Submitted on August 13, 2007
Revised on October 25, 2007
Accepted on November 5, 2007
BlotGlycoABCTM: An integrated glycoblotting technique for rapid and large-scale clinical glycomics
Yoshiaki Miura, Magumi Hato, Yasuro Shinohara, Hiromitsu Kuramoto, Jun-ichi Furukawa, Masaki Kurogochi, Hideyuki Shimaoka, Mitsuhiro Tada, Kazuaki Nakanishi, Michitaka Ozaki, Satoru Todo, and Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
Graduate School of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021
Corresponding Author: shin{at}glyco.sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Recent progress in mass spectrometry has led to new challenges in glycomics, including the development of rapid glycan enrichment techniques. A facile technique for exploration of a carbohydrate-related biomarker is important, since the proteomics research targets glycosylation, a posttranslational modification. Here we report an all-in-one protocol for high throughput clinical glycomics. This new technique integrates glycoblotting-based glycan enrichment onto the BlotGlycoABCTM bead, on-bead stabilization of sialic acids, and fluorescent-labeling of oligosaccharides in a single workflow on a multiwell filter plate. The advantage of this protocol and MALDI-TOFMS was demonstrated through differentiation of serum N-glycan profiles of subjects with congenital disorders of glycosylation and hepatocellular carcinoma and healthy donors. The method also permitted total cellular glycomics of human prostate cancer cells and normal human prostate epithelial cells. These results demonstrate the potentials of glycan enrichment/processing for biomarker discovery.