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Site-specific N-glycosylation of HeLa cell glycoproteins

ABSTRACT: HeLa cell line is frequently used in biomedical research, however little is known about N-glycan structures expressed on individual glycoproteins of this complex sample. We characterized site-specific N-glycosylation of HeLa N-glycoproteins using a complex workflow based on high and low energy tandem mass spectrometry experiments and rigorous data evaluation. The analyses revealed high amount of bovine serum contaminants compromising previous results focusing on released glycan analysis. We reliably identified 43 (human) glycoproteins, 69 N-glycosylation sites and 178 glycopeptides following an acetone precipitation based sample enrichment step. HeLa glycoproteins were found to be highly fucosylated and in several cases localization of the fucose (core or antenna) could also be determined based on low energy tandem mass spectra. High-mannose sugars were expressed in high amounts as expected in case of a cancer cell line. Our method enabled the detailed characterization of site-specific N-glycosylation of several glycoproteins expressed in HeLa. Furthermore, we were the first to experimentally prove the existence of 31 glycosylation sites, where previously presence of glycosylation was only predicted based on the existence of the consensus sequon.

INSTRUMENT(S): maXis

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Bos Taurus (bovine)

TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell, Cell Culture

DISEASE(S): Cervix Carcinoma

SUBMITTER: Lilla Turiák

LAB HEAD: Laszlo Drahos

PROVIDER: PXD013930 | Pride | 2019-10-21

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Widespread presence of bovine proteins in human cell lines.

Sugár Simon S Turiák Lilla L Vékey Károly K Drahos László L

Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS 20191128 7

HPLC-MS/MS analysis of various human cell lines shows the presence of a major amount of bovine protein contaminants. These likely originate from fetal bovine serum (FBS), typically used in cell cultures. If evaluated against a human protein database, on average 10% of the identified human proteins will be misleading (bovine proteins, but indicated as if they were human). Bovine contaminants therefore may cause major bias in proteomic studies of cell cultures, if not considered explicitly. ...[more]

PMID: 31697861

Publication: 1/2

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Site-specific N-glycosylation of HeLa cell glycoproteins

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Widespread presence of bovine proteins in human cell lines.

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