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Abstract
Useful information about glycoconjugates can be obtained by labeling their aglycone (noncarbohydrate) portions?e.g., labeling proteins with radioactive amino acids?and then using techniques described elsewhere in this chapter to infer the presence, type, and nature of glycan chains. This unit describes metabolic labeling techniques that provide more specific information about the structure, sequence, and distribution of the sugar chains of glycoconjugates. Following metabolic labeling, the radioactive glycoconjugate of interest is isolated, individual glycosylation sites are identified and separated if necessary, and the labeled glycans are subjected to structural analysis. Curr. Protoc. Protein Sci. 57:12.2.1?12.2.15. © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: glycoconjugates; glycan; carbohydrate; metabolic labeling
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- Introduction
- Basic Protocol 1: Steady‐State Labeling with Radioactive Precursors
- Alternate Protocol 1: Pulse or Pulse‐Chase Labeling With Radioactive Precursors
- Alternate Protocol 2: Sequential Pulse or Pulse‐Chase Labeling with Reuse of Radioactively Labeled Medium
- Support Protocol 1: Preparation and Supplementation of Multiply Deficient Medium (MDM)
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Basic Protocol 1: Steady‐State Labeling with Radioactive Precursors Materials - Radioactive precursor: 3 H‐ or 14 C‐labeled monosaccharide, [35 S]sulfate, [3 H]acetate, or [32 P]orthophosphate; at highest available specific activity
- Complete tissue culture medium appropriate for long‐term growth of tissue culture cell line, supplemented as necessary
- Established tissue culture cell line, either suspension or monolayer
- Phosphate‐buffered saline (PBS; appendix 2E ), pH 7.2, ice cold
- Disposable sterile 50‐ml vacuum‐suction filter device: filter flask fitted with 0.22‐µm filter
- Disposable 0.22‐µm sterile filter attached to sterile plastic syringe, both with Luer‐Lok fittings
- Sterile pipet tips
- Tissue culture plates or flasks
- Screw‐cap centrifuge tubes
- Tabletop centrifuges, at room temperature and 4°C
- Rubberman policeman or disposable cell scraper
- Scintillation counter
- Additional reagents and equipment for splitting monolayer cells using trypsinization ( appendix 3C )
Alternate Protocol 1: Pulse or Pulse‐Chase Labeling With Radioactive Precursors - Multiply deficient medium (MDM; see protocol 4 and Table 12.2.1 ) supplemented as appropriate
- Fetal bovine serum (FBS; Invitrogen), dialyzed ( appendix 3B ) against sterile 0.15 M NaCl (glucose concentration ∼250 µM) Table 2.2.1 Additional Materials (also see protocol 1 ) Additional MaterialsComposition of Multiply Deficient Medium (MDM)
| Component | Final concentration in complete medium | Stock | CaCl 2 | 200 mg/liter | Salt, reagent grade | KCl | 400 mg/liter | Salt, reagent grade | MgCl 2 a | 75 mg/liter | Salt, reagent grade | NaCl | 6800 mg/liter | Salt, reagent grade | NaH 2 PO⋅H 2 O | 140 mg/liter | Salt, reagent grade | Phenol red | 10 mg/liter | 10× | Sodium pyruvate | 110 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Alanine | 25 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Arginine | 126 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Asparagine | 50 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Aspartic acid | 30 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Cysteine | NONE b | — | L‐Glutamic acid | 75 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Glutamine | NONE b | — | L‐Glycine | 50 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Histidine | 42 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Isoleucine | 52 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Leucine | 52 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Lysine | 72 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Methionine | NONE b | — | L‐Phenylalanine | 32 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Proline | 40 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Serine | NONEb | — | L‐Threonine | 48 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Tryptophan | 10 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Tyrosine | 36 mg/liter | 100× | L‐Valine | 46 mg/liter | 100× | MEM vitamins (mixture) | 1× | 100× | | | a Do not use MgSO 4 in place of MgCl 2 . b Not present in MDM; add as needed for specific experiments. | Alternate Protocol 2: Sequential Pulse or Pulse‐Chase Labeling with Reuse of Radioactively Labeled Medium - Multiply deficient medium (MDM; see protocol 4 and Table 12.2.1 ), supplemented as appropriate
- Fetal bovine serum (FBS; Invitrogen), dialyzed ( appendix 3B ) against sterile 0.15 M NaCl (glucose concentration ∼250 µM)
Support Protocol 1: Preparation and Supplementation of Multiply Deficient Medium (MDM) - Stock solutions for multiply deficient medium (MDM; Table 12.2.1 )
- 100× stock solutions for reconstituting MDM (Table 12.2.2 )
- 50‐ml tubes Table 2.2.2 Additional Materials (also see protocol 1 ) Additional Materials Stock Solutions for Reconstitution of MDM c Stock Solutions for Reconstitution of MDM
| Component | Final concentration in complete medium | Stock | NaHCO 3 d | 1× (2200 mg/liter) | 100× | HEPES⋅HCl d | 20 mM (4.76 g/liter) | 2 M, pH 7.3 | Na 2 SO 4 | 0.81 mM (115 mg/liter) | 100 mM, sterile | D‐Glucose | 1× (1000 mg/ml) | 100× | L‐Cysteine | 1× (100 mg/liter) | 100× | L‐Glutamine | 1× (292 mg/liter) | 100× | L‐Methionine | 1× (15 mg/liter) | 100× | L‐Serine | 1× (25 mg/liter) | 100× | | | c Individual components are added to MDM at full strength, lower concentration, or left out altogether, depending upon the experiment planned. d Use either NaHCO 3 /CO 2 or HEPES⋅HCl (not both); these control the pH of the final medium. | |
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| Figure 12.2.1 Incorporation of radiolabeled sulfates into macromolecules in cells labeled in sulfate‐free medium and the effect of adding increasing amounts of unlabeled sulfate. The arrow indicates the point at which the sulfate is no longer limiting. |
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| Figure 12.2.2 Scheme for sequential pulse labeling of cells reutilizing radioactive medium. |
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| Figure 12.2.3 Strategy for planning metabolic labeling of animal cell glycoconjugates. |
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| Figure 12.2.4 Cytosolic pathways for the interconversion of monosaccharides and their nucleotide sugar forms. |
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