Qualitative and quantitative characterization of sialylated N-glycans using three fluorophores, two columns, and two instrumentations

Analytical Biochemistry
Wooseok KimHa Hyung Kim

Abstract

Sialylation can influence the stability, half-life, and immunogenicity of glycoproteins, but sialylated N-glycans are known to be difficult to analyze. Human alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is reported to have glycans that consist of sialylated N-glycans. The N-glycan profiling of AGP is qualitatively and quantitatively investigated here by UPLC and LC-ESI-MS/MS. Three fluorescent tags (AB, AA, and ProA) and two separation columns (HILIC and AEX-HILIC) were adopted to confirm and compare each analytical characteristic. The results of AA were comparable to those of the well-established AB. The qualification of ProA was notable due to its superior fluorescence intensity and ionization efficiency, and ProA showed smaller quantitative or larger-sized fragments in LC-ESI-MS/MS compared to AB and AA. However, the MS quantification of ProA was distorted because the increased sialylation level decreased the LC-ESI-MS/MS ionization efficiency. HILIC had better peak separability, AEX-HILIC had an advantage in UPLC sialylation profiling, and each isomeric glycan could be identified by both columns in LC-ESI-MS/MS. In conclusion, ProA is favored for UPLC and LC-ESI-MS/MS detection but not reliable for MS quantification. This study firstly d...Continue Reading

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