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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 81, Issue 10, Pages 3816-3823Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac900157c
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- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
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A new concept of separation technology, supported molecular matrix electrophoresis (SMNIE), is described. In SMME, analytes migrate in a molecular matrix supported by backbone materials. Here we introduce a novel strategy for the separation and characterization of mucins using SMME. Mucin, a highly tumor-associated glycoprotein, has great potential as clinical biomarker for diagnosis of various malignant tumors. However, due to their large size, polymeric nature, and heterogeneous glycosylation, analysis of mucins has been left behind by modem techniques. For mucin analysis, we employed a poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) membrane and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as the backbone material and the matrix molecule, respectively. Combining SMME with mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis, we demonstrate that a crude porcine stomach mucin consists of a neutral and a sulfated mucin and is contaminated by chondroitin sulfate-containing proteoglycan and hyaluronic acid. Furthermore, to demonstrate the feasibility of the strategy for biomarker discovery, we analyzed mucins in human pancreatic juice, which is an important source for clinical biomarkers of pancreatic tumors. This work revealed the presence of three types of mucin with distinct glycan profiles in human pancreatic juice.
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