Carbohydrate structures should be considered in the evaluation of the quality and process of the recombinant therapeutic glycoproteins proteins, since they are regarded as key factors affecting pharmacokinetic profile and stability of the proteins. In...
Carbohydrate structures should be considered in the evaluation of the quality and process of the recombinant therapeutic glycoproteins proteins, since they are regarded as key factors affecting pharmacokinetic profile and stability of the proteins. In this second year on-going studies, the differential de-glycosylation method was optimized to display apparent single bands in a SDS-PAGE gel by superseding ineffective detergent solutions for the glycosidase arrays. For the sialic acid determination, a method for separation of N-glycolylneuraminic acid was established and the colorimetric detection method using resorcinol reagent (EP method) was also established as a robust method by introducing 5cm path-length cuvette to increase the absorbancies. For the oligosaccharide profiling methods, each of two different analysis methods using HPAEC-PAD system and NP-HPLC/FLD system was established and validated with the oligosaccharide standards and model recombinant glycoproteins such as erythropoietin and follicle stimulating hormone. Though some advantages in the HPAEC-PAD method of good resolution and easy sample preparation, the 2-AB tagging method was evaluated more reliable and robust as common analysis method, since there was no significant variance in retention time and area of each peaks identified on run-to-run basis. The 2-AB method has advantage of providing glycans with additional chromophore in a MS. analysis. The method to identify unusual structural modification on the glycan structures were also studied. As a result sulfated and/or phosphorylated glycan structures was identified in a trace amount from the EPO BRP by separating the de-sialylated N-glycans on the GlycoSep C column.