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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 90, Issue 20, Pages 11955-11961Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02391
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High-throughput mass spectrometry (MS) glycomics is an emerging field driven by technological advancements including sample preparation and data processing. Previously, we reported an automated protocol for the analysis of N-glycans released from plasma proteins that included sialic acid derivatization with linkage-specificity, namely, ethylation of alpha 2,6-linked sialic acid residues and lactone formation of alpha 2,3-linked sialic acids. In the current study, each step in this protocol was further optimized. Method improvements included minimizing the extent of side-reaction during derivatization, an adjusted glycan purification strategy and mass analysis of the released N-glycans by ultrahigh resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance MS. The latter resolved peak overlap and simplified spectral alignment due to high mass measurement precision. Moreover, this resulted in more confident glycan assignments and improved signal-to-noise for low-abundant species. The performance of the protocol renders high-throughput applications feasible in the exciting field of clinical glycomics.
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