ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2024
Novel simultaneous analysis of 18 types of glycosaminoglycan-derived disaccharides using 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester derivatization by HPLC with fluorescence detection.
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- Heparan sulfate and glycomimetics: Advances in synthesis and biological applications for post-stroke neurorepair.Neuroprotection (Chichester, England) · 2026Review
- Recent analytical advances in the detection and characterization of 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2025Review
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Abstract
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), including hyaluronic acid (HA), chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS), heparan sulfate (HS)/heparin (HP), and keratan sulfate (KS), play pivotal roles in living organisms. Generally, GAGs are analyzed after enzymatic digestion into unsaturated or saturated disaccharides. Due to high structural similarity between disaccharides, however, separation during analysis is challenging. Additionally, little is known about the structures of GAGs and their functional relationships. Elucidating the function of GAGs requires highly sensitive quantitative analytical methods. We developed a method for the simultaneous analysis of 18 types of disaccharides derived from HA (1 type), CS/DS (7 types), HS/HP (8 types), and KS (2 types) potentially detectable in analyses of human urine. The simple method involves HPLC separation with fluorescence detection following derivatization of GAG-derived disaccharides using 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester (ABEE) as a pre-labeling agent and 2-picoline borane as a reductant. The ABEE derivatization reaction can be performed under aqueous conditions, and excess derivatization reagents can be easily, rapidly, and safely removed. This method enables highly sensitive simultaneous analysis of the 18 abovementioned types of GAG-derived disaccharides using HPLC with fluorescence detection in small amounts of urine (1 mL) in a single run. The versatile method described here could be applied to the analysis of GAGs in other biological samples.
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