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Xin JX, Wei DX, Ren Y, Wang JL, Yang G, Zhang H, Li J, Fu C, Yao YF. Distinguishing glutamate and glutamine in in vivo 1 H MRS based on nuclear spin singlet order filtering. Magn Reson Med 2023; 89:1728-1740. [PMID: 36572961 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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PURPOSE The signals of glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln) are often significantly overlapped in routine 1 H-MR spectra of human brain in vivo. Selectively probing the signals of Glu and Gln in vivo is very important for the study of the metabolisms in which Glu and Gln are involved. METHODS The Glu-/Gln- targeted pulse sequences are developed to selectively probe the signals of Glu and Gln. The core part of the Glu-/Gln- targeted pulse sequences lies on the preparation of the nuclear spin singlet orders (SSOs) of the five-spin systems of Glu and Gln. The optimal control method is used to prepare the SSOs of Glu and Gln with high efficiency. RESULTS The Glu-/Gln- targeted pulse sequences have been applied on phantoms to selectively probe the signals of Glu and Gln. Moreover, in the in vivo experiments, the signals of Glu and Gln in human brains of healthy subjects have been successfully probed separately. CONCLUSION The developed Glu-/Gln- targeted pulse sequences can be used to distinguish the 1 H-MR signals of Glu and Gln in human brains in vivo. The optimal control method provides an effective way to prepare the SSO of a specific spin system with high efficiency and in turn selectively probe the signals of a targeted molecule.
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- Jia-Xiang Xin
- Physics Department & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Application Developments, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd., Shenzhen, China
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- Physics Department & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Sonnefeld A, Bodenhausen G, Sheberstov K. Polychromatic Excitation of Delocalized Long-Lived Proton Spin States in Aliphatic Chains. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:183203. [PMID: 36374699 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.183203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Long-lived states (LLS) involving pairs of magnetically inequivalent but chemically equivalent proton spins in aliphatic (CH_{2})_{n} chains can be excited by simultaneous application of weak selective radio frequency fields at n chemical shifts by polychromatic spin-lock induced crossing. The LLS are delocalized throughout the aliphatic chains by mixing of intrapair singlet states and by excitation of LLS comprising products of four and six spin operators. The measured lifetimes T_{LLS} in a model compound are about 5 times longer than T_{1} and are strongly affected by interactions with macromolecules.
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- Anna Sonnefeld
- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Symmetry Constraints on Spin Order Transfer in Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization (PHIP). Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14030530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is well known that the association of parahydrogen (pH2) with an unsaturated molecule or a transient metalorganic complex can enhance the intensity of NMR signals; the effect is known as parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP). During recent decades, numerous methods were proposed for converting pH2-derived nuclear spin order to the observable magnetization of protons or other nuclei of interest, usually 13C or 15N. Here, we analyze the constraints imposed by the topological symmetry of the spin systems on the amplitude of transferred polarization. We find that in asymmetric systems, heteronuclei can be polarized to 100%. However, the amplitude drops to 75% in A2BX systems and further to 50% in A3B2X systems. The latter case is of primary importance for biological applications of PHIP using sidearm hydrogenation (PHIP-SAH). If the polarization is transferred to the same type of nuclei, i.e., 1H, symmetry constraints impose significant boundaries on the spin-order distribution. For AB, A2B, A3B, A2B2, AA’(AA’) systems, the maximum average polarization for each spin is 100%, 50%, 33.3%, 25%, and 0, respectively, (where A and B (or A’) came from pH2). Remarkably, if the polarization of all spins in a molecule is summed up, the total polarization grows asymptotically with ~1.27 and can exceed 2 in the absence of symmetry constraints (where is the number of spins). We also discuss the effect of dipole–dipole-induced pH2 spin-order distribution in heterogeneous catalysis or nematic liquid crystals. Practical examples from the literature illustrate our theoretical analysis.
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Huang C, Peng Y, Lin E, Ni Z, Lin X, Zhan H, Huang Y, Chen Z. Adaptable Singlet-Filtered Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Chemical and Biological Applications. Anal Chem 2022; 94:4201-4208. [PMID: 35238535 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy presents a powerful detection tool for studying chemical compositions and molecular structures. In practical chemical and biological applications, 1H NMR experiments are generally confronted with the challenge of spectral congestions caused by abundant observable components and intrinsic limitations of a narrow frequency distribution range and extensive J coupling splitting. Herein, a one-dimensional (1D) general NMR method is proposed to individually extract the signals of targeted proton groups based on their endogenous spin singlet states excited from J coupling interactions, and it is suitable for high-resolution detections on complex chemical and biological samples. The applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated by experimental observations on chemical solutions containing different coupled components, intact grape tissues subjected to crowded resonances, and in vitro pig brain with various metabolites. Moreover, the proposed method is further exploited for magnetic resonance spectroscopy applications by directly combining the spatial localization module, showing promise in in vivo biological metabolite studies.
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- Chengda Huang
- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China
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Saul P, Yang S, Mamone S, Opazo F, Meyer A, Rizzoli SO, Glöggler S. Exotic nuclear spin behavior in dendritic macromolecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26349-26355. [PMID: 34792046 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04483d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dendrimers are a class of branched, highly symmetric macromolecules that have been shown to be useful for a vast number of different applications. Potential uses as fluorescence sensors, in catalysis and perhaps most importantly in medical applications as drug delivery systems or cytotoxica have been proposed. Herein we report on an exotic behaviour of the nuclear spins in a dendritic macromolecule in the presence of different paramagnetic ions. We show that the stability of the long lived nuclear singlet state, is affected by the presence of Cu(II), whereas other ions did not have any influence at all. This effect could not be observed in the case of a simple tripeptide, in which the nuclear singlet stability was influenced by all investigated paramagnetic ions, a potentially useful effect in the development of Cu(II) selective probes. By adding a fluorescent marker to our molecule we could show that the nuclear singlet multimer (NUSIMER) is taken up by living cells. Furthermore we were able to show that nuclear singlet state NMR can be used to investigate the NUSIMER in the presence of living cells, showing that an application in in vivo NMR can be feasible.
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- Philip Saul
- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. .,Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. .,Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. .,Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. .,Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Bussandri S, Acosta RH, Buljubasich L. Radiofrequency encoded Only Parahydrogen SpectroscopY. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2021; 323:106894. [PMID: 33387958 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new pulse sequence aimed to filter out NMR signals coming from thermally polarized protons in PHIP experiments based on the OPSY pulse sequence (Only Parahydrogen SpectroscopY) is presented. In analogy to OPSY, which removes thermal polarization by using a pair of magnetic field gradient pulses with an intensity ratio 1:2 and equal duration, the same effect can be achieved using inhomogeneous radiofrequency fields. The spatial dependence of the radiofrequency field is used to control the Hamiltonian, which results in an effective suppression of thermal contributions in the NMR signal, while PHIP originated signals remain unmodified. A theoretical model for the radiofrequency encoded only parahydrogen (REOPSY) sequence is presented along with an experimental implementation on a birdcage coil in a 7 T magnetic field. The control level achieved by this strategy allows the inclusion of a long train of refocusing pulses. Therefore, the new sequence can be combined with the parahydrogen discriminated PHIP (PhD-PHIP) pulse sequence as a detection block to improve sensitivity and resolution in a single-scan experiment. Experiments with REOPSY and REOPSY+PhD-PHIP are presented in thermally and hyperpolarized samples.
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- S Bussandri
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina.
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Wei D, Xin J, Hu K, Yao Y. Preparation of Long-Lived States in a Multi-Spin System by Using an Optimal Control Method. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:1326-1330. [PMID: 32249498 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The lifetime Ts of a long-lived nuclear spin state (LLS) could be much longer than the longitudinal order T1 . Many spin systems were used to produce long-lived states, including two or more homonuclear spins that couple to each other. For multiple homonuclear spins with rather small chemical shift difference, normally it is difficult to selectively control the spins and then to prepare a LLS. Herein, we present a scheme that prepares different spin orders in a multi-spin system by using optimal control and numerical calculation. By experimentally measuring the lifetime of the states, we find that for a three-spin physical system, although there are many forms of state combinations with different spin orders, each component has its own lifetime.
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- Daxiu Wei
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance College of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance College of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance College of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance College of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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Generating and sustaining long-lived spin states in 15N, 15N'-azobenzene. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20161. [PMID: 31882901 PMCID: PMC6934830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56734-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Long-Lived spin States (LLSs) hold a great promise for sustaining non-thermal spin order and investigating various slow processes by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Of special interest for such application are molecules containing nearly equivalent magnetic nuclei, which possess LLSs even at high magnetic fields. In this work, we report an LLS in trans-15N,15N′-azobenzene. The singlet state of the 15N spin pair exhibits a long-lived character. We solve the challenging problem of generating and detecting this LLS and further increase the LLS population by converting the much higher magnetization of protons into the 15N singlet spin order. As far as the longevity of this spin order is concerned, various schemes have been tested for sustaining the LLS. Lifetimes of 17 minutes have been achieved at 16.4 T, a value about 250 times longer than the longitudinal relaxation time of 15N in this magnetic field. We believe that such extended relaxation times, along with the photochromic properties of azobenzene, which changes conformation upon light irradiation and can be hyperpolarized by using parahydrogen, are promising for designing new experiments with photo-switchable long-lived hyperpolarization.
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Pravdivtsev AN, Hövener JB. Simulating Non-linear Chemical and Physical (CAP) Dynamics of Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE). Chemistry 2019; 25:7659-7668. [PMID: 30689237 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The hyperpolarization of nuclear spins by using parahydrogen (pH2 ) is a fascinating technique that allows spin polarization and thus the magnetic resonance signal to be increased by several orders of magnitude. Entirely new applications have become available. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) is a relatively new method that is based on the reversible exchange of a substrate, catalyst and parahydrogen. SABRE is particularly interesting for in vivo medical and industrial applications, such as fast and low-cost trace analysis or continuous signal enhancement. Ever since its discovery, many attempts have been made to model and understand SABRE, with various degrees of simplifications. In this work, we reduced the simplifications further, taking into account non-linear chemical and physical (CAP) dynamics of several multi-spin systems. A master equation was derived and realized using the MOIN open-source software. The effects of different parameters (exchange rates, concentrations, spin-spin couplings) on relaxation and the polarization level have been evaluated and the results provide interesting insights into the mechanism of SABRE.
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- Andrey N Pravdivtsev
- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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Yang S, McCormick J, Mamone S, Bouchard L, Glöggler S. Nuclear Spin Singlet States in Photoactive Molecules: From Fluorescence/NMR Bimodality to a Bimolecular Switch for Spin Singlet States. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Shengjun Yang
- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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Yang S, McCormick J, Mamone S, Bouchard L, Glöggler S. Nuclear Spin Singlet States in Photoactive Molecules: From Fluorescence/NMR Bimodality to a Bimolecular Switch for Spin Singlet States. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:2879-2883. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Shengjun Yang
- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA
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- Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Str. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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Bussandri S, Buljubasich L, Acosta RH. Combination of OPSY and PhD-PHIP results in enhanced sensitivity in PHIP. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 299:28-32. [PMID: 30554041 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Despite the large degree of polarization in PHIP experiments compared to the Boltzmann factor, the presence of a large amount of non-reacted molecules with thermal polarization is an important obstacle when dealing with very diluted samples. The feasibility of enhancing both sensitivity and resolution in a single experiment by combining two well established pulse sequences, OPSY and PHD-PHIP is presented. OPSY is used as a block for filtering the signals originated from thermally polarized protons. PhD-PHIP, on the other hand, is used as an acquisition block, increasing the resolution and further improving the sensitivity by preventing signal canceling in the presence of magnetic field inhomogeneities. Experiments in a complex sample with very low hyperpolarization levels are presented showing the excellent performance of the method.
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- S Bussandri
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET, Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), Córdoba, Argentina
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Saul P, Mamone S, Glöggler S. Nuclear singlet multimers (NUSIMERs) with long-lived singlet states. Chem Sci 2019; 10:413-417. [PMID: 30746089 PMCID: PMC6334717 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc02831a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful tool in chemical analysis, structure determination and in medical diagnostics. Developing novel biological sensors for this field holds promise to better investigate protein structures or target diseases more efficiently. Herein, we explore nuclear spin singlet states in dendritic macromolecules as a platform molecule to develop stimuli responsive probes. We have developed a nuclear singlet multimer (NUSIMER) based on a generation 5 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (PAMAM) which contains on average about 90 accessible nuclear spin singlet states with lifetimes up to 10-fold longer than the T 1 relaxation times (up to 10 seconds T s vs. T 1 < 0.5 seconds) in a single molecule. We demonstrate little influence on the singlet lifetime in phosphate buffer (H2O) and a high viscosity gel environment in the presence of paramagnetic oxygen. Additionally, we demonstrate an increase in singlet lifetime upon the release of a protective chemical moiety from the NUSIMER following a stimulus, whereby no change in longitudinal relaxation time is observed. The robustness and change in singlet lifetime of the NUSIMER holds promise for the development of a novel type of biosensors.
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- Philip Saul
- NMR Signal Enhancement Group , Max-Planck-Institutefor Biophysical Chemistry , Am Faßberg 11 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG , Von-Siebold-Straße 3A , 37075 Göttingen , Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group , Max-Planck-Institutefor Biophysical Chemistry , Am Faßberg 11 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG , Von-Siebold-Straße 3A , 37075 Göttingen , Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group , Max-Planck-Institutefor Biophysical Chemistry , Am Faßberg 11 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG , Von-Siebold-Straße 3A , 37075 Göttingen , Germany
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Zhukov IV, Kiryutin AS, Yurkovskaya AV, Ivanov KL. Assessment of heteronuclear long-lived states at ultralow magnetic fields. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18188-18194. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03719e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A study of long-lived spin states in hetero-nuclear spin systems is presented.
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- Ivan V. Zhukov
- International Tomography Center SB RAS
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk
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Richards JE, Hooper AJJ, Bayfield OW, Cockett MCR, Dear GJ, Holmes AJ, John RO, Mewis RE, Pridmore N, Roberts AD, Whitwood AC, Duckett SB. Using hyperpolarised NMR and DFT to rationalise the unexpected hydrogenation of quinazoline to 3,4-dihydroquinazoline. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:10375-10378. [PMID: 30152480 PMCID: PMC6136267 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04826f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PHIP and SABRE hyperpolarized NMR methods are used to follow the unexpected metal-catalysed hydrogenation of quinazoline (Qu) to 3,4-dihydroquinazoline as the sole product. A solution of [IrCl(IMes)(COD)] in dichloromethane reacts with H2 and Qu to form [IrCl(H)2(IMes)(Qu)2] (2). The addition of methanol then results in its conversion to [Ir(H)2(IMes)(Qu)3]Cl (3) which catalyses the hydrogenation reaction. Density functional theory calculations are used to rationalise a proposed outer sphere mechanism in which (3) converts to [IrCl(H)2(H2)(IMes)(Qu)2]Cl (4) and neutral [Ir(H)3(IMes)(Qu)2] (6), both of which are involved in the formation of 3,4-dihydroquinazoline via the stepwise transfer of H+ and H-, with H2 identified as the reductant. Successive ligand exchange in 3 results in the production of thermodynamically stable [Ir(H)2(IMes)(3,4-dihydroquinazoline)3]Cl (5).
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- Josh E. Richards
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Ltd
, Park Road
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Ware
, Hertfordshire
SG12 0DP
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Ltd
, Park Road
,
Ware
, Hertfordshire
SG12 0DP
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance
, University of York
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Heslington
, York
YO10 5NY
, UK
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Bussandri S, Prina I, Acosta RH, Buljubasich L. Optimized phases for the acquisition of J-spectra in coupled spin systems for thermally and PHIP polarized molecules. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2018; 289:55-62. [PMID: 29471276 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate that the relative phases in the refocusing pulses of multipulse sequences can compensate for pulse errors and off-resonant effects, which are commonly encountered in J-spectroscopy when CPMG is used for acquisition. The use of supercycles has been considered many times in the past, but always from the view point of time-domain NMR, that is, in an effort to lengthen the decay of the magnetization. Here we use simple spin-coupled systems, in which the quantum evolution of the system can be simulated and contrasted to experimental results. In order to explore fine details, we resort to partial J-spectroscopy, that is, to the acquisition of J-spectra of a defined multiplet, which is acquired with a suitable digital filter. We unambiguously show that when finite radiofrequency pulses are considered, the off-resonance effects on nearby multiplets affects the dynamics of the spins within the spectral window under acquisition. Moreover, the most robust phase cycling scheme for our setup consists of a 4-pulse cycle, with phases yyyy‾ or xxxx‾ for an excitation pulse with phase x. We show simulated and experimental results in both thermally polarized and PHIP hyperpolarized systems.
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- S Bussandri
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET - IFEG, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET - IFEG, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET - IFEG, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Facultad de Matemática, Atronomía, Física y Computación, Córdoba, Argentina; CONICET - IFEG, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Mamone S, Glöggler S. Nuclear spin singlet states as magnetic on/off probes in self-assembling systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22463-22467. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04448a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nuclear singlet states in thermo-responsive peptides are introduced as magnetic on/off switches.
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- Salvatore Mamone
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- 37077 Göttingen
- Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG
- 37075 Göttingen
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- 37077 Göttingen
- Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG
- 37075 Göttingen
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Barskiy DA, Salnikov OG, Romanov AS, Feldman MA, Coffey AM, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV, Chekmenev EY. NMR Spin-Lock Induced Crossing (SLIC) dispersion and long-lived spin states of gaseous propane at low magnetic field (0.05T). JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 276:78-85. [PMID: 28152435 PMCID: PMC5452975 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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When parahydrogen reacts with propylene in low magnetic fields (e.g., 0.05T), the reaction product propane develops an overpopulation of pseudo-singlet nuclear spin states. We studied how the Spin-Lock Induced Crossing (SLIC) technique can be used to convert these pseudo-singlet spin states of hyperpolarized gaseous propane into observable magnetization and to detect 1H NMR signal directly at 0.05T. The theoretical simulation and experimental study of the NMR signal dependence on B1 power (SLIC amplitude) exhibits a well-resolved dispersion, which is induced by the spin-spin couplings in the eight-proton spin system of propane. We also measured the exponential decay time constants (TLLSS or TS) of these pseudo-singlet long-lived spin states (LLSS) by varying the time between hyperpolarized propane production and SLIC detection. We have found that, on average, TS is approximately 3 times longer than the corresponding T1 value under the same conditions in the range of pressures studied (up to 7.6atm). Moreover, TS may exceed 13s at pressures above 7atm in the gas phase. These results are in agreement with the previous reports, and they corroborate a great potential of long-lived hyperpolarized propane as an inhalable gaseous contrast agent for lung imaging and as a molecular tracer to study porous media using low-field NMR and MRI.
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- Danila A Barskiy
- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Pileio G. Singlet NMR methodology in two-spin-1/2 systems. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 98-99:1-19. [PMID: 28283084 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This paper discusses methodology developed over the past 12years in order to access and manipulate singlet order in systems comprising two coupled spin-1/2 nuclei in liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. Pulse sequences that are valid for different regimes are discussed, and fully analytical proofs are given using different spin dynamics techniques that include product operator methods, the single transition operator formalism, and average Hamiltonian theory. Methods used to filter singlet order from byproducts of pulse sequences are also listed and discussed analytically. The theoretical maximum amplitudes of the transformations achieved by these techniques are reported, together with the results of numerical simulations performed using custom-built simulation code.
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- Giuseppe Pileio
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Glöggler S, Elliott SJ, Stevanato G, Brown RCD, Levitt MH. Versatile magnetic resonance singlet tags compatible with biological conditions. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05196d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The long lifetime of nuclear singlet states holds promise for the development of molecular tracers to study motional processes in proteins with increased precision or to act as imaging contrast agents.
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- Stefan Glöggler
- School of Chemistry
- University of Southampton
- Southampton SO171BJ
- UK
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Kovtunov KV, Salnikov OG, Zhivonitko VV, Skovpin IV, Bukhtiyarov VI, Koptyug IV. Catalysis and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signal Enhancement with Parahydrogen. Top Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-016-0688-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Graafen D, Franzoni MB, Schreiber LM, Spiess HW, Münnemann K. Magnetic resonance imaging of (1)H long lived states derived from parahydrogen induced polarization in a clinical system. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 262:68-72. [PMID: 26754064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Revised: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Hyperpolarization is a powerful tool to overcome the low sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). However, applications are limited due to the short lifetime of this non equilibrium spin state caused by relaxation processes. This issue can be addressed by storing hyperpolarization in slowly decaying singlet spin states which was so far mostly demonstrated for non-proton spin pairs, e.g. (13)C-(13)C. Protons hyperpolarized by parahydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) in symmetrical molecules, are very well suited for this strategy because they naturally exhibit a long-lived singlet state. The conversion of the NMR silent singlet spin state to observable magnetization can be achieved by making use of singlet-triplet level anticrossings. In this study, a low-power radiofrequency pulse sequence is used for this purpose, which allows multiple successive singlet-triplet conversions. The generated magnetization is used to record proton images in a clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, after 3min waiting time. Our results may open unprecedented opportunities to use the standard MRI nucleus (1)H for e.g. metabolic imaging in the future.
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- Dirk Graafen
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany; Department of Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Kiryutin AS, Yurkovskaya AV, Lukzen NN, Vieth HM, Ivanov KL. Exploiting adiabatically switched RF-field for manipulating spin hyperpolarization induced by parahydrogen. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:234203. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4937392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Alexey S. Kiryutin
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Prina I, Buljubasich L, Acosta RH. Parahydrogen discriminated PHIP at low magnetic fields. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 251:1-7. [PMID: 25554943 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Parahydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) is a powerful hyperpolarization technique. However, as the signal created has an anti-phase characteristic, it is subject to signal cancellation when the experiment is carried out in inhomogeneous magnetic fields or in low fields that lack the necessary spectral resolution. The use of benchtop spectrometers and time domain (TD) analyzers has continuously grown in the last years and many applications are found in the food industry, for non-invasive compound detection or as a test bench for new contrast agents among others. In this type of NMR devices the combination of low and inhomogeneous magnetic fields renders the application of PHIP quite challenging. We have recently shown that the acquisition of J-spectra in high magnetic fields not only removes the anti-phase peak cancellation but also produces a separation of thermal from hyperpolarized signals, providing Parahydrogen Discriminated (PhD-PHIP) spectra. In this work we extend the use of PhD-PHIP to low and inhomogeneous fields. In this case the strong coupling found for the protons of the sample renders spin-echo spectra that have a great complexity, however, a central region in the spectrum with only hyperpolarized signal is clearly identified. This experimental approach is ideal for monitoring real time chemical reaction of pure PHIP signals.
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- I Prina
- FAMAF - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, IFEG - CONICET, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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- FAMAF - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, IFEG - CONICET, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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- FAMAF - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, IFEG - CONICET, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina.
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Pravdivtsev AN, Yurkovskaya AV, Zimmermann H, Vieth HM, Ivanov KL. Magnetic field dependent long-lived spin states in amino acids and dipeptides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:7584-94. [PMID: 24634918 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55197k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Magnetic field dependence of long-lived spin states (LLSs) of the β-CH2 protons of aromatic amino acids was studied. LLSs are spin states, which are immune to dipolar relaxation, thus having lifetimes far exceeding the longitudinal relaxation times; the simplest example of an LLS is given by the singlet state of two coupled spins. LLSs were created by means of the photo-chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization technique. The systems studied were amino acids, histidine and tyrosine, with different isotopomers. For labeled amino acids with the α-CH and aromatic protons substituted by deuterium at low fields the LLS lifetime, TLLS, for the β-CH2 protons was more than 40 times longer than the T1-relaxation time. Upon increasing the number of protons the ratio TLLS/T1 was reduced; however, even in the fully protonated amino acids it was about 10; that is, the long-lived mode was still preserved in the system. In addition, the effect of paramagnetic impurities on spin relaxation was studied; field dependencies of T1 and TLLS were measured. LLSs were also formed in tyrosine-containing dyads; a TLLS/T1 ratio of ∼7 was found, usable for extending the spin polarization lifetime in such systems.
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- Andrey N Pravdivtsev
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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Sadet A, Fernandes L, Kateb F, Balzan R, Vasos PR. Long-lived coherences: Improved dispersion in the frequency domain using continuous-wave and reduced-power windowed sustaining irradiation. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:054203. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4891565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ivanov KL, Pravdivtsev AN, Yurkovskaya AV, Vieth HM, Kaptein R. The role of level anti-crossings in nuclear spin hyperpolarization. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 81:1-36. [PMID: 25142733 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nuclear spin hyperpolarization is an important resource for increasing the sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy and MRI. Signal enhancements can be as large as 3-4 orders of magnitude. In hyperpolarization experiments, it is often desirable to transfer the initial polarization to other nuclei of choice, either protons or insensitive nuclei such as (13)C and (15)N. This situation arises primarily in Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (CIDNP), Para-Hydrogen Induced Polarization (PHIP), and the related Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE). Here we review the recent literature on polarization transfer mechanisms, in particular focusing on the role of Level Anti-Crossings (LACs) therein. So-called "spontaneous" polarization transfer may occur both at low and high magnetic fields. In addition, transfer of spin polarization can be accomplished by using especially designed pulse sequences. It is now clear that at low field spontaneous polarization transfer is primarily due to coherent spin-state mixing under strong coupling conditions. However, thus far the important role of LACs in this process has not received much attention. At high magnetic field, polarization may be transferred by cross-relaxation effects. Another promising high-field technique is to generate the strong coupling condition by spin locking using strong radio-frequency fields. Here, an analysis of polarization transfer in terms of LACs in the rotating frame is very useful to predict which spin orders are transferred depending on the strength and frequency of the B1 field. Finally, we will examine the role of strong coupling and LACs in magnetic-field dependent nuclear spin relaxation and the related topic of long-lived spin-states.
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- Konstantin L Ivanov
- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Arnimallee 14, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Franzoni MB, Graafen D, Buljubasich L, Schreiber LM, Spiess HW, Münnemann K. Hyperpolarized 1H long lived states originating from parahydrogen accessed by rf irradiation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 15:17233-9. [PMID: 24018735 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52029c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hyperpolarization has found many applications in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). However, its usage is still limited to the observation of relatively fast processes because of its short lifetimes. This issue can be circumvented by storing the hyperpolarization in a slowly relaxing singlet state. Symmetrical molecules hyperpolarized by Parahydrogen Induced Hyperpolarization (PHIP) provide straightforward access to hyperpolarized singlet states because the initial parahydrogen singlet state is preserved at almost any magnetic field strength. In these systems, which show a remarkably long (1)H singlet state lifetime of several minutes, the conversion of the NMR silent singlet state to observable magnetization is feasible due to the existence of singlet-triplet level anti-crossings. Here, we demonstrate that scaling the chemical shift Hamiltonian by rf irradiation is sufficient to transform the singlet into an observable triplet state. Moreover, because the application of one long rf pulse is only partially converting the singlet state, we developed a multiconversion sequence consisting of a train of long rf pulses resulting in successive singlet to triplet conversions. This sequence is used to measure the singlet state relaxation time in a simple way at two different magnetic fields. We show that this approach is valid for almost any magnetic field strength and can be performed even in the less homogeneous field of an MRI scanner, allowing for new applications of hyperpolarized NMR and MRI.
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- M B Franzoni
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Spin hyperpolarization in NMR to address enzymatic processes in vivo. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Glöggler S, Colell J, Appelt S. Para-hydrogen perspectives in hyperpolarized NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 235:130-142. [PMID: 23932399 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The first instance of para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) in an NMR experiment was serendipitously observed in the 1980s while investigating a hydrogenation reaction (Seldler et al., 1983; Bowers and Weitekamp, 1986, 1987; Eisenschmid et al., 1987) [1-4]. Remarkably a theoretical investigation of the applicability of para-hydrogen as a hyperpolarization agent was being performed in the 1980's thereby quickly providing a theoretical basis for the PHIP-effect (Bowers and Weitekamp, 1986) [2]. The discovery of signal amplification by a non-hydrogenating interaction with para-hydrogen has recently extended the interest to exploit the PHIP effect, as it enables investigation of compounds without structural alteration while retaining the advantages of spectroscopy with hyperpolarized compounds [5]. In this article we will place more emphasis of the future applications of the method while only briefly discussing the efforts that have been made in the understanding of the phenomenon and the development of the method so far.
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- Stefan Glöggler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 607 Charles E Young Drive East, Young Hall 2056, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Butler MC, Kervern G, Theis T, Ledbetter MP, Ganssle PJ, Blanchard JW, Budker D, Pines A. Parahydrogen-induced polarization at zero magnetic field. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:234201. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4805062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Buljubasich L, Prina I, Franzoni MB, Münnemann K, Spiess HW, Acosta RH. High resolution para-hydrogen induced polarization in inhomogeneous magnetic fields. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 230:155-159. [PMID: 23500529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The application of parahydrogen for the generation of hyperpolarization has increased continuously during the last years. When the chemical reaction is carried out at the same field as the NMR experiment (PASADENA protocol) an antiphase signal is obtained, with a separation of the resonance lines of a few Hz. This imposes a stringent limit to the homogeneity of the magnetic field in order to avoid signal cancellation. In this work we detect the signal arising from hyperpolarized Hexene by means of a CPMG pulse train. After Fourier transformation the obtained J-spectra not only presents an enhanced spectral resolution but also avoids partial peak cancellation.
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- L Buljubasich
- FAMAF Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, IFEG CONICET, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina
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Buljubasich L, Franzoni MB, Münnemann K. Parahydrogen Induced polarization by homogeneous catalysis: theory and applications. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 338:33-74. [PMID: 23536243 DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The alignment of the nuclear spins in parahydrogen can be transferred to other molecules by a homogeneously catalyzed hydrogenation reaction resulting in dramatically enhanced NMR signals. In this chapter we introduce the involved theoretical concepts by two different approaches: the well known, intuitive population approach and the more complex but more complete density operator formalism. Furthermore, we present two interesting applications of PHIP employing homogeneous catalysis. The first demonstrates the feasibility of using PHIP hyperpolarized molecules as contrast agents in (1)H MRI. The contrast arises from the J-coupling induced rephasing of the NMR signal of molecules hyperpolarized via PHIP. It allows for the discrimination of a small amount of hyperpolarized molecules from a large background signal and may open up unprecedented opportunities to use the standard MRI nucleus (1)H for, e.g., metabolic imaging in the future. The second application shows the possibility of continuously producing hyperpolarization via PHIP by employing hollow fiber membranes. The continuous generation of hyperpolarization can overcome the problem of fast relaxation times inherent in all hyperpolarization techniques employed in liquid-state NMR. It allows, for instance, the recording of a reliable 2D spectrum much faster than performing the same experiment with thermally polarized protons. The membrane technique can be straightforwardly extended to produce a continuous flow of a hyperpolarized liquid for MRI enabling important applications in natural sciences and medicine.
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- Lisandro Buljubasich
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Green RA, Adams RW, Duckett SB, Mewis RE, Williamson DC, Green GGR. The theory and practice of hyperpolarization in magnetic resonance using parahydrogen. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 67:1-48. [PMID: 23101588 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- Richard A Green
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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Ivanov KL, Yurkovskaya AV, Vieth HM. Parahydrogen Induced Polarization in Scalar Coupled Systems: Analytical Solutions for Spectral Patterns and their Field Dependence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2012.0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We have obtained analytical solutions for Para-Hydrogen Induced Polarization (PHIP) for several types of coupled spin systems, namely, for AB-, ABX-, AA´A´´- and A2B-systems. Scalar spin-spin interactions were considered the factor, that determines the PHIP spectral pattern; it is the variation of the spin coupling regime (from strong coupling at low field to weak coupling at high field), which is responsible for the PHIP magnetic field dependence. The field dependence of polarization was considered in detail, general peculiarities of PHIP were found, PHIP patterns were calculated for the systems mentioned. Special attention was paid to the effects of field switching on PHIP.
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Kiryutin AS, Korchak SE, Ivanov KL, Yurkovskaya AV, Vieth HM. Creating Long-Lived Spin States at Variable Magnetic Field by Means of Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. J Phys Chem Lett 2012; 3:1814-1819. [PMID: 26291865 DOI: 10.1021/jz3005046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We have shown that long-lived spin states (LLS) can be selectively populated by photogenerated chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) over a wide range of magnetic fields. Relaxation times of LLS of the β-CH2 protons in N-acetyl histidine and partially deuterated histidine have been measured. Our experiments demonstrate that CIDNP enables creating LLS in the amino acid in a field range of up to a few Tesla and that their lifetimes can be 45 times longer than T1. The advantage of the method is thus two-fold: it allows one to accumulate high levels of spin hyperpolarization and to preserve them for periods of time far exceeding T1. Therefore, photo-CIDNP is a technique suitable for creating long-lived spin order in biologically relevant molecules.
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- Alexey S Kiryutin
- †Institute of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- ‡International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- †Institute of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- §Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestr. 2-12, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
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- ‡International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- ∥Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- ‡International Tomography Center, Institutskaya 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- ∥Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- †Institute of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Franzoni MB, Buljubasich L, Spiess HW, Münnemann K. Long-lived 1H singlet spin states originating from para-hydrogen in Cs-symmetric molecules stored for minutes in high magnetic fields. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:10393-6. [PMID: 22690781 DOI: 10.1021/ja304285s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a very powerful tool in physics, chemistry, and life sciences, although limited by low sensitivity. This problem can be overcome by hyperpolarization techniques dramatically enhancing the NMR signal. However, this approach is restricted to relatively short time scales depending on the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation time T(1) in the range of seconds. This makes long-lived singlet states very useful as a way to extend the hyperpolarization lifetimes. Para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) is particularly suitable, because para-H(2) possesses singlet symmetry. Most PHIP experiments, however, are performed on asymmetric molecules, and the initial singlet state is directly converted to a NMR observable triplet state decaying with T(1), in the order of seconds. We demonstrate that in symmetric molecules, a long-lived singlet state created by PHIP can be stored for several minutes on protons in high magnetic fields. Subsequently, it is converted into observable high nonthermal magnetization by controlled singlet-triplet conversion via level anticrossing.
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- María Belén Franzoni
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128, Mainz, Germany
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Buljubasich L, Franzoni MB, Spiess HW, Münnemann K. Level anti-crossings in ParaHydrogen Induced Polarization experiments with Cs-symmetric molecules. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 219:33-40. [PMID: 22595295 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Hyperpolarization by means of ParaHydrogen Induced Polarization (PHIP) has found increasing applications since its discovery. However, in the last decade only a few experiments have been reported describing the hydrogenation of symmetric molecules. A general AA'BB' system is studied here. Calculations of the spin dynamics with the density matrix formalism support the experimental findings, providing profound understanding of the experiments in Cs-symmetric molecules. Level anti-crossings between states related to the triplet and the singlet state of one pair of the protons are identified as being responsible for hyperpolarization transfer in a PHIP experiment, when the former p-H(2) protons occupy the sites AA'. The hydrogenation of acetylene dicarboxylic acid dimethylester with parahydrogen is used to illustrate the case. The theoretical treatment applied to this particular reaction explains the signal enhancements in both groups of protons in the spectrum when the sample is placed in the proper magnetic field strength, including the phase inversion of the signal of the methyl group. The treatment described here can be extended to every molecule which can be approximated as an AA'BB' system.
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- L Buljubasich
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Malcolm H. Levitt
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom;
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DeVience SJ, Walsworth RL, Rosen MS. Dependence of nuclear spin singlet lifetimes on RF spin-locking power. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 218:5-10. [PMID: 22578548 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We measure the lifetime of long-lived nuclear spin singlet states as a function of the strength of the RF spin-locking field and present a simple theoretical model that agrees well with our measurements, including the low-RF-power regime. We also measure the lifetime of a long-lived coherence between singlet and triplet states that does not require a spin-locking field for preservation. Our results indicate that for many molecules, singlet states can be created using weak RF spin-locking fields: more than two orders of magnitude lower RF power than in previous studies. Our findings suggest that for many endogenous biomolecules, singlets and related states with enhanced lifetimes might be achievable in vivo with safe levels of RF power.
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- Stephen J DeVience
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Hamans BC, Andreychenko A, Heerschap A, Wijmenga SS, Tessari M. NMR at earth's magnetic field using para-hydrogen induced polarization. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 212:224-228. [PMID: 21778094 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A method to achieve NMR of dilute samples in the earth's magnetic field by applying para-hydrogen induced polarization is presented. Maximum achievable polarization enhancements were calculated by numerically simulating the experiment and compared to the experimental results and to the thermal equilibrium in the earth's magnetic field. Simultaneous 19F and 1H NMR detection on a sub-milliliter sample of a fluorinated alkyne at millimolar concentration (∼10(18) nuclear spins) was realized with just one single scan. A highly resolved spectrum with a signal/noise ratio higher than 50:1 was obtained without using an auxiliary magnet or any form of radio frequency shielding.
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- Bob C Hamans
- Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Pileio G. Singlet state relaxation via intermolecular dipolar coupling. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:214505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3596379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tang JA, Gruppi F, Fleysher R, Sodickson DK, Canary JW, Jerschow A. Extended para-hydrogenation monitored by NMR spectroscopy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:958-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03421e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Korchak S, Ivanov K, Yurkovskaya A, Vieth HM. High resolution NMR study of T1 magnetic relaxation dispersion. II. Influence of spin-spin couplings on the longitudinal spin relaxation dispersion in multispin systems. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:194502. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3495988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Storage of nuclear magnetization as long-lived singlet order in low magnetic field. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:17135-9. [PMID: 20855584 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010570107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hyperpolarized nuclear states provide NMR signals enhanced by many orders of magnitude, with numerous potential applications to analytical NMR, in vivo NMR, and NMR imaging. However, the lifetime of hyperpolarized magnetization is normally limited by the relaxation time constant T(1), which lies in the range of milliseconds to minutes, apart from in exceptional cases. In many cases, the lifetime of the hyperpolarized state may be enhanced by converting the magnetization into nuclear singlet order, where it is protected against many common relaxation mechanisms. However, all current methods for converting magnetization into singlet order require the use of a high-field, high-homogeneity NMR magnet, which is incompatible with most hyperpolarization procedures. We demonstrate a new method for converting magnetization into singlet order and back again. The new technique is suitable for magnetically inequivalent spin-pair systems in weak and inhomogeneous magnetic fields, and is compatible with known hyperpolarization technology. The method involves audio-frequency pulsed irradiation at the low-field nuclear Larmor frequency, employing coupling-synchronized trains of 180° pulses to induce singlet-triplet transitions. The echo trains are used as building blocks for a pulse sequence called M2S that transforms longitudinal magnetization into long-lived singlet order. The time-reverse of the pulse sequence, called S2M, converts singlet order back into longitudinal magnetization. The method is demonstrated on a solution of (15)N-labeled nitrous oxide. The magnetization is stored in low magnetic field for over 30 min, even though the T(1) is less than 3 min under the same conditions.
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Ahuja P, Sarkar R, Jannin S, Vasos PR, Bodenhausen G. Proton hyperpolarisation preserved in long-lived states. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 46:8192-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01953d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Karabanov AA, Bretschneider C, Köckenberger W. Symmetries of the master equation and long-lived states of nuclear spins. J Chem Phys 2009; 131:204105. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3265852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ahuja P, Sarkar R, Vasos PR, Bodenhausen G. Long-lived states in multiple-spin systems. Chemphyschem 2009; 10:2217-20. [PMID: 19630056 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Puneet Ahuja
- Institut de Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Vasos PR, Comment A, Sarkar R, Ahuja P, Jannin S, Ansermet JP, Konter JA, Hautle P, van den Brandt B, Bodenhausen G. Long-lived states to sustain hyperpolarized magnetization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:18469-73. [PMID: 19841270 PMCID: PMC2774001 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908123106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Major breakthroughs have recently been reported that can help overcome two inherent drawbacks of NMR: the lack of sensitivity and the limited memory of longitudinal magnetization. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) couples nuclear spins to the large reservoir of electrons, thus making it possible to detect dilute endogenous substances in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We have designed a method to preserve enhanced ("hyperpolarized") magnetization by conversion into long-lived states (LLS). It is shown that these enhanced long-lived states can be generated for proton spins, which afford sensitive detection. Even in complex molecules such as peptides, long-lived proton states can be sustained effectively over time intervals on the order of tens of seconds, thus allowing hyperpolarized substrates to reach target areas and affording access to slow metabolic pathways. The natural abundance carbon-13 polarization has been enhanced ex situ by almost four orders of magnitude in the dipeptide Ala-Gly. The sample was transferred by the dissolution process to a high-resolution magnet where the carbon-13 polarization was converted into a long-lived state associated with a pair of protons. In Ala-Gly, the lifetime T(LLS) associated with the two nonequivalent H(alpha) glycine protons, sustained by suitable radio-frequency irradiation, was found to be seven times longer than their spin-lattice relaxation time constant (T(LLS)/T(1) = 7). At desired intervals, small fractions of the populations of long-lived states were converted into observable magnetization. This opens the way to observing slow chemical reactions and slow transport phenomena such as diffusion by enhanced magnetic resonance.
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- P R Vasos
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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