As part of master's thesis, I developed a chromatographic method for quantifying N-glycanes by fluorescence detection. The sample preparation process (derivatisation with 2-aminobenzamide (2-AB), removal of excess marker 2-AB with solid-phase extraction (SPE)) and chromatographic method were developed on maltodextrins, glucose and maltose. Validation of SPE was also carried out on glucose and maltose. The preparation of the sample was then applied to a sample of glycoproteins (HUMIRA) with an additional stage - deglycolysation. We did encimatic deglycosylation with PNGase F. During development I checked the separation of maltodextins on two columns with a mixed mode stacionary phase. The first one was Thermo Scientific, GlycanPac AXR-1. 2,1 x 150 mm, 3 μm, which separates analytes according the charge density and hydrophobic nature of the compounds (weak anion-exchange and revrse-phase principle). The other was Thermo Scientific, GlycanPac AXH-1. 2,1 x 150 mm, 3 μm, which separates according to the charge density and hydrophilicity (weak anion-exchange and HILC principle). I also checked the separation on the Waters column, Acquity UPLC (R) BEH AMIDE 1,7 μm, 2.1 x 100 mm, which uses the HILIC principle for separation. There can be separated very polar analytes, which can't be on a reverse-phase column. The most optimal separation of maltodextins was obtained on the Thermo Fisher column, GlycanPac AXH-1. On this column, I therefore developed and validated a cromatographyc method for the quantification of N-glycanes, taged with 2-AB. As part of the validation, I checked repeatability, BIAS, selectivity, SPE efficiency, linear range, limit of detection and quantification and robustness of method. The developed method was suitable for the quantification of N-glycanes, therefore I also analyzed a real sample HUMIRA 40 mg/0,4 mL
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