Sialic acid-focused quantitative mouse serum glycoproteomics by multiple reaction monitoring assay

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2010 Nov;9(11):2354-68. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M110.000430. Epub 2010 Jun 22.

Abstract

Despite increasing importance of protein glycosylation, most of the large-scale glycoproteomics have been limited to profiling the sites of N-glycosylation. However, in-depth knowledge of protein glycosylation to uncover functions and their clinical applications requires quantitative glycoproteomics eliciting both peptide and glycan sequences concurrently. Here we describe a novel strategy for the multiplexed quantitative mouse serum glycoproteomics based on a specific chemical ligation, namely, reverse glycoblotting technique, focusing sialic acids and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). LC-MS/MS analysis of de-glycosylated peptides identified 270 mouse serum peptides (95 glycoproteins) as sialylated glycopeptides, of which 67 glycopeptides were fully characterized by MS/MS analyses in a straightforward manner. We revealed the importance of a fragment ion containing innermost N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residue as MRM transitions regardless the sequence of the peptides. Versatility of the reverse glycoblotting-assisted MRM assays was demonstrated by quantitative comparison of 25 targeted glycopeptides from 16 proteins between mice with homo and hetero types of diabetes disease model.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • Diabetes Mellitus / blood
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Glycopeptides / chemistry*
  • Glycosylation
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / analysis*
  • Proteomics / methods*

Substances

  • Glycopeptides
  • N-Acetylneuraminic Acid