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Patel RJS, Harlan CJ, Fuentes DT, Bankson JA. A Simulation of the Effects of Diffusion on Hyperpolarized [1- 13C]-Pyruvate Signal Evolution. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2023; 70:2905-2913. [PMID: 37097803 PMCID: PMC10538435 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2023.3269665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hyperpolarized [1-13C]-pyruvate magnetic resonance imaging is an emerging metabolic imaging method that offers unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution for monitoring tumor metabolism in vivo. To establish robust imaging biomarkers of metabolism, we must characterize phenomena that may modulate the apparent pyruvate-to-lactate conversion rate (kPL). Here, we investigate the potential effect of diffusion on pyruvate-to-lactate conversion, as failure to account for diffusion in pharmacokinetic analysis may obscure true intracellular chemical conversion rates. METHODS Changes in hyperpolarized pyruvate and lactate signal were calculated using a finite-difference time domain simulation of a two-dimensional tissue model. Signal evolution curves with intracellular kPL values from 0.02 to 1.00 s-1 were analyzed using spatially invariant one-compartment and two-compartment pharmacokinetic models. A second spatially variant simulation incorporating compartmental instantaneous mixing was fit with the same one-compartment model. RESULTS When fitting with the one-compartment model, apparent kPL underestimated intracellular kPL by approximately 50% at an intracellular kPL of 0.02 s-1. This underestimation increased for larger kPL values. However, fitting the instantaneous mixing curves showed that diffusion accounted for only a small part of this underestimation. Fitting with the two-compartment model yielded more accurate intracellular kPL values. SIGNIFICANCE This work suggests diffusion is not a significant rate-limiting factor in pyruvate-to-lactate conversion given that our model assumptions hold true. In higher order models, diffusion effects may be accounted for by a term characterizing metabolite transport. Pharmacokinetic models used to analyze hyperpolarized pyruvate signal evolution should focus on carefully selecting the analytical model for fitting rather than accounting for diffusion effects.
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Fala M, Somai V, Dannhorn A, Hamm G, Gibson K, Couturier D, Hesketh R, Wright AJ, Takats Z, Bunch J, Barry ST, Goodwin RJA, Brindle KM. Comparison of 13 C MRI of hyperpolarized [1- 13 C]pyruvate and lactate with the corresponding mass spectrometry images in a murine lymphoma model. Magn Reson Med 2021; 85:3027-3035. [PMID: 33421253 PMCID: PMC7986146 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare carbon-13 (13 C) MRSI of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate metabolism in a murine tumor model with mass spectrometric (MS) imaging of the corresponding tumor sections in order to cross validate these metabolic imaging techniques and to investigate the effects of pyruvate delivery and tumor lactate concentration on lactate labeling. METHODS [1-13 C]lactate images were obtained from tumor-bearing mice, following injection of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate, using a single-shot 3D 13 C spectroscopic imaging sequence in vivo and using desorption electrospray ionization MS imaging of the corresponding rapidly frozen tumor sections ex vivo. The images were coregistered, and levels of association were determined by means of Spearman rank correlation and Cohen kappa coefficients as well as linear mixed models. The correlation between [1-13 C]pyruvate and [1-13 C]lactate in the MRS images and between [12 C] and [1-13 C]lactate in the MS images were determined by means of Pearson correlation coefficients. RESULTS [1-13 C]lactate images generated by MS imaging were significantly correlated with the corresponding MRS images. The correlation coefficient between [1-13 C]lactate and [1-13 C]pyruvate in the MRS images was higher than between [1-13 C]lactate and [12 C]lactate in the MS images. CONCLUSION The inhomogeneous distribution of labeled lactate observed in the MRS images was confirmed by MS imaging of the corresponding tumor sections. The images acquired using both techniques show that the rate of 13 C label exchange between the injected pyruvate and endogenous tumor lactate pool is more correlated with the rate of pyruvate delivery to the tumor cells and is less affected by the endogenous lactate concentration.
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- Maria Fala
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Cambridge, School of Clinical MedicineCambridge Biomedical CampusUnited Kingdom
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- Imaging and Data AnalyticsClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences R&DAstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Imaging and Data AnalyticsClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences R&DAstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Imaging and Data AnalyticsClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences R&DAstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Digestion, Metabolism and ReproductionImperial College LondonSir Alexander Fleming BuildingLondonUnited Kingdom
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- National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE‐MSI)National Physical LaboratoryTeddingtonUnited Kingdom
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- Bioscience, Discovery, Oncology R&DAstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Imaging and Data AnalyticsClinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences R&DAstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and InflammationCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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pH Dependence of T2 for Hyperpolarizable 13C-Labelled Small Molecules Enables Spatially Resolved pH Measurement by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14040327. [PMID: 33918366 PMCID: PMC8067065 DOI: 10.3390/ph14040327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance imaging often uses spin-echo-based pulse sequences that are sensitive to the transverse relaxation time T2. In this context, local T2-changes might introduce a quantification bias to imaging biomarkers. Here, we investigated the pH dependence of the apparent transverse relaxation time constant (denoted here as T2) of six 13C-labelled molecules. We obtained minimum and maximum T2 values within pH 1–13 at 14.1 T: [1-13C]acetate (T2,min = 2.1 s; T2,max = 27.7 s), [1-13C]alanine (T2,min = 0.6 s; T2,max = 10.6 s), [1,4-13C2]fumarate (T2,min = 3.0 s; T2,max = 18.9 s), [1-13C]lactate (T2,min = 0.7 s; T2,max = 12.6 s), [1-13C]pyruvate (T2,min = 0.1 s; T2,max = 18.7 s) and 13C-urea (T2,min = 0.1 s; T2,max = 0.1 s). At 7 T, T2-variation in the physiological pH range (pH 6.8–7.8) was highest for [1-13C]pyruvate (ΔT2 = 0.95 s/0.1pH) and [1-13C]acetate (ΔT2 = 0.44 s/0.1pH). Concentration, salt concentration, and temperature alterations caused T2 variations of up to 45.4% for [1-13C]acetate and 23.6% for [1-13C]pyruvate. For [1-13C]acetate, spatially resolved pH measurements using T2-mapping were demonstrated with 1.6 pH units accuracy in vitro. A strong proton exchange-based pH dependence of T2 suggests that pH alterations potentially influence signal strength for hyperpolarized 13C-acquisitions.
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Lee CY, Lau JYC, Geraghty BJ, Chen AP, Gu YP, Cunningham CH. Correlation of hyperpolarized 13 C-MRI data with tissue extract measurements. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2020; 33:e4269. [PMID: 32133713 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Hyperpolarized (HP) 13C MRI provides the means to monitor lactate metabolism noninvasively in tumours. Since 13C -lactate signal levels obtained from HP 13C imaging depend on multiple factors, such as the rate of 13C substrate delivery via the vasculature, the expression level of monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and the local lactate pool size, the interpretation of HP 13C metabolic images remains challenging. In this study, ex vivo tissue extract measurements (i.e., NMR isotopomer analysis, western blot analysis) derived from an MDA-MB-231 xenograft model in nude rats were used to test for correlations between the in vivo 13C data and the ex vivo measures. The lactate-to-pyruvate ratio from HP 13C MRI was strongly correlated with [1- 13C ]lactate concentration measured from the extracts using NMR (R = 0.69, p < 0.05), as well as negatively correlated with tumour wet weight (R = - 0.60, p < 0.05). In this tumour model, both MCT1 and MCT4 expressions were positively correlated with wet weight ( ρ = 0.78 and 0.93, respectively, p < 0.01). Lactate pool size and the lactate-to-pyruvate ratio were not significantly correlated.
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- Casey Y Lee
- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Topping GJ, Hundshammer C, Nagel L, Grashei M, Aigner M, Skinner JG, Schulte RF, Schilling F. Acquisition strategies for spatially resolved magnetic resonance detection of hyperpolarized nuclei. MAGMA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 33:221-256. [PMID: 31811491 PMCID: PMC7109201 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-019-00807-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hyperpolarization is an emerging method in magnetic resonance imaging that allows nuclear spin polarization of gases or liquids to be temporarily enhanced by up to five or six orders of magnitude at clinically relevant field strengths and administered at high concentration to a subject at the time of measurement. This transient gain in signal has enabled the non-invasive detection and imaging of gas ventilation and diffusion in the lungs, perfusion in blood vessels and tissues, and metabolic conversion in cells, animals, and patients. The rapid development of this method is based on advances in polarizer technology, the availability of suitable probe isotopes and molecules, improved MRI hardware and pulse sequence development. Acquisition strategies for hyperpolarized nuclei are not yet standardized and are set up individually at most sites depending on the specific requirements of the probe, the object of interest, and the MRI hardware. This review provides a detailed introduction to spatially resolved detection of hyperpolarized nuclei and summarizes novel and previously established acquisition strategies for different key areas of application.
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- Geoffrey J Topping
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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In-cell determination of Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity in a Luminal Breast Cancer Model ⁻ ex vivo Investigation of Excised Xenograft Tumor Slices Using dDNP Hyperpolarized [1- 13C]pyruvate. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19092089. [PMID: 31060334 PMCID: PMC6539471 DOI: 10.3390/s19092089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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[1-13C]pyruvate, the most widely used compound in dissolution-dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) magnetic resonance (MR), enables the visualization of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. This activity had been demonstrated in a wide variety of cancer models, ranging from cultured cells, to xenograft models, to human tumors in situ. Here we quantified the LDH activity in precision cut tumor slices (PCTS) of breast cancer xenografts. The Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 (MCF7) cell-line was chosen as a model for the luminal breast cancer type which is hormone responsive and is highly prevalent. The LDH activity, which was manifested as [1-13C]lactate production in the tumor slices, ranged between 3.8 and 6.1 nmole/nmole adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) in 1 min (average 4.6 ± 1.0) on three different experimental set-ups consisting of arrested vs. continuous perfusion and non-selective and selective RF pulsation schemes and combinations thereof. This rate was converted to an expected LDH activity in a mass ranging between 3.3 and 5.2 µmole/g in 1 min, using the ATP level of these tumors. This indicated the likely utility of this approach in clinical dDNP of the human breast and may be useful as guidance for treatment response assessment in a large number of tumor types and therapies ex vivo.
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Corbin BA, Pollard AC, Allen MJ, Pagel MD. Summary of Imaging in 2020: Visualizing the Future of Healthcare with MR Imaging. Mol Imaging Biol 2019; 21:193-199. [PMID: 30680525 PMCID: PMC6450763 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-019-01315-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Imaging in 2020 meeting convenes biannually to discuss innovations in medical imaging. The 2018 meeting, titled "Visualizing the Future of Healthcare with MR Imaging," sought to encourage discussions of the future goals of MRI research, feature important discoveries, and foster scientific discourse between scientists from a variety of fields of expertise. Here, we highlight presented research and resulting discussions of the meeting.
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- Brooke A Corbin
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 S Main Street, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Road, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 S Main Street, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Road, Houston, TX, USA.
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Chen HY, Gordon JW, Bok RA, Cao P, von Morze C, van Criekinge M, Milshteyn E, Carvajal L, Hurd RE, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB, Larson PE. Pulse sequence considerations for quantification of pyruvate-to-lactate conversion k PL in hyperpolarized 13 C imaging. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2019; 32:e4052. [PMID: 30664305 PMCID: PMC6380928 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Hyperpolarized 13 C MRI takes advantage of the unprecedented 50 000-fold signal-to-noise ratio enhancement to interrogate cancer metabolism in patients and animals. It can measure the pyruvate-to-lactate conversion rate, kPL , a metabolic biomarker of cancer aggressiveness and progression. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate kPL reliably. In this study, three sequence components and parameters that modulate kPL estimation were identified and investigated in model simulations and through in vivo animal studies using several specifically designed pulse sequences. These factors included a magnetization spoiling effect due to RF pulses, a crusher gradient-induced flow suppression, and intrinsic image weightings due to relaxation. Simulation showed that the RF-induced magnetization spoiling can be substantially improved using an inputless kPL fitting. In vivo studies found a significantly higher apparent kPL with an additional gradient that leads to flow suppression (kPL,FID-Delay,Crush /kPL,FID-Delay = 1.37 ± 0.33, P < 0.01, N = 6), which agrees with simulation outcomes (12.5% kPL error with Δv = 40 cm/s), indicating that the gradients predominantly suppressed flowing pyruvate spins. Significantly lower kPL was found using a delayed free induction decay (FID) acquisition versus a minimum-TE version (kPL,FID-Delay /kPL,FID = 0.67 ± 0.09, P < 0.01, N = 5), and the lactate peak had broader linewidth than pyruvate (Δωlactate /Δωpyruvate = 1.32 ± 0.07, P < 0.000 01, N = 13). This illustrated that lactate's T2 *, shorter than that of pyruvate, can affect calculated kPL values. We also found that an FID sequence yielded significantly lower kPL versus a double spin-echo sequence that includes spin-echo spoiling, flow suppression from crusher gradients, and more T2 weighting (kPL,DSE /kPL,FID = 2.40 ± 0.98, P < 0.0001, N = 7). In summary, the pulse sequence, as well as its interaction with pharmacokinetics and the tissue microenvironment, can impact and be optimized for the measurement of kPL . The data acquisition and analysis pipelines can work synergistically to provide more robust and reproducible kPL measures for future preclinical and clinical studies.
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- Hsin-Yu Chen
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, California, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
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Wang J, Hesketh RL, Wright AJ, Brindle KM. Hyperpolarized 13 C spectroscopic imaging using single-shot 3D sequences with unpaired adiabatic refocusing pulses. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2018; 31:e4004. [PMID: 30198124 PMCID: PMC6220795 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4004] [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: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Hyperpolarized MRI with 13 C-labeled metabolites has enabled metabolic imaging of tumors in vivo. The heterogeneous nature of tumors and the limited lifetime of the hyperpolarization require high resolution, both temporally and spatially. We describe two sequences that make more efficient use of the 13 C polarization than previously described single-shot 3D sequences. With these sequences, the target metabolite resonances were excited using spectral-spatial pulses and the data acquired using spiral readouts from a series of echoes created using a fast-spin-echo sequence employing adiabatic 180° pulses. The third dimension was encoded with blipped gradients applied in an interleaved order to the echo train. Adiabatic inversion pulses applied in the absence of slice selection gradients allowed acquisition of signal from odd echoes, formed by unpaired adiabatic pulses, as well as from even echoes. The sequences were tested on tumor-bearing mice following intravenous injection of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate. [1-13 C] pyruvate and [1-13 C] lactate images were acquired in vivo with a 4 × 4 × 2 cm3 field of view and a 32 × 32 × 16 matrix, leading to a nominal resolution of 1.25 × 1.25 × 1.25 mm3 and an effective resolution of 1.25 × 1.25 × 4.5 mm3 when the z-direction point spread function was taken into account. The acquisition of signal from more echoes also allowed for an improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio for resonances with longer T2 relaxation times. The pulse sequences described here produced hyperpolarized 13 C images with improved resolution and signal-to-noise ratio when compared with similar sequences described previously.
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- Jiazheng Wang
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeLi Ka Shing CentreCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeLi Ka Shing CentreCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeLi Ka Shing CentreCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeLi Ka Shing CentreCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Zhu X, Gordon JW, Bok RA, Kurhanewicz J, Larson PEZ. Dynamic diffusion-weighted hyperpolarized 13 C imaging based on a slice-selective double spin echo sequence for measurements of cellular transport. Magn Reson Med 2018; 81:2001-2010. [PMID: 30368893 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE To develop a pulse sequence to dynamically measure the ADC of hyperpolarized substrates during their perfusion, metabolic conversion, and transport. METHODS We proposed a slice-selective double spin echo sequence for dynamic hyperpolarized 13 C diffusion-weighted imaging. The proposed pulse sequence was optimized for a high field preclinical scanner through theoretical analysis and simulation. The performance of the method was compared to non-slice-selective double spin echo via in vivo studies. We also validated the sequence for dynamic ADC measurement in both phantom studies and transgenic mouse model of prostate cancer studies. RESULTS The optimized pulse sequence outperforms the traditional sequence with smaller saturation effects on the magnetization of hyperpolarized compounds that allowed more dynamic imaging frames covering a longer imaging time window. In pre-clinical studies (N = 8), the dynamic hyperpolarized lactate ADC maps of 6 studies in the prostate tumors showed an increase measured ADC over time, which might be related to lactate efflux from the tumor cells. CONCLUSIONS The proposed sequence was validated and shown to improve dynamic diffusion weighted imaging compared to the traditional double spin echo sequence, providing ADC maps of lactate through time.
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- Xucheng Zhu
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California.,UCSF/UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering, 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.,UCSF/UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Zhang G, Ahola S, Lerche MH, Telkki VV, Hilty C. Identification of Intracellular and Extracellular Metabolites in Cancer Cells Using 13C Hyperpolarized Ultrafast Laplace NMR. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11131-11137. [PMID: 30125087 PMCID: PMC6168181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ultrafast
Laplace NMR (UF-LNMR), which is based on the spatial
encoding of multidimensional data, enables one to carry out 2D relaxation
and diffusion measurements in a single scan. Besides reducing the
experiment time to a fraction, it significantly facilitates the use
of nuclear spin hyperpolarization to boost experimental sensitivity,
because the time-consuming polarization step does not need to be repeated.
Here we demonstrate the usability of hyperpolarized UF-LNMR in the
context of cell metabolism, by investigating the conversion of pyruvate
to lactate in the cultures of mouse 4T1 cancer cells. We show that 13C ultrafast diffusion–T2 relaxation correlation measurements, with the sensitivity enhanced
by several orders of magnitude by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization
(D-DNP), allows the determination of the extra- vs intracellular
location of metabolites because of their significantly different values
of diffusion coefficients and T2 relaxation
times. Under the current conditions, pyruvate was located predominantly
in the extracellular pool, while lactate remained primarily intracellular.
Contrary to the small flip angle diffusion methods reported in the
literature, the UF-LNMR method does not require several scans with
varying gradient strength, and it provides a combined diffusion and T2 contrast. Furthermore, the ultrafast concept
can be extended to various other multidimensional LNMR experiments,
which will provide detailed information about the dynamics and exchange
processes of cell metabolites.
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- Guannan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , 3255 TAMU, College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science , University of Oulu , P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu , Finland
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance , Technical University of Denmark , Building 349, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby , Denmark
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- NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science , University of Oulu , P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu , Finland
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , 3255 TAMU, College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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Sriram R, Gordon J, Baligand C, Ahamed F, Delos Santos J, Qin H, Bok RA, Vigneron DB, Kurhanewicz J, Larson PEZ, Wang ZJ. Non-Invasive Assessment of Lactate Production and Compartmentalization in Renal Cell Carcinomas Using Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:cancers10090313. [PMID: 30189677 PMCID: PMC6162434 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10090313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Optimal treatment selection for localized renal tumors is challenging due to their variable biological behavior and limited ability to pre-operatively assess their aggressiveness. We investigated hyperpolarized (HP) 13C pyruvate MRI to noninvasively assess tumor lactate production and compartmentalization, which are strongly associated with renal tumor aggressiveness. Orthotopic tumors were created in mice using human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) lines (A498, 786-O, UOK262) with varying expression of lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) which catalyzes the pyruvate-to-lactate conversion, and varying expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) which mediates lactate export out of the cells. Dynamic HP 13C pyruvate MRI showed that the A498 tumors had significantly higher 13C pyruvate-to-lactate conversion than the UOK262 and 786-O tumors, corresponding to higher A498 tumor LDHA expression. Additionally, diffusion-weighted HP 13C pyruvate MRI showed that the A498 tumors had significantly higher 13C lactate apparent diffusion coefficients compared to 786-O tumors, with corresponding higher MCT4 expression, which likely reflects more rapid lactate export in the A498 tumors. Our data demonstrate the feasibility of HP 13C pyruvate MRI to inform on tumor lactate production and compartmentalization, and provide the scientific premise for future clinical investigation into the utility of this technique to noninvasively interrogate renal tumor aggressiveness and to guide treatment selection.
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- Renuka Sriram
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Serrao E, Kettunen M, Rodrigues T, Lewis D, Gallagher F, Hu D, Brindle K. Analysis of 13 C and 14 C labeling in pyruvate and lactate in tumor and blood of lymphoma-bearing mice injected with 13 C- and 14 C-labeled pyruvate. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2018; 31:e3901. [PMID: 29457661 PMCID: PMC5947589 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Measurements of hyperpolarized 13 C label exchange between injected [1-13 C]pyruvate and the endogenous tumor lactate pool can give an apparent first-order rate constant for the exchange. The determination of the isotope flux, however, requires an estimate of the labeled pyruvate concentration in the tumor. This was achieved here by measurement of the tumor uptake of [1-14 C]pyruvate, which showed that <2% of the injected pyruvate reached the tumor site. Multiplication of this estimated labeled pyruvate concentration in the tumor with the apparent first-order rate constant for hyperpolarized 13 C label exchange gave an isotope flux that showed good agreement with a flux determined directly by the injection of non-polarized [3-13 C]pyruvate, rapid excision of the tumor after 30 s and measurement of 13 C-labeled lactate concentrations in tumor extracts. The distribution of labeled lactate between intra- and extracellular compartments and the blood pool was investigated by imaging, by measurement of the labeled lactate concentration in blood and tumor, and by examination of the effects of a gadolinium contrast agent and a lactate transport inhibitor on the intensity of the hyperpolarized [1-13 C]lactate signal. These measurements showed that there was significant export of labeled lactate from the tumor, but that labeled lactate in the blood pool produced by the injection of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate showed only relatively low levels of polarization. This study shows that measurements of hyperpolarized 13 C label exchange between pyruvate and lactate in a murine tumor model can provide an estimate of the true isotope flux if the concentration of labeled pyruvate that reaches the tumor can be determined.
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- E.M. Serrao
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson InstituteGlasgowUK
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Wright AJ, Husson ZM, Hu D, Callejo G, Brindle KM, Smith ESJ. Increased hyperpolarized [1- 13 C] lactate production in a model of joint inflammation is not accompanied by tissue acidosis as assessed using hyperpolarized 13 C-labelled bicarbonate. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2018; 31:e3892. [PMID: 29380927 PMCID: PMC5887936 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Arthritic conditions are a major source of chronic pain. Furthering our understanding of disease mechanisms creates the opportunity to develop more targeted therapeutics. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), measurements of pH in human synovial fluid suggest that acidosis occurs, but that this is highly variable between individuals. Here we sought to determine if tissue acidosis occurs in a widely used rodent arthritis model: complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammation. CFA robustly evoked paw and ankle swelling, concomitant with worsening clinical scores over time. We used magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate metabolism to demonstrate that CFA induces an increase in the lactate-to-pyruvate ratio. This increase is indicative of enhanced glycolysis and an increased lactate concentration, as has been observed in the synovial fluid from RA patients, and which was correlated with acidosis. We also measured the 13 CO2 /H13 CO3- ratio, in animals injected with hyperpolarized H13 CO3- , to estimate extracellular tissue pH and showed that despite the apparent increase in glycolytic activity in CFA-induced inflammation there was no accompanying decrease in extracellular pH. The pH was 7.23 ± 0.06 in control paws and 7.32 ± 0.09 in inflamed paws. These results could explain why mice lacking acid-sensing ion channel subunits 1, 2 and 3 do not display any changes in mechanical or thermal hyperalgesia in CFA-induced inflammation.
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- Alan J. Wright
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUK
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of Cambridge, Tennis Court RoadCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUK
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of Cambridge, Tennis Court RoadCambridgeUK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Cambridge, Tennis Court RoadCambridgeUK
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of Cambridge, Tennis Court RoadCambridgeUK
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Sun CY, Walker CM, Michel KA, Venkatesan AM, Lai SY, Bankson JA. Influence of parameter accuracy on pharmacokinetic analysis of hyperpolarized pyruvate. Magn Reson Med 2017; 79:3239-3248. [PMID: 29090487 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore the effects of noise and error on kinetic analyses of tumor metabolism using hyperpolarized [1-13 C] pyruvate. METHODS Numerical simulations were performed to systematically investigate the effects of noise, the number of unknowns, and error in kinetic parameter estimates on kinetic analysis of the apparent rate of chemical conversion from hyperpolarized pyruvate to lactate (kPL ). A pharmacokinetic model with two physical and two chemical pools of hyperpolarized spins was used to generate and analyze the synthetic data. RESULTS The reproducibility of kPL estimates worsened quickly when peak signal-to-noise ratio for hyperpolarized pyruvate was below approximately 20. The accuracy of kPL estimates was most sensitive to errors in high excitation angles, the vascular blood volume fraction (vb ), and the rate of pyruvate extravasation (kve ), and was least sensitive to errors in the T1 of pyruvate. When vb and/or kve were fit as additional unknowns, the accuracy of kPL estimates suffered, and when the vascular input function of pyruvate was also fit, the reproducibility of kPL estimates worsened. CONCLUSIONS The accuracy and precision of kPL estimates improve substantially for peak signal-to-noise ratio above approximately 20. Accurate estimates of perfusion parameters (combinations of vb , kve , and the pyruvate vascular input function) and transmit calibration at high excitation angles have the greatest effect on the accuracy of kinetic analyses. Magn Reson Med 79:3239-3248, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Chang-Yu Sun
- Department of Imaging Physics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA
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Wang J, Kreis F, Wright AJ, Hesketh RL, Levitt MH, Brindle KM. Dynamic 1 H imaging of hyperpolarized [1- 13 C]lactate in vivo using a reverse INEPT experiment. Magn Reson Med 2017; 79:741-747. [PMID: 28474393 PMCID: PMC5811914 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Purpose Dynamic magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized 13C‐labeled cell substrates has enabled the investigation of tissue metabolism in vivo. Currently observation of these hyperpolarized substrates is limited mainly to 13C detection. We describe here an imaging pulse sequence that enables proton observation by using polarization transfer from the hyperpolarized 13C nucleus to spin‐coupled protons. Methods The pulse sequence transfers 13C hyperpolarization to 1H using a modified reverse insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer (INEPT) sequence that acquires a fully refocused echo. The resulting hyperpolarized 1H signal is acquired using a 2D echo‐planar trajectory. The efficiency of polarization transfer was investigated using simulations with and without T1 and T2 relaxation of both the 1H and 13C nuclei. Results Simulations showed that 1H detection of the hyperpolarized 13C nucleus in lactate should increase significantly the signal‐to‐noise ratio when compared with direct 13C detection at 3T. However the advantage of 1H detection is expected to disappear at higher fields. Dynamic 1H images of hyperpolarized [1‐13C]lactate, with a spatial resolution of 1.25 × 1.25 mm2, were acquired from a phantom injected with hyperpolarized [1‐13C]lactate and from tumors in vivo following injection of hyperpolarized [1‐13C]pyruvate. Conclusions The sequence allows 1H imaging of hyperpolarized 13C‐labeled substrates in vivo. Magn Reson Med 79:741–747, 2018. © 2017 The Authors Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- Jiazheng Wang
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Joe E, Lee H, Lee J, Yang S, Choi YS, Wang E, Song HT, Kim DH. An indirect method for in vivo T 2 mapping of [1- 13 C] pyruvate using hyperpolarized 13 C CSI. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2017; 30:e3690. [PMID: 28111820 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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An indirect method for in vivo T2 mapping of 13 C-labeled metabolites using T2 and T2 * information of water protons obtained a priori is proposed. The T2 values of 13 C metabolites are inferred using the relationship to T2 ' of coexisting 1 H and the T2 * of 13 C metabolites, which is measured using routine hyperpolarized 13 C CSI data. The concept is verified with phantom studies. Simulations were performed to evaluate the extent of T2 estimation accuracy due to errors in the other measurements. Also, bias in the 13 C T2 * estimation from the 13 C CSI data was studied. In vivo experiments were performed from the brains of normal rats and a rat with C6 glioma. Simulation results indicate that the proposed method provides accurate and unbiased 13 C T2 values within typical experimental settings. The in vivo studies found that the estimated T2 of [1-13 C] pyruvate using the indirect method was longer in tumor than in normal tissues and gave values similar to previous reports. This method can estimate localized T2 relaxation times from multiple voxels using conventional hyperpolarized 13 C CSI and can potentially be used with time resolved fast CSI.
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- Eunhae Joe
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Adamson EB, Ludwig KD, Mummy DG, Fain SB. Magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarized agents: methods and applications. Phys Med Biol 2017; 62:R81-R123. [PMID: 28384123 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa6be8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the past decade, hyperpolarized (HP) contrast agents have been under active development for MRI applications to address the twin challenges of functional and quantitative imaging. Both HP helium (3He) and xenon (129Xe) gases have reached the stage where they are under study in clinical research. HP 129Xe, in particular, is poised for larger scale clinical research to investigate asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and fibrotic lung diseases. With advances in polarizer technology and unique capabilities for imaging of 129Xe gas exchange into lung tissue and blood, HP 129Xe MRI is attracting new attention. In parallel, HP 13C and 15N MRI methods have steadily advanced in a wide range of pre-clinical research applications for imaging metabolism in various cancers and cardiac disease. The HP [1-13C] pyruvate MRI technique, in particular, has undergone phase I trials in prostate cancer and is poised for investigational new drug trials at multiple institutions in cancer and cardiac applications. This review treats the methodology behind both HP gases and HP 13C and 15N liquid state agents. Gas and liquid phase HP agents share similar technologies for achieving non-equilibrium polarization outside the field of the MRI scanner, strategies for image data acquisition, and translational challenges in moving from pre-clinical to clinical research. To cover the wide array of methods and applications, this review is organized by numerical section into (1) a brief introduction, (2) the physical and biological properties of the most common polarized agents with a brief summary of applications and methods of polarization, (3) methods for image acquisition and reconstruction specific to improving data acquisition efficiency for HP MRI, (4) the main physical properties that enable unique measures of physiology or metabolic pathways, followed by a more detailed review of the literature describing the use of HP agents to study: (5) metabolic pathways in cancer and cardiac disease and (6) lung function in both pre-clinical and clinical research studies, concluding with (7) some future directions and challenges, and (8) an overall summary.
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- Erin B Adamson
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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Wang J, Wright AJ, Hu D, Hesketh R, Brindle KM. Single shot three-dimensional pulse sequence for hyperpolarized 13 C MRI. Magn Reson Med 2017; 77:740-752. [PMID: 26916384 PMCID: PMC5297976 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized 13 C-labeled cell substrates is a promising technique for imaging tissue metabolism in vivo. However, the transient nature of the hyperpolarization, and its depletion following excitation, limits the imaging time and the number of excitation pulses that can be used. We describe here a single-shot three-dimensional (3D) imaging sequence and demonstrate its capability to generate 13 C MR images in tumor-bearing mice injected with hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate. METHODS The pulse sequence acquires a stack-of-spirals at two spin echoes after a single excitation pulse and encodes the kz-dimension in an interleaved manner to enhance robustness to B0 inhomogeneity. Spectral-spatial pulses are used to acquire dynamic 3D images from selected hyperpolarized 13 C-labeled metabolites. RESULTS A nominal spatial/temporal resolution of 1.25 × 1.25 × 2.5 mm3 × 2 s was achieved in tumor images of hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate and [1-13 C]lactate acquired in vivo. Higher resolution in the z-direction, with a different k-space trajectory, was demonstrated in measurements on a thermally polarized [1-13 C]lactate phantom. CONCLUSION The pulse sequence is capable of imaging hyperpolarized 13 C-labeled substrates at relatively high spatial and temporal resolutions and is robust to moderate system imperfections. Magn Reson Med 77:740-752, 2017. © 2016 The Authors Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- Jiazheng Wang
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge InstituteUniversity of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson WayCambridgeUnited Kingdom
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeTennis Court RoadCambridgeUnited Kingdom.
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Gordon JW, Milshteyn E, Marco-Rius I, Ohliger M, Vigneron DB, Larson PEZ. Mis-estimation and bias of hyperpolarized apparent diffusion coefficient measurements due to slice profile effects. Magn Reson Med 2016; 78:1087-1092. [PMID: 27735082 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this work was to explore the impact of slice profile effects on apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping of hyperpolarized (HP) substrates. METHODS Slice profile effects were simulated using a Gaussian radiofrequency (RF) pulse with a variety of flip angle schedules and b-value ordering schemes. A long T1 water phantom was used to validate the simulation results, and ADC mapping of HP [13 C,15 N2 ]urea was performed on the murine liver to assess these effects in vivo. RESULTS Slice profile effects result in excess signal after repeated RF pulses, causing bias in HP measurements. The largest error occurs for metabolites with small ADCs, resulting in up to 10-fold overestimation for metabolites that are in more-restricted environments. A mixed b-value scheme substantially reduces this bias, whereas scaling the slice-select gradient can mitigate it completely. In vivo, the liver ADC of hyperpolarized [13 C,15 N2 ]urea is nearly 70% lower (0.99 ± 0.22 vs 1.69 ± 0.21 × 10-3 mm2 /s) when slice-select gradient scaling is used. CONCLUSION Slice profile effects can lead to bias in HP ADC measurements. A mixed b-value ordering scheme can reduce this bias compared to sequential b-value ordering. Slice-select gradient scaling can also correct for this deviation, minimizing bias and providing more-precise ADC measurements of HP substrates. Magn Reson Med 78:1087-1092, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Jeremy W Gordon
- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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Koelsch BL, Sriram R, Keshari KR, Leon Swisher C, Van Criekinge M, Sukumar S, Vigneron DB, Wang ZJ, Larson PEZ, Kurhanewicz J. Separation of extra- and intracellular metabolites using hyperpolarized (13)C diffusion weighted MR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 270:115-123. [PMID: 27434780 PMCID: PMC5448422 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This work demonstrates the separation of extra- and intracellular components of glycolytic metabolites with diffusion weighted hyperpolarized (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Using b-values of up to 15,000smm(-2), a multi-exponential signal response was measured for hyperpolarized [1-(13)C] pyruvate and lactate. By fitting the fast and slow asymptotes of these curves, their extra- and intracellular weighted diffusion coefficients were determined in cells perfused in a MR compatible bioreactor. In addition to measuring intracellular weighted diffusion, extra- and intracellular weighted hyperpolarized (13)C metabolites pools are assessed in real-time, including their modulation with inhibition of monocarboxylate transporters. These studies demonstrate the ability to simultaneously assess membrane transport in addition to enzymatic activity with the use of diffusion weighted hyperpolarized (13)C MR. This technique could be an indispensible tool to evaluate the impact of microenvironment on the presence, aggressiveness and metastatic potential of a variety of cancers.
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- Bertram L Koelsch
- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Radiology and Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Juul T, Palm F, Nielsen PM, Bertelsen LB, Laustsen C. Ex vivo hyperpolarized MR spectroscopy on isolated renal tubular cells: A novel technique for cell energy phenotyping. Magn Reson Med 2016; 78:457-461. [PMID: 27529808 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE It has been demonstrated that hyperpolarized 13 C MR is a useful tool to study cultured cells. However, cells in culture can alter phenotype, which raises concerns regarding the in vivo significance of such findings. Here we investigate if metabolic phenotyping using hyperpolarized 13 C MR is suitable for cells isolated from kidney tissue, without prior cell culture. METHODS Isolation of tubular cells from freshly excised kidney tissue and treatment with either ouabain or antimycin A was investigated with hyperpolarized MR spectroscopy on a 9.4 Tesla preclinical imaging system. RESULTS Isolation of tubular cells from less than 2 g of kidney tissue generally resulted in more than 10 million live tubular cells. This amount of cells was enough to yield robust signals from the conversion of 13 C-pyruvate to lactate, bicarbonate and alanine, demonstrating that metabolic flux by means of both anaerobic and aerobic pathways can be quantified using this technique. CONCLUSION Ex vivo metabolic phenotyping using hyperpolarized 13 C MR in a preclinical system is a useful technique to study energy metabolism in freshly isolated renal tubular cells. This technique has the potential to advance our understanding of both normal cell physiology as well as pathological processes contributing to kidney disease. Magn Reson Med 78:457-461, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Troels Juul
- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Durst M, Koellisch U, Daniele V, Steiger K, Schwaiger M, Haase A, Menzel MI, Schulte RF, Aime S, Reineri F. Probing lactate secretion in tumours with hyperpolarised NMR. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:1079-1087. [PMID: 27348729 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Most tumours exhibit a high rate of glycolysis and predominantly produce energy by lactic acid fermentation. To maintain energy production and prevent toxicity, the lactate generated needs to be rapidly transported out of the cell. This is achieved by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), which therefore play an essential role in cancer metabolism and development. In vivo experiments were performed on eight male Fisher F344 rats bearing a subcutaneous mammary carcinoma after injection of hyperpolarised [1-(13) C]pyruvate. A Gd(III)DO3A complex that binds to pyruvate and its metabolites was used to efficiently destroy the extracellular magnetisation after hyperpolarised lactate had been formed. Moreover, a pulse sequence including a frequency-selective saturation pulse was designed so that the pyruvate magnetisation could be destroyed to exclude effects arising from further conversion. Given this preparation, metabolite transport out of the cell manifested as additional decay and apparent cell membrane transporter rates could thus be obtained using a reference measurement without a relaxation agent. In addition to slice-selective spectra, spatially resolved maps of apparent membrane transporter activity were acquired using a single-shot spiral gradient readout. A considerable increase in decay rate was detected for lactate, indicating rapid transport out of the cell. The alanine signal was unaltered, which corresponds to a slower efflux rate. This technique could allow for better understanding of tumour metabolism and progression, and enable treatment response measurements for MCT-targeted cancer therapies. Moreover, it provides vital insights into the signal kinetics of hyperpolarised [1-(13) C]pyruvate examinations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Markus Durst
- IMETUM, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- GE Global Research, Garching, Germany
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- IMETUM, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- GE Global Research, Garching, Germany
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- Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik,Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- IMETUM, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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Lau JYC, Chen AP, Gu YP, Cunningham CH. Voxel-by-voxel correlations of perfusion, substrate, and metabolite signals in dynamic hyperpolarized (13) C imaging. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:1038-1047. [PMID: 27295304 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, a mixture of pyruvic acid and the perfusion agent HP001 was co-polarized for simultaneous assessment of perfusion and metabolism in vivo. The pre-polarized mixture was administered to rats with subcutaneous MDA-MB-231 breast cancer xenografts and imaged using an interleaved sequence with designed spectral-spatial pulses and flyback echo-planar readouts. Voxel-by-voxel signal correlations from 10 animals (15 data sets) were analyzed for tumour, kidney, and muscle regions of interest. The relationship between perfusion and hyperpolarized signal was explored on a voxel-by-voxel basis in various metabolically active tissues, including tumour, healthy kidneys, and skeletal muscle. Positive pairwise correlations between lactate, pyruvate, and HP001 observed in all 10 tumours suggested that substrate delivery was the dominant factor limiting the conversion of pyruvate to lactate in the tumour model used in this study. On the other hand, in cases where conversion is the limiting factor, such as in healthy kidneys, both pyruvate and lactate can act as excellent perfusion markers. In intermediate cases between the two limits, such as in skeletal muscle, some perfusion information may be inferred from the (pyruvate + lactate) signal distribution. Co-administration of pyruvate with a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) perfusion agent is an effective approach for distinguishing between slow metabolism and poor perfusion and a practical strategy for lactate signal normalization to account for substrate delivery, especially in cases of rapid pyruvate-to-lactate conversion and in poorly perfused regions with inadequate pyruvate signal-to-noise ratio for reliable determination of the lactate-to-pyruvate ratio. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Justin Y C Lau
- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Serrao EM, Rodrigues TB, Gallagher FA, Kettunen MI, Kennedy BWC, Vowler SL, Burling KA, Brindle KM. Effects of fasting on serial measurements of hyperpolarized [1-(13) C]pyruvate metabolism in tumors. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:1048-55. [PMID: 27309986 PMCID: PMC4973679 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Imaging of the metabolism of hyperpolarized [1-(13) C]pyruvate has shown considerable promise in preclinical studies in oncology, particularly for the assessment of early treatment response. The repeatability of measurements of (13) C label exchange between pyruvate and lactate was determined in a murine lymphoma model in fasted and non-fasted animals. The fasted state showed lower intra-individual variability, although the [1-(13) C]lactate/[1-(13) C]pyruvate signal ratio was significantly greater in fasted than in non-fasted mice, which may be explained by the higher tumor lactate concentrations in fasted animals. These results indicate that the fasted state may be preferable for the measurement of (13) C label exchange between pyruvate and lactate, as it reduces the variability and therefore should make it easier to detect the effects of therapy. © 2016 The Authors. NMR in Biomedicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Eva M Serrao
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Core Biochemical Assay Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Reed GD, von Morze C, Verkman AS, Koelsch BL, Chaumeil MM, Lustig M, Ronen SM, Bok RA, Sands JM, Larson PEZ, Wang ZJ, Larsen JHA, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron DB. Imaging Renal Urea Handling in Rats at Millimeter Resolution using Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 2:125-135. [PMID: 27570835 PMCID: PMC4996281 DOI: 10.18383/j.tom.2016.00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In vivo spin spin relaxation time (T2) heterogeneity of hyperpolarized [13C,15N2]urea in the rat kidney was investigated. Selective quenching of the vascular hyperpolarized 13C signal with a macromolecular relaxation agent revealed that a long-T2 component of the [13C,15N2]urea signal originated from the renal extravascular space, thus allowing the vascular and renal filtrate contrast agent pools of the [13C,15N2]urea to be distinguished via multi-exponential analysis. The T2 response to induced diuresis and antidiuresis was performed with two imaging agents: hyperpolarized [13C,15N2]urea and a control agent hyperpolarized bis-1,1-(hydroxymethyl)-1-13C-cyclopropane-2H8. Large T2 increases in the inner-medullar and papilla were observed with the former agent and not the latter during antidiuresis. Therefore, [13C,15N2]urea relaxometry is sensitive to two steps of the renal urea handling process: glomerular filtration and the inner-medullary urea transporter (UT)-A1 and UT-A3 mediated urea concentrating process. Simple motion correction and subspace denoising algorithms are presented to aid in the multi exponential data analysis. Furthermore, a T2-edited, ultra long echo time sequence was developed for sub-2 mm3 resolution 3D encoding of urea by exploiting relaxation differences in the vascular and filtrate pools.
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- Galen D Reed
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- GE Healthcare, Brøndby, Denmark; Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Graduate Group in Bioengineering University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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The field of metabolism research has made a dramatic resurgence in recent years, fueled by a newfound appreciation of the interactions between metabolites and phenotype. Metabolic substrates and their products can be biomarkers of a wide range of pathologies, including cancer, but our understanding of their in vivo interactions and pathways has been hindered by the robustness of noninvasive imaging approaches. The past 3 decades have been flushed with the development of new techniques for the study of metabolism in vivo. These methods include nuclear-based, predominantly positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, many of which have been translated to the clinic. The purpose of this review was to introduce both long-standing imaging strategies as well as novel approaches to the study of perturbed metabolic pathways in the setting of carcinogenesis. This will involve descriptions of nuclear probes labeled with C and F as well C for study using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging. Highlighting both advantages and disadvantages of each approach, the aim of this summary was to provide the reader with a framework for interrogation of metabolic aberrations in their system of interest.
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Laustsen C, Stokholm Nørlinger T, Christoffer Hansen D, Qi H, Mose Nielsen P, Bonde Bertelsen L, Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen J, Stødkilde Jørgensen H. Hyperpolarized 13C urea relaxation mechanism reveals renal changes in diabetic nephropathy. Magn Reson Med 2015; 75:515-8. [PMID: 26584247 PMCID: PMC4738460 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Our aim was to assess a novel (13) C radial fast spin echo golden ratio single shot method for interrogating early renal changes in the diabetic kidney, using hyperpolarized (HP) [(13) C,(15) N2 ]urea as a T2 relaxation based contrast bio-probe. METHODS A novel HP (13) C MR contrast experiment was conducted in a group of streptozotocin type-1 diabetic rat model and age matched controls. RESULTS A significantly different relaxation time (P = 0.004) was found in the diabetic kidney (0.49 ± 0.03 s) compared with the controls (0.64 ± 0.02 s) and secondly, a strong correlation between the blood oxygen saturation level and the relaxation times were observed in the healthy controls. CONCLUSION HP [(13) C,(15) N2 ]urea apparent T2 mapping may be a useful for interrogating local renal pO2 status and renal tissue alterations. Magn Reson Med, 2015. © 2015 The Authors. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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- Christoffer Laustsen
- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MR Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- GE Healthcare, Broendby, Denmark.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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Bankson JA, Walker CM, Ramirez MS, Stefan W, Fuentes D, Merritt ME, Lee J, Sandulache VC, Chen Y, Phan L, Chou PC, Rao A, Yeung SCJ, Lee MH, Schellingerhout D, Conrad CA, Malloy C, Sherry AD, Lai SY, Hazle JD. Kinetic Modeling and Constrained Reconstruction of Hyperpolarized [1-13C]-Pyruvate Offers Improved Metabolic Imaging of Tumors. Cancer Res 2015; 75:4708-17. [PMID: 26420214 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]-pyruvate has shown tremendous promise as an agent for imaging tumor metabolism with unprecedented sensitivity and specificity. Imaging hyperpolarized substrates by magnetic resonance is unlike traditional MRI because signals are highly transient and their spatial distribution varies continuously over their observable lifetime. Therefore, new imaging approaches are needed to ensure optimal measurement under these circumstances. Constrained reconstruction algorithms can integrate prior information, including biophysical models of the substrate/target interaction, to reduce the amount of data that is required for image analysis and reconstruction. In this study, we show that metabolic MRI with hyperpolarized pyruvate is biased by tumor perfusion and present a new pharmacokinetic model for hyperpolarized substrates that accounts for these effects. The suitability of this model is confirmed by statistical comparison with alternates using data from 55 dynamic spectroscopic measurements in normal animals and murine models of anaplastic thyroid cancer, glioblastoma, and triple-negative breast cancer. The kinetic model was then integrated into a constrained reconstruction algorithm and feasibility was tested using significantly undersampled imaging data from tumor-bearing animals. Compared with naïve image reconstruction, this approach requires far fewer signal-depleting excitations and focuses analysis and reconstruction on new information that is uniquely available from hyperpolarized pyruvate and its metabolites, thus improving the reproducibility and accuracy of metabolic imaging measurements.
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- James A Bankson
- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Koelsch BL, Reed GD, Keshari KR, Chaumeil MM, Bok R, Ronen SM, Vigneron DB, Kurhanewicz J, Larson PEZ. Rapid in vivo apparent diffusion coefficient mapping of hyperpolarized (13) C metabolites. Magn Reson Med 2015; 74:622-633. [PMID: 25213126 PMCID: PMC4362805 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Hyperpolarized (13) C magnetic resonance allows for the study of real-time metabolism in vivo, including significant hyperpolarized (13) C lactate production in many tumors. Other studies have shown that aggressive and highly metastatic tumors rapidly transport lactate out of cells. Thus, the ability to not only measure the production of hyperpolarized (13) C lactate but also understand its compartmentalization using diffusion-weighted MR will provide unique information for improved tumor characterization. METHODS We used a bipolar, pulsed-gradient, double spin echo imaging sequence to rapidly generate diffusion-weighted images of hyperpolarized (13) C metabolites. Our methodology included a simultaneously acquired B1 map to improve apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) accuracy and a diffusion-compensated variable flip angle scheme to improve ADC precision. RESULTS We validated this sequence and methodology in hyperpolarized (13) C phantoms. Next, we generated ADC maps of several hyperpolarized (13) C metabolites in a normal rat, rat brain tumor, and prostate cancer mouse model using both preclinical and clinical trial-ready hardware. CONCLUSION ADC maps of hyperpolarized (13) C metabolites provide information about the localization of these molecules in the tissue microenvironment. The methodology presented here allows for further studies to investigate ADC changes due to disease state that may provide unique information about cancer aggressiveness and metastatic potential.
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- Bertram L. Koelsch
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Breukels V, Jansen KCFJ, van Heijster FHA, Capozzi A, van Bentum PJM, Schalken JA, Comment A, Scheenen TWJ. Direct dynamic measurement of intracellular and extracellular lactate in small-volume cell suspensions with (13)C hyperpolarised NMR. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2015; 28:1040-1048. [PMID: 26123400 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hyperpolarised (HP) (13)C NMR allows enzymatic activity to be probed in real time in live biological systems. The use of in vitro models gives excellent control of the cellular environment, crucial in the understanding of enzyme kinetics. The increased conversion of pyruvate to lactate in cancer cells has been well studied with HP (13)C NMR. Unfortunately, the equally important metabolic step of lactate transport out of the cell remains undetected, because intracellular and extracellular lactate are measured as a single resonance. Furthermore, typical experiments must be performed using tens of millions of cells, a large amount which can lead to a costly and sometimes highly challenging growing procedure. We present a relatively simple set-up that requires as little as two million cells with the spectral resolution to separate the intracellular and extracellular lactate resonances. The set-up is tested with suspensions of prostate cancer carcinoma cells (PC3) in combination with HP [1-(13)C]pyruvate. We obtained reproducible pyruvate to lactate label fluxes of 1.2 and 1.7 nmol/s per million cells at 2.5 and 5.0 mM pyruvate concentrations. The existence of a 3-Hz chemical shift difference between intracellular and extracellular lactate enabled us to determine the lactate transport rates in PC3. We deduced a lactate export rate of 0.3 s(-1) and observed a decrease in lactate transport on addition of the lactate transport inhibitor α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid.
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- Vincent Breukels
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics of Biological Systems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics of Biological Systems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Lau AZ, Miller JJ, Robson MD, Tyler DJ. Cardiac perfusion imaging using hyperpolarized (13)C urea using flow sensitizing gradients. Magn Reson Med 2015; 75:1474-83. [PMID: 25991580 PMCID: PMC4556069 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of imaging the first passage of a bolus of hyperpolarized 13C urea through the rodent heart using flow‐sensitizing gradients to reduce signal from the blood pool. Methods A flow‐sensitizing bipolar gradient was optimized to reduce the bright signal within the cardiac chambers, enabling improved contrast of the agent within the tissue capillary bed. The gradient was incorporated into a dynamic golden angle spiral 13C imaging sequence. Healthy rats were scanned during rest (n = 3) and under adenosine stress‐induced hyperemia (n = 3). Results A two‐fold increase in myocardial perfusion relative to rest was detected during adenosine stress‐induced hyperemia, consistent with a myocardial perfusion reserve of two in rodents. Conclusion The new pulse sequence was used to obtain dynamic images of the first passage of hyperpolarized 13C urea in the rodent heart, without contamination from bright signal within the neighboring cardiac lumen. This probe of myocardial perfusion is expected to enable new hyperpolarized 13C studies in which the cardiac metabolism/perfusion mismatch can be identified. Magn Reson Med, 2015. © 2015 The Authors. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Magn Reson Med 75:1474–1483, 2016. © 2015 The Authors. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance.
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- Angus Z Lau
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Non-invasive (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of the uptake and subsequent metabolism of (13)C-labeled substrates is a powerful method for studying metabolic fluxes in vivo. However, the technique has been hampered by a lack of sensitivity, which has limited both the spatial and temporal resolution. The introduction of dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization in 2003, which by radically enhancing the nuclear spin polarization of (13)C nuclei in solution can increase their sensitivity to detection by more than 10(4)-fold, revolutionized the study of metabolism using magnetic resonance, with temporal and spatial resolutions in the seconds and millimeter ranges, respectively. The principal limitation of the technique is the short half-life of the polarization, which at ∼20-30 s in vivo limits studies to relatively fast metabolic reactions. Nevertheless, pre-clinical studies with a variety of different substrates have demonstrated the potential of the method to provide new insights into tissue metabolism and have paved the way for the first clinical trial of the technique in prostate cancer. The technique now stands on the threshold of more general clinical translation. I consider here what the clinical applications might be, which are the substrates that most likely will be used, how will we analyze the resulting kinetic data, and how we might further increase the levels of polarization and extend polarization lifetime.
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- Kevin M Brindle
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Li Ka Shing Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K
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Patrick PS, Kettunen MI, Tee SS, Rodrigues TB, Serrao E, Timm KN, McGuire S, Brindle KM. Detection of transgene expression using hyperpolarized 13C urea and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med 2015; 73:1401-6. [PMID: 24733406 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 03/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the potential of a gene reporter system, based on a urea transporter (UTB) and hyperpolarized [(13) C]urea. METHODS Mice were implanted subcutaneously with either unmodified control cells or otherwise identical cells expressing UTB. After injection of hyperpolarized [(13) C]urea, a spin echo sequence was used to measure urea concentration, T1 , and diffusion in control and UTB-expressing tissue. RESULTS The apparent diffusion coefficient of hyperpolarized urea was 21% lower in tissue expressing UTB, in comparison with control tissue (P < 0.05, 1-tailed t-test, n = 6 in each group). No difference in water apparent diffusion coefficient or cellularity between these tissues was found, indicating that they were otherwise similar in composition. CONCLUSION Expression of UTB, by mediating cell uptake of urea, lowers the apparent diffusion coefficient of hyperpolarized (13) C urea in tissue and thus the transporter has the potential to be used as a magnetic resonance-based gene reporter in vivo. Magn Reson Med 73:1401-1406, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- P Stephen Patrick
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Kadlecek S, Shaghaghi H, Siddiqi S, Profka H, Pourfathi M, Rizi R. The effect of exogenous substrate concentrations on true and apparent metabolism of hyperpolarized pyruvate in the isolated perfused lung. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2014; 27:1557-1570. [PMID: 25330438 PMCID: PMC4342041 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Although relatively metabolically inactive, the lung has an important role in maintaining systemic glycolytic intermediate and cytosolic redox balance. Failure to perform this function appropriately may lead to lung disease progression, including systemic aspects of these disorders. In this study, we experimentally probe the response of the isolated, perfused organ to varying glycolytic intermediate (pyruvate and lactate) concentrations, and the effect on the apparent metabolism of hyperpolarized 1-(13)C pyruvate. Twenty-four separate conditions were studied, from sub-physiological to super-physiological concentrations of each metabolite. A three-compartment model is developed, which accurately matches the full range of experiments and includes a full account of evolution of agent concentration and polarization. The model is then refined using a series of approximations which are shown to be applicable to cases of physiological relevance, and which facilitate an intuitive understanding of the saturation and scaling behavior. Perturbations of the model assumptions are used to determine the sensitivity to input parameter estimates, and finally the model is used to examine the relationship between measurements accessible by NMR and the underlying physiological parameters of interest. Based on the observed scaling of lactate labeling with lactate and pyruvate concentrations, we conclude that the level of hyperpolarized lactate signal in the lung is primarily determined by the rate at which NAD(+) is reduced to NADH. Further, although weak dependences on other factors are predicted, the modeled NAD(+) reduction rate is largely governed by the intracellular lactate pool size. Conditions affecting the lactate pool can therefore be expected to display the highest contrast in hyperpolarized (13)C-pyruvate imaging. The work is intended to serve as a basis both to interpret the signal dynamics of hyperpolarized measurements in the normal lung and to understand the cause of alterations seen in a variety of disease and exposure models.
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Coffey AM, Kovtunov KV, Barskiy DA, Koptyug IV, Shchepin RV, Waddell KW, He P, Groome KA, Best QA, Shi F, Goodson BM, Chekmenev EY. High-resolution low-field molecular magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized liquids. Anal Chem 2014; 86:9042-9. [PMID: 25162371 PMCID: PMC4165454 DOI: 10.1021/ac501638p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We demonstrate the feasibility of microscale molecular imaging using hyperpolarized proton and carbon-13 MRI contrast media and low-field (47.5 mT) preclinical scale (38 mm i.d.) 2D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Hyperpolarized proton images with 94 × 94 μm(2) spatial resolution and hyperpolarized carbon-13 images with 250 × 250 μm(2) in-plane spatial resolution were recorded in 4-8 s (largely limited by the electronics response), surpassing the in-plane spatial resolution (i.e., pixel size) achievable with micro-positron emission tomography (PET). These hyperpolarized proton and (13)C images were recorded using large imaging matrices of up to 256 × 256 pixels and relatively large fields of view of up to 6.4 × 6.4 cm(2). (13)C images were recorded using hyperpolarized 1-(13)C-succinate-d2 (30 mM in water, %P(13C) = 25.8 ± 5.1% (when produced) and %P(13C) = 14.2 ± 0.7% (when imaged), T1 = 74 ± 3 s), and proton images were recorded using (1)H hyperpolarized pyridine (100 mM in methanol-d4, %P(H) = 0.1 ± 0.02% (when imaged), T1 = 11 ± 0.1 s). Both contrast agents were hyperpolarized using parahydrogen (>90% para-fraction) in an automated 5.75 mT parahydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) hyperpolarizer. A magnetized path was demonstrated for successful transportation of a (13)C hyperpolarized contrast agent (1-(13)C-succinate-d2, sensitive to fast depolarization when at the Earth's magnetic field) from the PHIP polarizer to the 47.5 mT low-field MRI. While future polarizing and low-field MRI hardware and imaging sequence developments can further improve the low-field detection sensitivity, the current results demonstrate that microscale molecular imaging in vivo is already feasible at low (<50 mT) fields and potentially at low (~1 mM) metabolite concentrations.
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- Aaron M Coffey
- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) and Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Søgaard LV, Schilling F, Janich MA, Menzel MI, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH. In vivo measurement of apparent diffusion coefficients of hyperpolarized ¹³C-labeled metabolites. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2014; 27:561-9. [PMID: 24664927 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The combination of hyperpolarized MRS with diffusion weighting (dw) allows for determination of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), which is indicative of the intra- or extracellular localization of the metabolite. Here, a slice-selective pulsed-gradient spin echo sequence was implemented to acquire a series of dw spectra from rat muscle in vivo to determine the ADCs of multiple metabolites after a single injection of hyperpolarized [1- ¹³C]pyruvate. An optimal control optimized universal-rotation pulse was used for refocusing to minimize signal loss caused by B1 imperfections. Non-dw spectra were acquired interleaved with the dw spectra and these were used to correct for signal decay during the acquisition as a result of T1 decay, pulse imperfections, flow etc. The data showed that the ADC values for [1- ¹³C]lactate (0.4-0.7 µm² /ms) and [1- ¹³C]alanine (0.4-0.9 µm² /ms) were about a factor of two lower than the ADC of [1- ¹³C]pyruvate (1.1-1.5 µm²/ms). This indicates a more restricted diffusion space for the former two metabolites consistent with lactate and alanine being intracellular. The higher ADC for pyruvate (similar to the proton ADC) reflected that the injected substance was not confined inside the muscle cells but also present extracellular.
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- Lise Vejby Søgaard
- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark
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Schmidt R, Laustsen C, Dumez JN, Kettunen MI, Serrao EM, Marco-Rius I, Brindle KM, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Frydman L. In vivo single-shot 13C spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized metabolites by spatiotemporal encoding. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2014; 240:8-15. [PMID: 24486720 PMCID: PMC5040493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Revised: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Hyperpolarized metabolic imaging is a growing field that has provided a new tool for analyzing metabolism, particularly in cancer. Given the short life times of the hyperpolarized signal, fast and effective spectroscopic imaging methods compatible with dynamic metabolic characterizations are necessary. Several approaches have been customized for hyperpolarized (13)C MRI, including CSI with a center-out k-space encoding, EPSI, and spectrally selective pulses in combination with spiral EPI acquisitions. Recent studies have described the potential of single-shot alternatives based on spatiotemporal encoding (SPEN) principles, to derive chemical-shift images within a sub-second period. By contrast to EPSI, SPEN does not require oscillating acquisition gradients to deliver chemical-shift information: its signal encodes both spatial as well as chemical shift information, at no extra cost in experimental complexity. SPEN MRI sequences with slice-selection and arbitrary excitation pulses can also be devised, endowing SPEN with the potential to deliver single-shot multi-slice chemical shift images, with a temporal resolution required for hyperpolarized dynamic metabolic imaging. The present work demonstrates this with initial in vivo results obtained from SPEN-based imaging of pyruvate and its metabolic products, after injection of hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate. Multi-slice chemical-shift images of healthy rats were obtained at 4.7T in the region of the kidney, and 4D (2D spatial, 1D spectral, 1D temporal) data sets were obtained at 7T from a murine lymphoma tumor model.
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- Rita Schmidt
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Hill DK, Orton MR, Mariotti E, Boult JKR, Panek R, Jafar M, Parkes HG, Jamin Y, Miniotis MF, Al-Saffar NMS, Beloueche-Babari M, Robinson SP, Leach MO, Chung YL, Eykyn TR. Model free approach to kinetic analysis of real-time hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy data. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71996. [PMID: 24023724 PMCID: PMC3762840 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Real-time detection of the rates of metabolic flux, or exchange rates of endogenous enzymatic reactions, is now feasible in biological systems using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Magnetic Resonance. Derivation of reaction rate kinetics from this technique typically requires multi-compartmental modeling of dynamic data, and results are therefore model-dependent and prone to misinterpretation. We present a model-free formulism based on the ratio of total areas under the curve (AUC) of the injected and product metabolite, for example pyruvate and lactate. A theoretical framework to support this novel analysis approach is described, and demonstrates that the AUC ratio is proportional to the forward rate constant k. We show that the model-free approach strongly correlates with k for whole cell in vitro experiments across a range of cancer cell lines, and detects response in cells treated with the pan-class I PI3K inhibitor GDC-0941 with comparable or greater sensitivity. The same result is seen in vivo with tumor xenograft-bearing mice, in control tumors and following drug treatment with dichloroacetate. An important finding is that the area under the curve is independent of both the input function and of any other metabolic pathways arising from the injected metabolite. This model-free approach provides a robust and clinically relevant alternative to kinetic model-based rate measurements in the clinical translation of hyperpolarized (13)C metabolic imaging in humans, where measurement of the input function can be problematic.
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- Deborah K. Hill
- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, St. Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, St. Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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