Resin and Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Free Radical Probes for Glycan Capture, Isolation, and Structural Characterization

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By combining the merits of solid supports and free radical activated glycan sequencing (FRAGS) reagents, we develop a multifunctional solid-supported free radical probe (SS-FRAGS) that enables glycan enrichment and characterization. SS-FRAGS comprises a solid support, free radical precursor, disulfide bond, pyridyl, and hydrazine moieties. Thio-activated resin and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are chosen as the solid support to selectively capture free glycans via the hydrazine moiety, allowing for their enrichment and isolation. The disulfide bond acts as a temporary covalent linkage between the solid support and the captured glycan, allowing the release of glycans via the cleavage of the disulfide bond by dithiothreitol. The basic pyridyl functional group provides a site for the formation of a fixed charge, enabling detection by mass spectrometry and avoiding glycan rearrangement during collisional activation. The free radical precursor generates a nascent free radical upon collisional activation and thus simultaneously induces systematic and predictable fragmentation for glycan structure elucidation. A radical-driven glycan deconstruction diagram (R-DECON) is developed to visually summarize the MS² results and thus allow for the assembly of the glycan skeleton, making the differentiation of isobaric glycan isomers unambiguous. For application to a real-world sample, we demonstrate the efficacy of the SS-FRAGS by analyzing glycan structures enzymatically cleaved from RNase-B.

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Resin- and magnetic nanoparticle-based free radical probes
for glycan capture, isolation, and structural characterization
Kimberly Fabijanczuk, Kaylee Gaspar, Nikunj Desai, Jungeun
Lee, Daniel A. Thomas, Jesse Lee Beauchamp, and Jinshan Gao
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Resin- and magnetic nanoparticle-based free radical probes for glycan capture, isolation,
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Kimberly Fabijanczuk,a Kaylee Gaspar,a Nikunj Desai,a Jungeun Lee,a Daniel A. Thomas, b J. L.
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a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for Quantitative Obesity Research,
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, gaoj@montclair.edu
bArthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA 91125, jlbchamp@caltech.edu
ABSTRACT: By combing the merits of solid supports and free radical activated glycan
sequencing (FRAGS) reagents, we develop a multi-functional solid-supported free radical probe
(SS-FRAGS), which enables glycan enrichment and characterization. SS-FRAGS comprises a
solid support, free radical precursor, disulfide bond, pyridyl, and hydrazine moieties. Thio-
activated resin and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are chosen as the solid support to selectively
capture free glycans via the hydrazine moiety, allowing for their enrichment and isolation. The
disulfide bond acts as a temporary covalent linkage between the solid support and the captured
glycan, allowing the release of glycans via the cleavage of the disulfide bond by dithiothreitol. The
basic pyridyl functional group provides a site for the formation of a fixed charge, enabling
detection by mass spectrometry and avoiding glycan rearrangement during collisional activation.
The free radical precursor generates a nascent free radical upon collisional activation and thus
simultaneously induces systematic and predictable fragmentation for glycan structure elucidation.
A radical-driven glycan deconstruction diagram (R-DECON) is developed to visually summarize
the MS2 results and thus allow for the assembly of the glycan skeleton, making the differentiation
of isobaric glycan isomers unambiguous. For application to a real-world sample, we demonstrate
the efficacy of the SS-FRAGS by analyzing glycan structures enzymatically cleaved from RNase-
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Glycosylation is one of the most important forms of protein post-translational modification, and it
plays a vital role in biology. The analysis of glycans by mass spectrometry has been hampered by
the trace amounts of glycan sample available from low-abundant glycoconjugates in biological
sources. Alterations of glycan structures have been found in various types of diseases, such as
cancers, diabetes, and immune disorders.1-2 Therefore, profiling disease-associated glycans is
essential for the understanding of their functions at a molecular level, while also facilitating the
identification of diagnostic glycan biomarkers and the better design of therapeutic drugs. Mass
spectrometry (MS) has proven to be the most powerful and informative tool to elucidate glycan
structures and inform their roles in biological processes. Prior to mass spectrometric analysis,
glycan samples are prepared mainly in three steps: 1) glycoprotein isolation and/or digestion; 2)
glycan release from glycoproteins; 3) glycan enrichment from the mixture, which consists of
proteins, peptides, enzymes, and other chemicals involved in sample preparation. It is challenging
to directly analyze glycans with even traces of these other components by MS since some species,
such as proteins and peptides, are often much more readily ionized, and thus greatly suppress
glycan ionization and detection. As a result, efficient glycan enrichment and separation from
complex biological mixtures is crucial for mass spectrometric glycan characterization. Physical
interaction based approaches, including lectin affinity chromatography,3-6 hydrophilic interaction
liquid chromatography (HILIC),7-14 and graphite affinity chromatography7, 10, 15-16 have been
widely utilized to enrich glycans from complex biological samples. Unfortunately, nonspecific
binding and low enrichment efficiency often mitigate their effective application. Solid-phase
chemical immobilization methods have emerged as promising alternatives for glycan
enrichment.17-25 After either enzymatic release or chemical release by β-elimination from
glycoproteins, glycans have a single reducing terminus, which has both cyclic and open forms.
The reducing terminus can covalently conjugate with hydrazide, amine, and oxyamine
functionalities through its unique aldehyde functional group in its open form.17, 19, 26
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Mass spectrometric glycan structure elucidation is extremely challenging. Glycans can exhibit
incredibly complicated branched structures with a large number of residues having both structural
and stereochemical diversity. It has been stated that “small changes in environmental cues can
cause dramatic changes in glycans produced by a given cell”.27 Although significant advances
have been made, glycomics remains much less developed than its siblings, genomics and
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proteomics. Noted for its capability to perform multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry, minimal
sample consumption, and high sensitivity, mass spectrometry has been broadly used for the
elucidation of glycan structures. Many dissociation techniques, such as collision-induced
dissociation (CID),28-30 infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD),29, 31 higher-energy collisional
dissociation (HCD),23, 32 ultraviolet multiphoton dissociation,33-35 electron capture dissociation
(ECD),29, 36-38 electron transfer dissociation (ETD),39-40 electron detachment dissociation (EDD),29,
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and electron excitation dissociation (EED),43-45 have been demonstrated to provide
complementary and extensive information for glycan structural analysis. Among these dissociation
techniques, ECD, ETD, EDD, and EED are generally referred to as electron activated dissociation
(ExD) since they usually involve fragmentation via low energy free radical dissociation pathways.
ExD provides enhanced yields of cross ring fragmentations. However, such approaches require
special instrumentation to allow for interaction of an electron source with targeted ions. Recently,
free radical chemistry46 has regained great attention in the field of biomolecular characterization.47-
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Inspired by the achievement of electron activated dissociation (ExD) for glycan structure analysis,
which usually involve fragmentation via low energy free radical dissociation pathways, we
recently developed a novel free radical activation glycan sequencing reagent (FRAGS), along with
a methylated free radical activated glycan sequencing reagent (Me-FRAGS) for glycan structural
characterization.26, 52 Free radical-directed systematic glycan dissociation with high fragmentation
efficiency has been obtained using these two free radical reagents. Moreover, the use of these free
radical glycan sequencing reagents does not require multiply charged precursor ions. Furthermore,
our reagents can be employed with a wide variety of instrumentation, with the main requirement
being the availability of collisional activation of mass selected ions to achieve fragmentation.
However, use of these two reagents is hampered by the low sensitivity for glycan detection when
applied to glycans released enzymatically from glycoproteins, subsequently coupled with the
FRAGS or Me-FRAGS reagent, and then directly analyzed by mass spectrometry without any
enrichment or purification. Proteins and peptides, which are the major matrix, significantly
suppress the ionization of glycans.
For solid supports, we employ thio-activated resin beads and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs).
Resin beads and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been broadly used as solid-supports and
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receive significant attention for their potential biomedical applications, such as sample purification
and enrichment.25, 53-57 Thiol-activated resin (Thiopropyl SepharoseTM 6B) is a medium for
reversible immobilization of molecules containing thiol groups under mild conditions via the
formation of a disulfide bond. For instance, it has been commonly used to enrich thiol-containing
compounds including thiolated proteins, thiolated peptides, thiolated RNA, thiophosphates, and
aliphatic thiols. More recently, attempts have been made to exploit its reactivity with thiols to
generate resin-supported probes for the analysis of biomolecules.25 However, the relatively low
surface-to-volume ratio and large particle size (100 μm) of resin hinders its further application in
the biomedical field, especially for in vivo diagnosis and therapy. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
have attracted much attention due to their high magnetic susceptibility, biocompatibility, and
stability, along with other important relevant characteristics. Their unique physical properties
make MNPs the ideal medium for in vivo biomedical applications, such as drug delivery,
hyperthermia treatment, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cancer cells.58 Considering the
potential biomedical application of SS-FRAGS, we designed and prepared both resin- and MNPs-
supported free radical probes.
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Overall, glycan structural intricacy, low abundance, and masked detection are the main barriers to
direct application of our sequencing reagents to real world analyses. To address these issues, we
have developed a multi-functional solid-supported free radical probe (SS-FRAGS, Scheme 1). The
probe comprises of a solid support, disulfide bond, free radical precursor, pyridyl, and hydrazine
moieties. SS-FRAGS selectively captures free glycans, allowing for their enrichment and
purification. The disulfide bond acts as a temporary covalent linkage between the solid support
and the free radical reagent, allowing the release of glycans via the cleavage of this bond after
enrichment and purification. The free radical precursor generates a nascent free radical upon
collisional activation, which subsequently initiates low energy free radical dissociation pathways,
fragmenting the glycan. The pyridyl functional group provides a fixed charge, allowing glycan
structure determination from analysis of the systematic fragmentation of the glycan back towards
the reducing terminus. The hydrazine functional group selectively targets bioconjugation with the
reducing terminus of the glycan, serving as a coupling site between the reagent and the glycan.
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Scheme 1. Structures of solid-supported free radical probes.
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
Glycans
Lacto-N-difucohexaose I (LNDFH I), lacto-N-difucohexaose II (LNDFH II), and Ribonuclease B
(RNase B) from bovine pancreas were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).
Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate and iron(II) chloride tetrahydrate were purchased from Alfa Aesar
(Tewksbury, MA, USA). All solvents are HPLC grade and were purchased from EMD Merck
(Gibbstown, NJ, USA). All other chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO,
USA).
Preparation of Solid-Supported Free Radical Probes
The preparation of the solid-supported free radical probe (SS-FRAGS) is described with details in
the supporting information (Scheme 2). Briefly, the synthesis of SS-FRAGS is accomplished by
benzylic bromination with NBS, coupling with NBS, hydrolysis of the ester group, condensation
between the carboxylic acid and cysteine, hydrazinolysis of the imide group, and finally disulfide
bond formation between the resin coupling reagent and thiol activated resin.26, 52 The preparation
of magnetic nanoparticle (Scheme S1) was achieved by following previously reported
procedures.59 Electron microscopy reveals the average size of the magnetic nanoparticles as 10 nm
(Figure S1).
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Scheme 2. Preparation of the solid-supported free radical probe (SS-FRAGS).
Mass Spectrometry
A Thermo-Fisher Scientific linear quadrupole ion trap (LTQ-XL) mass spectrometer (Thermo, San
Jose, CA, USA) equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source was employed. Derivatized
glycan sample solutions were directly infused into the ESI source of the mass spectrometer via a
syringe pump at a flow rate of 5-10 μL/min. Critical parameters of the mass spectrometer include
spray voltage of 5~6 kV, capillary voltage of 30~40 V, capillary temperature of 275 °C, sheath
gas (N2) flow rate of 10 (arbitrary unit), and tube lens voltage of 80~200 V. Other ion optic
parameters were optimized by the auto-tune function in the LTQ-XL tune program for maximizing
the signal intensity. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) was performed by resonance excitation
of the selected ions for 30 milliseconds. The normalized CID energy was 10~45 (arbitrary unit).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
All product ions are classified according to the Domon and Costello nomenclature.60 Greek letters
α and β are employed to differentiate a branched glycan wherein α indicates the heavier branch
while β indicates the lighter branch.
Glycan Characterization
To test the capability of both resin- and MNPs-supported free radical probes for glycan structure
elucidation, maltopentaose and one pair of isobaric glycan isomers, lacto-N-difucohexaose I
(LNDFH I) and lacto-N-difucohexaose II (LNDFH II), were selected. Maltopentaose presents a
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linear chain of five identical glucose residues. LNDFH I and II are branched difucosylated
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Maltopentaose: The general procedure for glycan purification and enrichment is illustrated in
Figure 1. Briefly, glycans are selectively captured through covalent conjugation to the SS-FRAGS
via the reduction reaction between the unique glycan reducing terminus and the probe hydrazide
moiety (glycan coupling site of the probe, Figure 1). To achieve glycan purification and
enrichment, the impurities and/or excess reactants are thoroughly washed away by water and
acetonitrile. After enrichment, the conjugated glycans are released by the selective cleavage of the
disulfide bond using the chemical scissors, dithiothreitol (DTT). Then, the conjugated glycans are
methylated by reacting with iodomethane at the pyridine nitrogen site to avoid glycan
rearrangement during collisional activation, ionized by electrospray ionization (ESI), and
subjected to collision-induced dissociation (CID) in the ion trap.
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As expected, collisional activation generates systematic and predictable glycan dissociation (Z, Y,
and 1,5X) with the charge retained on the reducing terminus, which significantly decreases the
complexity of the CID spectra (Figure 2). The nascent free radical is generated by the loss of
TEMPO at the radical precursor site. Without the need for subsequent collisional activation, all
ions resulting from glycan fragmentation are generated via a free radical initiated mechanism. The
formation of these three types of ions are proposed to result from hydrogen abstraction, initiated
by the nascent free radical, followed by a series of β-eliminations.26, 52 The free radical activated
glycan dissociation is systematic and predictable due to the narrow range of the C−H bond
dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) of the glycan.26, 52
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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of glycan capture, release, and MS analysis.
Figure 2. The fragmentation patterns and MS2 CID spectrum of SS-FRAGS-derivatized
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LNDFH I and II: LNDFH I and II were employed as highly branched isobaric glycans to assess
the capability of SS-FRAGS to analyze more complicated glycan structures and differentiate
glycan isomers. Similarly, systematic and predictable radical-directed glycan fragment ions are
generated upon collisional activation, including Z, Y, 1,5X, and Zα+Zβ ions retaining the charge on
the reducing terminus. More importantly, the unique fragmentation pattern Zα+Zβ (Z3α+Z3β for
LNDFH I and Z1α+Z1β and Z3αα+Z3αβ for LNDFH II, Figure 3) is observed only at the branch site,
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essential to note that the two glycosidic linkages need to be adjacent to each other to observe the
unique Zα+Zβ ion. The glycan LNDFH I has β1-3 and α1-4 linkages on the branch site while
LNDFH II has α1-3 and β1-4 linkages on the first branch site and β1-3 and α1-4 linkages on the
second branch site. The determination of branch sites with two glycosidic linkages which are not
adjacent to each other will be discussed in the case of glycans released from RNase B (vide infra).
The mechanism for the formation of this unique ion has been proposed to be hydrogen abstraction
followed by β-elimination.26 Meanwhile, the radical-driven glycan deconstruction diagram (R-
DECON diagram, Figure 4) visually summarizes the MS2 results and thus allows for the assembly
of the glycan skeleton, making the differentiation of these two isobaric glycan isomers
unambiguous.
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assembly of the glycan skeleton and differentiation of these two isobaric glycan isomers.
Glycan Enrichment
To test the capability of SS-FRAGS for the enrichment of glycans from biological samples,
analysis of glycans released from Ribonuclease B (RNase B) from bovine pancreas was performed.
Bovine pancreatic RNase B is a glycoprotein that contains a single glycosylation site at Asn34. Due
to the heterogeneity in the glycosylation at Asn34, RNase B has five glycosylated variants, with an
average molecular weight of approximately 15 kDa. The general procedure for glycan purification
and enrichment is illustrated in Figure S2. The RNase B (1 mg) was denatured at 90 °C for one
hour. Then the glycans were enzymatically released from RNase B by PNGase F followed by the
enrichment protocol described in Figure 1. Briefly, without any pre-purification, the SS-FRAGS
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reagent selectively captures the glycans to the probe via the reductive coupling reaction. Glycan
enrichment is achieved by simply washing all the impurities away with water and acetonitrile. The
pyridyl functional group of the probe is then reacted with iodomethane to form a fixed positive
charge. Finally, the disulfide bond is cleaved by dithiothreitol (DTT) to release the derivatized
glycans for mass spectrometric analysis.
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By utilizing SS-FRAGS and following the procedure described in the protocol above, all the
impurities including proteins, peptides, salt, and detergent were easily washed away by water and
acetonitrile, allowing the purification and enrichment of glycans. As shown in Figure 5, abundant
ions were detected, enabling subsequent collision induced dissociation for further structure
characterization of glycans released from RNase B, which is further discussed below. FRAGS (b,
Figure 5), which were proved to provide systematic and predictable cleavages for glycan structure
elucidation, were used as a point of comparison to prove the capability of solid-supported free
radical probe to enrich glycans. No signal was observed for the parallel control test (b, Figure 5).
To further compare SS-FRAGS with SPE, we run the SPE purification after derivatization of
FRAGS. It is clear that SS-FRAGS obtains better glycan purification than SPE.
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Abundant mass spectrometric signals were observed for target glycans which were released from
RNase B. It has been reported that the high-mannose structures released from RNase B exist as a
mixture of isomers.61, 62 For instance, three permethylated Man7GlcNAc2 isomers have been
reported by using porous graphite LC/MS (quadrupole orthogonal time-of-flight mass
spectrometer).61. Moreover, ion trap mass spectrometry has been reported to define RNase B
glycan topology and isomers by coupling precursor isolation with sequential MSn disassembly.62
Generally, prior separation of the glycans before structural analysis is certainly desirable, since
isobaric isomers can often be resolved and characterized individually. We tried to use HPLC to
separate derivatized glycans and found that the two isomers from the coupling of the reagent to
the reducing end of the glycan, adding complexity to the use of HPLC by increasing the number
of peaks. This can be rationalized by considering the α and β forms of the reducing terminus.
Reduction after amination was also tried to avoid the α and β forms but cannot be achieved.
Without the prior HPLC separation, further collisional activation was still conducted to induce
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RNase B, as illustrated below. The free radical probes developed here provide more structural
information to further elucidate the structures of the most abundant isomer of glycans released
from RNase B. Figure 6 shows the CID mass spectra of free radical probe derivatized glycans
released from RNase B. As expected, only systematic Z, Y, and 1,5X cleavages were generated due
to the presence of the well-defined site of radical generation. The R-DECON diagram makes
possible the straightforward visualization of the assembly of the glycan skeleton (Figure 7). For
instance, the proposed structure of the most abundant isomer of Man5GlcNAc2 can be confirmed
by the loss of one mannose, three mannose, and five mannose residues, as shown in Figure 6. We
have reported the unique ion, Zα+Zβ, for the adjacent branch site of glycans, such LNDFH I and
II.26, 52 The disappearance of the Zα+Zβ ions indicates the two glycosidic linkages in the branch
site are distal to each other. However, the branch sites can still be determined by analyzing the
fragmentation patterns since each fragment ion is a product of single cleavages (Z, Y, and 1,5X)
induced by the nascent free radical. The loss of five mannose residues indicates the cleavage of
the glycosidic bond between the mannose and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). The losses of one
and three mannose subunits denote that one mannose residue is on one side and three mannose
residues are on the other side of the first branch site. Moreover, the first branch site can also be
confirmed by the absence of the loss of four mannose residues. The loss of four mannose residues
would indicate the presence of four connected mannose residues which can be released by a single
glycosidic bond cleavage, such as the four mannose residues enclosed in the red box in the
proposed structure of Man5GlcNAc2 (a and b in Figure 8). Meanwhile, the second branch site is
determined by the absence of the loss of two mannose residues. The loss of two mannose residues
would indicate the presence of two mannose residues which can be released by a single glycosidic
bond cleavage, such as the two mannose residues enclosed in the blue box in the proposed structure
of Man5GlcNAc2 (a, b, and c in Figure 8). As expected, MS2 CID generates one mannose, two
mannose, three mannose, and six mannose losses for the most abundant isomers of Man6GlcNAc2.
The presence of two and three mannose residue losses provides information to decipher the
composition of the first branch site: two mannose residues on one side and three on the other side.
Again, the first branch site configuration can be confirmed by the absence of the loss of four or
five mannose residues. Two structures have been proposed for Man6GlcNAc2. Unfortunately, the
existence of the second branch site cannot be confirmed due to the fact that these two proposed
glycans can have the same radical directed fragmentation patterns. Similarly, two structures have
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been proposed for the most abundant isomers of Man7GlcNAc2. Three Man7GlcNAc2 isomers has
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Neither of the Man7 structures shown in Figure 6c conforms to known biosynthetic knowledge
and both structures are likely incorrect. At the present stage, R-DECON can generate the correct
structure only for glycan compositions with a single (dominant) isomer. When multiple isomers
are present in comparable abundances, R-DECON analysis of the resultant tandem mass spectra
containing fragments from all isomers will likely produce the wrong structures, as was the case for
Man7GlcNAc2. This limitation may be overcome by performing chromatographic separation prior
to MS/MS analysis. The masses of the radical probe derivatized glycans Man8GlcNAc2 and
Man9GlcNAc2 exceeded the nominal mass range of the instrument. They were detected but low
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one and three mannose residues on two sides, can have loss of two and four mannose residues.
Structure (b) with no branches can have loss of two and four mannose residues. Structure (c),
containing one branch with two mannose residues on each side, can have loss of two mannose
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In this study, we describe and demonstrate the effective application of multi-functional solid-
supported free radical probes for glycan enrichment and characterization. Glycans which are
enzymatically cleaved from proteins can be easily enriched by temporary and selective
immobilization on resin beads or magnetic nanoparticles via the reduction reaction between a
hydrazide moiety of the probe and the reducing terminus of the target glycans. Glycan
characterization is achieved by the systematic and predictable fragmentation induced by a well-
defined nascent free radical which is generated following cleavage of the captured glycan from the
solid support. Major fragmentation processes include the formation of 1,5X, Y, and Z ions for both
model glycans and glycans released from RNase B. In addition, the unique Zα+Zβ ions (Z3α+Z3β
for LNDFH I and Z1α+Z1β and Z3αα+Z3αβ for LNDFH II) can be used for the identification of the
branch sites with adjacent linkages, such as the 1-3 and 1-4 linkages on the branch site for LNDFH
I. Glycan structures can be visually assembled by the systematic development of radical directed
DECON diagrams using MSn data. The systematic radical-directed fragmentation aids in the
determination of glycan structures and in particular facilitates discrimination of isomeric glycans
that differ only in the connectivity of their component sugars. The determination of branch sites
with two glycosidic linkages which are distal to each other can also be confirmed. For the glycans
released from RNase B, the structure of the most abundant isomer of Man5GlcNAc2 is proposed
and validated to have two branch sites with distal glycosidic linkages. The configuration of these
two branch sites is confirmed by the corresponding loss of mannose subunits on each side of the
branch site. For the most abundant isomers of Man6GlcNAc2 the configuration of the first branch
can be determined, although the existence and/or configuration of the second branch site cannot
be ascertained. Chromatographic separation of Man7GlcNAc2 prior to MS/MS analysis is
especially needed since there are three major isomers for Man7GlcNAc2. The development of new
free radical reagent, which allows the HPLC separation without increasing the peak numbers, is
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The enhancement of glycan enrichment, high fragmentation efficiency, and systematic radical-
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This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health through grant 1R15GM121986-01A1,
National Science Foundation through grant CHEM1709272, Beckman Institute at Caltech, and
National Science Foundation through grant CHEM1508825.
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