Abstract
During the course of studies on the analysis of O-glycans in biological samples, we found that significant amount of free glycans are present in normal human serum samples. The most abundant free glycan was disialo-biantennary glycan typically observed in transferrin which is one of the abundant glycoproteins found in sera. Minor glycans were also considered to be mainly due to transferrin, but some glycans were derived from mucin-type O-glycans, although the amount was quite minute. However, high mannose-type glycans could not be detected at all. Although there have been many reports on the presence of intracellular "free" N-glycans (mainly derived from high mannose-type glycans) generated either from lipid-linked oligosaccharides or from misfolded glycoproteins through endoplasmic-reticulum associated protein degradation pathway, there is little information on the presence of free glycans in extracellular matrix and biological fluids such as serum. This report is the first one which demonstrates the presence of free glycans due to glycoproteins in sera.
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