On-target derivatization of keratan sulfate oligosaccharides with pyrenebutyric acid hydrazide for MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS.
In the present work, a rapid and novel method of on-target plate derivatization of keratan sulfate (KS) oligosaccharides for subsequent analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry is described. MALDI-(time-of-flight)-TOF spectra of labeled KS oligosaccharides revealed that significantly improved ionization can be accomplished through derivatization with pyrenebutyric acid hydrazide (PBH), and the most abundant peak in each spectrum corresponds to the singly charged molecular ion [M - H]- or [M + (n - 1)Na - nH]-, where n = the number of sulfates (n = 1, 2, 3...). The high-energy collision-induced dissociation (heCID) spectra of labeled KS oligosaccharides displayed fragments of compounds similar to those observed with laser-induced dissociation (LID) analysis, suggesting that both heCID and LID fragmentations can be used to analyze KS oligosaccharides. Moreover, fragmentation analysis of all labeled KS oligosaccharides was performed by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS. With LID mode, sodium adducts showed fragmentation of glycosidic linkages with mainly Y/B/C ions, as well as various cross-ring cleavages providing exact information for the positions of sulfate groups along the KS oligosaccharide chains. This one-step on-target derivatization method makes MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS identification of KS fast, simple and highly throughput for trace amounts of biological samples.
Zhang
Yuntao
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Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901, USA. ytz@ksu.edu
Iwamoto
Takeo
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Radke
Gary
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Kariya
Yutaka
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Suzuki
Kiyoshi
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Conrad
Abigail H
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Tomich
John M
JM
Conrad
Gary W
GW
D006834:Hydrazines / Q000737:chemistry*; D007632:Keratan Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D006834:Hydrazines; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C033471:pyrenebutyrylhydrazine; D007632:Keratan Sulfate