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Anan G, Nitta T, Kanoh H, Sato M, Inokuchi JI. Perioperative changes in ganglioside monosialodihexosylganglioside (GM3) molecular species for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a preliminary report. Transl Androl Urol 2024; 13:104-108. [PMID: 38404559 PMCID: PMC10891385 DOI: 10.21037/tau-23-414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) progresses with age and is associated with chronic inflammation. We focused on the relationship between BPH and ganglioside monosialodihexosylganglioside (GM3), a sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipid that is involved in chronic inflammation. GM3 molecular species would have a significant role in regulating inflammatory processes. In this prospective study, preoperative and postoperative serum samples were obtained from patients who underwent holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) for BPH. Preoperative and postoperative measurements of serum GM3 species were performed one month before and three months after HoLEP. Twenty-three patients were included in the study. The average patient age was 75 years, and the average prostate volume was 66 mL. The average weight of the surgically resected prostate tissue was 42 g. At three months after HoLEP, the serum concentration of GM3 species was found to have decreased after HoLEP compared with the preoperative concentration of GM3 species. Six GM3 species such as d18:1-17:0 [C17 acyl chain (-17:0) linked to a C18 sphingosine base with a double bond (d18:1-) by an amide linkage], were significantly reduced. The sample size was small; therefore, this study showed only preliminary results and could not evaluate prostate tissue inflammation. This study showed that the serum concentrations of several GM3 species, which indicate chronic inflammation, may be significantly reduced after BPH surgery.
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- Go Anan
- Department of Urology, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
- Institute for Environmental and Gender-Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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Jin X, Yang GY. Pathophysiological roles and applications of glycosphingolipids in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer diseases. Prog Lipid Res 2023; 91:101241. [PMID: 37524133 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2023.101241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are major amphiphilic glycolipids present on the surface of living cell membranes. They have important biological functions, including maintaining plasma membrane stability, regulating signal transduction, and mediating cell recognition and adhesion. Specific GSLs and related enzymes are abnormally expressed in many cancer diseases and affect the malignant characteristics of tumors. The regulatory roles of GSLs in signaling pathways suggest that they are involved in tumor pathogenesis. GSLs have therefore been widely studied as diagnostic markers of cancer diseases and important targets of immunotherapy. This review describes the tumor-related biological functions of GSLs and systematically introduces recent progress in using diverse GSLs and related enzymes to diagnose and treat tumor diseases. Development of drugs and biomarkers for personalized cancer therapy based on GSL structure is also discussed. These advances, combined with recent progress in the preparation of GSLs derivatives through synthetic biology technologies, suggest a strong future for the use of customized GSL libraries in treating human diseases.
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- Xuefeng Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences and the People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Suteanu-Simulescu A, Sarbu M, Ica R, Petrica L, Zamfir AD. Ganglioside analysis in body fluids by liquid-phase separation techniques hyphenated to mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2023; 44:501-520. [PMID: 36416190 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202200229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The expression of gangliosides in central nervous system is a few times higher than in the extraneural tissue, a characteristic highlighting their major role at this level. Although in very low amounts, gangliosides are ubiquitously distributed in body fluids too, where, depending on many factors, including pathological states, their composition fluctuates, thus having diagnostic value. Ganglioside investigation in biological fluids, which, except for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), may be sampled noninvasively, was for years impeded by the limited sensitivity of the analytical instrumentation available in glycomics. However, because the last decade has witnessed significant developments in biological mass spectrometry (MS) and the hyphenated separation techniques, marked by a major increase in sensitivity, reproducibility, and data reliability, ganglioside research started to be focused on biofluid analysis by separation techniques coupled to MS. In this context, our review presents the achievements in this emerging field of gangliosidomics, with a particular emphasis on modern liquid chromatography (LC), thin-layer chromatography, hydrophilic interaction LC, and ion mobility separation coupled to high-performance MS, as well as the results generated by these systems and allied experimental procedures in profiling and structural analysis of gangliosides in healthy or diseased body fluids, such as CSF, plasma/serum, and milk.
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- Anca Suteanu-Simulescu
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Nephrology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.,Department of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania.,Centre for Molecular Research in Nephrology and Vascular Disease, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania.,Department of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Nephrology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.,Department of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania.,Centre for Molecular Research in Nephrology and Vascular Disease, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.,Department of Neurosciences, Centre for Cognitive Research in Neuropsychiatric Pathology (NeuroPsy-Cog), "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Condensed Matter, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania.,Department of Technical and Natural Sciences, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Arad, Romania
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Chiang PY, Adak AK, Liang WL, Tsai CY, Tseng HK, Cheng JY, Hwu JR, Yu AL, Hung JT, Lin CC. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Globo-series Glycosphingolipids and Evaluation of Their Immunosuppressive Activities. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200403. [PMID: 35616406 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) play essential roles in many important biological processes, making them attractive synthetic targets. In this paper, a viable chemoenzymatic method is described for the synthesis of globo-series GSLs, namely, Gb4, Gb5, SSEA-4, and Globo H. The strategy uses a chemically synthesized lactoside acceptor equipped with a partial ceramide structure that is uniquely extended by glycosyltransferases in a highly efficient one-pot multiple engyme (OPME) procedure. A direct and quantitative conversion of Gb4 sphingosine to Globo H sphingosine is achieved by performing two-sequential OPME glycosylations. A reduction and N -acylation protocol allows facile incorporation of various fatty acids into the lipid portions of the GSLs. The chemically well-defined lipid-modified Globo H-GSLs displayed some differences in their immunosuprressive activities, which may benefit the structural modifications of Globo h ceramides in finding new types of immunosuppressive agents. The strategy outlined in this work should be applicable to rapid access to other complex GSLs.
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- Pei-Yun Chiang
- National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Departemnt of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- Chang Gung University, Institute of Stem Cell and Translational Cancer Research, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, TAIWAN
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- Chang Gung University, Institute of Stem Cell and Translational Cancer Research, TAIWAN
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- Chang Gung University, Institute of Stem Cell and Translational Cancer Research, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Department of chemistry, 101 Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd, 30013, Hsinchu, TAIWAN
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Pherez-Farah A, López-Sánchez RDC, Villela-Martínez LM, Ortiz-López R, Beltrán BE, Hernández-Hernández JA. Sphingolipids and Lymphomas: A Double-Edged Sword. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:2051. [PMID: 35565181 PMCID: PMC9104519 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14092051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Lymphomas are a highly heterogeneous group of hematological neoplasms. Given their ethiopathogenic complexity, their classification and management can become difficult tasks; therefore, new approaches are continuously being sought. Metabolic reprogramming at the lipid level is a hot topic in cancer research, and sphingolipidomics has gained particular focus in this area due to the bioactive nature of molecules such as sphingoid bases, sphingosine-1-phosphate, ceramides, sphingomyelin, cerebrosides, globosides, and gangliosides. Sphingolipid metabolism has become especially exciting because they are involved in virtually every cellular process through an extremely intricate metabolic web; in fact, no two sphingolipids share the same fate. Unsurprisingly, a disruption at this level is a recurrent mechanism in lymphomagenesis, dissemination, and chemoresistance, which means potential biomarkers and therapeutical targets might be hiding within these pathways. Many comprehensive reviews describing their role in cancer exist, but because most research has been conducted in solid malignancies, evidence in lymphomagenesis is somewhat limited. In this review, we summarize key aspects of sphingolipid biochemistry and discuss their known impact in cancer biology, with a particular focus on lymphomas and possible therapeutical strategies against them.
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- Alfredo Pherez-Farah
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey 64710, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 80030, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Hospital Fernando Ocaranza, ISSSTE, Hermosillo 83190, Sonora, Mexico
- Centro Médico Dr. Ignacio Chávez, ISSSTESON, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey 64710, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima 15072, Peru
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima 1801, Peru
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Wang W, Li T, Li Z, Wang H, Liu X. Differential lipidomics of HK-2 cells and exosomes under high glucose stimulation. Int J Med Sci 2022; 19:393-401. [PMID: 35165524 PMCID: PMC8795806 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.67326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Abnormal cellular lipid metabolism has a very important role in the occurrence and progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, the lipid composition and differential expression by high glucose stimulation of renal tubular cells and their exosomes, which is a vital part of the development of DKD, are largely unknown. In this study, based on targeted lipid analysis by isotope labeling and tandem mass spectrometry, a total of 421 and 218 lipid species were quantified in HK-2 cells and exosomes, respectively. More importantly, results showed that GM3 d18:1/22:0, GM3 d18:1/16:0, GM3 d18:0/16:0, GM3 d18:1/22:1 were significantly increased, while LPE18:1, LPE, CL66:4 (16:1), BMP36:3, CL70:7 (16:1), CL74:8 (16:1) were significantly decreased in high glucose-stimulated HK-2 cells. Also, PG36:1, FFA22:5, PC38:3, SM d18:1/16:1, CE-16:1, CE-18:3, CE-20:5, and CE-22:6 were significantly increased, while GM3 d18:1/24:1, GM3 were significantly decreased in exosomes secreted by high glucose-stimulated HK-2 cells. Furthermore, TAG, PC, CL were decreased significantly in the exosomes comparing with the HK-2 cells, and LPA18:2, LPI22:5, PG32:2, FFA16:1, GM3 d18:1/18:1, GM3 d18:1/20:1, GM3 d18:0/20:0, PC40:6p, TAG52:1(18:1), TAG52:0(18:0), CE-20:5, CE-20:4, CE-22:6 were only found in exosomes. In addition, the expression of PI4P in HK-2 cells decreased under a high glucose state. These data may be useful to provide new targets for exploring the mechanisms of DKD.
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- Weidong Wang
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110001
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110001
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110001
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110001
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China, 110001
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Engel KM, Dzyuba V, Dzyuba B, Schiller J. Different glycolipids in sperm from different freshwater fishes - A high-performance thin-layer chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry study. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34:e8875. [PMID: 32621632 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Glycolipids play important roles in many physiological processes - despite their commonly low abundance. This study summarizes selected data on the (glyco)lipid composition of sperm from different fish species. METHODS Lipid extraction of fish sperm was performed according to the procedure by Bligh and Dyer. The lipid composition of the organic extracts was analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) and electrospray ionization ion trap (ESI-IT)MS coupled to high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC). RESULTS It was shown that sperm from carp, northern pike, rainbow trout and burbot contain high amounts of neutral and acidic glycosphingolipids as well as sulfoglycolipids. These particular lipids are presumably involved in reproduction requirements. CONCLUSIONS Phospholipids and glycolipids in crude lipid extracts can be analyzed in parallel by MS coupled to TLC. The direct application of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) helps to elucidate the glycolipid structure. Thus, compositional analysis can be performed very rapidly.
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- Kathrin M Engel
- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Härtelstr. 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia, South Bohemian Research Centre for Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia, South Bohemian Research Centre for Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Härtelstr. 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
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Sarbu M, Ica R, Petrut A, Vukelić Ž, Munteanu CVA, Petrescu AJ, Zamfir AD. Gangliosidome of human anencephaly: A high resolution multistage mass spectrometry study. Biochimie 2019; 163:142-151. [PMID: 31201844 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Widely dispersed throughout the entire body tissues, gangliosides (GGs) are essential components of neuronal cell membranes, where exhibit a vital role in neuronal function and brain development, directly influencing the neural tube formation, neurogenesis, neurotransmission, etc. Due to several factors, partial or complete closing faults of the fetal neural tube may occur in the first trimester of pregnancy, generating a series of neural tube defects (NTD), among which anencephaly. The absence in anencephaly of the forebrain and skull bones determines the exposure to the amniotic fluid of the remaining brain tissue and the spinal cord, causing the degeneration of the nervous system tissue. Based on the previously achieved information related to the direct alteration of neural development with deficient concentration of several GGs, a systematic and comparative mass spectrometry (MS) mapping assay on GGs originating from fetuses in different intrauterine developmental stages, i.e. the 29th (denoted An29), 35th (An35) and the 37th (An37) gestational weeks was here conducted. Our approach, based on Orbitrap MS under high sensitivity, resolution and mass accuracy conditions, enabled for the first time the nanoelectrospray ionization, detection and identification of over 150 glycoforms, mainly novel, polysialylated species. Such a pattern, specific for incipient developmental stages reliably documents the brain development stagnation, characteristic for anencephaly. Further, the fragmentation MS2-MS3 experiments by collision induced dissociation (CID) confirmed the incidence in all three samples of GT2(d18:1/16:2) as a potential biomarker. Therefore, this fingerprinting of the anencephalic gangliosidome may serve in development of approaches for routine screening and early diagnosis.
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- Mirela Sarbu
- National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, Romania; "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Arad, Romania.
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