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- Xiaoyong Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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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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Yang S, Hu Y, Sokoll L, Zhang H. Simultaneous quantification of N- and O-glycans using a solid-phase method. Nat Protoc 2017; 12:1229-1244. [PMID: 28518173 PMCID: PMC5877797 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Glycosylation has a pivotal role in a diverse range of biological activities, modulating the structure and function of proteins. Glycogens coupled to the nitrogen atom (N-linked) of asparagine side chains or to the oxygen atom (O-linked) of serine and threonine side chains represent the two major protein glycosylation forms. N-glycans can be released by glycosidases, whereas O-glycans are often cleaved by chemical reaction. However, it is challenging to combine these enzymatic and chemical reactions in order to analyze both N- and O-glycans. We recently developed a glycoprotei n immobilization for glycan extraction (GIG) method that allows for the simultaneous analysis of N- and O-glycans on a solid support. GIG enables quantitative analysis of N-glycans and O-glycans from a single specimen and can be applied to a high-throughput automated platform. Here we provide a step-by-step GIG protocol that includes procedures for (i) protein immobilization on an aldehyde-active solid support by reductive amination; (ii) stabilization of fragile sialic acids by carbodiimide coupling; (iii) release of N-glycans by PNGase F digestion; (iv) release of O-glycans by β-elimination using ammonia in the presence of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP) to prevent alditol peeling from O-glycans; (v) mass spectrometry (MS) analysis; and (vi) data analysis for identification of glycans using in-house developed software (GIG Tool; free to download via http://www.biomarkercenter.org/gigtool). The GIG tool extracts precursor masses, oxonium ions and glycan fragments from tandem (liquid chromatography (LC)-MS/MS) mass spectra for glycan identification, and reporter ions from quaternary amine containing isobaric tag for glycan (QUANTITY) isobaric tags are used for quantification of the relative abundance of N-glycans. The GIG protocol takes ∼3 d.
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- Shuang Yang
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Yang S, Zhang L, Thomas S, Hu Y, Li S, Cipollo J, Zhang H. Modification of Sialic Acids on Solid Phase: Accurate Characterization of Protein Sialylation. Anal Chem 2017; 89:6330-6335. [PMID: 28505427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sialic acids play many important roles in several physiological and pathological processes, including cancers, infection, and blood diseases. Sialic acids are fragile and prone to fragmentation under electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization. It is crucial to modify sialic acids for qualitative and quantitative identification of their change in abundance in complex biological samples. Permethylation is a method of choice for sialic acid stabilization, but the harsh conditions during permethylation may lead to the decomposition of O-acetyl groups. Esterification or amidation in solution effectively protects sialic acids, yet it is not trivial to purify glycans from their reagents. Quantitative analysis of glycans can be achieved by labeling their reducing end using fluorescent tags. Loss of sialic acids during labeling is a major concern. In this study, we demonstrated the utility of sialic acids modification for the analysis of sialyl oligosaccharides and glycopeptides. Without modification, sialic acids are partially or completely lost during sample preparation, leading to the presence of false glycans or glycopeptides in the sample. The stabilized sialic acids not only result in accurate identification of sialylated glycans but also improve the characterization of intact glycopeptides. The modification of sialic acids on the solid support facilitates analysis of glycans and their intact glycoproteins.
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- Shuang Yang
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States.,Laboratory for Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland College Park , Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Laboratory for Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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Yang S, Höti N, Yang W, Liu Y, Chen L, Li S, Zhang H. Simultaneous analyses of N-linked and O-linked glycans of ovarian cancer cells using solid-phase chemoenzymatic method. Clin Proteomics 2017; 14:3. [PMID: 28100988 PMCID: PMC5237303 DOI: 10.1186/s12014-017-9137-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glycans play critical roles in a number of biological activities. Two common types of glycans, N-linked and O-linked, have been extensively analyzed in the last decades. N-glycans are typically released from glycoproteins by enzymes, while O-glycans are released from glycoproteins by chemical methods. It is important to identify and quantify both N- and O-linked glycans of glycoproteins to determine the changes of glycans. METHODS The effort has been dedicated to study glycans from ovarian cancer cells treated with O-linked glycosylation inhibitor qualitatively and quantitatively. We used a solid-phase chemoenzymatic approach to systematically identify and quantify N-glycans and O-glycans in the ovarian cancer cells. It consists of three steps: (1) immobilization of proteins from cells and derivatization of glycans to protect sialic acids; (2) release of N-glycans by PNGase F and quantification of N-glycans by isobaric tags; (3) release and quantification of O-glycans by β-elimination in the presence of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP). RESULTS We used ovarian cancer cell lines to study effect of O-linked glycosylation inhibitor on protein glycosylation. Results suggested that the inhibition of O-linked glycosylation reduced the levels of O-glycans. Interestingly, it appeared to increase N-glycan level in a lower dose of the O-linked glycosylation inhibitor. The sequential release and analyses of N-linked and O-linked glycans using chemoenzymatic approach are a platform for studying N-glycans and O-glycans in complex biological samples. CONCLUSION The solid-phase chemoenzymatic method was used to analyze both N-linked and O-linked glycans sequentially released from the ovarian cancer cells. The biological studies on O-linked glycosylation inhibition indicate the effects of O-glycosylation inhibition to glycan changes in both O-linked and N-linked glycan expression.
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- Shuang Yang
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland College Park, Rockville, MD 20850 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Smith Bldg 4013, 400 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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Pihikova D, Pakanova Z, Nemcovic M, Barath P, Belicky S, Bertok T, Kasak P, Mucha J, Tkac J. Sweet characterisation of prostate specific antigen using electrochemical lectin-based immunosensor assay and MALDI TOF/TOF analysis: Focus on sialic acid. Proteomics 2016; 16:3085-3095. [PMID: 26920336 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The construction of a sensitive electrochemical lectin-based immunosensor for detection of a prostate specific antigen (PSA) is shown here. Three lectins with different carbohydrate specificities were used in this study to glycoprofile PSA, which is the most common biomarker for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis. The biosensor showed presence of α-L-fucose and α-(2,6)-linked terminal sialic acid within PSA´s glycan with high abundance, while only traces of α-(2,3)-linked terminal sialic acid were found. MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry was applied to validate results obtained by the biosensor with a focus on determination of a type of sialic acid linkage by two methods. The first direct comparison of electrochemical immunosensor assay employing lectins for PSA glycoprofiling with mass spectrometric techniques is provided here and both methods show significant agreement. Thus, electrochemical lectin-based immunosensor has potential to be applied for prostate cancer diagnosis.
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- Dominika Pihikova
- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Excellence for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Excellence for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Excellence for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Center of Excellence for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Zhou H, Warren PG, Froehlich JW, Lee RS. Dual modifications strategy to quantify neutral and sialylated N-glycans simultaneously by MALDI-MS. Anal Chem 2014; 86:6277-84. [PMID: 24766348 PMCID: PMC4082391 DOI: 10.1021/ac500298a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Differences
in ionization efficiency among neutral and sialylated
glycans prevent direct quantitative comparison by their respective
mass spectrometric signals. To overcome this challenge, we developed
an integrated chemical strategy, Dual Reactions for Analytical Glycomics
(DRAG), to quantitatively compare neutral and sialylated glycans simultaneously
by MALDI-MS. Initially, two glycan samples to be compared undergo
reductive amination with 2-aminobenzoic acid and 2-13[C6]-aminobenzoic acid, respectively. The different isotope-incorporated
glycans are then combined and subjected to the methylamidation of
the sialic acid residues in one mixture, homogenizing the ionization
responses for all neutral and sialylated glycans. By this approach,
the expression change of relevant glycans between two samples is proportional
to the ratios of doublet signals with a static 6 Da mass difference
in MALDI-MS and the change in relative abundance of any glycan within
samples can also be determined. The strategy was chemically validated
using well-characterized N-glycans from bovine fetuin and IgG from
human serum. By comparing the N-glycomes from a first morning (AM)
versus an afternoon (PM) urine sample obtained from a single donor,
we further demonstrated the ability of DRAG strategy to measure subtle
quantitative differences in numerous urinary N-glycans.
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- Hui Zhou
- Department of Urology and The Proteomics Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Peng Y, Xu X. Detection of sialylated N-Linked glycans by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11859-014-1008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thaysen-Andersen M, Larsen MR, Packer NH, Palmisano G. Structural analysis of glycoprotein sialylation – Part I: pre-LC-MS analytical strategies. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42960a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Kaneshiro K, Watanabe M, Terasawa K, Uchimura H, Fukuyama Y, Iwamoto S, Sato TA, Shimizu K, Tsujimoto G, Tanaka K. Rapid quantitative profiling of N-glycan by the glycan-labeling method using 3-aminoquinoline/α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid. Anal Chem 2012; 84:7146-51. [PMID: 22830976 DOI: 10.1021/ac301484f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Protein glycosylation is a crucial phenomenon for understanding protein functions, since its patterns and degree are associated with many biological processes, such as intercellular signaling and immune response. We previously reported a novel glycan-labeling method using a 3-ainoquinoline/α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (3-AQ/CHCA) liquid matrix for highly sensitive detection by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-mass spectrometry (MS). In the present study, we examined the practicality of this method for qualitative and quantitative glycan profile analysis. We first investigated the reproducibility of the data for 16 N-glycans prepared from human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2). All of the data obtained in intra-assays and interassays were highly correlated with statistical significance (R(2) > 0.9, p < 0.05). In addition, the HER2 glycosylation pattern differed significantly between different breast cancer cell lines SK-BR-3 and BT474 in a comparative analysis of profile data. Finally, the quantitative capability of this method was examined by using PA-labeled monosialylated N-glycan as an internal standard (IS). Using IS for AQ-labeled neutral and sialylated standard glycans, the ion peak intensity was highly linear (R(2) > 0.9) from 0.5 to 5000 fmol. Furthermore, using IS for HER2 N-glycans, all of the N-glycans were highly linear with their dilution factors (R(2) > 0.9). These results suggest that our developed AQ labeling method enabled rapid qualitative and quantitative analyses of glycans. This glycan analysis method should contribute to the field of biomarker discovery and biomedicine in applications such as quality control of biotechnology-based drugs.
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- Kaoru Kaneshiro
- Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan.
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Recent advances in sialic acid-focused glycomics. J Proteomics 2012; 75:3098-112. [PMID: 22513219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Recent emergences of glycobiology, glycotechnology and glycomics have been clarifying enormous roles of carbohydrates in biological recognition systems. For example, cell surface carbohydrates existing as glycoconjugates (glycolipids, glycoproteins and proteoglycans) play crucial roles in cell-cell communication, cell proliferation and differentiation, tumor metastasis, inflammatory response or viral infection. In particular, sialic acids (SAs) existing as terminal residues in carbohydrate chains on cell surface are involved in signal recognition and adhesion to ligands, antibodies, enzymes and microbes. In addition, plasma free SAs and sialoglycans have shown great potential for disease biomarker discovery. Therefore, the development of efficient analytical methods for structural and functional studies of SAs and sialylglycans are very important and highly demanded. The problems of SAs and sialylglycans analysis are vanishingly small sample amount, complicated and unstable structures, and complex mixtures. Nevertheless, in the past decade, mass spectrometry in combination with chemical derivatization and modern separation methodologies has become a powerful and versatile technique for structural analysis of SAs and sialylglycans. This review summarizes these recent advances in glycomic studies on SAs and sialylglycans. Specially, derivatization and capturing of SAs and sialylglycans combined with mass spectrometry analysis are highlighted.
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Negative-ion MALDI-MS2 for discrimination of α2,3- and α2,6-sialylation on glycopeptides labeled with a pyrene derivative. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:1419-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liu X, Qiu H, Lee RK, Chen W, Li J. Methylamidation for sialoglycomics by MALDI-MS: a facile derivatization strategy for both α2,3- and α2,6-linked sialic acids. Anal Chem 2011; 82:8300-6. [PMID: 20831242 DOI: 10.1021/ac101831t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Neutralization of carboxylic acid is an important means to avoid sialic acid dissociation when sialylated glycans are analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). In this paper, we describe a simple and rapid method to modify the sialic acids of sialylated glycans in the presence of methylamine and (7-azabenzotriazol-1-yloxy) trispyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyAOP). After methylamidation, sialylated glycans can be analyzed by MALDI-MS without loss of the sialic acid moiety. The electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and MALDI-MS analysis of both 3'- and 6'-sialyllactose derivatives indicated that the quantitative conversion of sialic acids was achieved, regardless of their linkage types. This derivatization strategy was further validated with the N-glycans released from three standard glycoproteins (fetuin, human acid glycoprotein, and bovine acid glycoprotein) containing different types of complex glycans. Most importantly, this derivatization method enabled the successful characterization of N-glycans of sera from different species (human, mouse, and rat) by MALDI-MS. Because of the mild reaction conditions, the modification in sialic acid residues can be retained. This improvement makes it possible to detect sialylated glycans containing O-acetylated sialic acid moieties using MALDI-MS in positive-ion mode.
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- Xin Liu
- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Alley WR, Novotny MV. Glycomic analysis of sialic acid linkages in glycans derived from blood serum glycoproteins. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:3062-72. [PMID: 20345175 PMCID: PMC2922414 DOI: 10.1021/pr901210r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A number of alterations to the normal glycomic profile have been previously described for a number of diseases and disorders, thus underscoring the medical importance of studying the glycans associated with proteins present in biological samples. An important alteration in cancer progression is an increased level of alpha2,6-sialylation, which aids in increasing the metastatic potential of tumor cells. Here we report a glycomic method that selectively amidates alpha2,6-linked sialic acids, while those that are alpha2,3-linked undergo spontaneous lactonization. Following subsequent permethylation, MALDI-TOF MS analysis revealed that many sialylated glycans present on glycoproteins found in blood serum featured increased levels of alpha2,6-sialylation in breast cancer samples. On the basis of the altered ratios of alpha2,3-linked to alpha2,6-linked sialic acids, many of these glycans became diagnostically relevant when they did not act as such indicators when based on traditional glycomic profiling alone.
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- William R. Alley
- National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 47405
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- National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 47405
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An HJ, Lebrilla CB. Suppression of sialylated by sulfated oligosaccharides in negative MALDI-FTMS. Isr J Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1560/n390-tjrb-u607-fqpc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Suzuki H, Kameyama A, Tachibana K, Narimatsu H, Fukui K. Computationally and Experimentally Derived General Rules for Fragmentation of Various Glycosyl Bonds in Sodium Adduct Oligosaccharides. Anal Chem 2008; 81:1108-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ac802230a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hiroaki Suzuki
- Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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Toyoda M, Ito H, Matsuno YK, Narimatsu H, Kameyama A. Quantitative derivatization of sialic acids for the detection of sialoglycans by MALDI MS. Anal Chem 2008; 80:5211-8. [PMID: 18484736 DOI: 10.1021/ac800457a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recently, glycans have been recognized as valuable biomarkers for various disease states. In particular, sialoglycans, which have sialic acids at their terminal end, are likely to have relevance to diseases such as cancer and inflammation. Mass spectrometry (MS) has become an indispensable tool for biomarker discovery. However, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) MS of sialoglycans normally causes loss of sialic acid. Methylesterification or amidation of carboxyl functionality in sialic acid has been reported to suppress the loss of sialic acids. We found that the modifications of alpha2,3-linked sialic acids proceed less efficiently than those at alpha2,6-linkages. Furthermore, the modifications of the alpha2,3-linked sialic acids are incomplete. This variability in the extent of derivatization presents a major problem in terms of glycan biomarker discovery using MALDI MS. In this study, we developed a novel amidation using acetohydrazide which can completely modify both types of linkages of sialoglycans. With the use of this method, we demonstrate MS profiling of N-linked glycans released from a bovine fetuin which is rich in alpha2,3-linked sialic acids.
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- Masaaki Toyoda
- Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update covering the period 1999-2000. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2006; 25:595-662. [PMID: 16642463 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This review describes the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry for the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and continues coverage of the field from the previous review published in 1999 (D. J. Harvey, Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of carbohydrates, 1999, Mass Spectrom Rev, 18:349-451) for the period 1999-2000. As MALDI mass spectrometry is acquiring the status of a mature technique in this field, there has been a greater emphasis on applications rather than to method development as opposed to the previous review. The present review covers applications to plant-derived carbohydrates, N- and O-linked glycans from glycoproteins, glycated proteins, mucins, glycosaminoglycans, bacterial glycolipids, glycosphingolipids, glycoglycerolipids and related compounds, and glycosides. Applications of MALDI mass spectrometry to the study of enzymes acting on carbohydrates (glycosyltransferases and glycosidases) and to the synthesis of carbohydrates, are also covered.
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- David J Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
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Pan GG, Melton LD. Analysis of sialyl oligosaccharides by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry with differentiation of α2-3 and α2-6 sialyl linkages. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1077:136-42. [PMID: 16001549 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.04.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A method for analysing sialyl oligosaccharides from bovine colostrum using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) is described. Under positive ionisation mode, mass spectra of alpha2-3 and alpha2-6 linkages were different, and the former produced a prominent B2 (or B3 in disialyl lactose) mass fragment. This fragment was absent from mass spectra with alpha2-6 linkages. Two sialyl oligosaccharides, which have not been reported previously, were tentatively identified. One comprises a N-acetyl neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), two hexoses (Hex), and one N-acetyl hexosamine (HexNAc) residue ((Neu5Ac)1 (Hex)2 (HexNAc)1), and the other comprises one Neu5Ac and one Hex residue ((Neu5Ac)1(Hex)1).
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- Geoffrey Ge Pan
- Food Science Programmes, Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Rd., Down Town Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Glycosylation is a common post-translational modification to cell surface and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins as well as to lipids. As a result, cells carry a dense coat of carbohydrates on their surfaces that mediates a wide variety of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions that are crucial to development and function. Because of the historical difficulties with the analysis of complex carbohydrate structures, a detailed understanding of their roles in biology has been slow to develop. Just as mass spectrometry has proven to be the core technology behind proteomics, it stands to play a similar role in the study of functional implications of carbohydrate expression, known as glycomics. This review summarizes the state of knowledge for the mass spectrometric analysis of oligosaccharides with regard to neutral, sialylated, and sulfated compound classes. Mass spectrometric techniques for the ionization and fragmentation of oligosaccharides are discussed so as to give the reader the background to make informed decisions to solve structure-activity relations in glycomics.
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- Joseph Zaia
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St., R-806, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
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Leavell MD, Leary JA. Stabilization and linkage analysis of metal-ligated sialic acid containing oligosaccharides. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2001; 12:528-536. [PMID: 11349950 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(01)00238-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The dissociation of metal-ligated sialyllactose and sialyl-N-acetyllactosamine was investigated. Metal-ligand derivatization of the carbohydrate samples with the diethylenetriamine ligand and one of four transition metals [Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II)] suppressed sialic acid loss in the collision-induced dissociation process. Suppression of sialic acid loss allows sialic acid linkage information to be gained through tandem mass spectrometry. Sialic acid stabilization is postulated to occur due to the doubly charged metal ion which allows for deprotonation of the sialic acid moiety. Furthermore, a connection between the metal center and the amount of sialic acid loss was found. These results were rationalized using the Irving-Williams series and a competition between different sites of deprotonation. Analysis of the product ion spectra showed a clear differentiation of sialic acid linkage. Linkage determination is proposed to be effective due to the available conformations allowed by the different linkages. A more flexible linkage will allow more coordination of the sialic acid residue with the metal center, whereas a less flexible linkage will make this interaction unlikely.
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- M D Leavell
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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