Zwitterionic-hydrophilic interaction capillary liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for the characterization of human alpha-acid-glycoprotein N-glycan isomers

In this work, a μZIC-HILIC-MS/MS methodology was established in negative ion mode for the characterization of glycan isomers. The possibility to separate the glycan isomers by the μZIC-HILIC strategy coupled to a high resolution tandem mass spectrometry detection permitted us to obtain valuable info...

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Autores: Mancera Arteu, Montserrat, Giménez López, Estela, Barbosa Torralbo, José, Peracaula, R., Sanz Nebot, María Victoria
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/226073
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/226073
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Isòtops
Espectrometria de masses
Glicoproteïnes
Isotopes
Mass spectrometry
Glycoproteins
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Resumo:In this work, a μZIC-HILIC-MS/MS methodology was established in negative ion mode for the characterization of glycan isomers. The possibility to separate the glycan isomers by the μZIC-HILIC strategy coupled to a high resolution tandem mass spectrometry detection permitted us to obtain valuable information about each glycan structure. The most important diagnostic ion fragments previously described to characterize structural features of glycans, were evaluated in this study using hAGP as model glycoprotein. The assignation of hAGP glycan isomers performed in our previous work using the GRIL strategy in combination with exoglycosidase digestion [1] was used in this paper to confirm or discard some ion fragments reported in the literature and delve into the structural characterization of glycan isomers. Sialic acid as well as fucose linkage-type glycan isomers were assigned using this approach and daughter ions with higher diagnostic value were determined. The location of α2-3/α2-6 sialic acids on antennas and a deeper characterization of several highly sialylated tri- and tetraantennary glycans was also possible using the established MS/MS method. Moreover, relying on the characterization performed in Ref. [1], core and antenna fucosylation were differentiated in this work using specific ion fragments obtained in the tandem mass spectra. This methodology was also applied to hAGP purified from control and pathological serum samples, which corroborated its robustness and its potential for finding novel glycan-based biomarkers in patho-glycomic studies.