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pH-switchable polymer that pulls down N-glycopeptides

Bai H, Fan C, Zhang W, et al. · Chemical science · 2015

Open access · cc by · source: Europe PMC

A soluble poly(acrylic acid-co-hydrazide) captures glycopeptides in homogeneous solution and precipitates them by dropping pH for MS.

Study at a glance

Design
Other — Homogeneous hydrazide polymer enrichment of periodate-oxidized N-glycopeptides for LC-MS
N
Method development; mouse-brain application identified 1,317 N-glycopeptides / 458 glycoproteins
Population
Model glycoproteins and mouse-brain digests
Outcome
Enrichment efficiency and N-glycoproteome identification performance

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Key findings

Homogeneous capture exceeds 95% within 1 h. Asialofetuin recovery is ~90%; a 1741.8 m/z glycopeptide gains 29× intensity and 325× S/N. Mouse brain gave 1317 non-redundant N-glycopeptides and 458 glycoproteins (80% in ≥2 replicates) with 1.46% FDR.

Methodology

Authors copolymerized methyl acrylate and acrylic acid (1:8), converted esters to hydrazides, periodate-oxidized glycans, captured aldehydes in solution, cycled pH to wash, released peptides with PNGase F, and identified sites by LC-MS/MALDI.

Limitations

The method uses mouse brain, not a clinical plasma cohort; periodate chemistry destroys some glycan structural information, and false deamidation still occurs at 1.46%.

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    A soluble poly(acrylic acid-co-hydrazide) captures glycopeptides in homogeneous solution and precipitates them by dropping pH for MS.

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    A lab-scale ATRP or a DFT interface study does not by itself prove processability or lifetime in use.

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