Identification of N-glycans displaying mannose-6-phosphate and their site of attachment on therapeutic enzymes for lysosomal storage disorder treatment

Anal Chem. 2011 Jul 1;83(13):5344-52. doi: 10.1021/ac2007784. Epub 2011 Jun 7.

Abstract

Characterization of mono- and bis-mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) bearing oligosaccharides present on acid hydrolase enzymes poses a considerable analytical challenge. In the current paper, we investigated the use of UPLC profiling on a 1.7 μm HILIC phase and capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection (CE-LIF) combined with exoglycosidase digestion and weak anion exchange fractionation for the characterization of M6P bearing glycans on recombinant β-glucuronidase expressed in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. Using this multidimensional approach a number of peaks were observed to resist digestion, suggesting the presence and blocking activity of the M6P tag. To investigate further, mixed oxide affinity purification on a combined TiO(2)/ZrO(2) resin facilitated the selective enrichment of oligosaccharides bearing mono- or diphospho-esters that corresponded to those peaks previously identified to resist exoglycosidase digestion. Alkaline phosphatase digestion identified Man(6)GlcNAc(2) and Man(7)GlcNAc(2) glycans as the primary carriers of the M6P tag. Site-specific glycoproteomic analysis revealed that Man(7)GlcNAc(2)-M6P oligosaccharides were present at asparagine 272 and 420, while asparagine 631 displayed Man(6)GlcNAc(2)-M6P. The analytical strategy applied herein represents a novel yet simple approach for the qualitative and semiquantitative structural characterization of M6P containing oligosaccharides on therapeutic enzymes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Lysosomal Storage Diseases / therapy*
  • Mannosephosphates / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Mannosephosphates
  • Polysaccharides
  • mannose-6-phosphate