Comprehensive Approach to Structural and Functional Glycomics Based on Chemoselective Glycoblotting and Sequential Tag Conversion
作者:Jun-ichi Furukawa、Yasuro Shinohara、Hiromitsu Kuramoto、Yoshiaki Miura、Hideyuki Shimaoka、Masaki Kurogochi、Mika Nakano、Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
DOI:10.1021/ac702124d
日期:2008.2.1
Changes in protein glycosylation profoundly affect protein function. To understand these effects of altered protein glycosylation, we urgently need high-throughput technologies to analyze glycan expression and glycan−protein interactions. Methods are not available for amplification of glycans; therefore, highly efficient sample preparation is a major issue. Here we present a novel strategy that allows flexible and sequential incorporation of various functional tags into oligosaccharides derived from biological samples in a practical manner. When combined with a chemoselective glycoblotting platform, our analysis enables us to complete sample preparation (from serum to released, purified, methyl-esterified, and labeled glycans) in 8 h from multiple serum samples (up to 96 samples) using a 96-well microplate format and a standard de-N-glycosylation protocol that requires reductive alkylation and tryptic digestion prior to PNGase F digestion to ensure maximal de-N-glycosylation efficiency. Using this technique, we quantitatively detected more than 120 glycans on human carcinoembryonic antigens for the first time. This approach was further developed to include a streamlined method of purification, chromatographic fractionation, and immobilization onto a solid support for interaction analysis. Since our approach enables rapid, flexible, and highly efficient tag conversion, it will contribute greatly to a variety of glycomic studies.
蛋白质糖基化的变化会深刻影响蛋白质的功能。为了了解蛋白质糖基化变化的这些影响,我们迫切需要高通量技术来分析聚糖表达和聚糖-蛋白质相互作用。目前还没有扩增聚糖的方法,因此高效的样品制备是一个主要问题。在这里,我们提出了一种新颖的策略,能以实用的方式灵活、有序地将各种功能标签整合到从生物样本中提取的寡糖中。当与化学选择性糖印迹平台结合使用时,我们的分析能让我们在 8 小时内完成多个血清样本(多达 96 个样本)的样本制备(从血清到释放、纯化、甲基酯化和标记的糖),使用的是 96 孔微孔板格式和标准的去 N-糖基化方案,该方案要求在 PNGase F 消化之前进行还原烷基化和胰蛋白酶消化,以确保最大的去 N-糖基化效率。利用这种技术,我们首次定量检测了人类癌胚抗原上的 120 多个聚糖。我们进一步开发了这种方法,包括简化的纯化、色谱分馏和固定到固体支持物上进行相互作用分析的方法。由于我们的方法能够实现快速、灵活和高效的标签转换,它将极大地促进各种糖化学研究。