Comparison of planar SDS-PAGE, CGE-on-a-chip, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for analysis of the enzymatic de-N-glycosylation of antithrombin III and coagulation factor IX with PNGase F

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2007 Nov;389(6):1859-68. doi: 10.1007/s00216-007-1586-3. Epub 2007 Sep 19.

Abstract

Three different analytical techniques (planar SDS-PAGE, CGE-on-a-chip and MALDI-TOF-MS) applied for determination of the molecular weight of intact and partly and completely de-N-glycosylated human serum glycoproteins (antithrombin III and coagulation factor IX) have been compared. N-Glycans were removed from the protein backbone of both complex glycoproteins using PNGase F, which cleaves all types of asparagine-attached N-glycan provided the oligosaccharide has at least the length of a chitobiose core unit. Two of the applied techniques were based on gel electrophoretic separation in the liquid phase while the third technique was the gas-phase technique mass spectrometry. It was demonstrated that the enzymatic de-N-glycosylation generally worked well (completely or partially) with both glycoproteins (one containing only N-glycans and the second N- and O-glycans). All three methods were suitable for monitoring the de-N-glycosylation progress. While the molecular weights determined with MALDI-TOF-MS were most accurate, both gel electrophoretic methods provided molecular weights that were too high because of the attached glycan structures.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / analysis*
  • Anticoagulants / metabolism
  • Antithrombin III / analysis*
  • Antithrombin III / metabolism
  • Asparagine / chemistry
  • Asparagine / metabolism
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Disaccharides / chemistry
  • Disaccharides / metabolism
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / methods*
  • Factor IX / analysis*
  • Factor IX / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / metabolism
  • Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase / metabolism*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Disaccharides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • chitobiose
  • Asparagine
  • Antithrombin III
  • Factor IX
  • Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase