Dual-gradient high-performance liquid chromatography for identification of cytosolic high-mannose-type free glycans.
It has been shown that free oligosaccharides derived from N-linked glycans accumulate in the cytosol of animal cells. Most of the glycans have only a single GlcNAc at their reducing termini (Gn1 glycans), whereas the original N-glycans retain N,N'-diacetylchitobiose at their reducing termini (Gn2 glycans). Under the conditions of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) mapping established for pyridylamine (PA)-labeled Gn2 N-glycans, Gn1 glycans are not well retained on reversed-phase HPLC, making simultaneous analysis of Gn1 and Gn2 glycans problematic. We introduced a dual gradient (i.e., pH and butanol gradient) for the separation of Gn1 and Gn2 glycans in a single reversed-phase HPLC. Determination of elution time for various standard Gn2 high-mannose-type glycans, as well as Gn1 glycans found in the cytosol of animal cells, showed that elution of Gn1 and Gn2 glycans could be separated. Sufficient separation for most of the structural isomers could be achieved for Gn1 and Gn2 glycans. This HPLC, therefore, is a powerful method for identification of the structures of PA-labeled glycans, especially Gn1-type glycans, isolated from the cytosol of animal cells.
Suzuki
Tadashi
T
RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. tsuzuki_gm@riken.jp
Matsuo
Ichiro
I
Totani
Kiichiro
K
Funayama
Sho
S
Seino
Junichi
J
Taniguchi
Naoyuki
N
Ito
Yukishige
Y
Hase
Sumihiro
S
D000818:Animals; D000440:Butanols / Q000737:chemistry; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D005936:Glucans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007536:Isomerism; D008351:Mannans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000440:Butanols; D005936:Glucans; D008351:Mannans; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011134:Polysaccharides