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Hyperpolarizing DNA Nucleobases via NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031198. [PMID: 36770865 PMCID: PMC9921525 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The present work investigates the potential for enhancing the NMR signals of DNA nucleobases by parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) and SABRE in Shield Enables Alignment Transfer to Heteronuclei (SABRE-SHEATH) of selected DNA nucleobases is demonstrated with the enhancement (ε) of 1H, 15N, and/or 13C spins in 3-methyladenine, cytosine, and 6-O-guanine. Solutions of the standard SABRE homogenous catalyst Ir(1,5-cyclooctadeine)(1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium)Cl ("IrIMes") and a given nucleobase in deuterated ethanol/water solutions yielded low 1H ε values (≤10), likely reflecting weak catalyst binding. However, we achieved natural-abundance enhancement of 15N signals for 3-methyladenine of ~3300 and ~1900 for the imidazole ring nitrogen atoms. 1H and 15N 3-methyladenine studies revealed that methylation of adenine affords preferential binding of the imidazole ring over the pyrimidine ring. Interestingly, signal enhancements (ε~240) of both 15N atoms for doubly labelled cytosine reveal the preferential binding of specific tautomer(s), thus giving insight into the matching of polarization-transfer and tautomerization time scales. 13C enhancements of up to nearly 50-fold were also obtained for this cytosine isotopomer. These efforts may enable the future investigation of processes underlying cellular function and/or dysfunction, including how DNA nucleobase tautomerization influences mismatching in base-pairing.
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Trepakova AI, Skovpin IV, Chukanov NV, Salnikov OG, Chekmenev EY, Pravdivtsev AN, Hövener JB, Koptyug IV. Subsecond Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-15 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facilitated by Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10253-10260. [PMID: 36301252 PMCID: PMC9983028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides unique information about the internal structure and function of living organisms in a non-invasive way. The use of conventional proton MRI for the observation of real-time metabolism is hampered by the dominant signals of water and fat, which are abundant in living organisms. Heteronuclear MRI in conjunction with the hyperpolarization methods does not encounter this issue. In this work, we polarized 15N nuclei of [15N1]fampridine (a drug used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis) to the level of 4% in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments and 0.7% in MRI studies using spin-lock-induced crossing combined with signal amplification by reversible exchange. Consequently, three-dimensional 15N MRI of the hyperpolarized 15N-labeled drug was acquired in 0.1 s with a signal-to-noise ratio of 70. In addition, the NMR signal enhancements for 15N-enriched fampridine and fampridine with a natural abundance of 15N nuclei were compared and an explanation for their difference was proposed.
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- Alexandra I. Trepakova
- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, 10 Acad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 14 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology Section Biomedical Imaging, MOIN CC, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität Kiel, 14 Am Botanischen Garten, Kiel, 24118, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology Section Biomedical Imaging, MOIN CC, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität Kiel, 14 Am Botanischen Garten, Kiel, 24118, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Shimon D, Cantwell KA, Joseph L, Williams EQ, Peng Z, Takahashi S, Ramanathan C. Large Room Temperature Bulk DNP of 13C via P1 Centers in Diamond. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:17777-17787. [PMID: 36304670 PMCID: PMC9589901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We use microwave-induced dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) of the substitutional nitrogen defects (P1 centers) in diamond to hyperpolarize bulk 13C nuclei in both single crystal and powder samples at room temperature at 3.34 T. The large (>100-fold) enhancements demonstrated correspond to a greater than 10 000-fold improvement in terms of signal averaging of the 1% abundant 13C spins. The DNP was performed using low-power solid state sources under static (nonspinning) conditions. The DNP spectrum (DNP enhancement as a function of microwave frequency) of diamond powder shows features that broadly correlate with the EPR spectrum. A well-defined negative Overhauser peak and two solid effect peaks are observed for the central (m I = 0) manifold of the 14N spins. Previous low temperature measurements in diamond had measured a positive Overhauser enhancement in this manifold. Frequency-chirped millimeter-wave excitation of the electron spins is seen to significantly improve the enhancements for the two outer nuclear spin manifolds (mI = ±1) and to blur some of the sharper features associated with the central manifold. The outer lines are best fit using a combination of the cross effect and the truncated cross effect, which is known to mimic features of an Overhauser effect. Similar features are also observed in experiments on single crystal samples. The observation of all of these mechanisms in a single material system under the same experimental conditions is likely due to the significant heterogeneity of the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) type Ib diamond samples used. Large room temperature DNP enhancements at fields above a few tesla enable spectroscopic studies with better chemical shift resolution under ambient conditions.
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- Daphna Shimon
- Institute
of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem9190401, Israel
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire03755, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire03755, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire03755, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California90089, United States
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, California90089, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire03755, United States
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Kharbanda Y, Urbańczyk M, Zhivonitko VV, Mailhiot S, Kettunen MI, Telkki VV. Sensitive, Efficient and Portable Analysis of Molecular Exchange Processes by Hyperpolarized Ultrafast NMR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203957. [PMID: 35499690 PMCID: PMC9400989 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Molecular exchange processes are ubiquitous in nature. Here, we introduce a method to analyze exchange processes by using low-cost, portable, single-sided NMR instruments. The inherent magnetic field inhomogeneity of the single-sided instruments is exploited to achieve diffusion contrast of exchange sites and spatial encoding of 2D data. This so-called ultrafast diffusion exchange spectroscopy method shortens the experiment time by two to four orders of magnitude. Furthermore, because full 2D data are measured in a single scan (in a fraction of a second), the sensitivity of the experiment can be improved by several orders of magnitude using so-called nuclear spin hyperpolarization methods (in this case, dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization). As the first demonstration of the feasibility of the method in various applications, we show that the method enables quantification of intra- and extracellular exchange of water in a yeast cell suspension.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- NMR Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90540, Finland
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- Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Park H, Wang Q. State-of-the-art accounts of hyperpolarized 15N-labeled molecular imaging probes for magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7378-7391. [PMID: 35872812 PMCID: PMC9241963 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01264b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hyperpolarized isotope-labeled agents have significantly advanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRS/MRI) of physicochemical activities at molecular levels. An emerging advance in this area is exciting developments of 15N-labeled hyperpolarized MR agents to enable acquisition of highly valuable information that was previously inaccessible and expand the applications of MRS/MRI beyond commonly studied 13C nuclei. This review will present recent developments of these hyperpolarized 15N-labeled molecular imaging probes, ranging from endogenous and drug molecules, and chemical sensors, to various 15N-tagged biomolecules. Through these examples, this review will provide insights into the target selection and probe design rationale and inherent challenges of HP imaging in hopes of facilitating future developments of 15N-based biomedical imaging agents and their applications.
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- Hyejin Park
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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Kharbanda Y, Urbańczyk M, Zhivonitko VV, Mailhiot S, Kettunen MI, Telkki V. Sensitive, Efficient and Portable Analysis of Molecular Exchange Processes by Hyperpolarized Ultrafast NMR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Eastern Finland Kuopio Finland
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Rapid SABRE Catalyst Scavenging Using Functionalized Silicas. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27020332. [PMID: 35056646 PMCID: PMC8778821 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In recent years the NMR hyperpolarisation method signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) has been applied to multiple substrates of potential interest for in vivo investigation. Unfortunately, SABRE commonly requires an iridium-containing catalyst that is unsuitable for biomedical applications. This report utilizes inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) to investigate the potential use of metal scavengers to remove the iridium catalytic species from the solution. The most sensitive iridium emission line at 224.268 nm was used in the analysis. We report the effects of varying functionality, chain length, and scavenger support identity on iridium scavenging efficiency. The impact of varying the quantity of scavenger utilized is reported for the three scavengers with the highest iridium removed from initial investigations: 3-aminopropyl (S1), 3-(imidazole-1-yl)propyl (S4), and 2-(2-pyridyl) (S5) functionalized silica gels. Exposure of an activated SABRE sample (1.6 mg mL-1 of iridium catalyst) to 10 mg of the most promising scavenger (S5) resulted in <1 ppm of iridium being detectable by ICP-OES after 2 min of exposure. We propose that combining the approach described herein with other recently reported approaches, such as catalyst separated-SABRE (CASH-SABRE), would enable the rapid preparation of a biocompatible SABRE hyperpolarized bolus.
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Rayner PJ, Burns MJ, Fear EJ, Duckett SB. Steric and electronic effects on the 1 H hyperpolarisation of substituted pyridazines by signal amplification by reversible exchange. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:1187-1198. [PMID: 33729592 PMCID: PMC8650576 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Utility of the pyridazine motif is growing in popularity as pharmaceutical and agrochemical agents. The detection and structural characterisation of such materials is therefore imperative for the successful development of new products. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) offers a route to dramatically improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance methods, and we apply it here to the rapid and cost-effective hyperpolarisation of substituted pyridazines. The 33 substrates investigated cover a range of steric and electronic properties and their capacity to perform highly effective SABRE is assessed. We find the method to be tolerant to a broad range of electron donating and withdrawing groups; however, good sensitivity is evident when steric bulk is added to the 3- and 6-positions of the pyridazine ring. We optimise the method by reference to a disubstituted ester that yields signal gains of >9000-fold at 9.4 T (>28% spin polarisation).
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- Peter J. Rayner
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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Blanchard JW, Ripka B, Suslick BA, Gelevski D, Wu T, Münnemann K, Barskiy DA, Budker D. Towards large-scale steady-state enhanced nuclear magnetization with in situ detection. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:1208-1215. [PMID: 33826170 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) boosts NMR signals of various nuclei enabling new applications spanning from magnetic resonance imaging to analytical chemistry and fundamental physics. SABRE is especially well positioned for continuous generation of enhanced magnetization on a large scale; however, several challenges need to be addressed for accomplishing this goal. Specifically, SABRE requires (i) a specialized catalyst capable of reversible H2 activation and (ii) physical transfer of the sample from the point of magnetization generation to the point of detection (e.g., a high-field or a benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR] spectrometer). Moreover, (iii) continuous parahydrogen bubbling accelerates solvent (e.g., methanol) evaporation, thereby limiting the experimental window to tens of minutes per sample. In this work, we demonstrate a strategy to rapidly generate the best-to-date precatalyst (a compound that is chemically modified in the course of the reaction to yield the catalyst) for SABRE, [Ir(IMes)(COD)Cl] (IMes = 1,3-bis-[2,4,6-trimethylphenyl]-imidazol-2-ylidene; COD = cyclooctadiene) via a highly accessible synthesis. Second, we measure hyperpolarized samples using a home-built zero-field NMR spectrometer and study the field dependence of hyperpolarization directly in the detection apparatus, eliminating the need to physically move the sample during the experiment. Finally, we prolong the measurement time and reduce evaporation by presaturating parahydrogen with the solvent vapor before bubbling into the sample. These advancements extend opportunities for exploring SABRE hyperpolarization by researchers from various fields and pave the way to producing large quantities of hyperpolarized material for long-lasting detection of SABRE-derived nuclear magnetization.
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- John W Blanchard
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, Mainz, Germany
- NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH, Ulm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Kouřil K, Gramberg M, Jurkutat M, Kouřilová H, Meier B. A cryogen-free, semi-automated apparatus for bullet-dynamic nuclear polarization with improved resolution. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:815-825. [PMID: 37905208 PMCID: PMC10539728 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-815-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
In dissolution-dynamic nuclear polarization, a hyperpolarized solid is dissolved with a jet of hot solvent. The solution is then transferred to a secondary magnet, where spectra can be recorded with improved sensitivity. In bullet-dynamic nuclear polarization this order is reversed. Pressurized gas is used to rapidly transfer the hyperpolarized solid to the secondary magnet, and the hyperpolarized solid is dissolved only upon arrival. A potential advantage of this approach is that it may avoid excessive dilution and the associated signal loss, in particular for small sample quantities. Previously, we have shown that liquid-state NMR spectra with polarization levels of up to 30 % may be recorded within less than 1 s after the departure of the hyperpolarized solid from the polarizing magnet. The resolution of the recorded spectra however was limited. The system consumed significant amounts of liquid helium, and substantial manual work was required in between experiments to prepare for the next shot. Here, we present a new bullet-DNP (dynamic nuclear polarization) system that addresses these limitations.
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- Karel Kouřil
- Institute for Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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El Daraï T, Cousin SF, Stern Q, Ceillier M, Kempf J, Eshchenko D, Melzi R, Schnell M, Gremillard L, Bornet A, Milani J, Vuichoud B, Cala O, Montarnal D, Jannin S. Porous functionalized polymers enable generating and transporting hyperpolarized mixtures of metabolites. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4695. [PMID: 34349114 PMCID: PMC8338986 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24279-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hyperpolarization by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) has enabled promising applications in spectroscopy and imaging, but remains poorly widespread due to experimental complexity. Broad democratization of dDNP could be realized by remote preparation and distribution of hyperpolarized samples from dedicated facilities. Here we show the synthesis of hyperpolarizing polymers (HYPOPs) that can generate radical- and contaminant-free hyperpolarized samples within minutes with lifetimes exceeding hours in the solid state. HYPOPs feature tunable macroporous porosity, with porous volumes up to 80% and concentration of nitroxide radicals grafted in the bulk matrix up to 285 μmol g-1. Analytes can be efficiently impregnated as aqueous/alcoholic solutions and hyperpolarized up to P(13C) = 25% within 8 min, through the combination of 1H spin diffusion and 1H → 13C cross polarization. Solutions of 13C-analytes of biological interest hyperpolarized in HYPOPs display a very long solid-state 13C relaxation times of 5.7 h at 3.8 K, thus prefiguring transportation over long distances.
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- Théo El Daraï
- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, CPE Lyon, CNRS, Catalyse, Chimie, Polymères et Procédés, UMR 5265, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, MATEIS UMR CNRS 5510, Bât. Blaise Pascal, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, CPE Lyon, CNRS, Catalyse, Chimie, Polymères et Procédés, UMR 5265, Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Rayner PJ, Gillions JP, Hannibal VD, John RO, Duckett SB. Hyperpolarisation of weakly binding N-heterocycles using signal amplification by reversible exchange. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5910-5917. [PMID: 34168816 PMCID: PMC8179664 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06907h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) is a catalytic method for improving the detection of molecules by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It achieves this by simultaneously binding the target substrate (sub) and para-hydrogen to a metal centre. To date, sterically large substrates are relatively inaccessible to SABRE due to their weak binding leading to catalyst destabilisation. We overcome this problem here through a simple co-ligand strategy that allows the hyperpolarisation of a range of weakly binding and sterically encumbered N-heterocycles. The resulting 1H NMR signal size is increased by up to 1400 times relative to their more usual Boltzmann controlled levels at 400 MHz. Hence, a significant reduction in scan time is achieved. The SABRE catalyst in these systems takes the form [IrX(H)2(NHC)(sulfoxide)(sub)] where X = Cl, Br or I. These complexes are shown to undergo very rapid ligand exchange and lower temperatures dramatically improve the efficiency of these SABRE catalysts.
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- Peter J Rayner
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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Deo T, Cheng Q, Paul S, Qiang W, Potapov A. Application of DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR to studies of amyloid-β peptide interaction with lipid membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2021; 236:105071. [PMID: 33716023 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2021.105071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cellular membrane disruption induced by the aggregation of Aβ peptide has been proposed as a plausible cause of neuronal cell death during Alzheimer's disease. The molecular-level details of the Aβ interaction with cellular membranes were previously probed using solid state NMR (ssNMR), however, due to the limited sensitivity of the latter, studies were limited to samples with high Aβ-to-lipid ratio. The dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is a technique for increasing the sensitivity of NMR. In this work we demonstrate the feasibility of DNP-enhanced ssNMR studies of Aβ40 peptide interacting with various model liposomes: (1) a mixture of zwitterionic 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and negatively charged 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (POPG); (2) a mixture of POPC, POPG, cholesterol, sphingomyelin and ganglioside GM1; (3) the synaptic plasma membrane vesicles (SPMVs) extracted from rat brain tissues. In addition, DNP-ssNMR was applied to capturing changes in Aβ40 conformation taking place upon the peptide insertion into POPG liposomes. The signal enhancements under conditions of DNP allow carrying out informative 2D ssNMR experiments with about 0.25 mg of Aβ40 peptides (i.e. reaching Aβ40-to-lipid ratio of 1:200). In the studied liposome models, the 13C NMR chemical shifts at many 13C-labelled sites of Aβ40 are characteristic of β-sheets. In addition, in POPG liposomes the peptide forms hydrophobic contacts F19-L34 and F19-I32. Both the chemical shifts and hydrophobic contacts of Aβ40 in POPG remain the same before and after 8 h of incubation. This suggests that conformation at the 13C-labelled sites of the peptide is similar before and after the insertion process. Overall, our results demonstrate that DNP helps to overcome the sensitivity limitation of ssNMR, and thereby expand the applicability of ssNMR for charactering the Aβ peptide interacting with lipids.
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- Thomas Deo
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University, the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University, the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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Yang H, Mecha MF, Goebel CP, Cavagnero S. Enhanced nuclear-spin hyperpolarization of amino acids and proteins via reductive radical quenchers. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2021; 324:106912. [PMID: 33524671 PMCID: PMC7925436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2021.106912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Low-concentration photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (LC-photo-CIDNP) has recently emerged as an effective tool for the hyperpolarization of aromatic amino acids in solution, either in isolation or within proteins. One factor limiting the maximum achievable signal-to-noise ratio in LC-photo-CIDNP is the progressive degradation of the target molecule and photosensitizer upon long-term optical irradiation. Fortunately, this effect does not cause spectral distortions but leads to a progressively smaller signal buildup upon long-term data-collection (e.g. 500 nM tryptophan on a 600 MHz spectrometer after ca. 200 scans). Given that it is generally desirable to minimize the extent of photodamage, we report that low-μM amounts of the reductive radical quenchers vitamin C (VC, i.e., ascorbic acid) or 2-mercaptoethylamine (MEA) enable LC-photo-CIDNP data to be acquired for significantly longer time than ever possible before. This approach increases the sensitivity of LC-photo-CIDNP by more than 100%, with larger enhancement factors achieved in experiments involving more transients. Our results are consistent with VC and MEA acting primarily by reducing transient free radicals of the NMR molecule of interest, thus attenuating the extent of photodamage. The benefits of this reductive radical-quencher approach are highlighted by the ability to collect long-term high-resolution 2D 1H-13C LC-photo-CIDNP data on a dilute sample of the drkN SH3 protein (5 μM).
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- Hanming Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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AbstractLabeling in diffusion measurements by pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR is based on the observation of the phase of nuclear spins acquired in a constant magnetic field with purposefully superimposed field gradients. This labeling does in no way affect microdynamics and provides information about the probability distribution of molecular displacements as a function of time. An introduction of the measuring principle is followed by a detailed description of the ranges of measurements and their limitation. Particular emphasis is given to an explanation of possible pitfalls in the measurements and the ways to circumvent them. Showcases presented for illustrating the wealth of information provided by PFG NMR include a survey on the various patterns of concentration dependence of intra-particle diffusion and examples of transport inhibition by additional transport resistances within the nanoporous particles and on their external surface. The latter information is attained by combination with the outcome of tracer exchange experiments, which are shown to become possible via a special formalism of PFG NMR data analysis. Further evidence provided by PFG NMR concerns diffusion enhancement in pore hierarchies, diffusion anisotropy and the impact of diffusion on chemical conversion in porous catalysts. A compilation of the specifics of PFG NMR and of the parallels with other measurement techniques concludes the paper.
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Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is one of the most prominent methods of sensitivity enhancement in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Even though solid-state DNP under magic-angle spinning (MAS) has left the proof-of-concept phase and has become an important tool for structural investigations of biomolecules as well as materials, it is still far from mainstream applicability because of the potentially overwhelming combination of unique instrumentation, complex sample preparation, and a multitude of different mechanisms and methods available. In this review, I introduce the diverse field and history of DNP, combining aspects of NMR and electron paramagnetic resonance. I then explain the general concepts and detailed mechanisms relevant at high magnetic field, including solution-state methods based on Overhauser DNP but with a greater focus on the more established MAS DNP methods. Finally, I review practical considerations and fields of application and discuss future developments.
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- Björn Corzilius
- Institute of Chemistry and Department of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany;
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Rayner PJ, Richardson PM, Duckett SB. The Detection and Reactivity of Silanols and Silanes Using Hyperpolarized 29 Si Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:2710-2714. [PMID: 31833623 PMCID: PMC7027454 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Silanols and silanes are key precursors and intermediates for the synthesis of silicon-based materials. While their characterization and quantification by 29 Si NMR spectroscopy has received significant attention, it is a technique that is limited by the low natural abundance of 29 Si and its low sensitivity. Here, we describe a method using p-H2 to hyperpolarize 29 Si. The observed signal enhancements, approaching 3000-fold at 11.7 T, would take many days of measurement for comparable results under Boltzmann conditions. The resulting signals were exploited to monitor the rapid reaction of tris(tert-butoxy)silanol with triflic anhydride in a T1 -corrected process that allows for rapid quantification. These results demonstrate a novel route to quantify dynamic processes and intermediates in the synthesis of silicon materials.
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- Peter J. Rayner
- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of YorkHeslingtonYO10 5DDUK
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- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of YorkHeslingtonYO10 5DDUK
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- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of YorkHeslingtonYO10 5DDUK
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Rayner PJ, Richardson PM, Duckett SB. The Detection and Reactivity of Silanols and Silanes Using Hyperpolarized
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Si Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Peter J. Rayner
- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre of Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic ResonanceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington YO10 5DD UK
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Gennaro A, Karabanov A, Potapov A, Köckenberger W. Heteronuclear DNP of 1H and 19F nuclei using BDPA as a polarizing agent. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:7803-7816. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00892c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The study reveals heteronuclear-thermal mixing – a novel mechanism of dynamic nuclear polarization in a system with 1H and 19F nuclei.
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- Antonio Gennaro
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham
- UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham
- UK
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Yang H, Hofstetter H, Cavagnero S. Fast-pulsing LED-enhanced NMR: A convenient and inexpensive approach to increase NMR sensitivity. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:245102. [PMID: 31893873 DOI: 10.1063/1.5131452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Low-concentration photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (LC-photo-CIDNP) has recently emerged as a powerful technology for the detection of aromatic amino acids and proteins in solution in the low-micromolar to nanomolar concentration range. LC-photo-CIDNP is typically carried out in the presence of high-power lasers, which are costly and maintenance-heavy. Here, we show that LC-photo-CIDNP can be performed with light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are inexpensive and much less cumbersome than lasers, laser diodes, flash lamps, or other light sources. When nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sample concentration is within the low-micromolar to nanomolar range, as in LC-photo-CIDNP, replacement of lasers with LEDs leads to no losses in sensitivity. We also investigate the effect of optical-fiber thickness and compare excitation rate constants of an Ar ion laser (488 nm) and a 466 nm LED, taking LED emission bandwidths into account. In addition, importantly, we develop a novel pulse sequence (13C RASPRINT) to perform ultrarapid LC-photo-CIDNP data collection. Remarkably, 13C RASPRINT leads to 4-fold savings in data collection time. The latter advance relies on the fact that photo-CID nuclear hyperpolarization does not suffer from the longitudinal-relaxation recovery requirements of conventional NMR. Finally, we combine both the above improvements, resulting in facile and rapid (≈16 s-2.5 min) collection of 1 and 2D NMR data on aromatic amino acids and proteins in solution at nanomolar to low micromolar concentration.
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- Hanming Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Robertson TBR, Antonides LH, Gilbert N, Benjamin SL, Langley SK, Munro LJ, Sutcliffe OB, Mewis RE. Hyperpolarization of Pyridyl Fentalogues by Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE). ChemistryOpen 2019; 8:1375-1382. [PMID: 31844604 PMCID: PMC6892445 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fentanyl, also known as 'jackpot', is a synthetic opiate that is 50-100 times more potent than morphine. Clandestine laboratories produce analogues of fentanyl, known as fentalogues to circumvent legislation regarding its production. Three pyridyl fentalogues were synthesized and then hyperpolarized by signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) to appraise the forensic potential of the technique. A maximum enhancement of -168-fold at 1.4 T was recorded for the ortho pyridyl 1H nuclei. Studies of the activation parameters for the three fentalogues revealed that the ratio of ligand loss trans to hydride and hydride loss in the complex [Ir(IMes)(L)3(H)2]+ (IMes=1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazole-2-ylidene) ranged from 0.52 to 1.83. The fentalogue possessing the ratio closest to unity produced the largest enhancement subsequent to performing SABRE at earth's magnetic field. It was possible to hyperpolarize a pyridyl fentalogue selectively from a matrix that consisted largely of heroin (97 : 3 heroin:fentalogue) to validate the use of SABRE as a forensic tool.
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- Thomas B. R. Robertson
- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic ScienceUniversity of DundeeDundeeDD1 5EHUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
- MANchester DRug Analysis and Knowledge Exchange (MANDRAKE)Manchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.ManchesterM1 5GDUK
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- School of Science and TechnologyNottingham Trent UniversityNottinghamNG11 8NSUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
- MANchester DRug Analysis and Knowledge Exchange (MANDRAKE)Manchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.ManchesterM1 5GDUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan University John Dalton Building, Chester St.Manchester, M1 5GDUK
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Richardson PM, Iali W, Roy SS, Rayner PJ, Halse ME, Duckett SB. Rapid 13C NMR hyperpolarization delivered from para-hydrogen enables the low concentration detection and quantification of sugars. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10607-10619. [PMID: 32110347 PMCID: PMC7020793 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03450a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The monosaccharides glucose and fructose are rapidly detected and quantified by 13C NMR in conjunction with the hyperpolarisation method signal amplification by reversible exchange-relay.
Monosaccharides, such as glucose and fructose, are important to life. In this work we highlight how the rapid delivery of improved 13C detectability for sugars by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can be achieved using the para-hydrogen based NMR hyperpolarization method SABRE-Relay (Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange-Relay). The significant 13C signal enhancements of 250 at a high field of 9.4 T, and 3100 at a low field of 1 T, enable the detection of trace amounts of these materials as well as the quantification of their tautomeric makeup. Using studies on 13C and 2H isotopically labelled agents we demonstrate how hyperpolarization lifetime (T1) values can be extended, and how singlet states with long lifetimes can be created. The precise quantification of d-glucose-13C6-d7 at the millimolar concentration level is shown to be possible within minutes in conjunction with a linear hyperpolarized response as a function of concentration. In addition to the measurements using labelled materials, low concentration detection is also illustrated for millimolar samples with natural abundance 13C where isomeric form quantification can be achieved with a single transient.
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- Peter M Richardson
- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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- The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance , Department of Chemistry , University of York , UK .
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Siegal G, Selenko P. Cells, drugs and NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 306:202-212. [PMID: 31358370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a versatile tool for investigating cellular structures and their compositions. While in vivo and whole-cell NMR have a long tradition in cell-based approaches, high-resolution in-cell NMR spectroscopy is a new addition to these methods. In recent years, technological advancements in multiple areas provided converging benefits for cellular MR applications, especially in terms of robustness, reproducibility and physiological relevance. Here, we review the use of cellular NMR methods for drug discovery purposes in academia and industry. Specifically, we discuss how developments in NMR technologies such as miniaturized bioreactors and flow-probe perfusion systems have helped to consolidate NMR's role in cell-based drug discovery efforts.
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- Gregg Siegal
- ZoBio B.V., BioPartner 2 Building, J.H. Oortweg 19, 2333 Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street, 761000 Rehovot, Israel.
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Jannin S, Dumez JN, Giraudeau P, Kurzbach D. Application and methodology of dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization in physical, chemical and biological contexts. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 305:41-50. [PMID: 31203098 PMCID: PMC6616036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) is a versatile method to enhance nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. It boosts signal intensities by four to five orders of magnitude thereby providing the potential to improve and enable a plethora of applications ranging from the real-time monitoring of chemical or biological processes to metabolomics and in-cell investigations. This perspectives article highlights possible avenues for developments and applications of d-DNP in biochemical and physicochemical studies. It outlines how chemists, biologists and physicists with various fields of interest can transform and employ d-DNP as a powerful characterization method for their research.
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- Sami Jannin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs (CRMN), FRE 2034, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM (UMR 6230), 44000 Nantes, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Laser- and cryogenic probe-assisted NMR enables hypersensitive analysis of biomolecules at submicromolar concentration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:11602-11611. [PMID: 31142651 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820573116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Solution-state NMR typically requires 100 μM to 1 mM samples. This limitation prevents applications to mass-limited and aggregation-prone target molecules. Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization was adapted to data collection on low-concentration samples by radiofrequency gating, enabling rapid 1D NMR spectral acquisition on aromatic amino acids and proteins bearing aromatic residues at nanomolar concentration, i.e., a full order of magnitude below other hyperpolarization techniques in liquids. Both backbone H1-C13 and side-chain resonances were enhanced, enabling secondary and tertiary structure analysis of proteins with remarkable spectral editing, via the 13C PREPRINT pulse sequence. Laser-enhanced 2D NMR spectra of 5 μM proteins at 600 MHz display 30-fold better S/N than conventional 2D data collected at 900 MHz. Sensitivity enhancements achieved with this technology, denoted as low-concentration photo-CIDNP (LC-photo-CIDNP), depend only weakly on laser intensity, highlighting the opportunity of safer and more cost-effective hypersensitive NMR applications employing low-power laser sources.
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Otikovs M, Olsen GL, Kupče ER, Frydman L. Natural Abundance, Single-Scan 13C- 13C-Based Structural Elucidations by Dissolution DNP NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:1857-1861. [PMID: 30648853 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While 13C-based Incredible Natural Abundance DoublE QUAntum Transfer Experiment (INADEQUATE) experiments offer an attractive alternative for establishing molecular structures, they suffer from low sensitivities arising from the scarcity of spin pairs present at natural abundance. Herein we demonstrate that dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) provides sufficient sensitivity to acquire 1D 13C INADEQUATE spectra in a single scan and at natural abundance. Moreover, if steps are adopted to endow sub-Hertz precision to these measurements, they allow one to measure carbon-carbon J couplings over both one and multiple bonds for each chemical site. As these JCC-couplings are usually sufficiently distinct to enable univocal pairing of the nuclei involved, essentially the same information as in 2D INADEQUATE can be obtained. The feasibility of the method is demonstrated for a range of compounds, including natural products such as α-pinene, menthol and limonene. Features and extensions of this approach are briefly discussed.
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- Martins Otikovs
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Bruker UK Limited , Banner Lane , Coventry CV4 9GH , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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Guduff L, Berthault P, van Heijenoort C, Dumez J, Huber G. Single‐Scan Diffusion‐Ordered NMR Spectroscopy of SABRE‐Hyperpolarized Mixtures. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:392-398. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Ludmilla Guduff
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301 Univ. Paris SudUniversité Paris-Saclay 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- NIMBE, CEA, CNRSUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301 Univ. Paris SudUniversité Paris-Saclay 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301 Univ. Paris SudUniversité Paris-Saclay 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- NIMBE, CEA, CNRSUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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Experimental screening for protein-ligand interactions is a central task in drug discovery. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy enables the determination of binding affinities, as well as the measurement of structural and dynamic parameters governing the interaction. With traditional liquid-state NMR relying on a nuclear spin polarization on the order of 10-5, hyperpolarization methods such as dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (D-DNP) can increase signals by several orders of magnitude. The resulting increase in sensitivity has the potential to reduce requirements for the concentration of protein and ligands, improve the accuracy of the detection of interaction by allowing the use of near-stoichiometric conditions, and increase throughput. This chapter introduces a selection of basic techniques for the application of D-DNP to screening. Procedures for hyperpolarization are briefly reviewed, followed by the description of NMR methods for detection of binding through changes in chemical shift and relaxation parameters. Experiments employing competitive binding with a known ligand are shown, which can be used to determine binding affinity or yield structural information on the pharmacophore. The specific challenges of working with nonrenewable hyperpolarization are reviewed, and solutions including the use of multiplexed NMR detection are described. Altogether, the methods summarized in this chapter are intended to allow for the efficient detection of binding affinity, structure, and dynamics facilitated through substantial signal enhancements provided by hyperpolarization.
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- Yaewon Kim
- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
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GPCR drug discovery: integrating solution NMR data with crystal and cryo-EM structures. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2018; 18:59-82. [PMID: 30410121 DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2018.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The 826 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the human proteome regulate key physiological processes and thus have long been attractive drug targets. With the crystal structures of more than 50 different human GPCRs determined over the past decade, an initial platform for structure-based rational design has been established for drugs that target GPCRs, which is currently being augmented with cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of higher-order GPCR complexes. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in solution is one of the key approaches for expanding this platform with dynamic features, which can be accessed at physiological temperature and with minimal modification of the wild-type GPCR covalent structures. Here, we review strategies for the use of advanced biochemistry and NMR techniques with GPCRs, survey projects in which crystal or cryo-EM structures have been complemented with NMR investigations and discuss the impact of this integrative approach on GPCR biology and drug discovery.
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Richardson PM, John RO, Parrott AJ, Rayner PJ, Iali W, Nordon A, Halse ME, Duckett SB. Quantification of hyperpolarisation efficiency in SABRE and SABRE-Relay enhanced NMR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:26362-26371. [PMID: 30303501 PMCID: PMC6202922 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05473h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
para-Hydrogen (p-H2) induced polarisation (PHIP) is an increasingly popular method for sensitivity enhancement in NMR spectroscopy. Its growing popularity is due in part to the introduction of the signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) method that generates renewable hyperpolarisation in target analytes in seconds. A key benefit of PHIP and SABRE is that p-H2 can be relatively easily and cheaply produced, with costs increasing with the desired level of p-H2 purity. In this work, the efficiency of the SABRE polarisation transfer is explored by measuring the level of analyte hyperpolarisation as a function of the level of p-H2 enrichment. A linear relationship was found between p-H2 enrichment and analyte 1H hyperpolarisation for a range of molecules, polarisation transfer catalysts, NMR detection fields and for both the SABRE and SABRE-Relay transfer mechanisms over the range 29-99% p-H2 purity. The gradient of these linear relationships were related to a simple theoretical model to define an overall efficiency parameter, E, that quantifies the net fraction of the available p-H2 polarisation that is transferred to the target analyte. We find that the efficiency of SABRE is independent of the NMR detection field and exceeds E = 20% for methyl-4,6-d2-nicotinate when using a previously optimised catalyst system. For the SABRE-Relay transfer mechanism, efficiencies of up to E = 1% were found for 1H polarisation of 1-propanol, when ammonia was used as the polarisation carrier.
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- Peter M Richardson
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry and CPACT, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry and CPACT, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK.
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Kim Y, Liu M, Hilty C. Determination of binding affinities using hyperpolarized NMR with simultaneous 4-channel detection. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2018; 295:80-86. [PMID: 30144688 PMCID: PMC6201311 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (D-DNP) is a powerful technique to improve NMR sensitivity by a factor of thousands. Combining D-DNP with NMR-based screening enables to mitigate solubility or availability problems of ligands and target proteins in drug discovery as it can lower the concentration requirements into the sub-micromolar range. One of the challenges that D-DNP assisted NMR screening methods face for broad application, however, is a reduced throughput due to additional procedures and time required to create hyperpolarization. These requirements result in a delay of several tens of minutes in-between each NMR measurement. To solve this problem, we have developed a simultaneous 4-channel detection method for hyperpolarized 19F NMR, which can increase throughput fourfold by utilizing a purpose-built multiplexed NMR spectrometer and probe. With this system, the concentration-dependent binding interactions were observed for benzamidine and benzylamine with the serine protease trypsin. A T2 relaxation measurement of a hyperpolarized reporter ligand (TFBC; CF3C6H4CNHNH2), which competes for the same binding site on trypsin with the other ligands, was used. The hyperpolarized TFBC was mixed with trypsin and the ligand of interest, and injected into four flow cells inside the NMR probe. Across the set of four channels, a concentration gradient was created. From the simultaneously acquired relaxation datasets, it was possible to determine the dissociation constant (KD) of benzamidine and benzylamine without the requirement for individually optimizing experimental conditions for different affinities. A simulation showed that this 4-channel detection method applied to D-DNP NMR extends the screenable KD range to up to three orders of magnitude in a single experiment.
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- Yaewon Kim
- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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