title: Analysis of a glucose-containing tetrasaccharide by high-performance liquid affinity chromatography.
abstract: In the present work we have explored conditions for using a pulsed amperometric detector for on-line analysis of oligosaccharides eluted from a high-performance liquid affinity chromatography column. A monoclonal antibody that specifically binds a glucose-containing oligosaccharide is coupled to a SelectiSphere-10-activated tresyl column. The system is eluted isocratically and easily detects 10 ng of the oligosaccharide with a linear response up to 250 ng. Analysis of both serum and urine samples from normal individuals and patients with acute pancreatitis gives a single retarded peak with a retention time identical to that of authentic (Glc)4. Retarded material pooled from several analyses of urine was positively identified as (Glc)4 by GC-MS analysis. As this method requires little cleanup and no chemical derivitization of the sample and is performed rapidly (less than 20 min) at sensitivities of at least 10 micrograms/liter in biological fluids, it represents a substantial improvement over previous GC-MS, radioimmunoassay, and enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay methods used to determine (Glc)4.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumlien
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohlson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundblad
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zopf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C033620:glucose tetrasaccharide