PMID- 29231704 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190201 LR - 20231112 IS - 1520-6882 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2700 (Print) IS - 0003-2700 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Jan 16 TI - Site-Specific Glycan Heterogeneity Characterization by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography Solid-Phase Extraction, Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Fractionation, and Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Electrospray Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. PG - 1223-1233 LID - 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03912 [doi] AB - Reversed-phase chromatographic separation of glycopeptides tends to be dominated by the peptide composition. In contrast, capillary zone electrophoresis separation of glycopeptides is particularly sensitive to the sialic acid composition of the glycan. In this paper, we combine the two techniques to achieve superior N-glycopeptide analysis. Glycopeptides were first isolated from a tryptic digest using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) solid-phase extraction. The glycopeptides were separated using reversed-phase ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) to generate four fractions corresponding to different peptide backbones. Capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (CZE-ESI-MS/MS) was used to analyze the fractions. We applied this method for the analysis of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP). A total of 268 site-specific N-glycopeptides were detected, representing eight different glycosylation sites from two isomers of AGP. Glycans included tetra-sialic acids with multi N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) repeats and unusual pentasialylated terminal sialic acids. Reversed-phase UHPLC coupled with CZE generated approximately 35% more N-glycopeptides than direct reversed-phase UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis and approximately 70% more N-glycopeptides than direct CZE-ESI-MS/MS analysis. This approach is a promising tool for global, site-specific glycosylation analysis of highly heterogeneous glycoproteins with mass-limited samples. FAU - Qu, Yanyan AU - Qu Y AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States. FAU - Sun, Liangliang AU - Sun L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8939-5042 AD - Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States. FAU - Zhang, Zhenbin AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States. FAU - Dovichi, Norman J AU - Dovichi NJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1331-3191 AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 GM096767/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 GM105816/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180103 PL - United States TA - Anal Chem JT - Analytical chemistry JID - 0370536 RN - 0 (Glycopeptides) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Orosomucoid) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods MH - Chromatography, Reverse-Phase/methods MH - Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods MH - Glycopeptides/*chemistry MH - Glycoproteins/*chemistry MH - Glycosylation MH - Humans MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Orosomucoid/chemistry MH - Polysaccharides/*analysis MH - Solid Phase Extraction/methods MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/methods MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods PMC - PMC5771954 MID - NIHMS931570 EDAT- 2017/12/13 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/02 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/16 CRDT- 2017/12/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03912 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chem. 2018 Jan 16;90(2):1223-1233. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03912. Epub 2018 Jan 3.