ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2022
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IF 6.911
Yan Cai,Weifu Ren,Haiyan Wang,Qi Bian
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a common and serious kidney-related complication of diabetic mellitus. Although albuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are commonly used diagnostic biomarkers, they have limitations in the diagnosis of DKD due to the lack of specificity and sensitivity. Urinary N-glycans are emerging as novel biomarkers for predicting renal prognosis in DKD. However, most of the current N-glycan profiling methods for DKD were based on lectin affinity enrichment or hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) with optical detection, which provided limited N-glycome coverage in low throughput. Herein, we developed a novel N-glycan purification method, termed Ultrafast Glycoprotein Immobilization for Glycan extraction (UltraGIG), for in-depth profiling of urinary N-glycome in DKD using mass spectrometry (MS). In UltraGIG, proteins were rapidly (within 40 min) immobilized to resin with high efficiency (over 98%) through NHS-reactive chemistry , and then N-glycans were enzymatically released from the resin by PNGase F. Owing to good efficiency of immobilization of proteins to resin, the subsequent washing steps to remove proteins and other impurities could be easily performed. The UltraGIG showed good selectivity towards glycans (extracting N-glycans from the mixture of IgG and BSA at a 1:100 M ratio) and samples loss was minimized (detection sensitivity at fmol level). A total of 237 N-glycan compositions were identified from urine samples with DKD and healthy controls, which representing the largest data set of N-glycome from DKD. Compared to healthy controls, 3 N-glycans were up-regulated and 14 N-glycans were down-regulated in DKD patients. Collectively, UltraGIG offers a competitive sample purification method for in-depth analysis of urinary N-glycome by MS and provide new insights into biomarker study for the diagnosis of DKD.
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医学
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生物化学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2020
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IF 5.977
Sha Liu,Xiaoteng Jiang,Zhi Shang,Yin Ji,Huiyu Wang,Zeyuan Wang,Peng Wang,Yan Zhang,Hua Xiao
Glycoproteins are important biomarkers for cancers, while most glycoproteomics biomarkers suffering from low sensitivity and specificity due to their uncharacterized glycan structures. AZGP1 is a potential biomarker for salivary diagnostics of lung cancer, which is used as a model glycoprotein in this study for method development. We initially analyzed salivary N-glycoproteome by using lectin affinity chromatography and more than 300 N-glycoproteins were identified, including AZGP1. 7 gel spots of AZGP1 were resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and further confirmed by two-dimensional western blot as well as mass spectrometry. The isomeric glycan structures of AZGP1 in these spots were systematically characterized both at composition level and at structure level. Our results revealed 10 glycan compositions for salivary AZGP1, including core fucosylated glycans on Asn128 and sialylated glycans on Asn109 and Asn112. We further compared the glycan structures of salivary AZGP1 from lung cancer group and control group. Accordingly, 14 and 7 potential glycan structures were successfully revealed, respectively. In total, 15 glycan compositions and 22 potential glycan structures were identified and characterized for AZGP1, including some different structures with the same compositions. In particular, 5 potential glycan structures were identified as lung cancer unique signatures. Our developed strategy holds promise for thorough identification of glycan structures on a target glycoprotein biomarker. In-depth characterization of its glycan structures will ultimately enhance its sensitivity and specificity for cancer detection.
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生物化学
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癌症研究
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蛋白质组学
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ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 2.6
Cheng Li,Qinghui Chen,Jinqiao Rong,Houde He,Yu Lu,Yuxia Liu,Zhongfu Wang
As the main active glycoprotein of egg white, the biological functions of chicken ovomucin α- and β-subunit are closely related to the structure of glycans. However, the exact composition and structure of the subunit glycans are still unknown. We obtained highly pure chicken ovomucin α-subunit and β-subunit protein bands by the strategy combined with two-step isoelectric precipitation and SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis. The ammonia-catalyzed one-pot procedure was then used to release and capture α-and β-subunit protein glycans with 1-phenyl- 3-Methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP). The N / O -glycans of bis-PMP derivatives were purified and analyzed by LC-MS. More importantly, an effective dual modification was performed to accurately quantify neutral and sialylated O -glycans through methylamidation of sialic acid residues and simultaneously through carbonyl condensation reactions of reducing ends with PMP. We first showed that the α-subunit protein has only N -glycosylation modification, and the β-subunit only O -glycosylation, a total of 22 N -glycans and 20 O -glycans were identified in the α- and β-subunit, respectively. In addition, the complex N -glycan (47 %) and the sialylated O -glycan (77 %) are each major types of the above subunits. Such findings in this study provide a basis for studying the functional and biological activities of chicken ovomucin glycans.
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生物化学
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糖生物学
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蛋白质组学
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2011
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IF 5.874
Hongqiang Qin,Liang Zhao,Ruibin Li,Ren’an Wu,Hanfa Zou
Many diseases are characterized by the changes of either glycan structure or glycosylation site of glycoproteins. The glycan profiling can provide the overview of glycosylation in despite of the absence of the glycosylation sites, which in turn simplifies the complexity of disease diagnosis. Herein, we describe a simple method to profile the N-linked glycans by MALDI-TOF MS with the enrichment using oxidized ordered mesoporous carbon, taking advantages of the size-exclusive effect of mesopore against proteins as well as the interaction between glycans and carbon. Twenty four N-linked glycans derived from ovalbumin could be efficiently detected with high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios and sufficient peak intensities. In the analysis of complex serum samples, 32 N-linked glycans could be profiled, and 5 (4 core-fucosylated glycans) of them were distinguished from liver cancer and healthy samples.
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分析化学
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生物医学
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蛋白质组学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2017
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IF 4.95
Chang Wang,Yike Wu,Liang Zhang,Bi-Feng Liu,Yawei Lin,Xin Liu
Quantitative analysis of glycans is an emerging field in glycomic research. Herein we present a rapid and effective dual-labeling strategy, in the combination of isotopic derivatization of N -glycosylamine-based glycans by d0/d5-benzoyl chloride and methylamidation of sialic acids , to relatively quantify both neutral and sialylated N -glycans simultaneously by MALDI-MS. The derivatization efficiencies were increased by microwave-accelerated deglycosylation which not only largely reduce the time of glycoprotein deglycosylation but also inhibit the hydrolysis of intermediate glycosylamines produced by PNGase F digestion. Three model glycoproteins, including RNase B, bovine fetuin and IgG from human serum, were applied to validate this technique. Results showed that the glycans from microgram level of glycoprotein can be successfully quantified with high reproducibility and the whole time of analytical procedure was shortened to 4 h. Furthermore, this proposed method was applied for the comparative analysis of N -glycans from serum of healthy donors and multiple myeloma patients. It was found that five N -glycans may be as the potential biomarkers for rapid detection of early multiple myeloma, indicating the feasibility of this strategy in monitoring subtle quantitative differences of serum glycomics.
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生物化学
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医学诊断
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糖组学
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 57
·35687-35693
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IF 3.108
Wenjie Gao,Yanhua Jiang,Zhihui Zhang,Yifang Zhang,Yanyan Liu,Yanhong Zhou,Xin Liu
Conventional protocols for cellular N-glycan profiling often need several time-consuming and labor-intensive steps, and a large amount of material (5–20 × 106 cells) is required. In this study, an optimized co-derivatization method was applied for convenient, rapid and highly-sensitive analysis of cellular N-glycan. Taking human cervical carcinoma cells (HeLa) as a model, the required amount for comprehensive cellular N-glycans analysis was reduced down to an original cell number of 105 and the total analysis time was decreased from several days to several hours. Good reproducibility of the method was also obtained with the CV averaging to less than 13.1%. In addition, compared to permethylation derivatization, more than 5-fold sensitivity improvement was achieved and more concise and clear mass spectra were obtained with the new developed method. As a preliminary study, this method was also successfully applied to reveal the difference in cellular N-glycan profiling of two heterogeneous live cell lines, human normal liver cells (L-02) and human hepatocyte carcinoma cells (HepG2), showing great potential for high-throughput analysis of N-glycans from limited cell samples, such as primary cell lines, cells obtained from cell sorting and small size cancer specimens.
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生物化学
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分析化学
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医学研究
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CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH
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2018
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IF 2.074
Ting Wang,Shen-Li Zheng,Li Liu,Josef Voglmeir
PNGases are crucial targets and valuable tools in analyzing asparagine-linked carbohydrate moieties (N-glycans) of glycoproteins . Activity tests of PNGases have been little improved since their discovery four decades ago, and still rely on observing deglycosylation patterns of glycoproteins or glycopeptides using SDS-PAGE or HPLC analysis. These techniques cannot be easily adapted for automated sampling and high-throughput procedures. Herein, we describe a PNGase activity assay which relies on the conversion of WST-1, a yellowish, water-soluble tetrazolium dye (sodium 2-(4-Iodophenyl)-3-(4-nitro-phenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolate), into a blue formazan dye. In this work, we showed that WST-1 could be reduced by N-glycans, which were enzymatically released from glycoprotein substrates. After optimization of the assay conditions, the robustness of the method was challenged by quantifying the activity of various PNGase isoforms at different purification stages using a microwell plate reader. Furthermore, the assay could be used to obtain steady-state kinetics of PNGase H + wild-type and mutant variants, which showed significant differences in their enzymatic reaction rates. The simplicity and robustness of this method might be of benefit for the detection of PNGase activity in routine applications of large amounts of samples.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 415
·期 23
·5575-5588
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IF 4.3
Liu Yuanyuan,Han Yutong,Zhu Wenjie,Luo Qingming,Yuan Jing,Liu Xin
Glycosylation is one of the most common types of post-translational modifications in mammals. It is well known that N-glycans play a key role in cell adhesion, differentiation, synapsis, and myelination during the development of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Neuropathological symptoms (such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease) are usually accompanied by N-glycosylation changes. In this study, we extracted N-glycan chains from eight regions of the mouse brain, and combined high-throughput, high-resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS) with the Fmoc N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (Fmoc-OSU) derivatization method to improve the sensitivity of glycan detection to characterize the total N-glycans in the mouse brain. A total of 96 N-glycan moieties were detected. An exhaustive examination of the relative abundance of N-glycans, coupled with a comparative analysis of differences, has uncovered discernible variations of statistical significance, including high mannose, fucosylated, sialylated, and galactosylated N-glycans. According to our investigations, a thorough and regionally specific cartography of glycans within the brain can facilitate the investigation of glycan-mediated mechanisms related to both the developmental trajectory and functional output of the brain. Additionally, this approach may serve as a basis for identifying potential biomarkers that are relevant to various brain-associated pathologies. Graphical Abstract
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生物化学
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神经科学
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分子生物学
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GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
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2018
·Vol. 35
·期 4
·411-420
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IF 2.548
Wang Chengjian,Yang Meifang,Gao Xi,Li Cheng,Zou Zihua,Han Jianli,Huang Linjuan,Wang Zhongfu
Despite the great significance of release and analysis of glycans from glycoproteins, the existing N -glycan release methods are undermined by some limitations and deficiencies. The traditional enzymatic protocols feature high N -glycan release specificity but are generally costly and inefficient for some types of N -glycans. The existing chemical methods require harsh reaction conditions or are accompanied by the remarkable formation of by-products. Herein, we describe a versatile chemical method for the release and analysis of N -glycans from glycoproteins. This method differs from the existing methods as only aqueous ammonia is used to catalyze the N -glycan release reactions. Optimization of reaction conditions was performed using RNase B as a model glycoprotein and the obtained results indicated a highest N -glycan yield in ammonia at 60 °C for 16 h. Comparison of this method with traditional enzymatic protocols and recently reported NaClO methods confirmed the good reliability and efficiency of the novel approach. We also successfully applied this method to some complex biological samples, such as Ginkgo seed protein, fetal bovine serum (FBS) and hen egg white, and demonstrated its great compatibility with various neutral N -glycans, core α-1,3-fucosylated N -glycans and sialylated N -glycans. This method is very simple and cost-effective, enabling convenient analysis and large-scale preparation of released reducing N- glycans from various biological samples for structural and functional glycomics studies.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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分析化学
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Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments
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2018
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IF 1.184
Ya-Min Du,Shen-Li Zheng,Li Liu,Josef Voglmeir,Gabriel Yedid
In recent years, the carbohydrate moieties of plants have received considerable attention, as they are a potential source of cross-reactive, allergy-provoking immune responses. In addition, carbohydrate structures also play a critical role in plant metabolism. Here, we present a simple and rapid method for preparing and analyzing N-glycans from different cultivars of radish (Raphanus sativus) using an N-glycanase specific for the release of plant-derived carbohydrate structures. To achieve this, crude trichloroacetic acid precipitates of radish homogenates were treated with PNGase H+, and labeled using 2-aminobenzamide as a fluorescent tag. The labeled N-glycan samples were subsequently analyzed by ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) separation and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry for a detailed structural evaluation and to quantify relative abundancies of the radish-derived N-glycan structures. This protocol can also be used for the analysis of N-glycans from various other plant species, and may be useful for further investigation of the function and effects of N-glycans on human health.
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植物学
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分子生物学
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免疫学
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2025
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IF 6.2
Yuyang Zhang,Tianjiao Han,Lan Zhang,Shuai Yun,Yue Yuan,Xiaoqin Wang,Linjuan Huang,Zhongfu Wang,Yu Lu
Goat lactoferrin is an N-glycoprotein, and its glycan moieties are essential for its biological activity. However, the structures of these glycans, particularly the sialylated isomers with α-2,3- or α-2,6-linkages, remain poorly characterized. Utilizing online hydrophilic liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, our study characterized N-glycans in goat lactoferrin across different lactation stages, and the putative structures of the 86 N-glycans of goat lactoferrin were presented, including 53 previously undetected ones. The content and variety of N-glycans decreased from colostrum to mature milk, with transitional milk exhibiting the highest levels of neutral and high-mannose N-glycans. Colostrum was particularly rich in fucose- and sialylated N-glycans, especially those with α-2,6-linkages. Notably, the α-2,6-linked sialylated N-glycan H5N4F1A1-1 was 7.09-fold and 12.85-fold more abundant in colostrum compared to transitional and mature milk, respectively. These findings provide valuable insights into the structure of lactoferrin and could facilitate the development of functional goat milk products.
研究领域:
生物化学
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营养学
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食品科学
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Food Science and Human Wellness
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2022
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IF 8.022
Cheng Li,Yang Tian,Jianli Han,Yu Lu,Meiyi Zou,Yue Jia,Chengjian Wang,Linjuan Huang,Zhongfu Wang
β -Conglycinin is one of the major allergens existed in soybean. N -Glycans attached to the β -conglycinin influenced the immunoreactivity and antigen presenting efficiency of β -conglycinin. In this study, we described a new method used to release and collect the N -glycans from β -conglycinin, and the N -glycans existed in linear epitopes of β -conglycinin were identified. Glycopeptides hydrolyzed from β -conglycinin were purified by cotton hydrophilic chromatography. Trifluoromethylsulfonic acid was then used to release glycans from glycopeptides, and new glycopeptides containing one single N -acetyl- D -glucosamine (GlcNAc) moiety were then utilized for mass spectrometry. Five glycosylation sites (Asn-199, Asn-455, Asn-215, Asn-489 and Asn-326) and 22 kinds of glycopeptides were identified. It is noteworthy that the peptide VVN # ATSNL (where # represents for the glycosylation site) was analyzed to be both glycopeptide and linear epitope. Our results provided a new method for the N -glycoform analysis of food allergens, and laid a foundation for understanding the relationship between glycosylation and food allergy.
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食品科学
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免疫学
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生物化学
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