The effect of simulated space radiation on the N -glycosylation of human immunoglobulin G1

Szarka, Máté and Szilasi, Szabolcs and Döncző, Boglárka and Sarkozy, Daniel and Rajta, István and Guttman, András (2018) The effect of simulated space radiation on the N -glycosylation of human immunoglobulin G1. ELECTROPHORESIS. ISSN 0173-0835, ESSN: 1522-2683

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Abstract

On a roundtrip to Mars, astronauts are expectedly exposed to an approximate amount of radiation that exceeds the lifetime limits on Earth. This elevated radiation dose is mainly due to Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) and Solar Particle Events (SPE). Specific patterns of the N-glycosylation of human immunoglobulins have already been associated with various ailments such as autoimmune diseases, malignant transformation, chronic inflammation and ageing. The focus of our work was to investigate the effect of low-energy proton irradiation on the IgG N-glycosylation profile with the goal if disease associated changes could be detected during space travel and not altered by space radiation. Two ionization sources were used during the experiments, a Van de Graaff generator for the irradiation of solidified hIgG samples in vacuum, and a Tandetron accelerator to irradiate hIgG samples in aqueous solution form. Structural carbohydrate analysis was accomplished by capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescent detection to determine the effects of simulated space radiation on Nglycosylation of hIgG1 samples. Our results revealed that even several thousand times higher radiation doses that of astronauts can suffer during long duration missions beyond the shielding environment of Low Earth Orbit, no changes were observed in hIgG1 N-glycosylation. Consequently, changes in N-linked carbohydrate profile of IgG1 can be used as molecular diagnostic tools in space.

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