The Glycomic MS Database and Repository

Announcement date

2019/06/28

Responsible:

Nicolle H Packer . Macquarie University, Australia

Description

Porous graphitized carbon (PGC) based chromatography achieves high-resolution separation of glycan structures released from glycoproteins. However, the implementation of PGC-based separations in glycomics studies has been limited because system-independent retention values have not been established to normalize technical variation. This approach allowed assignment of system-independent retention values that are applicable to typical PGC-based glycan separations and supported the construction of a library containing >300 PGC-separated glycan structures with normalized glucose unit (GU) retention values. Overall, the methods and data described here are expected to support the future development of more automated approaches to glycan identification and quantitation.

Sample preparation


1. Sample Origin

General information:
Released N- and O-glycans released from glycoprotein standards, cell line lysates, secreted protein from cell lines and mouse tissue mixed with dextran ladder internal standard before PGC-LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis.


1.1 Biologically derived material

Biologically derived material - Recombinantly produced material

Cell type:
macrophage

Growth/harvest conditions for recombinantly produced material:
The U87MG, HEK293 and BV2 cell lines were cultured in T-75 flasks with 10 mL of Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum. The PC-12 cell line was cultured in similar conditions with slight modifications, using 10 mL of RPMI-1640 Medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated horse serum, 5% (v/v) fetal bovine serum and 50ng/mL neural growth factor. After the adherent cells reached 70% confluency, the growth medium was removed and adherent cells scraped and collected. The cells were washed with phosphate buffered saline, collected by centrifugation(500 g for 10 min), and supernatant was removed for a total of three washes. Following cell lysis, proteins were precipitated using chloroform:methanol:water extraction (10:10:3, by volume). The protein pellet was collected re-solubilized in 4 M urea, and quantified by the Bradford protein assay. For analysis of secreted proteins, EX-CELL 293 (Sigma Aldrich, Sydney, Australia) was reconstituted as specified by the manufacturer. Once cells reached 70% confluency in the standard culture media containing serum, the culture medium was removed, and cells were View Article Online DOI: 10.1039/C9AN00486F washed three times with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) before 10mL of the reconstituted EX-CELL 293 medium was added to the cells. Cells were acclimatized for 48 hr before secreted protein collection. Secreted proteins were precipitated using a final concentration of 90% (v/v) acetone, solubilized and quantified as described above.


Biologically derived material - Biological origin of Material

Origin (biological fluid, tissue, etc):
tissue

Species:
Mus musculus (Mouse)

Treatments and/or storage conditions:
Pathogen-free adult male Balb/c mice (300–350 g; University of Adelaide, Australia, approval number: M-2013-227) were deeply anesthetized using an i.p. injection of 60mg/kg Lethabarb and then transcardially perfused using cold 0.9% saline. The lumbar enlargement (L3-L5) of the spinal cord was removed; snap frozen and stored at -80°C until further assessment. A similar method was used for brain sectioning with the brain quickly removed, snap frozen, periaqueductal grey (PAG) and rostral ventromedulla (RVM) containing regions sliced in 50 μm sections in a cryostat and stored at 80 °C until further assessment.

Glycoprotein:
N/A


Biologically derived material - Purchased from commercial manufacturer

Vendor and applicable item information:
Bovine ribonuclease B (product#:R7884), porcine gastric mucin (product#:M1778), human IgA (product#:I1010), bovine lactoferrin (product#:L9507), human lactoferrin (product#:L0520), bovine fetuin (product#:F3385) and human IgG (product#:I4506) were sourced from Sigma Aldrich (Sydney, Australia). Human neutrophil elastase (product#:342-40) was sourced from LeeBio (Maryland Heights, USA).


1.2 Chemically derived material

Synthesis steps or specify where the equivalent reaction protocol is available:
10 mg of dextran T2000 (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech AB, Uppsala, Sweden) was dissolved in 1 mL of 1 M trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and held at 80 ˚C for 30 min. After this partial acid hydrolysis, the sample was dried by centrifugal evaporation at room temperature.

Description of starting material:
Free-Oligosaccharides


2. Sample Processing

2.1 Sample Processing - Isolation

Enzymatic treatments

Enzymes used for oligosaccharide removal or modification of starting material:
Release method-PNGaseF TREATMENT

Describe vendor or expression and purification procedure:
Promega (Sydney, Australia)

Sample material treated in-solution or immobilized? State also temperature, duration, volume, enzyme concentration:
20ug of protein with 1 unit PNGase-F at 37 °C, overnight


Chemical treatments

Define the technique for oligosaccharide release or other chemical modifications:
Release method-REDUCTIVE BETA ELIMINATION

Reaction conditions (temperature, duration, volume and chemical concentrations):
500 mM NaBH4 in 50 mM KOH solution was added to immobilized protein spots for 16 h at 50 ˚C


2.2 Sample Processing - Modification

Enzymatic modifications

Describe any treatments made to the isolated material:
Release method-PNGaseF TREATMENT

Enzyme concentration, supplier, biological source, incubation time and temperature:
Described above.

If novel glycosidase was used, provide information indicating the origin (i.e. species) of the enzyme:
N/A


Chemical modifications

Describe any treatments made to the isolated material:
Labelling-REDUCTION

Explain the type of modification employed:
Reduction

Source of materials, description of kits used, reaction conditions and detailed workflow:
1 M NaBH4 in 50 mM KOH solution which was held at 50 ˚C for 3 hours


2.3 Sample Processing - Purification

Purification steps:
After reduction, dextran, N- and O-glycans were desalted with cation exchange SPE followed by graphitic carbon SPE.


3. Defined Sample

Sample name:
N-linked oligosaccharides




Liquid chromatography


N/A



MS


1. General features

(a) Global descriptors

Instrument manufacturer:
Thermo Fisher

Instrument model:
Scientific Velos Plus

Customizations:
N/A

Ion mode:
Negative


(b) Control and analysis software

Software name:
Xcalibur

Version:
3.0

Upgrades not reflected in version number:
N/A

Switching criteria (tandem only):
DDA, Top 5

Isolation width (global, or by MS level):
2

Location of ‘parameters’ file:
S-1 PGC LC ESI MSMS Methods (PDF)


2. Ion sources

(a) Electrospray Ionisation (ESI)

Supply type (static, or fed):
LC fed

Interface name:
HESI-II source

Catalog number, vendor, and any modifications made to the standard specification:
IQLAAEGABBFACNMAGY, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Sprayer name:
Low flow metal insert

Sprayer type, coating, manufacturer, model and catalog number (where available):
Using OPTON-53011 low flow metal needle insert, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Relevant voltages where appropriate (tip, cone, acceleration):
2700V on tip

Degree of prompt fragmentation evaluated:
Yes

Whether in-source dissociation performed:
No

Other parameters if discriminant for the experiment (such as nebulizing gas and pressure):
N/A


(b) MALDI

Plate composition (or type):
N/A

Matrix composition (if applicable):
N/A

Deposition technique:
N/A

Relevant voltages where appropriate:
N/A

Degree of prompt fragmentation evaluated:
N/A

PSD (or LID/ISD) summary, if performed:
N/A

Operation with or without delayed extraction:
N/A

Laser type (e.g., nitrogen) and wavelength (nm):
N/A

Other laser related parameters, if discriminating for the experiment:
N/A


3. Ion transfer optics

Hardware options:
Octopole


(a) Post-source componentry - Collision cell

Collision-Induced Dissociation (CID)

Gas composition:
Helium

Gas pressure:
N/A

Collision energy CID/function:
33% Normalized collision energy


Electron Transfer Dissociation (ETD)

Reagent gas:
N/A

Pressure:
N/A

Reaction time:
N/A

Number of reagent atoms:
N/A


Electron Capture Dissociation (ECD)

Emitter type:
N/A

Voltage:
N/A

Current:
N/A


(b) Post-source componentry - TOF drift tube

Reflectron status (on, off, none):
N/A


(c) Post-source componentry - Ion trap

Final MS stage achieved:
2


(d) Post-source componentry - Ion mobility

Gas:
N/A

Pressure:
N/A

Instrument-specific parameters:
N/A


(e) Post-source componentry - FT-ICR

Peak selection:
N/A

Pulse:
N/A

Width:
N/A

Voltage:
N/A

Decay time:
N/A

IR:
N/A

Other parameters:
N/A


(f) Post-source componentry - Detectors

Detector type:
Electron multiplier