Differences in alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) peptidic and glycan moieties originate several isoforms, whose modifications have been related to different pathophysiological situations. Differences in the isoforms of AGP existing in serum of individuals suffering from different diseases compared to healthy ones could be potentially used as biomarkers. CZE has been proven to be a useful technique for the analysis of glycoprotein isoforms. However, direct CZE analysis of AGP isoforms in serum samples needs efficient purification methods that allow the protein analysis. In this work two new and fast methods to purify AGP from human serum are evaluated in regard to their effect on the determination of isoforms of the intact glycoprotein by CZE-UV and by a developed CZE-ESI-TOF-MS method. Both preparation methods, which differ in the pre-treatment of the sample prior to an anti-AGP immunochromatographic step are shown to be adequate to analyze isoforms of intact AGP. Comparison of both purification methods by CZE-UV and CZE-ESI-TOF-MS indicates that serum AGP purified without acidic precipitation as pre-treatment is more adequate due to AGP higher yield, which leads to better CZE-Mass spectra. Both CZE methods show no indication that acidic precipitation influences the glycosylation (including sialylation) of AGP.
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