QUANTITY: An Isobaric Tag for Quantitative Glycomics

Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 30:5:17585. doi: 10.1038/srep17585.

Abstract

Glycan is an important class of macromolecules that play numerous biological functions. Quantitative glycomics--analysis of glycans at global level--however, is far behind genomics and proteomics owing to technical challenges associated with their chemical properties and structural complexity. As a result, technologies that can facilitate global glycan analysis are highly sought after. Here, we present QUANTITY (Quaternary Amine Containing Isobaric Tag for Glycan), a quantitative approach that can not only enhance detection of glycans by mass spectrometry, but also allow high-throughput glycomic analysis from multiple biological samples. This robust tool enabled us to accomplish glycomic survey of bioengineered Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells with knock-in/out enzymes involved in protein glycosylation. Our results demonstrated QUANTITY is an invaluable technique for glycan analysis and bioengineering.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Glycosylation
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Metabolomics / methods*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism*
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Polysaccharides