Analysis of hyaluronan content in chondroitin sulfate preparations by using selective enzymatic digestion and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
Two important glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) with structural roles in the body's cartilage are hyaluronan (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). A simple mass spectrometric method for determining the amount of HA that may be present in isolated CS samples is presented in this article. Samples are subjected to selective enzymatic digestion using a bacterial hyaluronidase (HA lyase, EC 4.2.2, from Streptococcus dysgalactiae) specific for HA. Undigested CS GAG is then removed by centrifugal filtration, and digested HA left in the filtrate is quantified by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using an internal standard and selected ion monitoring. The described method was applied to the analysis of several CS samples prepared for use in nutritional supplements.
Saad
Ola M
OM
Department of Chemistry and Division of Biological Sciences, Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Myers
Richard A
RA
Castleton
D Laird
DL
Leary
Julie A
JA
D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000201:enzymology
D004187:Disaccharides; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase