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ArticleApplied biochemistry and biotechnology2024

Comprehensive Glycosylation Characterization of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin by Electron-Activated Dissociation Mass Spectrometry.

Xiang Li, Wentao Wang, Ji Luo, Lihai Guo, Yong Zhou, Yan Li, Hong-Xu Chen

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Xiang LiDivision of Recombinant Biological Products, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC), Beijing, 100501, People's Republic of China.
Wentao WangSCIEX, Beijing, 100015, People's Republic of China.
Ji LuoSCIEX, Beijing, 100015, People's Republic of China.
Lihai GuoSCIEX, Beijing, 100015, People's Republic of China.
Yong ZhouDivision of Recombinant Biological Products, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC), Beijing, 100501, People's Republic of China. zhouyong@nifdc.org.cn.
Yan LiSiChuan Institute for Drug Control, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Control and Evaluation of Vaccines and Biological Products, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China. 34904523@qq.com.
Hong-Xu ChenSCIEX, Beijing, 100015, People's Republic of China. hongxu.chen@sciex.com.

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Beijing Natural Science Foundation) L232013
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Abstract

Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) is a glycoprotein that acts as the main hormone involved in regulating red blood cell production to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease or chemotherapy, which has three N-glycosylation sites and one O-glycosylation site. It contains a variety of different glycosylation modifications, such as sialyation, O-acetylation on sialic acids, etc., which causes a big challenge for the glycosylation analysis of rhEPO. In this study, a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method combined with electron-activated dissociation (EAD) technology was used in qualitative and quantitative characterization of rhEPO N-glycosylation and O-glycosylation in just one injection. The usage of EAD not only generated abundant MS/MS fragment ions of glycopeptides and improved the MS/MS sequence coverage but also preserved the glycan structures in the MS/MS fragment ions and the integrity of the glycosidic bond between the glycans and peptides. Three N-glycosylation sites (N24, N38, and N83) and one O-glycosylation site (S126) of rhEPO samples were successfully identified. Among them, the glycosylation ratios of N24, N38, and N83 sites were 82.7%, 100%, and 100% respectively, and 15, 10, and 12 different N-glycans could be identified at the glycopeptide level. The total average number of sialic acids, N-hydroxyacetylneuraminoic acid, and O-acetylation on sialic acid were 7.28, 4.21, and 0.66 at the intact protein level, respectively. For O-glycosylation site S126, O-glycosylation ratios analyzed at the intact protein level and the glycopeptide level were 80.2% and 80.3%, respectively, and two O-glycans were identified, including Core1_S1 and Core1_S2. This study also compared the difference of the glycans and their relative contents in batch-to-batch rhEPO samples. The results proved that the workflow using EAD fragmentation in LC-MS method could be effectively applied for characterizing the glycosylation analysis of rhEPO samples and batch-to-batch consistency analysis, which would help to reasonably guide the optimization of rhEPO production process.

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ErythropoietinRecombinant ProteinsChromatography, LiquidGlycopeptidesGlycosylationHumansMass SpectrometryTandem Mass SpectrometryEPO protein, humanErythropoietinGlycopeptidesRecombinant ProteinsBatch-to-batch consistency analysisElectron-activated dissociationN-glycosylationO-glycosylationRecombinant human erythropoietin

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