Issue 86, 2014

Systematic investigation of quinoxaline derivatization of sialic acids and their quantitation applicability using high performance liquid chromatography

Abstract

Quinoxaline derivatization has been the most commonly used approach for sialic acid quantitation of biological samples and glycoproteins by either HPLC or LC-MS/MS. However, the reported methods still suffer from many disadvantages, such as instable/expensive reagents, instable derivatives, and/or multiple products, which prevent their practical applications for SA-focused clinical screening and biopharmaceutical analysis. In this study, we investigated the quinoxaline derivatization of SAs with different commercially available phenyldiamines, and found a stable and inexpensive 4,5-dimethylbenzene-1,2-diamine (DMBA), that selectively reacted with SA to form a stable quinoxaline derivative efficiently and with strong UV and fluorescence absorption. The optimized DMBA derivatization conditions were successfully applied to quantitation of free and total SAs (N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and N-glycolyl-D-neuraminic acid (Neu5Gc)) in fetal bovine serum (FBS) and glycoprotein fetuin using HPLC with fluorescence detection. The limit of detection (LOD) for Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc were 6.00 and 8.80 pg, and the limits of quantitation (LOQ) for Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc were 18.0 and 29.0 pg on column, respectively. This method was also applied to determine total SA in human plasma samples. This DMBA derivatization method provides a robust, easy-handling, sensitive and cost effective approach for quantitation of SAs in glycoconjugates and biomatrices.

Graphical abstract: Systematic investigation of quinoxaline derivatization of sialic acids and their quantitation applicability using high performance liquid chromatography

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Aug 2014
Accepted
11 Sep 2014
First published
12 Sep 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 45797-45803

Author version available

Systematic investigation of quinoxaline derivatization of sialic acids and their quantitation applicability using high performance liquid chromatography

L. Wang, D. Wang, X. Zhou, L. Wu and X. Sun, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 45797 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA08930H

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