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CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS OF GLYCANS
Biotechnology and biomedical applications
András Guttman
The Barnett Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MAand
Horváth Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
MASSEP, Boson, MA, Dec 21, 2010
Significance of protein glycosylation
There has been a rapid recent progress in glycomicsresearch to understand the biological role ofcarbohydrate moieties of glycoproteins.Alterations in protein glycosylation with variablesite occupancy or changes in oligosaccharide structures(microheterogeneity) can lead to biological activitychanges. Glycosylation types: N-linked glycosylation(through the amide nitrogen of asparagine side chains)and O-linked glycosylation (through the hydroxyoxygen of serine and threonine side chains).Electron micrograph of the glycocalyx
at the surface of an erythrocyte.
For N-linked oligosaccharides, a 14-sugar precursor is first added to theasparagine in the polypeptide chain ofthe target protein. The structure ofthis precursor is common to mosteukaryotes, and contains 3 glucose, 9mannose, and 2 N-acetylglucosaminemolecules. A complex set of reactionsattaches this branched chain to acarrier molecule (dolichol), and then itis transferred to the appropriate pointon the polypeptide chain as it istranslocated into the ER lumen.
N-linked glycosylation
Types of N-linked glycosylation: - High-mannose type: contains just two N-acetylglucosamines with many
mannose residues.- Complex type: can contain almost any number of the other types of
sugars, including more than the original two N-acetylglucosamines.- Hybrid type: combination of the two above.
Chapter 44, Figure 1Essentials of Glycobiology
Second Edition
The increased size of N-glycans that occurs upon malignant transformationcan be explained by an elevation in GlcNAc transferase-V (GNT-V) activity
Malignant cells release glycoproteins carrying disease-related glycans into the interstitial space, where they can reach the circulation
Drake, P. M. et al. Clin Chem 2010;56:223-236
Challenge: complex, diversified structures; no chromophore / fluorophore groups; mostly not charged
Advantages of CGE over other analytical methods• GC requires derivatization resulting in stereoisomers and complex separation
patterns.• HPLC: - HPAE/PAD: limited separation efficiency, non-specific detector response
- Normal phase and HILIC: time consuming, low efficiency,- UPLC: no current informatics solution- Graphitized carbon: excessive retention of sialylated structures
• Structural characterization – MS (limited information on anomericconfiguration and other isoforms), NMR (high quantity and purityrequirements).
• PAGE – slow, labor intensive and not quantitative.• CE – fast, efficient, automated, very sensitive, small sample volume
requirements, easy multiplexing, different modes of separation; however,requires charged UV/fluorophore tags to assure electromigration and UV/LIFdetectability. Informatics database is being built.
Glycan analysis options
High separation efficiency Small sample volume (1-10 l) Fast separation (min - sec) Predictable selectivity Full automation Quantification/good dynamic range Reproducibility/robustness Multi-capillary option (CAE) Multi-spectral imaging Coupling to mass spectrometer
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS
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SEPARATION MODES IN CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS
Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) Capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) Capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) Capillary affinity electrophoresis (CAE) Capillary isotachophoresis (ITP) Capillary electrochromatography (CEC) Micropreparative applications
CGE: From the first oligonucleotide separationto sequencing the Human Genome
1988 1996
A.Guttman, A.Paulus, A.S.Cohen, B.L.Karger and H.Rodriguez, W.S.Hancock, High Performance Capillary Gel Electrophoresis: High Resolution and Micropreparative Applications, Electrophoresis'88, Proceedings (Ed.: C.Schafer-Nielsen) VCH, Weinheim, Germany, (1988)
B.L.Karger and A.Guttman, From capillaries to the Genome,Gen.Prot.Techn, 3 (2003) 12-16.
A.Guttman and T.Pritchett, Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Separation of High-mannose Type Oligosaccharides derivatized by 1-aminopyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid Electrophoresis, 16 (1995) 1906-1911.
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Separation of APTS labeled high-mannose type glycans released from bovine ribonuclease B
Inset: Structural representation of the high-mannose type N-linked oligosaccharides.
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raw data aligned data
Migration time normalization for CAE operation
J.Khandurina, A.A.Anderson, N.A.Olson, J.Stege, A.Guttman, Large-scale carbohydrate analysis by capillary arrayelectrophoresis. Part 2. Data normalization and quantification, Electrophoresis 25 (2004) 3122-3127.
Sample preparation for CGE based N-linked glycan analysis
1. Release of N-linked glycan structures by Peptide N-glycosidase F (PNGaseF) digestion
2. Removal of the deglycosylated proteins - ice-cold ethanol precipitation/ centrifugation- membrane filtration
3. Labeling of the released sugar structures by reductive amination using l-aminopyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid (APTS)
Methods to Accelerate Enzyme Catalyzed N-deglycosylation of Glycoproteins
• Microwave assisted deglycosylation of N-linked glycans
• Immobilized PNGase F enzyme reactors in capillary
columns
• Integrated microfluidic chip for rapid deglycosylation
• Pressure cycling technology (PCT)
• Kinetic advantage: pressure promotes water dissociation• Many hydrolytic reactions are accelerated• Substrate binding – pressure reversibly denatures
substrate protein, revealing hindered cleavage sites • PCT accelerates and improves reduction/alkylation• Enzymes: Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Pepsin, Lys-C, Glu-C,
Asp-N, Proteinase K, PNGase F tested to date – all positive
• Both in-solution and in-gel digestion protocols benefit from PCT
PCT- enhanced enzyme reactions
Comparative CE Analysis of APTS Labeled Released Glycans from Polyclonal Human IgG Using PCT and Atmospheric N-deglycosylation
with 1:2500 Enzyme:Substrate Molar Ratio.
A) APTS labeled maltooligosaccharide ladderB) PCT: 30 kPsi, 5 min. 37oC C) Atmospheric pressure, 3 hours, 37oC D) Atmospheric pressure, 5 min, 37oC IS2: maltose - APTS.
Z.Szabo, A.Guttman, B.L.Karger, Rapid release of N-linked glycans from glycoproteins by pressure cycling technology, Analytical Chemistry 82 (2010) 2588-2593.
Advantages of Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) Assisted Enzymatic N-deglycosylation
• The high pressure facilitates conformation changes of the target glycoprotein, increasing the accessibility of the endoglycosidase to the cleavage sites.
• 1:2500 enzyme : substrate molar ratio at 30 kPsi and 37oC quantitatively released the asparagine linked glycans in minutes.
• Pressure cycling apparently did not lead to any loss of sialic acid residues.
• The microliter scale reaction volume alleviated possible precipitation related issues.
• PCT offers simultaneous processing of 12 samples.
Sugar labeling by APTS
Purpose: Introduction of label and charge
• Reductive amination
• Sugar reducing ends only
• ex 488 nm / em 520 nm LIF, excellent sensitivity
• Simple, one step reaction
• Great efficiency (over 90%) under optimized conditions
(reagent concentration, time, temperature, pH, solvent)
• Non-selective: uniform labeling for most structures
• Easy quantification: one fluorophore per sugar molecule
A.Guttman, A.Chen, R.Evangelista and N.Cooke, High Resolution Capillary Gel Electrophoresis of Reducing Oligosaccharides Labeled with 1-Aminopyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonate (APTS), Anal.Biochem., 233 (1996) 234-242
Trisialylated triantennary (2 x 2,3) oligosaccharide, derivatization time: 2 hours at all temperatures.
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Time Dependence of APTS Derivatization of 5 nmol Maltoheptaose
Solid line: 10x excess of APTS, 0.6 M citric acid catalyst Dotted line: 100x excess of APTS, 7.5% acetic acid catalystReaction temperature: 55oC
Z.Szabo, A.Guttman, T.Rejtar, B.L.Karger, Improved sample preparation method for glycan analysis of glycoproteins by CE-LIF and CE-MS, Electrophoresis 31 (2010) 1389-1395.
Sample purification options for excess APTS removal
1) Size exclusion chromatography using 96 well filter plate filled with 100 ul Sephadex G10 resin
2) G10 bead filled pipette tips- 200 ul pipette tips filled with 160 ul G10 resin- conditioning and elution with 50 % acetonitrile
3) Normal phase bead filled pipette tips- 1000 ul pipette tips filled with 10 ul DPA-6S
normal phase polyamide resin- washing: 95% acetonitrile / 5% water- elution: 20% acetonitrile / 80% water
Sample purification results
M.Olajos, P.Hajos, G.K.Bonn, A.Guttman, Sample preparation for the analysis of complex carbohydrates bymulti-capillary gel electrophoresis with LED induced fluorescence detection, Anal.Chem, 80 (2008) 4241-4246.
A.Guttman, Analysis of Monosaccharide Composition by Capillary Electrophoresis J.Chromatogr.A, 763 (1997) 271-278.
Monosaccharide composition analysis by CE
1=AMAC (9-aminoacridone, eof marker)2=Neu5Ac-AMAC; 3=GalNAc-APTS; 4=GlcNAc-APTS; 5= Man-APTS; 6=Glc-APTS; 7=Fuc-APTS;8=Gal-APTS; 9=APTS
Flowchart of N-linked oligosaccharide sequencing
Purified Glycoprotein
PNGase F Digestion 2 hours
Free N-linked Oligosaccharides
Labeling with APTS 90 min at 55oC
Labeled Oligosaccharides
Exoglycosidase Matrix Digestion 16 hours
Sequencing Digests
Combine Digests 5 min
Capillary Gel Electrophoresis
Computerized Data Analysis 10 min
Oligosaccharide Sequence
A.Monzo, M.Olajos, L.De Benedictis, G.K.Bonn, A.Guttman, Boronic acid - lectin affinity chromatography (BLAC): 2. Affinity micropartitioning mediated comparative glycosylation profiling, Anal.Bioanal.Chem 392 (2008) 195-201.
Comparison of affinity micropartitioning using boronic acid (A), Con A (B) and BLAC/Con A (C) resin filled pipette tips.
CGE profiling of human plasma samples
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M.Olajos, P.Hajos, G.K.Bonn, A.Guttman, Sample preparation for the analysis of complex carbohydrates by multi-capillary gel electrophoresis with LED induced fluorescence detection, Anal.Chem, 80 (2008) 4241-4246.
A.Guttman, S.Brunet and N.Cooke, Capillary Electrophoresis Fingerprinting of Carbohydrates in the Biopharmaceutical and Food/Beverage Industry. LC.GC Magazine 14 (1996) 788-792.
Capillary electrophoresis fingerprinting of oligosaccharides in beers
Ethanol from dry grind corn milling (current process)
• Starch in corn seed is ezymatically converted to sugar and fermented to ethanol
• Saccharification / Fermentation of Fiber would increase ethanol yields by 10%
Enzyme Addition
Milling Cooking Liquefaction Saccharification Fermentation
Ethanol
DDGS• Oil• Protein• Fiber
Germ Fraction(oils)
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High throughput enzyme activity evaluation
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J.Khandurina, D.L.Blum and A.Guttman, Automated Carbohydrate Profiling by Capillary Electrophoresis: A bioindustrial approach, Electrophoresis 25 (2004) 2326-2331.
Enzyme reaction monitoring:Cellooligomer standardsCellohexaose substrate
9 different cellulases
The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastorisis a preferred host for over-expression ofrecombinant proteins as it produces largequantities of properly folded proteins andcapable of adding both N-linked and O-linked carbohydrate moieties to secretedproteins.
Over-expression of recombinant proteins in Yeast
A.Koller, J.Khandurina, J.Li, J.Kreps and A.Guttman, Structure Analysis of High-Mannose Type Oligosaccharidesby uLC/MS and Capillary Electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 25 (2004) 2003-2009.
Phospholipase C (PLC) belongs to a class of enzymes that cleave phospholipids to produce diacylglycerol and a phosphorylated head group (e.g., inositol phosphate in the
case of phosphoinositol-specific PLCs).
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The resulting peptides were loaded onto a 10 cm C18 RP 100 μm i.d. capillary column andeluted into a QTOF mass spectrometer by means of a 45 minute gradient.
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Characterization of mAb N-linked Glycans
• IgG1 contains N-linked glycanstructures (1 conserved Asn site).
• Variability depending on expressionconditions
• Structural diversity, e.g. presence ofgalactose, sialic acid or fucose.
• Glycosylation pattern determinesBiological activity: physico-chemicalproperties, cell-mediated effectorfunctions (complement binding,activation, etc).
• Understanding the microheterogeneityof glycosylation is very important inclone selection and manufacturing oftherapeutic recombinant mAbs.
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CE-MS extracted ion electropherograms of APTS-labeled sialylated biantennary glycans (panel A) and the MS traces of the corresponding major peaks (panel B)
CE – MS verification of the separated components
Z.Szabo, A.Guttman, T.Rejtar, B.L.Karger, Improved sample preparation method for glycan analysis of glycoproteins by CE-LIF and CE-MS, Electrophoresis 31 (2010) 1389-1395.
N-linked glycan profiling of pooled healthy and prostate cancer patient sera after BLAC partitioning
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F1=tetrasialo-triantennary-2x2,6; F2=tetrasialo-triantennary-2x2,3; F3=trisialo-triantennary-2x2,6; F4=trisialo-triantennary-2x2,3; M5-M9: Mannose 5 - Mannose 9.
A.Guttman, Carbohydrate Profiling by Capillary Gel Electrophoresis, Nature, 380 (1996) 461-462.
The power of CGE in N-linked glycan profiling