Thiol-ene click synthesis of L-Cysteine-bonded zwitterionic hydrophilic magnetic nanoparticles for selective and efficient enrichment of glycopeptides

Efficient and specific enrichment of low-abundant glycopeptides from complex biological samples is essential to glycoproteomics analysis. Herein, novel magnetic zwitterionic hydrophilic nanoparticles based on thiol-ene click chemistry were synthesized. The functionalized magnetic nanoparticles exhibited superior performance in glycopeptide enrichment of HRP tryptic digest, demonstrating low detection limit (0.04 ng/mu L), high selectivity (a mixture of HRP and BSA at the mass ratio of 1:50) and reproducibility (5 repeating cycles). In addition, the material was successfully applied to glycopeptide enrichment from human serum. The outstanding results indicate the potential of the method in the development of glycoproteomics analysis in real biological samples. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.