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Cheng T, Mishkovsky M, Bastiaansen JAM, Ouari O, Hautle P, Tordo P, van den Brandt B, Comment A. Automated transfer and injection of hyperpolarized molecules with polarization measurement prior to in vivo NMR. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2013; 26:1582-1588. [PMID: 23893539 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance via dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization necessitates the transfer of the hyperpolarized molecules from the polarizer to the imager prior to in vivo measurements. This process leads to unavoidable losses in nuclear polarization, which are difficult to evaluate once the solution has been injected into an animal. We propose a method to measure the polarization of the hyperpolarized molecules inside the imager bore, 3 s following dissolution, at the time of the injection, using a precise quantification of the infusate concentration. This in situ quantification allows for distinguishing between signal modulations related to variations in the nuclear polarization at the time of the injection and signal modulations related to physiological processes such as tissue perfusion. In addition, our method includes a radical scavenging process that leads to a minor reduction in sample concentration and takes place within a couple of seconds following the dissolution in order to minimize the losses due to the presence of paramagnetic polarizing agent in the infusate. We showed that proton exchange between vitamin C, the scavenging molecule and the deuterated solvent shortens the long carboxyl (13)C longitudinal relaxation time in [1-(13)C]acetate. This additional source of dipolar relaxation can be avoided by using deuterated ascorbate. Overall, the method allows for a substantial gain in polarization and also leads to an extension of the time window available for in vivo measurements.
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- Tian Cheng
- Institute of Physics of Biological System, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Spin hyperpolarization in NMR to address enzymatic processes in vivo. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Xing Y, Reed GD, Pauly JM, Kerr AB, Larson PEZ. Optimal variable flip angle schemes for dynamic acquisition of exchanging hyperpolarized substrates. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 234:75-81. [PMID: 23845910 PMCID: PMC3765634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 06/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In metabolic MRI with hyperpolarized contrast agents, the signal levels vary over time due to T1 decay, T2 decay following RF excitations, and metabolic conversion. Efficient usage of the nonrenewable hyperpolarized magnetization requires specialized RF pulse schemes. In this work, we introduce two novel variable flip angle schemes for dynamic hyperpolarized MRI in which the flip angle is varied between excitations and between metabolites. These were optimized to distribute the magnetization relatively evenly throughout the acquisition by accounting for T1 decay, prior RF excitations, and metabolic conversion. Simulation results are presented to confirm the flip angle designs and evaluate the variability of signal dynamics across typical ranges of T1 and metabolic conversion. They were implemented using multiband spectral-spatial RF pulses to independently modulate the flip angle at various chemical shift frequencies. With these schemes we observed increased SNR of [1-(13)C]lactate generated from [1-(13)C]pyruvate, particularly at later time points. This will allow for improved characterization of tissue perfusion and metabolic profiles in dynamic hyperpolarized MRI.
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- Yan Xing
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Keshari KR, Sriram R, Van Criekinge M, Wilson DM, Wang ZJ, Vigneron DB, Peehl DM, Kurhanewicz J. Metabolic reprogramming and validation of hyperpolarized 13C lactate as a prostate cancer biomarker using a human prostate tissue slice culture bioreactor. Prostate 2013; 73:1171-81. [PMID: 23532911 PMCID: PMC3976546 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The treatment of prostate cancer has been impeded by the lack of both clinically relevant disease models and metabolic markers that track tumor progression. Hyperpolarized (HP) (13) C MR spectroscopy has emerged as a new technology to investigate the metabolic shifts in prostate cancer. In this study, we investigate the glucose reprogramming using HP (13) C pyruvate MR in a patient-derived prostate tissue slice culture (TSC) model. METHODS The steady-state metabolite concentrations in freshly excised human prostate TSCs were assessed and compared to those from snap-frozen biopsy samples. The TSCs were then applied to a perfused cell (bioreactor) platform, and the bioenergetics and the dynamic pyruvate flux of the TSCs were investigated by (31) P and HP (13) C MR, respectively. RESULTS The prostate TSCs demonstrated steady-state glycolytic and phospholipid metabolism, and bioenergetics that recapitulate features of prostate cancer in vivo. (13) C spectra following injection of HP (13) C pyruvate showed significantly increased pyruvate to lactate flux in malignant as compared to the benign prostate TSCs. This increased flux in the malignant prostate TSCs correlated with both increased expression of monocarboxylate transporters (MCT) and activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). CONCLUSIONS We provide the first mechanistic evidence for HP (13) C lactate as a prostate cancer biomarker in living human tissues, critical for the interpretation of in vivo studies. More broadly, the clinically relevant metabolic model system in combination with HP MR can facilitate the identification of clinically translatable biomarkers of prostate cancer presence, aggressiveness, and treatment response.
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- Kayvan R. Keshari
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California
- Correspondence to: Prof. John Kurhanewicz, PhD, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Urology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4th St., Byers Hall 203, San Francisco, CA 94158.
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Josan S, Hurd R, Park JM, Yen YF, Watkins R, Pfefferbaum A, Spielman D, Mayer D. Dynamic metabolic imaging of hyperpolarized [2-(13) C]pyruvate using spiral chemical shift imaging with alternating spectral band excitation. Magn Reson Med 2013; 71:2051-8. [PMID: 23878057 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE In contrast to [1-(13) C]pyruvate, hyperpolarized [2-(13) C]pyruvate permits the ability to follow the (13) C label beyond flux through pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and investigate the incorporation of acetyl-coenzyme A into different metabolic pathways. However, chemical shift imaging (CSI) with [2-(13) C]pyruvate is challenging owing to the large spectral dispersion of the resonances, which also leads to severe chemical shift displacement artifacts for slice-selective acquisitions. METHODS This study introduces a sequence for three-dimensional CSI of [2-(13) C]pyruvate using spectrally selective excitation of limited frequency bands containing a subset of metabolites. Dynamic CSI data were acquired alternately from multiple frequency bands in phantoms for sequence testing and in vivo in rat heart. RESULTS Phantom experiments verified the radiofrequency pulse design and demonstrated that the signal behavior of each group of resonances was unaffected by excitation of the other frequency bands. Dynamic three-dimensional (13) C CSI data demonstrated the sequence capability to image pyruvate, lactate, acetylcarnitine, glutamate, and acetoacetate, enabling the analysis of organ-specific spectra and metabolite time courses. CONCLUSIONS The presented method allows CSI of widely separated resonances without chemical shift displacement artifact, acquiring multiple frequency bands alternately to obtain dynamic time-course information. This approach enables robust imaging of downstream metabolic products of acetyl-coenzyme A with hyperpolarized [2-(13) C]pyruvate.
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- Sonal Josan
- SRI International, Neuroscience Program, Menlo Park, California, USA; Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Lucas MRI Center, Stanford, California, USA
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Swisher CL, Larson PEZ, Kruttwig K, Kerr AB, Hu S, Bok RA, Goga A, Pauly JM, Nelson SJ, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. Quantitative measurement of cancer metabolism using stimulated echo hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRS. Magn Reson Med 2013; 71:1-11. [PMID: 23412881 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of hyperpolarized substrates allows for the observation of label exchange catalyzed by enzymes providing a powerful tool to investigate tissue metabolism and potentially kinetics in vivo. However, the accuracy of current methods to calculate kinetic parameters has been limited by T1 relaxation effects, extracellular signal contributions, and reduced precision at lower signal-to-noise ratio. THEORY AND METHODS To address these challenges, we investigated a new modeling technique using metabolic activity decomposition-stimulated echo acquisition mode. The metabolic activity decomposition-stimulated echo acquisition mode technique separates exchanging from nonexchanging metabolites providing twice the information as conventional techniques. RESULTS This allowed for accurate measurements of rates of conversion and of multiple T1 values simultaneously using a single acquisition. CONCLUSION The additional measurement of T1 values for the reaction metabolites provides further biological information about the cellular environment of the metabolites. The new technique was investigated through simulations and in vivo studies of transgenic mouse models of cancer demonstrating improved assessments of kinetic rate constants and new T1 relaxation value measurements for hyperpolarized (13) C-pyruvate, (13) C-lactate, and (13) C-alanine.
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- Christine Leon Swisher
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Chen AP, Chu W, Gu YP, Cunningham CH. Probing early tumor response to radiation therapy using hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate in MDA-MB-231 xenografts. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56551. [PMID: 23424666 PMCID: PMC3570408 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Following radiation therapy (RT), tumor morphology may remain unchanged for days and sometimes weeks, rendering anatomical imaging methods inadequate for early detection of therapeutic response. Changes in the hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]lactate signals observed in vivo following injection of pre-polarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate has recently been shown to be a marker for tumor progression or early treatment response. In this study, the feasibility of using ¹³C metabolic imaging with [1-¹³C]pyruvate to detect early radiation treatment response in a breast cancer xenograft model was demonstrated in vivo and in vitro. Significant decreases in hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]lactate relative to [1-¹³C]pyruvate were observed in MDA-MB-231 tumors 96 hrs following a single dose of ionizing radiation. Histopathologic data from the treated tumors showed higher cellular apoptosis and senescence; and changes in the expression of membrane monocarboxylate transporters and lactate dehydrogenase B were also observed. Hyperpolarized ¹³C metabolic imaging may be a promising new tool to develop novel and adaptive therapeutic regimens for patients undergoing RT.
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Chiavazza E, Kubala E, Gringeri CV, Düwel S, Durst M, Schulte RF, Menzel MI. Earth's magnetic field enabled scalar coupling relaxation of 13C nuclei bound to fast-relaxing quadrupolar 14N in amide groups. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 227:35-8. [PMID: 23262330 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Scalar coupling relaxation, which is usually only associated with closely resonant nuclei (e.g., (79)Br-(13)C), can be a very effective relaxation mechanism. While working on hyperpolarized [5-(13)C]glutamine, fast liquid-state polarization decay during transfer to the MRI scanner was observed. This behavior could hypothetically be explained by substantial T(1) shortening due to a scalar coupling contribution (type II) to the relaxation caused by the fast-relaxing quadrupolar (14)N adjacent to the (13)C nucleus in the amide group. This contribution is only effective in low magnetic fields (i.e., less than 800 μT) and prevents the use of molecules bearing the (13)C-amide group as hyperpolarized MRS/MRI probes. In the present work, this hypothesis is explored both theoretically and experimentally. The results show that high hyperpolarization levels can be retained using either a (15)N-labeled amide or by applying a magnetic field during transfer of the sample from the polarizer to the MRI scanner.
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Dutta P, Martinez GV, Gillies RJ. A New Horizon of DNP technology: Application to In-vivo 13C Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging. Biophys Rev 2013; 5:271-281. [PMID: 26491489 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-012-0099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is an emerging technique for increasing the sensitivity (>10,000-fold) of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRSI), in particularly for low-γ nuclei. DNP methodology is based on polarizing nuclear spins in an amorphous solid state at low temperature (ca. 1 K) through coupling of the nuclear spins with unpaired electron spins that are added to the sample via an organic free radical. In an amorphous solid state, the high electron spin polarization can be transferred to the nuclear spins by microwave irradiation. While this technique has been utilized in solid-state research for many years, it is only recently that dissolution methods and the required hardware have been developed to produce the high nuclear polarization provided by DNP to produce injectable hyperpolarized solutions suitable for in vivo studies. It has been applied to a number of 13C-labeled cell metabolites in biological systems and their real-time metabolic conversion has been imaged. This review focuses the DNP methodology briefly and the significant molecules investigated to date in preclinical cancer models, in terms of their downstream metabolism in vivo or the biological processes that they can probe. In particular, conversion between hyperpolarized 13C-labeled pyruvate and lactate, catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase, has been shown to have a number of potential applications such as diagnosis, staging tumor grade and monitoring therapy response. Strategies for making this technique more viable to use in clinical settings has been discussed.
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- Prasanta Dutta
- Department of Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa, Florida, USA
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Buljubasich L, Franzoni MB, Münnemann K. Parahydrogen Induced polarization by homogeneous catalysis: theory and applications. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 338:33-74. [PMID: 23536243 DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The alignment of the nuclear spins in parahydrogen can be transferred to other molecules by a homogeneously catalyzed hydrogenation reaction resulting in dramatically enhanced NMR signals. In this chapter we introduce the involved theoretical concepts by two different approaches: the well known, intuitive population approach and the more complex but more complete density operator formalism. Furthermore, we present two interesting applications of PHIP employing homogeneous catalysis. The first demonstrates the feasibility of using PHIP hyperpolarized molecules as contrast agents in (1)H MRI. The contrast arises from the J-coupling induced rephasing of the NMR signal of molecules hyperpolarized via PHIP. It allows for the discrimination of a small amount of hyperpolarized molecules from a large background signal and may open up unprecedented opportunities to use the standard MRI nucleus (1)H for, e.g., metabolic imaging in the future. The second application shows the possibility of continuously producing hyperpolarization via PHIP by employing hollow fiber membranes. The continuous generation of hyperpolarization can overcome the problem of fast relaxation times inherent in all hyperpolarization techniques employed in liquid-state NMR. It allows, for instance, the recording of a reliable 2D spectrum much faster than performing the same experiment with thermally polarized protons. The membrane technique can be straightforwardly extended to produce a continuous flow of a hyperpolarized liquid for MRI enabling important applications in natural sciences and medicine.
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- Lisandro Buljubasich
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Kettunen MI, Kennedy BWC, Hu DE, Brindle KM. Spin echo measurements of the extravasation and tumor cell uptake of hyperpolarized [1-(13) C]lactate and [1-(13) C]pyruvate. Magn Reson Med 2012; 70:1200-9. [PMID: 23280500 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the blood-tissue distribution of hyperpolarized (13) C-labeled molecules in vivo. METHODS Spin-echo experiments with simultaneous acquisition of the free induction decay (FID) signal following the excitation pulse and the spin-echo signal, were used to monitor hyperpolarized [1-(13) C]lactate, [1-(13) C]pyruvate, and the perfusion marker, [(13) C]HP001, following their intravenous injection into tumor-bearing mice. Apparent T2 relaxation times and diffusion coefficients were also measured. RESULTS An increasing tumor echo/FID ratio was observed for all three molecules, which could be explained by their extravasation into the tumor interstitial space, where T2 relaxation times were longer and diffusion coefficients smaller. Inhibition of the monocarboxylate transporter, which decreased by 40% the label exchange between pyruvate and lactate, reduced the increase in the echo/FID ratio for pyruvate and lactate, but not for HP001, demonstrating that some of the increase in the echo/FID ratio was due to cell uptake of lactate and pyruvate. The different relaxation and diffusion behavior of the intravascular and extravascular signals affected measurements of the apparent label exchange rate constants. CONCLUSION Simultaneous collection of both FID and echo signals can provide information on cell uptake thus giving further insight into the kinetics of hyperpolarized (13) C label exchange. Care is needed when comparing exchange rate constants determined in spin-echo-based studies.
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- Mikko I Kettunen
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Larson PEZ, Kerr AB, Swisher CL, Pauly JM, Vigneron DB. A rapid method for direct detection of metabolic conversion and magnetization exchange with application to hyperpolarized substrates. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 225:71-80. [PMID: 23143011 PMCID: PMC3531583 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In this work, we present a new MR spectroscopy approach for directly observing nuclear spins that undergo exchange, metabolic conversion, or, generally, any frequency shift during a mixing time. Unlike conventional approaches to observe these processes, such as exchange spectroscopy (EXSY), this rapid approach requires only a single encoding step and thus is readily applicable to hyperpolarized MR in which the magnetization is not replenished after T(1) decay and RF excitations. This method is based on stimulated-echoes and uses phase-sensitive detection in conjunction with precisely chosen echo times in order to separate spins generated during the mixing time from those present prior to mixing. We are calling the method Metabolic Activity Decomposition Stimulated-echo Acquisition Mode or MAD-STEAM. We have validated this approach as well as applied it in vivo to normal mice and a transgenic prostate cancer mouse model for observing pyruvate-lactate conversion, which has been shown to be elevated in numerous tumor types. In this application, it provides an improved measure of cellular metabolism by separating [1-(13)C]-lactate produced in tissue by metabolic conversion from [1-(13)C]-lactate that has flowed into the tissue or is in the blood. Generally, MAD-STEAM can be applied to any system in which spins undergo a frequency shift.
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- Peder E Z Larson
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Keshari KR, Sriram R, Koelsch BL, Van Criekinge M, Wilson DM, Kurhanewicz J, Wang ZJ. Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate magnetic resonance reveals rapid lactate export in metastatic renal cell carcinomas. Cancer Res 2012. [PMID: 23204238 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-3461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Renal cell carcinomas (RCC) are a heterogeneous group of tumors with a wide range of aggressiveness. Noninvasive methods to confidently predict the tumor biologic behavior and select appropriate treatment are lacking. Here, we investigate the dynamic metabolic flux in living RCC cells using hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) combined with a bioreactor platform and interrogated the biochemical basis of the MRS data with respect to cancer aggressiveness. RCC cells have significantly higher pyruvate-to-lactate flux than the normal renal tubule cells. Furthermore, a key feature distinguishing the localized from the metastatic RCC cells is the lactate efflux rate, mediated by the monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4). The metastatic RCC cells have significantly higher MCT4 expression and corresponding higher lactate efflux, which is essential for maintaining a high rate of glycolysis. We show that such differential cellular transporter expression and associated metabolic phenotype can be noninvasively assessed via real-time monitoring of hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate-to-lactate flux.
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- Kayvan R Keshari
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Hovav Y, Feintuch A, Vega S. Theoretical aspects of dynamic nuclear polarization in the solid state--spin temperature and thermal mixing. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 15:188-203. [PMID: 23160533 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42897k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Dynamic nuclear polarization is a method which allows for a dramatic increase of the NMR signals due to polarization transfer between electrons and their neighboring nuclei, via microwave irradiation. These experiments have become popular in recent years due to the ability to create hyper-polarized chemically and biologically relevant molecules, in frozen glass forming mixtures containing free radicals. Three mechanisms have been proposed for the polarization transfer between electrons and their surrounding nuclei in such non-conducting samples: the solid effect and cross effect mechanisms, which are based on quantum mechanics and relaxation on small spin systems, and thermal mixing, which originates from the thermodynamic macroscopic notion of spin temperature. We have recently introduced a spin model, which is based on the density matrix formalism and includes relaxation, and applied it to study the solid effect and cross effect mechanisms on small spin systems. In this publication we use the same model to describe the thermal mixing mechanism, and the creation of spin temperature. This is obtained without relying on the spin temperature formalism. Simulations of small model systems are used on systems with homogeneously and inhomogeneously broadened EPR lines. For the case of a homogeneously broadened line we show that the nuclear enhancement results from the thermal mixing and solid effect mechanisms, and that spin temperatures are created in the system. In the inhomogeneous case the enhancements are attributed to the solid effect and cross effect mechanisms, but not thermal mixing.
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Chattergoon N, Martínez-Santiesteban F, Handler WB, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Scholl TJ. Field dependence ofT1for hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate. CONTRAST MEDIA & MOLECULAR IMAGING 2012; 8:57-62. [DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- N. Chattergoon
- Imaging Research Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute; Western University; 100 Perth Dr. London ON Canada N6A 5K8
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- Imaging Research Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute; Western University; 100 Perth Dr. London ON Canada N6A 5K8
- Department of Medical Biophysics; Western University; London ON Canada N6A 5C1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; Western University; London ON Canada N6A 3K7
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- GE Healthcare; Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Electrical Engineering; Technical University of Denmark; Lyngby Denmark
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- Imaging Research Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute; Western University; 100 Perth Dr. London ON Canada N6A 5K8
- Department of Medical Biophysics; Western University; London ON Canada N6A 5C1
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Molecular characterization of rheumatoid arthritis with magnetic resonance imaging. Top Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 22:61-9. [PMID: 22648081 DOI: 10.1097/rmr.0b013e31825c062c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Several recent advances in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may transform the detection and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These advances depict both anatomic and molecular alterations from RA. Previous techniques could detect specific end products of metabolism in vitro or were limited to providing anatomic information. This review focuses on the novel molecular imaging techniques of hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI, MRI with iron-labeled probes, and fusion of MRI with positron emission tomography. These new imaging approaches go beyond the anatomic description of RA and lend new information into the status of this disease by giving molecular information.
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Puckeridge M, Pagès G, Kuchel PW. Simultaneous estimation of T₁ and the flip angle in hyperpolarized NMR experiments using acquisition at non-regular time intervals. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 222:68-73. [PMID: 22820261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In NMR spectroscopy of the liquid state T(1) is typically measured using an inversion recovery pulse sequence; but with hyperpolarized spins use is made of a sequence of multiple small radiofrequency (RF) induced nutations, α. Depending on the values of α and τ, the time interval between the pulses, the estimate of T(1) can be artifactually smaller than the real value; so without knowing the value of α the estimate of T(1) can be incorrect. Thus, we propose a method that involves a series of pulses with timing governed by a geometric sequence (or in general, any mathematically specified non-uniformly spaced sequence). This approach enables the simultaneous estimation of both the intrinsic T(1) value and α. The method was successfully applied to obtain T(1)=(44.9 ± 0.3)s and α=(4.0 ± 0.2)° (n=3) for a sample of hyperpolarized (13)C-urea in solution, matching with the inversion recovery pulse sequence estimate of T(1)=44 ± 2s using non-hyperpolarized (13)C-urea in solution.
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- Max Puckeridge
- School of Molecular Bioscience, G08, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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von Morze C, Sukumar S, Reed GD, Larson PEZ, Bok RA, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. Frequency-specific SSFP for hyperpolarized ¹³C metabolic imaging at 14.1 T. Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 31:163-70. [PMID: 22898680 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Revised: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Metabolic imaging of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] pyruvate co-polarized with [(13)C]urea by dynamic nuclear polarization with rapid dissolution is a promising new method for assessing tumor metabolism and perfusion simultaneously in vivo. Novel pulse sequences are required to enable dynamic imaging of multiple (13)C spectral lines with high spatiotemporal resolution. The goal of this study was to investigate a new frequency-specific approach for rapid metabolic imaging of multiple (13)C resonances using the spectral selectivity of steady-state free precession pulse (SSFP) trains. Methods developed in simulations were implemented in a dynamic frequency-cycled balanced SSFP pulse sequence on a 14.1-T animal magnetic resonance imaging scanner. This acquisition was tested in thermal and hyperpolarized phantom imaging studies and in a transgenic mouse with prostate cancer.
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- Cornelius von Morze
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Keshari KR, Kurhanewicz J, Macdonald JM, Wilson DM. Generating contrast in hyperpolarized 13C MRI using ligand-receptor interactions. Analyst 2012; 137:3427-9. [PMID: 22655289 DOI: 10.1039/c2an35406c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the imaging of β-cyclodextrin-benzoic acid binding at 14T using hyperpolarized (13)C magnetic resonance (MR). Benzoic acid was polarized using a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) approach and combined with β-cyclodextrin in aqueous solution. As anticipated, decreases in the spin-lattice relaxation constant (T(1)) were observed with decreases in the ligand-receptor ratio. The calculated log K was approximately 1.7, similar to previously reported binding constants. Hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] benzoic acid was used to interrogate solutions of variable β-cyclodextrin concentrations, with the mixtures imaged at 14T using a 3D frequency-selective MR sequence. Differences in β-cyclodextrin concentration were easily visualized. These results suggest that hyperpolarized (13)C MR could be used in vivo to determine the presence and density of receptors for a given ligand-receptor pair.
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- Kayvan R Keshari
- Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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Lumata L, Merritt ME, Malloy CR, Sherry AD, Kovacs Z. Impact of Gd3+ on DNP of [1-13C]pyruvate doped with trityl OX063, BDPA, or 4-oxo-TEMPO. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:5129-38. [PMID: 22571288 DOI: 10.1021/jp302399f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate has become an important diagnostic tracer of normal and aberrant cellular metabolism for in vitro and in vivo NMR spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging (MRI). In pursuit of achieving high NMR signal enhancements in dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) experiments, we have performed an extensive investigation of the influence of Gd(3+) doping, a parameter previously reported to improve hyperpolarized NMR signals, on the DNP of this compound. [1-(13)C]Pyruvate samples were doped with varying amounts of Gd(3+) and fixed optimal concentrations of free radical polarizing agents commonly used in fast dissolution DNP: trityl OX063 (15 mM), 4-oxo-TEMPO (40 mM), and BDPA (40 mM). In general, we have observed three regions of interest, namely, (i) a monotonic increase in DNP-enhanced nuclear polarization P(dnp) upon increasing the Gd(3+) concentration until a certain threshold concentration c(1) (1-2 mM) is reached, (ii) a region of roughly constant maximum P(dnp) from c(1) until a concentration threshold c(2) (4-5 mM), and (iii) a monotonic decrease in P(dnp) at Gd(3+) concentration c > c(2). Of the three free radical polarizing agents used, trityl OX063 gave the best response to Gd(3+) doping, with a 300% increase in the solid-state nuclear polarization, whereas addition of the optimum Gd(3+) concentration on BDPA and 4-oxo-TEMPO-doped samples only yielded a relatively modest 5-20% increase in the base DNP-enhanced polarization. The increase in P(dnp) due to Gd(3+) doping is ascribed to the decrease in the electronic spin-lattice relaxation T(1e) of the free radical electrons, which plays a role in achieving lower spin temperature T(s) of the nuclear Zeeman system. These results are discussed qualitatively in terms of the spin temperature model of DNP.
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- Lloyd Lumata
- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Viale A, Reineri F, Dastrù W, Aime S. Hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate magnetic resonance imaging in cancer diagnostics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 6:335-45. [PMID: 23480742 DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2012.687372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The use of hyperpolarized molecules allows one to obtain information about metabolism in both cells and animals; such a task represents a tremendous advancement with respect to the results achieved so far with in vivo NMR techniques. Pyruvate appears an excellent tumor biomarker as it allows the attainment of early diagnosis, stadiation and monitoring of response to therapy. AREAS COVERED As pyruvate conversion to lactate in the glycolytic pathway is highly enhanced in tumor cells, the 1-(13)C-lactate levels after administration of hyperpolarized 1-(13)C-pyruvate are markedly higher in tumor tissues and depend on the type and grade of the tumor. This review covers the most recent research results (both in vitro and in vivo) about the use of hyperpolarized 1-(13)C-pyruvate for tumor localization, stadiation and for monitoring the response to therapy. The technique may find application in clinics, especially when other imaging modalities are of difficult applicability. EXPERT OPINION While (13)C-pyruvate has been shown to be the candidate of choice for metabolic imaging, high expectations are present in the scientific community to see if other hyperpolarized substrates could provide more specific and sensitive biomarkers. The use of hyperpolarized molecules will have a tremendous impact in the armory of diagnostic tools.
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- Alessandra Viale
- University of Torino, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biotechnology Centre , V. Nizza 52, 10126 Torino , Italy
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Fan TWM, Lorkiewicz PK, Sellers K, Moseley HNB, Higashi RM, Lane AN. Stable isotope-resolved metabolomics and applications for drug development. Pharmacol Ther 2012; 133:366-91. [PMID: 22212615 PMCID: PMC3471671 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Advances in analytical methodologies, principally nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS), during the last decade have made large-scale analysis of the human metabolome a reality. This is leading to the reawakening of the importance of metabolism in human diseases, particularly cancer. The metabolome is the functional readout of the genome, functional genome, and proteome; it is also an integral partner in molecular regulations for homeostasis. The interrogation of the metabolome, or metabolomics, is now being applied to numerous diseases, largely by metabolite profiling for biomarker discovery, but also in pharmacology and therapeutics. Recent advances in stable isotope tracer-based metabolomic approaches enable unambiguous tracking of individual atoms through compartmentalized metabolic networks directly in human subjects, which promises to decipher the complexity of the human metabolome at an unprecedented pace. This knowledge will revolutionize our understanding of complex human diseases, clinical diagnostics, as well as individualized therapeutics and drug response. In this review, we focus on the use of stable isotope tracers with metabolomics technologies for understanding metabolic network dynamics in both model systems and in clinical applications. Atom-resolved isotope tracing via the two major analytical platforms, NMR and MS, has the power to determine novel metabolic reprogramming in diseases, discover new drug targets, and facilitates ADME studies. We also illustrate new metabolic tracer-based imaging technologies, which enable direct visualization of metabolic processes in vivo. We further outline current practices and future requirements for biochemoinformatics development, which is an integral part of translating stable isotope-resolved metabolomics into clinical reality.
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- Teresa W-M Fan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
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Larson PEZ, Kerr AB, Reed GD, Hurd RE, Kurhanewicz J, Pauly JM, Vigneron DB. Generating super stimulated-echoes in MRI and their application to hyperpolarized C-13 diffusion metabolic imaging. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2012; 31:265-275. [PMID: 22027366 PMCID: PMC3274664 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2011.2168235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Stimulated-echoes in MR can be used to provide high sensitivity to motion and flow, creating diffusion and perfusion weighting as well as T(1) contrast, but conventional approaches inherently suffer from a 50% signal loss. The super stimulated-echo, which uses a specialized radio-frequency (RF) pulse train, has been proposed in order to improve the signal while preserving motion and T(1) sensitivity. This paper presents a novel and straightforward method for designing the super stimulated-echo pulse train using inversion pulse design techniques. This method can also create adiabatic designs with an improved response to RF transmit field variations. The scheme was validated in phantom experiments and shown in vivo to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We have applied a super stimulated-echo to metabolic MRI with hyperpolarized (13)C-labeled molecules. For spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized agents, several repetition times are required but only a single stimulated-echo encoding is feasible, which can lead to unwanted motion blurring. To address this, a super stimulated-echo preparation scheme was used in which the diffusion weighting is terminated prior to the acquisition, and we observed a SNR increases of 60% in phantoms and 49% in vivo over a conventional stimulated-echo. Experiments following injection of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] -pyruvate in murine transgenic cancer models have shown improved delineation for tumors since signals from metabolites within tumor tissues are retained while those from the vasculature are suppressed by the diffusion preparation scheme.
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- Peder E Z Larson
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Chen AP, Hurd RE, Schroeder MA, Lau AZ, Gu YP, Lam WW, Barry J, Tropp J, Cunningham CH. Simultaneous investigation of cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase flux, Krebs cycle metabolism and pH, using hyperpolarized [1,2-(13)C2]pyruvate in vivo. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2012; 25:305-11. [PMID: 21774012 PMCID: PMC4618301 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2010] [Revised: 04/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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(13)C MR spectroscopy studies performed on hearts ex vivo and in vivo following perfusion of prepolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate have shown that changes in pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) flux may be monitored non-invasively. However, to allow investigation of Krebs cycle metabolism, the (13)C label must be placed on the C2 position of pyruvate. Thus, the utilization of either C1 or C2 labeled prepolarized pyruvate as a tracer can only afford a partial view of cardiac pyruvate metabolism in health and disease. If the prepolarized pyruvate molecules were labeled at both C1 and C2 positions, then it would be possible to observe the downstream metabolites that were the results of both PDH flux ((13)CO(2) and H(13)CO(3)(-)) and Krebs cycle flux ([5-(13)C]glutamate) with a single dose of the agent. Cardiac pH could also be monitored in the same experiment, but adequate SNR of the (13)CO(2) resonance may be difficult to obtain in vivo. Using an interleaved selective RF pulse acquisition scheme to improve (13)CO(2) detection, the feasibility of using dual-labeled hyperpolarized [1,2-(13)C(2)]pyruvate as a substrate for dynamic cardiac metabolic MRS studies to allow simultaneous investigation of PDH flux, Krebs cycle flux and pH, was demonstrated in vivo.
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Dechent JF, Buljubasich L, Schreiber LM, Spiess HW, Münnemann K. Proton magnetic resonance imaging with para-hydrogen induced polarization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:2346-52. [PMID: 22240943 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp22822j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A major challenge in imaging is the detection of small amounts of molecules of interest. In the case of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) their signals are typically concealed by the large background signal of e.g. the body. This problem can be tackled by hyperpolarization which increases the NMR signals up to several orders of magnitude. However, this strategy is limited for (1)H, the most widely used nucleus in NMR and MRI, because the enormous number of protons in the body screens the small amount of hyperpolarized ones. Here, we describe a method giving rise to high (1)H MRI contrast for hyperpolarized molecules against a large background signal. The contrast is based on the J-coupling induced rephasing of the NMR signal of molecules hyperpolarized via PHIP and it can easily be implemented in common pulse sequences. We discuss several scenarios with different or equal dephasing times T(2)* for the hyperpolarized and thermally polarized compounds and verify our approach by experiments. This method may open up unprecedented opportunities to use the standard MRI nucleus (1)H for e.g. metabolic imaging in the future.
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- Jan F Dechent
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Zacharias NM, Chan HR, Sailasuta N, Ross BD, Bhattacharya P. Real-time molecular imaging of tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolism in vivo by hyperpolarized 1-(13)C diethyl succinate. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 134:934-43. [PMID: 22146049 DOI: 10.1021/ja2040865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) is central to metabolic energy production and is known to be altered in many disease states. Real-time molecular imaging of the TCA cycle in vivo will be important in understanding the metabolic basis of several diseases. Positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG-glucose (2-[(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose) is already being used as a metabolic imaging agent in clinics. However, FDG-glucose does not reveal anything past glucose uptake and phosphorylation. We have developed a new metabolic imaging agent, hyperpolarized diethyl succinate-1-(13)C-2,3-d(2) , that allows for real-time in vivo imaging and spectroscopy of the TCA cycle. Diethyl succinate can be hyperpolarized via parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) in an aqueous solution with signal enhancement of 5000 compared to Boltzmann polarization. (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were achieved in vivo seconds after injection of 10-20 μmol of hyperpolarized diethyl succinate into normal mice. The downstream metabolites of hyperpolarized diethyl succinate were identified in vivo as malate, succinate, fumarate, and aspartate. The metabolism of diethyl succinate was altered after exposing the animal to 3-nitropropionate, a known irreversible inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase. On the basis of our results, hyperpolarized diethyl succinate allows for real-time in vivo MRI and MRS with a high signal-to-noise ratio and with visualization of multiple steps of the TCA cycle. Hyperpolarization of diethyl succinate and its in vivo applications may reveal an entirely new regime wherein the local status of TCA cycle metabolism is interrogated on the time scale of seconds to minutes with unprecedented chemical specificity and MR sensitivity.
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- Niki M Zacharias
- Enhanced MR Laboratory, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, USA
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Investigating tumor perfusion and metabolism using multiple hyperpolarized (13)C compounds: HP001, pyruvate and urea. Magn Reson Imaging 2011; 30:305-11. [PMID: 22169407 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Revised: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The metabolically inactive hyperpolarized agents HP001 (bis-1,1-(hydroxymethyl)-[1-(13)C]cyclopropane-d(8)) and urea enable a new type of perfusion magnetic resonance imaging based on a direct signal source that is background-free. The addition of perfusion information to metabolic information obtained by spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate would be of great value in exploring the relationship between perfusion and metabolism in cancer. In preclinical normal murine and cancer model studies, we performed both dynamic multislice imaging of the specialized hyperpolarized perfusion compound HP001 (T(1)=95 s ex vivo, 32 s in vivo at 3 T) using a pulse sequence with balanced steady-state free precession and ramped flip angle over time for efficient utilization of the hyperpolarized magnetization and three-dimensional echo-planar spectroscopic imaging of urea copolarized with [1-(13)C]pyruvate, with compressed sensing for resolution enhancement. For the dynamic data, peak signal maps and blood flow maps derived from perfusion modeling were generated. The spatial heterogeneity of perfusion was increased 2.9-fold in tumor tissues (P=.05), and slower washout was observed in the dynamic data. The results of separate dynamic HP001 imaging and copolarized pyruvate/urea imaging were compared. A strong and significant correlation (R=0.73, P=.02) detected between the urea and HP001 data confirmed the value of copolarizing urea with pyruvate for simultaneous assessment of perfusion and metabolism.
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Cerutti E, Viale A, Damont A, Dollé F, Aime S. Synthesis and testing of a p-H2 hyperpolarized 13C probe based on the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidineacetamide DPA-713, an MRI vector to target the peripheral benzodiazepine receptors. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2011; 49:795-800. [PMID: 22095873 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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DPA-713 is the lead compound of a recently developed 2-phenylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidineacetamide series that has been shown to display a good targeting capability toward peripheral benzodiazepine receptors, recently renamed translocator protein (18 kDa) or in short TSPO. On the basis of this structure, a novel derivative bearing a [(13)C]butynoate moiety has been designed and synthesized (three steps-42% overall yield) providing, upon rapid and quantitative para-hydrogenation, the corresponding hyperpolarized [(13)C]alkene. Para-hydrogen-induced polarization effects have been detected in both (1)H and (13)C-NMR spectra. Upon applying a field cycling procedure, the spin order of para-H(2) added hydrogens is transferred on the (13)C carboxylate moiety yielding a signal enhancement of approximately 4500 times. T(1) of the carboxylate carbon atom is approximately 21.9 s (at 9.37 T). A (13)C-MR image has been acquired by using the (13)C RARE (Rapid Acquisition by Relaxation Enhancement) acquisition protocol on a 10-mM solution. The main limitation to the in vivo use of this novel para-hydrogenated [(13)C]derivative is its relatively low solubility in aqueous systems.
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- Erika Cerutti
- Dipartimento di Chimica IFM and Centro di Imaging Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Schroeder MA, Clarke K, Neubauer S, Tyler DJ. Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance: a novel technique for the in vivo assessment of cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2011; 124:1580-94. [PMID: 21969318 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.024919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Marie A Schroeder
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, Sherrington Bldg, University of Oxford, Parks Rd, Oxford, UK OX1 3PT
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Hyperpolarized 13C dehydroascorbate as an endogenous redox sensor for in vivo metabolic imaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:18606-11. [PMID: 22042839 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106920108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Reduction and oxidation (redox) chemistry is involved in both normal and abnormal cellular function, in processes as diverse as circadian rhythms and neurotransmission. Intracellular redox is maintained by coupled reactions involving NADPH, glutathione (GSH), and vitamin C, as well as their corresponding oxidized counterparts. In addition to functioning as enzyme cofactors, these reducing agents have a critical role in dealing with reactive oxygen species (ROS), the toxic products of oxidative metabolism seen as culprits in aging, neurodegenerative disease, and ischemia/ reperfusion injury. Despite this strong relationship between redox and human disease, methods to interrogate a redox pair in vivo are limited. Here we report the development of [1-(13)C] dehydroascorbate [DHA], the oxidized form of Vitamin C, as an endogenous redox sensor for in vivo imaging using hyperpolarized (13)C spectroscopy. In murine models, hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] DHA was rapidly converted to [1-(13)C] vitamin C within the liver, kidneys, and brain, as well as within tumor in a transgenic prostate cancer mouse. This result is consistent with what has been previously described for the DHA/Vitamin C redox pair, and points to a role for hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] DHA in characterizing the concentrations of key intracellular reducing agents, including GSH. More broadly, these findings suggest a prognostic role for this new redox sensor in determining vulnerability of both normal and abnormal tissues to ROS.
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Gallagher FA, Kettunen MI, Brindle KM. Imaging pH with hyperpolarized 13C. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2011; 24:1006-1015. [PMID: 21812047 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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pH is a fundamental physiological parameter that is tightly controlled by endogenous buffers. The acid-base balance is altered in many disease states, such as inflammation, ischemia and cancer. Despite the importance of pH, there are currently no routine methods for imaging the spatial distribution of pH in humans. The enormous gain in sensitivity afforded by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has provided a novel way in which to image tissue pH using MR, which has the potential to be translated into the clinic. This review explores the advantages and disadvantages of current pH imaging techniques and how they compare with DNP-based approaches for the measurement and imaging of pH with hyperpolarized (13)C. Intravenous injection of hyperpolarized (13)C-labeled bicarbonate results in the rapid production of hyperpolarized (13)CO(2) in the reaction catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase. As this reaction is close to equilibrium in the body and is pH dependent, the ratio of the (13)C signal intensities from H(13)CO(3)(-) and (13)CO(2), measured using MRS, can be used to calculate pH in vivo. The application of this technique to a murine tumor model demonstrated that it measured predominantly extracellular pH and could be mapped in the animal using spectroscopic imaging techniques. A second approach has been to use the production of hyperpolarized (13)CO(2) from hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate to measure predominantly intracellular pH. In tissues with a high aerobic capacity, such as the heart, the hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate undergoes rapid oxidative decarboxylation, catalyzed by intramitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase. Provided that there is sufficient carbonic anhydrase present to catalyze the rapid equilibration of the hyperpolarized (13)C label between CO(2) and bicarbonate, the ratio of their resonance intensities may again be used to estimate pH, which, in this case, is predominantly intracellular. As both pyruvate and bicarbonate are endogenous molecules they have the potential to image tissue pH in the clinic.
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- Ferdia A Gallagher
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Gallagher FA, Bohndiek SE, Kettunen MI, Lewis DY, Soloviev D, Brindle KM. Hyperpolarized 13C MRI and PET: In Vivo Tumor Biochemistry. J Nucl Med 2011; 52:1333-6. [DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.085258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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von Morze C, Larson PEZ, Hu S, Keshari K, Wilson DM, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Goga A, Bok R, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. Imaging of blood flow using hyperpolarized [(13)C]urea in preclinical cancer models. J Magn Reson Imaging 2011; 33:692-7. [PMID: 21563254 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To demonstrate dynamic imaging of a diffusible perfusion tracer, hyperpolarized [(13)C]urea, for regional measurement of blood flow in preclinical cancer models. MATERIALS AND METHODS A pulse sequence using balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP) was developed, with progressively increasing flip angles for efficient sampling of the hyperpolarized magnetization. This allowed temporal and volumetric imaging of the [(13)C]urea signal. Regional signal dynamics were quantified for kidneys and liver, and estimates of relative blood flows were derived from the data. Detailed perfusion simulations were performed to validate the methodology. RESULTS Significant differences were observed in the signal patterns between normal and cancerous murine hepatic tissues. In particular, a 19% reduction in mean blood flow was observed in tumors, with 26% elevation in the tumor rim. The blood flow maps were also compared with metabolic imaging results with hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate. CONCLUSION Regional assessment of perfusion is possible by imaging of hyperpolarized [(13)C]urea, which is significant for the imaging of cancer.
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- Cornelius von Morze
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158-2512, USA
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von Morze C, Reed G, Shin P, Larson PEZ, Hu S, Bok R, Vigneron DB. Multi-band frequency encoding method for metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 211:109-13. [PMID: 21596601 PMCID: PMC3143308 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A new method was developed for simultaneous spatial localization and spectral separation of multiple compounds based on a single echo, by designing the acquisition to place individual compounds in separate frequency encoding bands. This method was specially designed for rapid and robust metabolic imaging of hyperpolarized (13)C substrates and their metabolic products, and was investigated in phantom studies and studies in normal mice and transgenic models of prostate cancer to provide rapid metabolic imaging of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate and its metabolic products [1-(13)C]lactate and [1-(13)C]alanine at spatial resolutions up to 3mm in-plane. Elevated pyruvate and lactate signals in the vicinity of prostatic tissues were observed in transgenic tumor mice. The multi-band frequency encoding technique enabled rapid metabolic imaging of hyperpolarized (13)C compounds with important advantages over prior approaches, including less complicated acquisition and reconstruction methods.
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- Cornelius von Morze
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
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Larson PEZ, Gold GE. Science to practice: Can inflammatory arthritis be monitored by using MR imaging with injected hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate? Radiology 2011; 259:309-10. [PMID: 21502386 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Peder E Z Larson
- Dept. of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, 1700 4th St, Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94158-2512, USA
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Glunde K, Jiang L, Moestue SA, Gribbestad IS. MRS and MRSI guidance in molecular medicine: targeting and monitoring of choline and glucose metabolism in cancer. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2011; 24:673-90. [PMID: 21793073 PMCID: PMC3146026 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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MRS and MRSI are valuable tools for the detection of metabolic changes in tumors. The currently emerging era of molecular medicine, which is shaped by molecularly targeted anticancer therapies combined with molecular imaging of the effects of such therapies, requires powerful imaging technologies that are able to detect molecular information. MRS and MRSI are such technologies that are able to detect metabolites arising from glucose and choline metabolism in noninvasive in vivo settings and at higher resolution in tissue samples. The roles played by MRS and MRSI in the diagnosis of different types of cancer, as well as in the early monitoring of the tumor response to traditional chemotherapies, are reviewed. The emerging roles of MRS and MRSI in the development and detection of novel targeted anticancer therapies that target oncogenic signaling pathways or markers in choline or glucose metabolism are discussed.
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- Kristine Glunde
- Johns Hopkins University In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center, Russell H. Morgan, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center, Russell H. Morgan, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Brindle KM, Bohndiek SE, Gallagher FA, Kettunen MI. Tumor imaging using hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med 2011; 66:505-19. [PMID: 21661043 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/16/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dynamic nuclear polarization is an emerging technique for increasing the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, particularly for low-γ nuclei. The technique has been applied recently to a number of 13C-labeled cell metabolites in biological systems: the increase in signal-to-noise allows the spatial distribution of an injected molecule to be imaged as well as its metabolic product or products. This review highlights the most significant molecules investigated to date in preclinical cancer models, either in terms of their demonstrated metabolism in vivo or the biological processes that they can probe. In particular, label exchange between hyperpolarized 13C-labeled pyruvate and lactate, catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase, has been shown to have a number of potential applications. Finally, techniques to image these molecules are also discussed as well as methods that may extend the lifetime of the hyperpolarized signal. Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging have shown great promise for the imaging of cancer in preclinical work, both for diagnosis and for monitoring therapy response. If the challenges in translating this technique to human imaging can be overcome, then it has the potential to significantly alter the management of cancer patients.
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- Kevin M Brindle
- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Lumata L, Jindal AK, Merritt ME, Malloy CR, Sherry AD, Kovacs Z. DNP by thermal mixing under optimized conditions yields >60,000-fold enhancement of 89Y NMR signal. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:8673-80. [PMID: 21539398 DOI: 10.1021/ja201880y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hyperpolarized (89)Y complexes are attractive NMR spectroscopy and MR imaging probes due to the exceptionally long spin-lattice relaxation time (T(1) ≈ 10 min) of the (89)Y nucleus. However, in vivo imaging of (89)Y has not yet been realized because of the low NMR signal enhancement levels previously achieved for this ultra low-γ(n) nucleus. Here, we report liquid-state (89)Y NMR signal enhancements over 60,000 times the thermal signal at 298 K in a 9.4 T magnet, achieved after the dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) of Y(III) complex of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) samples at 3.35 T and 1.4 K. The (89)Y DNP was shown to proceed by thermal mixing and the liquid state (89)Y NMR signal enhancement was maximized by (i) establishing the optimal microwave irradiation frequency, (ii) optimizing the glassing matrix, (iii) choosing a radical with negligible inhomogeneous line broadening contribution to the ESR linewidth, and (iv) addition of an electron T(1e) relaxation agent. The highest enhancements were achieved using a trityl OX063 radical combined with a gadolinium relaxation agent in water-glycerol matrix. Co-polarization of (89)YDOTA and sodium [1-(13)C]pyruvate showed that both (89)Y and (13)C nuclear species acquired the same spin temperature, consistent with thermal mixing theory of DNP. This methodology may be applicable for the optimization of DNP of other low-γ(n) nuclei.
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- Lloyd Lumata
- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Moestue SA, Engebraaten O, Gribbestad IS. Metabolic effects of signal transduction inhibition in cancer assessed by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Mol Oncol 2011; 5:224-41. [PMID: 21536506 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Despite huge efforts in development of drugs targeting oncogenic signalling, the number of such drugs entering clinical practice to date remains limited. Rational use of biomarkers for drug candidate selection and early monitoring of response to therapy may accelerate this process. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can be used to assess metabolic effects of drug treatment both in vivo and in vitro, and technological advances are continuously increasing the utility of this non-invasive method. In this review, we summarise the use of MRS for monitoring the effect of targeted anticancer drugs, and discuss the potential role of MRS in the context of personalised cancer treatment.
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- Siver Andreas Moestue
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Lippert AR, Keshari KR, Kurhanewicz J, Chang CJ. A hydrogen peroxide-responsive hyperpolarized 13C MRI contrast agent. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:3776-9. [PMID: 21366297 PMCID: PMC3060273 DOI: 10.1021/ja111589a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report a new reaction-based approach for the detection of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) using hyperpolarized (13)C magnetic resonance imaging ((13)C MRI) and the H(2)O(2)-mediated oxidation of α-ketoacids to carboxylic acids. (13)C-Benzoylformic acid reacts selectively with H(2)O(2) over other reactive oxygen species to generate (13)C-benzoic acid and can be hyperpolarized using dynamic nuclear polarization, providing a method for dual-frequency detection of H(2)O(2). Phantom images collected using frequency-specific imaging sequences demonstrate the efficacy of this responsive contrast agent to monitor H(2)O(2) at pre-clinical field strengths. The combination of reaction-based detection chemistry and hyperpolarized (13)C MRI provides a potentially powerful new methodology for non-invasive multi-analyte imaging in living systems.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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