TMT-Based Multiplexed Quantitation of N-Glycopeptides Reveals Glycoproteome Remodeling Induced by Oncogenic Mutations

Mayank Saraswat, Kiran Kumar Mangalaparthi, Kishore Garapati, Akhilesh Pandey

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Abstract

Glycoproteomics, or the simultaneous characterization of glycans and their attached peptides, is increasingly being employed to generate catalogs of glycopeptides on a large scale. Nevertheless, quantitative glycoproteomics remains challenging even though isobaric tagging reagents such as tandem mass tags (TMT) are routinely used for quantitative proteomics. Here, we present a workflow that combines the enrichment or fractionation of TMT-labeled glycopeptides with size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) for an in-depth and quantitative analysis of the glycoproteome. We applied this workflow to study the cellular glycoproteome of an isogenic mammary epithelial cell system that recapitulated oncogenic mutations in the PIK3CA gene, which codes for the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase catalytic subunit. As compared to the parental cells, cells with mutations in exon 9 (E545K) or exon 20 (H1047R) of the PIK3CA gene exhibited site-specific glycosylation alterations in 464 of the 1999 glycopeptides quantified. Our strategy led to the discovery of site-specific glycosylation changes in PIK3CA mutant cells in several important receptors, including cell adhesion proteins such as integrin β-6 and CD166. This study demonstrates that the SEC-based enrichment of glycopeptides is a simple and robust method with minimal sample processing that can easily be coupled with TMT-labeling for the global quantitation of glycopeptides.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11023-11032
Number of pages10
JournalACS Omega
Volume7
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 5 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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