How to dig deeper? Improved enrichment methods for mucin core-1 type glycopeptides

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2012 Jul;11(7):O111.016774. doi: 10.1074/mcp.O111.016774. Epub 2012 Mar 5.

Abstract

Two different workflows were tested in order to develop methods that provide deeper insight into the secreted O-glycoproteome. Bovine serum samples were subjected to lectin affinity-chromatography both at the protein- and peptide-level in order to selectively isolate glycopeptides with the most common, mucin core-1 sugar. This enrichment step was implemented with either protein-level mixed-bed ion-exchange chromatography or with peptide-level electrostatic repulsion hydrophilic interaction chromatography. Both methods led to at least 65% of the identified products being glycopeptides, in comparison to ≈ 25% without the additional chromatography steps [Darula, Z., and Medzihradszky, K. F. (2009) Affinity enrichment and characterization of mucin core-1 type glycopeptides from bovine serum. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 8, 2515-2526]. In order to improve not only the isolation but also the characterization of the glycopeptides exoglycosidases were used to eliminate carbohydrate extensions from the directly peptide-bound GalNAc units. Consequent tandem MS analysis of the mixtures using higher-energy collision-dissociation and electron-transfer dissociation led to the identification of 124 glycosylation sites in 51 proteins. While the electron-transfer dissociation data provided the bulk of the information for both modified sequence and modification site assignment, the higher-energy collision-dissociation data frequently yielded confirmation of the peptide identity, and revealed the presence of some core-2 or core-3 oligosaccharides. More than two-thirds of the sites as well as the proteins have never been reported modified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Glycomics / methods*
  • Glycopeptides / blood*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / chemistry
  • Glycosylation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mucin-1 / chemistry*
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Peptides / analysis*
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Static Electricity
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Glycopeptides
  • Mucin-1
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Peptides
  • Glycoside Hydrolases