Integrated glycomic and proteomic signatures of butyrate-stimulated colorectal cancer cell line differentiation

It was previously observed that changes in the expression of specific proteins as well as protein glycosylation occur with differentiation. In this study, specific mucin O-glycans were identified that mark butyrate-induced epithelial differentiation of the intestinal cell line CaCo-2, by applying porous graphitized carbon nano-liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (PGC-nanoLC-MS/MS). Moreover, a quantitative proteomic approach was used to decipher changes in the cell proteome. By performing an integrative approach, we generated hypotheses about glycosylation signatures of specific cell adhesion proteins.