CE analysis of γ-globulin mobility and potential clinical utility

Methods Mol Biol. 2013:919:249-57. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-029-8_22.

Abstract

Serum protein electrophoresis is widely used in clinical laboratories to measure the relative abundance of each obtained fraction. Moreover, we found that the migration time of the γ-globulin fraction can be reproducibly determined (CV = 1.1%). Immunoglobulins were purified from serum using protein L-agarose and their N-glycosylation was studied using CE on a DNA sequencer. Liver fibrosis patients showed a lower level of sialylation and this moderately correlates with the migration time of the γ-globulins (r = 0.2-0.4). This allowed us to differentiate healthy individuals from these patients with an acceptable diagnostic accuracy (area under the curve = 0.75). This glycomics approach could become a significant added value to a daily, routine clinical test.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Chemistry, Clinical / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / isolation & purification
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • gamma-Globulins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Blood Proteins
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Polysaccharides
  • gamma-Globulins