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Theillet FX, Luchinat E. In-cell NMR: Why and how? PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 132-133:1-112. [PMID: 36496255 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2022.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy has been applied to cells and tissues analysis since its beginnings, as early as 1950. We have attempted to gather here in a didactic fashion the broad diversity of data and ideas that emerged from NMR investigations on living cells. Covering a large proportion of the periodic table, NMR spectroscopy permits scrutiny of a great variety of atomic nuclei in all living organisms non-invasively. It has thus provided quantitative information on cellular atoms and their chemical environment, dynamics, or interactions. We will show that NMR studies have generated valuable knowledge on a vast array of cellular molecules and events, from water, salts, metabolites, cell walls, proteins, nucleic acids, drugs and drug targets, to pH, redox equilibria and chemical reactions. The characterization of such a multitude of objects at the atomic scale has thus shaped our mental representation of cellular life at multiple levels, together with major techniques like mass-spectrometry or microscopies. NMR studies on cells has accompanied the developments of MRI and metabolomics, and various subfields have flourished, coined with appealing names: fluxomics, foodomics, MRI and MRS (i.e. imaging and localized spectroscopy of living tissues, respectively), whole-cell NMR, on-cell ligand-based NMR, systems NMR, cellular structural biology, in-cell NMR… All these have not grown separately, but rather by reinforcing each other like a braided trunk. Hence, we try here to provide an analytical account of a large ensemble of intricately linked approaches, whose integration has been and will be key to their success. We present extensive overviews, firstly on the various types of information provided by NMR in a cellular environment (the "why", oriented towards a broad readership), and secondly on the employed NMR techniques and setups (the "how", where we discuss the past, current and future methods). Each subsection is constructed as a historical anthology, showing how the intrinsic properties of NMR spectroscopy and its developments structured the accessible knowledge on cellular phenomena. Using this systematic approach, we sought i) to make this review accessible to the broadest audience and ii) to highlight some early techniques that may find renewed interest. Finally, we present a brief discussion on what may be potential and desirable developments in the context of integrative studies in biology.
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- Francois-Xavier Theillet
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Piazza Goidanich 60, 47521 Cesena, Italy; CERM - Magnetic Resonance Center, and Neurofarba Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Gavette JV, Lara J, Berryman OB, Zakharov LN, Haley MM, Johnson DW. Lithium cation enhances anion binding in a tripodal phosphine oxide-based ditopic receptor. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:7653-5. [PMID: 21655566 PMCID: PMC3344749 DOI: 10.1039/c1cc12475g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A tripodal ditopic receptor presents H-bond donors and a phosphine oxide to potential guests. In the idealized binding conformation, an endohedral P=O functionality provides enhanced halide binding in the presence of lithium with the greatest ΔΔG° observed for bromide, while minimal changes in K(a) are observed in the presence of sodium.
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- Jesse V. Gavette
- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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Oxygen plays a major role as a substrate in metabolic processes in numerous signaling pathways, in redox metabolism, and in free radical metabolism. To study the role of oxygen in normal and pathophysiological states, methods that can be used noninvasively are required. This review examines the potential of nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to study tissue oxygenation. It is written from a systems perspective, looking at detection methods with respect to the path that oxygen takes in the mammalian system-from the lungs, through the vascular system, into the interstitial space, and finally into the cell. Methods discussed range from those that are quantifiable, such as the assessment of spin lattice relaxation time in fluorocarbon solutions, to those that are more correlative, such as assessment of lactate and high energy phosphates. Since the methods vary in their site of application, sensitivity, and specificity to the quantification of oxygen, this review provides examples of how each method has been applied. This may facilitate the reader's understanding of how to optimally apply different methods to study specific biomedical problems.
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- J F Dunn
- Department of Radiology, Physiology, and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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BACKGROUND The characteristic ECG pattern of ST-segment elevation in V1 and V2 in the Brugada syndrome is dynamic; it is often intermittently present in affected individuals and can be unmasked by sodium channel blockers, including antiarrhythmic drugs and tricyclic antidepressants. We report here 2 patients who developed the Brugada ECG pattern after administration of lithium, a commonly used drug not previously reported to block cardiac sodium channels. METHODS AND RESULTS Lithium induced transient ST-segment elevation (type 1 Brugada pattern) in right precordial leads at therapeutic concentrations in 2 patients with bipolar disorder. Lithium withdrawal in the patients resulted in reversion to type 2 or 3 Brugada patterns or resolution of ST-T abnormalities. In Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with SCN5A, which encodes the cardiac sodium channel, lithium chloride caused concentration-dependent block of peak INa at levels well below the therapeutic range (IC50 of 6.8+/-0.4 micromol/L). CONCLUSIONS The widely used drug lithium is a potent blocker of cardiac sodium channels and may unmask patients with the Brugada syndrome.
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- Dawood Darbar
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6602, USA.
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The biomedical applications of 7Li MRS and MRI have been progressing slowly. The interest derives primarily from the clinical use of Li to treat bipolar disorder. One area of concern is the nature of ionic transport and binding, so as to elucidate the mechanism(s) of therapeutic action and toxicity. Another is the development of a non-invasive, in vivo analytical tool to measure brain Li concentration and environment in humans, both as an adjunct to treatment and as a mechanistic probe. Here we review the most recent progress toward these goals.
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- Richard A Komoroski
- Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), US Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas 72114, USA.
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The applications of (7)Li NMR spectroscopy and imaging in biology and experimental medicine have been progressing steadily. The interest derives primarily from the clinical use of Li salts to treat mania and manic-depressive illness. One area of investigation is ionic transport across the cellular membrane and compartmentation, so as to elucidate the mechanism(s) of therapeutic action and toxicity in clinical practice. The second is the development of a noninvasive, in vivo analytical tool to measure brain Li concentrations in humans, both as an adjunct to treatment and as a mechanistic probe. Here we review progress to date in this area.
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- R A Komoroski
- Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
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Kupriyanov VV, Xiang B, Kuzio B, Deslauriers R. pH regulation of K(+) efflux from myocytes in isolated rat hearts: (87)Rb, (7)Li, and (31)P NMR studies. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:H279-89. [PMID: 10409207 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.1.h279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This study investigates the effects of intracellular (pH(i)) and extracellular pH (pH(e)) on the efflux of Rb(+) and Li(+) in isolated rat hearts. (87)Rb and (7)Li NMR were used to measure Rb(+) and Li(+) content, respectively, of hearts, and (31)P NMR was used to monitor pH(i), pH(e), and phosphate levels. After 30-min equilibration with Rb(+) or Li(+), effluxes were initiated by switching perfusion to a Rb(+)- or Li(+)-free, high-K(+) (20.7 mM) Krebs-Henseleit buffer with 15 microM bumetanide. Monensin (2 microM) increased pH(i) from 7.10 +/- 0.05 to 7.32 +/- 0.07 and resulted in activation of Rb(+) efflux; the first-order rate constant (k x 10(3), in min(-1)) increased from 42 +/- 2 to 116 +/- 16. Glibenclamide (4 microM) did not inhibit monensin-activated Rb(+) efflux (k = 110 +/- 17), whereas quinine (0.2 mM) slightly inhibited it by 19 +/- 9%. Infusion of 15 mM NH(4)Cl during Rb(+) washout increased k for Rb(+) efflux by 93% (81 +/- 8), which was glibenclamide and quinine insensitive, and caused a transient increase in pH(i) to 7.25 +/- 0.08. Intracellular Li(+) inhibited NH(4)Cl-stimulated Rb(+) efflux by 55%. Monensin and NH(4)Cl stimulated Li(+) efflux by 40%, increasing k from 29 +/- 3 to 43 +/- 7 and 41 +/- 3, respectively. The stimulation was not sensitive to 10 microM dimethylamiloride. Intracellular acidosis that resulted from the washout of NH(4)Cl (pH 6.86 +/- 0.2) slightly inhibited Rb(+) efflux (k = 36 +/- 5), whereas NH(4)Cl itself in the absence of pH(i) changes did not markedly affect Rb(+) efflux. A moderate increase in pH(i) (7.17 +/- 0.06) produced by washout of 15 mM 2, 2-dimethylpropionate (DMP)-Tris from hearts preequilibrated with DMP did not markedly affect Rb(+) efflux. Neither global alkalosis (pH(i) 7.4, pH(e) 7.55) nor acidosis (pH(i) approximately pH(e) 6.8) produced by 3 mM Tris base or 5 mM MES, respectively, affected Rb(+) efflux. We suggest that intracellular alkalosis stimulates Rb(+) (K(+)) and Li(+) effluxes by activating a nonselective sarcolemmal K(+) (Li(+))/cation exchanger or a K(+) (Li(+))-anion symporter.
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- V V Kupriyanov
- Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 1Y6.
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Gruwel ML, Kuzio B, Xiang B, Deslauriers R, Kupriyanov VV. Temperature dependence of monovalent cation fluxes in isolated rat hearts: a magnetic resonance study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1415:41-55. [PMID: 9858679 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00177-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ion flux studies were performed on Langendorff-perfused rat hearts using 87Rb, 7Li and 23Na NMR at 36, 20 and 10 degreesC, and at constant extracellular pH (7.40). Using 31P NMR, the intracellular pH was estimated and the high energy phosphate content monitored. Compared to 36 degreesC (k=0.044+/-0.015 min-1), our measurements showed incomplete Rb+ efflux with a dramatically (5-fold) increased rate constant, k, at 20 degreesC, k=0.238+/-0.080 min-1. 5 microM glibenclamide, a KATP-channel inhibitor, completely depressed the hypothermia-activated Rb+ efflux at this temperature (k=0.052+/-0. 018 min-1). 7Li NMR efflux studies on KCl-arrested hearts at 20 degreesC also showed an increase (3-fold) in efflux rate constant: k=0.090+/-0.003 min-1 relative to its value at 36 degreesC. At 10 degreesC, both Rb+ and Li+ showed efflux rate constants similar to those observed at 36 degreesC, k=0.071+/-0.016 min-1 and k=0.050+/-0. 005 min-1, respectively, and the washout was complete. 31P NMR at 36, 20 and 10 degreesC indicated cytosolic alkalinization at pH values of 7.05, 7.21 and 7.40, respectively. The ion transport data could be interpreted in terms of a myocyte model allowing for temperature-dependent changes in transport coefficients. The incomplete efflux of Rb+ at 20 degreesC may indicate the existence of a mitochondrial Rb+-pool with a very low Rb+ permeability for efflux. These findings correlate with previously observed membrane phase transitions in these systems.
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- M L Gruwel
- National Research Council, Institute for Biodiagnostics, 435 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1Y6,
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Kupriyanov VV, Yushmanov E, Xiang B, Deslauriers R. Kinetics of ATP-sensitive K+ channels in isolated rat hearts assessed by 87Rb NMR spectroscopy. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1998; 11:131-140. [PMID: 9699496 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1492(199805)11:3<131::aid-nbm521>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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An experimental model was developed to evaluate the effects of activators and inhibitors of K(ATP) channels on unidirectional K+ fluxes in the whole heart. Isolated rat hearts perfused in the Langendorff mode were equilibrated with Pi-free Krebs-Henseleit buffer (KH buffer) containing 0.94-2.14 mM RbCl and 3.76 mM KCl (20-36% of K+ substituted by Rb+). Rb+ efflux was initiated by removing Rb+ from the perfusate and 87Rb spectra were acquired continuously with a 1-2 min time resolution. In hearts with normal energetics, the efflux of Rb+ fit a monoexponential function, and the rate constant did not depend on intracellular [Rb+]. Agents depressing excitability and heart rate (HR), such as 0.6 mM lidocaine (Lido), 10 microM carbachol (carb) and 20 mM MgSO4, inhibited Rb+ efflux such that the rate constant, k (10(3)/min), decreased from 50+/-1.2 in the beating heart to 26+/-1, 40+/-1.1 and 19+/-1.2, respectively. In contrast, high [K+] (21 mM) did not affect the k value (50+/-4.5), independently of the presence or absence of bumetanide (Bum, 30 microM) and glibenclamide (Glib, 5 microM). Dinitrophenol (DNP, 0.2 mM) added in the presence of high [K+] + Bum increased k three-fold, to 160+/-5. This effect was associated with a significant decrease in phosphocreatine (PCr, <10% of initial) and ATP ( 15%) levels, and a 7-fold increase in the Pi level, assessed by 31P-NMR spectroscopy. Glib completely reversed the effect of DNP. Pinacidil (Pin, 20-80 microM) did not affect the k value either in beating control hearts or in the presence of Carb or KCl + Bum. Moreover, under conditions of moderate metabolic stress induced by 0.05 mM DNP (PCr, 35%; ATP, 65%), where half-maximal activation of K(ATP) channels occurred, Pin did not further activate Rb+ efflux. We conclude that:(1) heart rate-independent Rb+ efflux accounts for 40-80% of the total Rb+ efflux in beating (300 bpm) rat hearts;(2) DNP-activated Rb+ efflux is a good model for testing inhibitors of KATP channels in whole hearts; and (3) Pin is not an effective K(ATP) channel opener in the rat heart model.
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- V V Kupriyanov
- Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council, Winnipeg, Canada
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