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Chen S, Zhang L, Li S, Yuan Y, Jiang B, Jiang Z, Zhang X, Zhou X, Liu M. Detecting biomarkers by dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced magnetic resonance. Natl Sci Rev 2024; 11:nwae228. [PMID: 39144741 PMCID: PMC11321254 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Hyperpolarization stands out as a technique capable of significantly enhancing the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), among various hyperpolarization methods, has gained prominence for its efficacy in real-time monitoring of metabolism and physiology. By administering a hyperpolarized substrate through dissolution DNP (dDNP), the biodistribution and metabolic changes of the DNP agent can be visualized spatiotemporally. This approach proves to be a distinctive and invaluable tool for non-invasively studying cellular metabolism in vivo, particularly in animal models. Biomarkers play a pivotal role in influencing the growth and metastasis of tumor cells by closely interacting with them, and accordingly detecting pathological alterations of these biomarkers is crucial for disease diagnosis and therapy. In recent years, a range of hyperpolarized DNP molecular bioresponsive agents utilizing various nuclei, such as 13C, 15N, 31P, 89Y, etc., have been developed. In this context, we explore how these magnetic resonance signals of nuclear spins enhanced by DNP respond to biomarkers, including pH, metal ions, enzymes, or redox processes. This review aims to offer insights into the design principles of responsive DNP agents, target selection, and the mechanisms of action for imaging. Such discussions aim to propel the future development and application of DNP-based biomedical imaging agents.
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- Shizhen Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Mei R, Fries LM, Hune TLK, Santi MD, Rodriguez GG, Sternkopf S, Glöggler S. Hyperpolarization of 15N-Pyridinium by Using Parahydrogen Enables Access to Reactive Oxygen Sensors and Pilot In Vivo Studies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403144. [PMID: 38773847 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403144] [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] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
Abstract
Magnetic resonance with hyperpolarized contrast agents is one of the most powerful and noninvasive imaging platforms capable for investigating in vivo metabolism. While most of the utilized hyperpolarized agents are based on 13C nuclei, a milestone advance in this area is the emergence of 15N hyperpolarized contrast agents. Currently, the reported 15N hyperpolarized agents mainly utilize the dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) protocol. The parahydrogen enhanced 15N probes have proven to be elusive and have been tested almost exclusively in organic solvents. Herein, we designed a reaction based reactive oxygen sensor 15N-boronobenzyl-2-styrylpyridinium (15N-BBSP) which can be hyperpolarized with para-hydrogen. Reactive oxygen species plays a vital role as one of the essential intracellular signalling molecules. Disturbance of the H2O2 level usually represents a hallmark of pathophysiological conditions. This H2O2 probe exhibited rapid responsiveness toward H2O2 and offered spectrally resolvable chemical shifts. We also provide strategies to bring the newly developed probe from the organic reaction solution into a biocompatible injection buffer and demonstrate the feasibility of in vivo 15N signal detection. The present work manifests its great potential not only for reaction based reactive sensing probes but also promises to serve as a platform to develop other contrast agents.
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- Ruhuai Mei
- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3 A, 37075, Göttigen, Germany
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von Morze C, Shaw A, Blazey T. Hyperpolarized 15N caffeine, a potential probe of liver function and perfusion. Magn Reson Med 2024; 92:459-468. [PMID: 38469685 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30070] [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] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate hyperpolarization of 15N-caffeine and report exploratory findings as a potential probe of liver function and perfusion. METHODS An amorphous formulation of [1,3-15N2]caffeine was developed for hyperpolarization via dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization. Polarizer hardware was augmented to support monitoring of solid-state 15N MR signals during the buildup of hyperpolarization. Liquid state hyperpolarized 15N MR signals were obtained in a preclinical 3T magnet by interfacing an external spectrometer console with home-built RF surface coils. 15N signal decay constants were estimated in H2O and in vivo in liver and brain regions of rats at 3 T. Decays were also measured at 9.4 T to assess the effect of B0, and in the presence of albumin to assess the impact of protein binding. RESULTS Polarization levels of 3.5% and aqueous T1 relaxation times of nearly 200 s were attained for both N1 and N3 positions at 3 T. Shorter apparent decay constants were observed in vivo, ranging from 25 s to 43 s, with modest extensions possible by exploiting competitive binding of iophenoxate with plasma albumin. Downstream products of caffeine could not be detected on in vivo 15N-MR spectra of the liver region, even with metabolic stimulation byβ $$ \beta $$ -naphthoflavone treatment. Considering the high perfusion rate of brain, persistence of caffeine signal in this region is consistent with potential value as a perfusion imaging agent. CONCLUSION These results establish the feasibility of hyperpolarization of hyperpolarized 15N-caffeine, but further work is necessary to establish the role of this new agent to probe liver metabolism and perfusion.
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- Cornelius von Morze
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Wiström E, Hyacinthe JN, Lê TP, Gruetter R, Capozzi A. 129Xe Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Demystified: The Influence of the Glassing Matrix on the Radical Properties. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:2957-2965. [PMID: 38453156 PMCID: PMC10961830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
Abstract
129Xe dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is a controversial topic. The gold standard technique for hyperpolarized xenon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is spin exchange optical pumping, which received FDA approval in 2022. Nevertheless, the versatility of DNP for enhancing the signal of any NMR active nucleus might provide new perspectives for hyperpolarized 129Xe NMR/MRI. Initial publications about 129Xe DNP underlined the increased complexity in the sample preparation and lower polarization levels when compared to more conventional 13C-labeled molecules, at same experimental conditions, despite very close gyromagnetic ratios. Herein, we introduce, using a Custom Fluid Path system, a user-friendly and very robust sample preparation method. Moreover, investigating the radical properties at real DNP conditions by means of LOngitudinal Detected Electron Spin Resonance, we discovered a dramatic shortening of the electron spin longitudinal relaxation time (T1e) of nitroxyl radicals in xenon DNP samples' matrices, with respect to more commonly used water:glycerol ones. Mitigating those challenges through microwave frequency modulation, we achieved over 20% 129Xe polarization without employing any deuterated solvent.
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- Emma Wiström
- LIFMET,
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LIFMET,
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LIFMET,
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LIFMET,
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LIFMET,
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- HYPERMAG,
Department of Health Technology, Technical
University of Denmark, Building 349, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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Asano H, Elhelaly AE, Hyodo F, Iwasaki R, Noda Y, Kato H, Ichihashi K, Tomita H, Murata M, Mori T, Matsuo M. Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Deuterated Water-Induced 2H-Tissue Labeling Allows Monitoring Cancer Treatment at Clinical Field Strength. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:5173-5182. [PMID: 37732903 PMCID: PMC10722130 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-1635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE An accurate and noninvasive assessment of tumor response following treatment other than traditional anatomical imaging techniques is essential. Deuterium magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) imaging has been demonstrated as an alternative for cancer metabolic imaging by high-field MRI using deuterium-labeled molecules. The study aim was to use 2H tissue labeling and deuterium MRI at clinical field strength for tumor visualization and assessment of three anticancer therapies in pancreatic cancer model mice. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic carcinoma and C26 colorectal carcinoma models of BALB/c-nu mice was prepared, and repeated deuterium MRI was performed during the first 10 days of free drinking of 30% D2O to track 2H distribution in tissues. 2H accumulation in the tumor after irradiation, bevacizumab administration, or gemcitabine administration was also measured in MIA PaCa-2-bearing mice. Confirmatory proton MRI, ex vivo metabolic hyperpolarization 13C-MRS, and histopathology were performed. RESULTS The mouse's whole-body distribution of 2H was visible 1 day after drinking, and the signal intensity increased daily. Although the tumor size did not change 1 and 3 days after irradiation, the amount of 2H decreased significantly. The 2H image intensity of the tumor also significantly decreased after the administration of bevacizumab or gemcitabine. Metabolic hyperpolarization 13C-MRS, proton MRI, and 2H-NMR spectroscopy confirmed the efficacy of the anticancer treatments. CONCLUSIONS Deuterium MRI at 1.5T proved feasible to track 2H distribution throughout mouse tissues during D2O administration and revealed a higher 2H accumulation in the tumor xenografts. This research demonstrated a promising successful method for preliminary assessment of radiotherapy and chemotherapy of cancer.
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- Hirofumi Asano
- Department of Radiology, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Department of Radiological Technology, Central Japan International Medical Center, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Frontier Science for Imaging, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Radiology, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational Research (COMIT), Institute for Advanced Study, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Center for Advanced Medical Open Innovation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Peters JP, Brahms A, Janicaud V, Anikeeva M, Peschke E, Ellermann F, Ferrari A, Hellmold D, Held-Feindt J, Kim NM, Meiser J, Aden K, Herges R, Hövener JB, Pravdivtsev AN. Nitrogen-15 dynamic nuclear polarization of nicotinamide derivatives in biocompatible solutions. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadd3643. [PMID: 37611105 PMCID: PMC10446501 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add3643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) increases the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging by more than 10,000 times, enabling in vivo metabolic imaging to be performed noninvasively in real time. Here, we are developing a group of dDNP polarized tracers based on nicotinamide (NAM). We synthesized 1-15N-NAM and 1-15N nicotinic acid and hyperpolarized them with dDNP, reaching (13.0 ± 1.9)% 15N polarization. We found that the lifetime of hyperpolarized 1-15N-NAM is strongly field- and pH-dependent, with T1 being as long as 41 s at a pH of 12 and 1 T while as short as a few seconds at neutral pH and fields below 1 T. The remarkably short 1-15N lifetime at low magnetic fields and neutral pH drove us to establish a unique pH neutralization procedure. Using 15N dDNP and an inexpensive rodent imaging probe designed in-house, we acquired a 15N MRI of 1-15N-NAM (previously hyperpolarized for more than an hour) in less than 1 s.
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- Josh P. Peters
- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Kiel, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, Kiel University, Otto-Hahn Platz 4, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Kiel, 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 Kiel, 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 Kiel, 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 Kiel, 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 Kiel, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, House D, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, House D, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Cancer Metabolism Group, Department of Cancer Research, Luxembourg Institute of Health, 6A Rue Nicolas-Ernest Barblé, 1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, Kiel University, Otto-Hahn Platz 4, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Kiel, 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 Kiel, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Guarin DO, Joshi SM, Samoilenko A, Kabir MSH, Hardy EE, Takahashi AM, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH, Chekmenev EY, Yen YF. Development of Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of [ 15 N 3 ]Metronidazole: A Clinically Approved Antibiotic. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202219181. [PMID: 37247411 PMCID: PMC10524734 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (d-DNP) of [15 N3 ]metronidazole ([15 N3 ]MNZ) for the first time. Metronidazole is a clinically approved antibiotic, which can be potentially employed as a hypoxia-sensing molecular probe using 15 N hyperpolarized (HP) nucleus. The DNP process is very efficient for [15 N3 ]MNZ with an exponential build-up constant of 13.8 min using trityl radical. After dissolution and sample transfer to a nearby 4.7 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner, HP [15 N3 ]MNZ lasted remarkably long with T1 values up to 343 s and 15 N polarizations up to 6.4 %. A time series of HP [15 N3 ]MNZ images was acquired in vitro using a steady state free precession sequence on the 15 NO2 peak. The signal lasted over 13 min with notably long T2 of 20.5 s. HP [15 N3 ]MNZ was injected in the tail vein of a healthy rat, and dynamic spectroscopy was performed over the rat brain. The in vivo HP 15 N signals persisted over 70 s, demonstrating an unprecedented opportunity for in vivo studies.
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- David O Guarin
- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th St., MA 02129, Charlestown, USA
- Polarize ApS., Asmussens Alle 1, 1808, Frederiksberg, Denmak
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, MI 48202, Detroit, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, MI 48202, Detroit, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, MI 48202, Detroit, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th St., MA 02129, Charlestown, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 02139, Cambridge, USA
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- Polarize ApS., Asmussens Alle 1, 1808, Frederiksberg, Denmak
- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, 348, Ørsteds Pl., 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, MI 48202, Detroit, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 14 Leninskiy Prospekt, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th St., MA 02129, Charlestown, USA
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MacCulloch K, Browning A, TomHon P, Lehmkuhl S, Chekmenev EY, Theis T. Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange Induces Long-Lived 15N Hyperpolarization of Anticancer Drugs Anastrozole and Letrozole. Anal Chem 2023; 95:7822-7829. [PMID: 37163687 PMCID: PMC10939174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Hyperpolarization modalities overcome the sensitivity limitations of NMR and unlock new applications. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) is a particularly cheap, quick, and robust hyperpolarization modality. Here, we employ SABRE for simultaneous chemical exchange of parahydrogen and nitrile-containing anticancer drugs (letrozole or anastrozole) to enhance 15N polarization. Distinct substrates require unique optimal parameter sets, including temperature, magnetic field, or a shaped magnetic field profile. The fine tuning of these parameters for individual substrates is demonstrated here to maximize 15N polarization. After optimization, including the usage of pulsed μT fields, the 15N nuclei on common anticancer drugs, letrozole and anastrozole, can be polarized within 1-2 min. The hyperpolarization can exceed 10%, corresponding to 15N signal enhancement of over 280,000-fold at a clinically relevant magnetic field of 1 T. This sensitivity gain enables polarization studies at naturally abundant 15N enrichment level (0.4%). Moreover, the nitrile 15N sites enable long-lasting polarization storage with [15N]T1 over 9 min, enabling signal detection from a single hyperpolarization cycle for over 30 min.
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- Keilian MacCulloch
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
- Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Detroit, MI 48202, United States
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 14, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, United States
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Chen Ming Low J, Wright AJ, Hesse F, Cao J, Brindle KM. Metabolic imaging with deuterium labeled substrates. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 134-135:39-51. [PMID: 37321757 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) is an emerging clinically-applicable technique for the non-invasive investigation of tissue metabolism. The generally short T1 values of 2H-labeled metabolites in vivo can compensate for the relatively low sensitivity of detection by allowing rapid signal acquisition in the absence of significant signal saturation. Studies with deuterated substrates, including [6,6'-2H2]glucose, [2H3]acetate, [2H9]choline and [2,3-2H2]fumarate have demonstrated the considerable potential of DMI for imaging tissue metabolism and cell death in vivo. The technique is evaluated here in comparison with established metabolic imaging techniques, including PET measurements of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose (FDG) uptake and 13C MR imaging of the metabolism of hyperpolarized 13C-labeled substrates.
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- Jacob Chen Ming Low
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
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Park H, Wang Q. State-of-the-art accounts of hyperpolarized 15N-labeled molecular imaging probes for magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7378-7391. [PMID: 35872812 PMCID: PMC9241963 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01264b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hyperpolarized isotope-labeled agents have significantly advanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRS/MRI) of physicochemical activities at molecular levels. An emerging advance in this area is exciting developments of 15N-labeled hyperpolarized MR agents to enable acquisition of highly valuable information that was previously inaccessible and expand the applications of MRS/MRI beyond commonly studied 13C nuclei. This review will present recent developments of these hyperpolarized 15N-labeled molecular imaging probes, ranging from endogenous and drug molecules, and chemical sensors, to various 15N-tagged biomolecules. Through these examples, this review will provide insights into the target selection and probe design rationale and inherent challenges of HP imaging in hopes of facilitating future developments of 15N-based biomedical imaging agents and their applications.
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- Hyejin Park
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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Joalland B, Theis T, Appelt S, Chekmenev EY. Background‐Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202108939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Baptiste Joalland
- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) 5101 Cass Ave Detroit MI 48202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina 27695-8204 USA
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC) RWTH Aachen University 52056 Aachen Germany
- Central Institute for Engineering Electronics and Analytics—Electronic Systems (ZEA 2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) 5101 Cass Ave Detroit MI 48202 USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect 14, 119991 Moscow Russia
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Joalland B, Theis T, Appelt S, Chekmenev EY. Background-Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:26298-26302. [PMID: 34459080 PMCID: PMC8629966 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We report on the utility of Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation (RASER) for background-free proton detection of hyperpolarized biomolecules. We performed hyperpolarization of ≈0.3 M ethyl acetate via pairwise parahydrogen addition to vinyl acetate. A proton NMR signal with signal-to-noise ratio exceeding 100 000 was detected without radio-frequency excitation at the clinically relevant magnetic field of 1.4 T using a standard (non-cryogenic) inductive detector with quality factor of Q=68. No proton background signal was observed from protonated solvent (methanol) or other added co-solvents such as ethanol, water or bovine serum. Moreover, we demonstrate RASER detection without radio-frequency excitation of a bolus of hyperpolarized contrast agent in biological fluid. Completely background-free proton detection of hyperpolarized contrast agents in biological media paves the way to new applications in the areas of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and in vivo spectroscopy and imaging.
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- Baptiste Joalland
- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-8204, USA
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics-Electronic Systems (ZEA 2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 14, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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MacCulloch K, Tomhon P, Browning A, Akeroyd E, Lehmkuhl S, Chekmenev EY, Theis T. Hyperpolarization of common antifungal agents with SABRE. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:1225-1235. [PMID: 34121211 PMCID: PMC8595556 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) is a robust and inexpensive hyperpolarization (HP) technique to enhance nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals using parahydrogen (pH2 ). The substrate scope of SABRE is continually expanding. Here, we present the polarization of three antifungal drugs (voriconazole, clotrimazole, and fluconazole) and elicit the detailed HP mechanisms for 1 H and 15 N nuclei. In this exploratory work, 15 N polarization values of ~1% were achieved using 50% pH2 in solution of 3-mM catalyst and 60-mM substrate in perdeuterated methanol. All hyperpolarized 15 N sites exhibited long T1 in excess of 1 min at a clinically relevant field of 1 T. Hyperpolarizing common drugs is of interest due to their potential biomedical applications as MRI contrast agents or to enable studies on protein dynamics at physiological concentrations. We optimize the polarization with respect to temperature and the polarization transfer field (PTF) for 1 H nuclei in the millitesla regime and for 15 N nuclei in the microtesla regime, which provides detailed insights into exchange kinetics and spin evolution. This work broadens the SABRE substrate scope and provides mechanistic and kinetic insights into the HP process.
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- Keilian MacCulloch
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Iali W, Moustafa GAI, Dagys L, Roy SS. 15 N hyperpolarisation of the antiprotozoal drug ornidazole by Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange in aqueous medium. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:1199-1207. [PMID: 33656772 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) offers a cost-effective route to boost nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal by several orders of magnitude by employing readily available para-hydrogen as a source of hyperpolarisation. Although 1 H spins have been the natural choice of SABRE hyperpolarisation since its inception due to its simplicity and accessibility, limited spin lifetimes of 1 H makes it harder to employ them in a range of time-dependent NMR experiments. Heteronuclear spins, for example, 13 C and 15 N, in general have much longer T1 lifetimes and thereby are found to be more suitable for hyperpolarised biological applications as demonstrated previously by para-hydrogen induced polarisation (PHIP) and dynamic nuclear polarisation (DNP). In this study we demonstrate a simple procedure to enhance 15 N signal of an antibiotic drug ornidazole by up to 71,000-folds with net 15 N polarisation reaching ~23%. Further, the effect of co-ligand strategy is studied in conjunction with the optimum field transfer protocols and consequently achieving 15 N hyperpolarised spin lifetime of >3 min at low field. Finally, we present a convenient route to harness the hyperpolarised solution in aqueous medium free from catalyst contamination leading to a strong 15 N signal detection for an extended duration of time.
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- Wissam Iali
- Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Bae J, Zhang G, Park H, Warren WS, Wang Q. 15N-Azides as practical and effective tags for developing long-lived hyperpolarized agents. Chem Sci 2021; 12:14309-14315. [PMID: 34760217 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04647k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Azide moieties, unique linear species containing three nitrogen atoms, represent an attractive class of molecular tag for hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (HP-MRI). Here we demonstrate (15N)3-azide-containing molecules exhibit long-lasting hyperpolarization lifetimes up to 9.8 min at 1 T with remarkably high polarization levels up to 11.6% in water, thus establishing (15N)3-azide as a powerful spin storage for hyperpolarization. A single (15N)-labeled azide has also been examined as an effective alternative tag with long-lived hyperpolarization. A variety of biologically important molecules are studied in this work, including choline, glucose, amino acid, and drug derivatives, demonstrating great potential of 15N-labeled azides as universal hyperpolarized tags for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging applications.
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- Junu Bae
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA .,Department of Physics, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA.,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University Durham North Carolina 27708 USA
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Polvoy I, Qin H, Flavell RR, Gordon J, Viswanath P, Sriram R, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM. Deuterium Metabolic Imaging-Rediscovery of a Spectroscopic Tool. Metabolites 2021; 11:570. [PMID: 34564385 PMCID: PMC8470013 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11090570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The growing demand for metabolism-specific imaging techniques has rekindled interest in Deuterium (2H) Metabolic Imaging (DMI), a robust method based on administration of a substrate (glucose, acetate, fumarate, etc.) labeled with the stable isotope of hydrogen and the observation of its metabolic fate in three-dimensions. This technique allows the investigation of multiple metabolic processes in both healthy and diseased states. Despite its low natural abundance, the short relaxation time of deuterium allows for rapid radiofrequency (RF) pulses without saturation and efficient image acquisition. In this review, we provide a comprehensive picture of the evolution of DMI over the course of recent decades, with a special focus on its potential clinical applications.
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- Ilona Polvoy
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
- Department of Radiology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (I.P.); (H.Q.); (R.R.F.); (J.G.); (P.V.); (R.S.); (M.A.O.)
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Simultaneous Recording of the Uptake and Conversion of Glucose and Choline in Tumors by Deuterium Metabolic Imaging. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13164034. [PMID: 34439188 PMCID: PMC8394025 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13164034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Tumors increase their glucose and choline uptake to support growth. These properties are employed to detect and identify tumors in the body by imaging the uptake of radio-isotope analogs of these compounds. In this study we show that deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) (a new MRI method to image metabolites using non-radioactive labeling with deuterium) can image choline uptake in tumors. Furthermore, we demonstrate that DMI can image the tumor uptake of choline and glucose (and additionally its metabolic conversion) simultaneously, in contrast to radio-isotope imaging, which only assesses the uptake of one radio-isotope labeled compound at a time. For these reasons (and also because DMI is relatively simple and can be combined with other MR methods), it is a promising modality for a more specific tumor characterization than by separate imaging of the uptake of radio-isotope labeled glucose or choline. Abstract Increased glucose and choline uptake are hallmarks of cancer. We investigated whether the uptake and conversion of [2H9]choline alone and together with that of [6,6′-2H2]glucose can be assessed in tumors via deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) after administering these compounds. Therefore, tumors with human renal carcinoma cells were grown subcutaneously in mice. Isoflurane anesthetized mice were IV infused in the MR magnet for ~20 s with ~0.2 mL solutions containing either [2H9]choline (0.05 g/kg) alone or together with [6,6′-2H2]glucose (1.3 g/kg). 2H MR was performed on a 11.7T MR system with a home-built 2H/1H coil using a 90° excitation pulse and 400 ms repetition time. 3D DMI was recorded at high resolution (2 × 2 × 2 mm) in 37 min or at low resolution (3.7 × 3.7 × 3.7 mm) in 2:24 min. Absolute tissue concentrations were calculated assuming natural deuterated water [HOD] = 13.7 mM. Within 5 min after [2H9]choline infusion, its signal appeared in tumor spectra representing a concentration increase to 0.3–1.2 mM, which then slowly decreased or remained constant over 100 min. In plasma, [2H9]choline disappeared within 15 min post-infusion, implying that its signal arises from tumor tissue and not from blood. After infusing a mixture of [2H9]choline and [6,6′-2H2]glucose, their signals were observed separately in tumor 2H spectra. Over time, the [2H9]choline signal broadened, possibly due to conversion to other choline compounds, [[6,6′-2H2]glucose] declined, [HOD] increased and a lactate signal appeared, reflecting glycolysis. Metabolic maps of 2H compounds, reconstructed from high resolution DMIs, showed their spatial tumor accumulation. As choline infusion and glucose DMI is feasible in patients, their simultaneous detection has clinical potential for tumor characterization.
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El Daraï T, Cousin SF, Stern Q, Ceillier M, Kempf J, Eshchenko D, Melzi R, Schnell M, Gremillard L, Bornet A, Milani J, Vuichoud B, Cala O, Montarnal D, Jannin S. Porous functionalized polymers enable generating and transporting hyperpolarized mixtures of metabolites. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4695. [PMID: 34349114 PMCID: PMC8338986 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24279-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hyperpolarization by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) has enabled promising applications in spectroscopy and imaging, but remains poorly widespread due to experimental complexity. Broad democratization of dDNP could be realized by remote preparation and distribution of hyperpolarized samples from dedicated facilities. Here we show the synthesis of hyperpolarizing polymers (HYPOPs) that can generate radical- and contaminant-free hyperpolarized samples within minutes with lifetimes exceeding hours in the solid state. HYPOPs feature tunable macroporous porosity, with porous volumes up to 80% and concentration of nitroxide radicals grafted in the bulk matrix up to 285 μmol g-1. Analytes can be efficiently impregnated as aqueous/alcoholic solutions and hyperpolarized up to P(13C) = 25% within 8 min, through the combination of 1H spin diffusion and 1H → 13C cross polarization. Solutions of 13C-analytes of biological interest hyperpolarized in HYPOPs display a very long solid-state 13C relaxation times of 5.7 h at 3.8 K, thus prefiguring transportation over long distances.
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- Théo El Daraï
- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, CPE Lyon, CNRS, Catalyse, Chimie, Polymères et Procédés, UMR 5265, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, MATEIS UMR CNRS 5510, Bât. Blaise Pascal, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, CPE Lyon, CNRS, Catalyse, Chimie, Polymères et Procédés, UMR 5265, Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR5082 - CNRS/UCBL/ENS de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Chukanov NV, Shchepin RV, Joshi SM, Kabir MSH, Salnikov OG, Svyatova A, Koptyug IV, Gelovani JG, Chekmenev EY. Synthetic Approaches for 15 N-Labeled Hyperpolarized Heterocyclic Molecular Imaging Agents for 15 N NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange in Microtesla Magnetic Fields. Chemistry 2021; 27:9727-9736. [PMID: 33856077 PMCID: PMC8273115 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
NMR hyperpolarization techniques enhance nuclear spin polarization by several orders of magnitude resulting in corresponding sensitivity gains. This enormous sensitivity gain enables new applications ranging from studies of small molecules by using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to real-time metabolic imaging in vivo. Several hyperpolarization techniques exist for hyperpolarization of a large repertoire of nuclear spins, although the 13 C and 15 N sites of biocompatible agents are the key targets due to their widespread use in biochemical pathways. Moreover, their long T1 allows hyperpolarized states to be retained for up to tens of minutes. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) is a low-cost and ultrafast hyperpolarization technique that has been shown to be versatile for the hyperpolarization of 15 N nuclei. Although large sensitivity gains are enabled by hyperpolarization, 15 N natural abundance is only ∼0.4 %, so isotopic labeling of the molecules to be hyperpolarized is required in order to take full advantage of the hyperpolarized state. Herein, we describe selected advances in the preparation of 15 N-labeled compounds with the primary emphasis on using these compounds for SABRE polarization in microtesla magnetic fields through spontaneous polarization transfer from parahydrogen. Also, these principles can certainly be applied for hyperpolarization of these emerging contrast agents using dynamic nuclear polarization and other techniques.
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- Nikita V Chukanov
- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya St. 3A, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya St. 3A, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Prospekt 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya St. 3A, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya St. 3A, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Leninskiy Prospekt 14, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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He J, Zhang X, He Q, Guo H, Fan R. Synthesis of 15N-labeled heterocycles via the cleavage of C-N bonds of anilines and glycine- 15N. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5442-5445. [PMID: 33949517 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01734a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A nitrogen replacement process that directly incorporates the 15N atom of glycine-15N into anilines was reported. The process involves a Csp2-N bond cleavage of anilines driven by dearomatization and a Csp3-N bond cleavage of glycine-15N driven by aromatization. A variety of 15N-labeled aromatic heterocycles can be prepared via this process.
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- Jiwen He
- Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China
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Salnikov OG, Chukanov NV, Svyatova A, Trofimov IA, Kabir MSH, Gelovani JG, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV, Chekmenev EY. 15 N NMR Hyperpolarization of Radiosensitizing Antibiotic Nimorazole by Reversible Parahydrogen Exchange in Microtesla Magnetic Fields. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:2406-2413. [PMID: 33063407 PMCID: PMC7855180 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Nimorazole belongs to the imidazole-based family of antibiotics to fight against anaerobic bacteria. Moreover, nimorazole is now in Phase 3 clinical trial in Europe for potential use as a hypoxia radiosensitizer for treatment of head and neck cancers. We envision the use of [15 N3 ]nimorazole as a theragnostic hypoxia contrast agent that can be potentially deployed in the next-generation MRI-LINAC systems. Herein, we report the first steps to create long-lasting (for tens of minutes) hyperpolarized state on three 15 N sites of [15 N3 ]nimorazole with T1 of up to ca. 6 minutes. The nuclear spin polarization was boosted by ca. 67000-fold at 1.4 T (corresponding to P15N of 3.2 %) by 15 N-15 N spin-relayed SABRE-SHEATH hyperpolarization technique, relying on simultaneous exchange of [15 N3 ]nimorazole and parahydrogen on polarization transfer Ir-IMes catalyst. The presented results pave the way to efficient spin-relayed SABRE-SHEATH hyperpolarization of a wide range of imidazole-based antibiotics and chemotherapeutics.
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- Oleg G Salnikov
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 14 Leninskiy Prospekt, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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Salnikov OG, Chukanov NV, Svyatova A, Trofimov IA, Kabir MSH, Gelovani JG, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV, Chekmenev EY. 15
N NMR Hyperpolarization of Radiosensitizing Antibiotic Nimorazole by Reversible Parahydrogen Exchange in Microtesla Magnetic Fields. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Oleg G. Salnikov
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- Department of Chemistry Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 USA
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University Al Ain United Arab Emirates
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. 630090 Novosibirsk Russia
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- Department of Chemistry Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) 14 Leninskiy Prospekt 119991 Moscow Russia
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von Morze C, Engelbach JA, Reed GD, Chen AP, Quirk JD, Blazey T, Mahar R, Malloy CR, Garbow JR, Merritt ME. 15 N-carnitine, a novel endogenous hyperpolarized MRI probe with long signal lifetime. Magn Reson Med 2020; 85:1814-1820. [PMID: 33179825 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate hyperpolarization and in vivo imaging of [15 N]carnitine, a novel endogenous MRI probe with long signal lifetime. METHODS L-[15 N]carnitine-d9 was hyperpolarized by the method of dynamic nuclear polarization followed by rapid dissolution. The T1 signal lifetimes were estimated in aqueous solution and in vivo following intravenous injection in rats, using a custom-built dual-tuned 15 N/1 H RF coil at 4.7 T. 15 N chemical shift imaging and 15 N fast spin-echo images of rat abdomen were acquired 3 minutes after [15 N]carnitine injection. RESULTS Estimated T1 times of [15 N]carnitine at 4.7 T were 210 seconds (in H2 O) and 160 seconds (in vivo), with an estimated polarization level of 10%. Remarkably, the [15 N]carnitine coherence was detectable in rat abdomen for 5 minutes after injection for the nonlocalized acquisition. No downstream metabolites were detected on localized or nonlocalized 15 N spectra. Diffuse liver enhancement was detected on 15 N fast spin-echo imaging 3 minutes after injection, with mean hepatic SNR of 18 ± 5 at a spatial resolution of 4 × 4 mm. CONCLUSION This study showed the feasibility of hyperpolarizing and imaging the biodistribution of HP [15 N]carnitine.
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- Cornelius von Morze
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Fekete M, Ahwal F, Duckett SB. Remarkable Levels of 15N Polarization Delivered through SABRE into Unlabeled Pyridine, Pyrazine, or Metronidazole Enable Single Scan NMR Quantification at the mM Level. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4573-4580. [PMID: 32383603 PMCID: PMC7277555 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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While many drugs and metabolites contain nitrogen, harnessing their diagnostic 15N NMR signature for their characterization is underutilized because of inherent detection difficulties. Here, we demonstrate how precise ultralow field signal amplification by reversible exchange (±0.2 mG) in conjunction parahydrogen and an iridium precatalyst of the form IrCl(COD)(NHC) with the coligand d9-benzylamine allows the naturally abundant 15N NMR signatures of pyridine, pyrazine, metronidazole, and acetonitrile to be readily detected at 9.4 T in single NMR observations through >50% 15N polarization levels. These signals allow for rapid and precise reagent quantification via a response that varies linearly over the 2-70 mM concentration range.
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- Marianna Fekete
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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Roy SS, Rayner PJ, Burns MJ, Duckett SB. A simple and cost-efficient technique to generate hyperpolarized long-lived 15N- 15N nuclear spin order in a diazine by signal amplification by reversible exchange. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:014201. [PMID: 31914733 PMCID: PMC7351221 DOI: 10.1063/1.5132308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) is an inexpensive and simple hyperpolarization technique that is capable of boosting nuclear magnetic resonance sensitivity by several orders of magnitude. It utilizes the reversible binding of para-hydrogen, as hydride ligands, and a substrate of interest to a metal catalyst to allow for polarization transfer from para-hydrogen into substrate nuclear spins. While the resulting nuclear spin populations can be dramatically larger than those normally created, their lifetime sets a strict upper limit on the experimental timeframe. Consequently, short nuclear spin lifetimes are a challenge for hyperpolarized metabolic imaging. In this report, we demonstrate how both hyperpolarization and long nuclear spin lifetime can be simultaneously achieved in nitrogen-15 containing derivatives of pyridazine and phthalazine by SABRE. These substrates were chosen to reflect two distinct classes of 15N2-coupled species that differ according to their chemical symmetry and thereby achieve different nuclear spin lifetimes. The pyridazine derivative proves to exhibit a signal lifetime of ∼2.5 min and can be produced with a signal enhancement of ∼2700. In contrast, while the phthalazine derivative yields a superior 15 000-fold 15N signal enhancement at 11.7 T, it has a much shorter signal lifetime.
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- Soumya S Roy
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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Chukanov NV, Kidd BM, Kovtunova LM, Bukhtiyarov VI, Shchepin RV, Chekmenev EY, Goodson BM, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV. A versatile synthetic route to the preparation of 15 N heterocycles. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2019; 62:892-902. [PMID: 30537260 PMCID: PMC6559877 DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A robust medium-scale (approximately 3 g) synthetic method for 15 N labeling of pyridine (15 N-Py) is reported based on the Zincke reaction. 15 N enrichment in excess of 81% was achieved with approximately 33% yield. 15 N-Py serves as a standard substrate in a wide range of studies employing a hyperpolarization technique for efficient polarization transfer from parahydrogen to heteronuclei; this technique, called SABRE (signal amplification by reversible exchange), employs a simultaneous chemical exchange of parahydrogen and a to-be-hyperpolarized substrate (e.g., pyridine) on metal centers. In studies aimed at the development of hyperpolarized contrast agents for in vivo molecular imaging, pyridine is often employed either as a model substrate (for hyperpolarization technique development, quality assurance, and phantom imaging studies) or as a co-substrate to facilitate more efficient hyperpolarization of a wide range of emerging contrast agents (e.g., nicotinamide). Here, the produced 15 N-Py was used for the feasibility study of spontaneous 15 N hyperpolarization at high magnetic (HF) fields (7 T and 9.4 T) of an NMR spectrometer and an MRI scanner. SABRE hyperpolarization enabled acquisition of 2D MRI imaging of catalyst-bound 15 N-pyridine with 75 × 75 mm2 field of view (FOV), 32 × 32 matrix size, demonstrating the feasibility of 15 N HF-SABRE molecular imaging with 2.4 × 2.4 mm2 spatial resolution.
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- Nikita V. Chukanov
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Ibio, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI 48083, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
- Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Jagtap AP, Kaltschnee L, Glöggler S. Hyperpolarization of 15N-pyridinium and 15N-aniline derivatives by using parahydrogen: new opportunities to store nuclear spin polarization in aqueous media. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8577-8582. [PMID: 31803432 PMCID: PMC6839503 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02970b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Hyperpolarization techniques hold the promise to improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents by over 10 000-fold. Among these techniques, para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) allows for generating contrast agents within seconds. Typical hyperpolarized contrast agents are traceable for 2-3 minutes only, thus prolonging tracking-times holds great importance for the development of new ways to diagnose and monitor diseases. Here, we report on the design of perdeuterated 15N-containing molecules with longitudinal relaxation times (T 1) of several minutes. T 1 is a measure for how long hyperpolarization can be stored. In particular, we introduce two new hyperpolarizable families of compounds that we signal enhanced with para-hydrogen: tert-amine aniline derivatives and a quaternary pyridinium compound with 15N-T 1 of about 8 minutes. Especially the latter compound has great potential for applicability since we achieved 15N-polarization up to 8% and the pyridinium motif is contained in a variety of drug molecules and is also used in drug delivery systems.
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- Anil P Jagtap
- 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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- 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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- 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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Shchepin RV, Birchall JR, Chukanov NV, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV, Theis T, Warren WS, Gelovani JG, Goodson BM, Shokouhi S, Rosen MS, Yen YF, Pham W, Chekmenev EY. Hyperpolarizing Concentrated Metronidazole 15 NO 2 Group over Six Chemical Bonds with More than 15 % Polarization and a 20 Minute Lifetime. Chemistry 2019; 25:8829-8836. [PMID: 30964568 PMCID: PMC6658333 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The NMR hyperpolarization of uniformly 15 N-labeled [15 N3 ]metronidazole is demonstrated by using SABRE-SHEATH. In this antibiotic, the 15 NO2 group is hyperpolarized through spin relays created by 15 N spins in [15 N3 ]metronidazole, and the polarization is transferred from parahydrogen-derived hydrides over six chemical bonds. In less than a minute of parahydrogen bubbling at approximately 0.4 μT, a high level of nuclear spin polarization (P15N ) of around 16 % is achieved on all three 15 N sites. This product of 15 N polarization and concentration of 15 N spins is around six-fold better than any previous value determined for 15 N SABRE-derived hyperpolarization. At 1.4 T, the hyperpolarized state persists for tens of minutes (relaxation time, T1 ≈10 min). A novel synthesis of uniformly 15 N-enriched metronidazole is reported with a yield of 15 %. This approach can potentially be used for synthesis of a wide variety of in vivo metabolic probes with potential uses ranging from hypoxia sensing to theranostic imaging.
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- Roman V Shchepin
- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2310, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts, 02129, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts, 02129, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 14, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Svyatova A, Skovpin IV, Chukanov NV, Kovtunov KV, Chekmenev EY, Pravdivtsev AN, Hövener JB, Koptyug IV. 15 N MRI of SLIC-SABRE Hyperpolarized 15 N-Labelled Pyridine and Nicotinamide. Chemistry 2019; 25:8465-8470. [PMID: 30950529 PMCID: PMC6679352 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a powerful non-invasive diagnostic method extensively used in biomedical studies. A significant limitation of MRI is its relatively low signal-to-noise ratio, which can be increased by hyperpolarizing nuclear spins. One promising method is Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE), which employs parahydrogen as a source of hyperpolarization. Recent studies demonstrated the feasibility to improve MRI sensitivity with this hyperpolarization technique. Hyperpolarized 15 N nuclei in biomolecules can potentially retain their spin alignment for tens of minutes, providing an extended time window for the utilization of the hyperpolarized compounds. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time that radio-frequency-based SABRE hyperpolarization techniques can be used to obtain 15 N MRI of biomolecule 1-15 N-nicotinamide. Two image acquisition strategies were utilized and compared: Single Point Imaging (SPI) and Fast Low Angle SHot (FLASH). These methods demonstrated opportunities of high-field SABRE for biomedical applications.
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- Alexandra Svyatova
- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Detroit, MI 48202, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 14 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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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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- 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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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Skinner JG, Menichetti L, Flori A, Dost A, Schmidt AB, Plaumann M, Gallagher FA, Hövener JB. Metabolic and Molecular Imaging with Hyperpolarised Tracers. Mol Imaging Biol 2018; 20:902-918. [PMID: 30120644 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-018-1265-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Since reaching the clinic, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an irreplaceable radiological tool because of the macroscopic information it provides across almost all organs and soft tissues within the human body, all without the need for ionising radiation. The sensitivity of MR, however, is too low to take full advantage of the rich chemical information contained in the MR signal. Hyperpolarisation techniques have recently emerged as methods to overcome the sensitivity limitations by enhancing the MR signal by many orders of magnitude compared to the thermal equilibrium, enabling a new class of metabolic and molecular X-nuclei based MR tracers capable of reporting on metabolic processes at the cellular level. These hyperpolarised (HP) tracers have the potential to elucidate the complex metabolic processes of many organs and pathologies, with studies so far focusing on the fields of oncology and cardiology. This review presents an overview of hyperpolarisation techniques that appear most promising for clinical use today, such as dissolution dynamic nuclear polarisation (d-DNP), parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation (PHIP), Brute force hyperpolarisation and spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP), before discussing methods for tracer detection, emerging metabolic tracers and applications and progress in preclinical and clinical application.
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- Jason Graham Skinner
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy
- Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Section Biomedical Imaging and MOIN CC, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Biometrics and Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Section Biomedical Imaging and MOIN CC, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.
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Sanchez-Heredia JD, Johansen DH, Hansen RB, Szocska Hansen ES, Laustsen C, Zhurbenko V, Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH. Improved Decoupling for Low Frequency MRI Arrays using Non-conventional Preamplifier Impedance. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2018; 66:1940-1948. [PMID: 30442598 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2018.2881203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we describe a method to improve preamplifier decoupling in low frequency MRI receive coil arrays, where sample loading is low and coils exhibit a high Q-factor. METHODS The method relies on the higher decoupling obtained when coils are matched to an impedance higher than 50 Ω. Preamplifiers with inductive (and low resistive) input impedance, increase even further the effectiveness of the method. RESULTS We show that for poorly sample loaded coils, coupling to other elements in an array is a major source of SNR degradation due to a reduction of the coil Q-factor. An 8-channel 13C array at 32 MHz for imaging of the human head has been designed following this strategy. The improved decoupling even allowed constructing the array without overlapping of neighboring coils. Parallel imaging performance is also evaluated demonstrating a better spatial encoding of the array due to its non-overlapped geometry. CONCLUSION The proposed design strategy for coil arrays is beneficial for low frequency coils where the coil thermal noise is dominant. The method has been demonstrated on an 8-channel array for the human head for 13C MRI at 3 T (32 MHz), with almost 2-fold SNR enhancement when compared to a traditional array of similar size and number of elements. SIGNIFICANCE The proposed method is of relevance for low frequency arrays, where sample loading is low, and noise correlation is high due to insufficient coil decoupling.
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Chukanov NV, Salnikov OG, Shchepin RV, Svyatova A, Kovtunov KV, Koptyug IV, Chekmenev EY. 19F Hyperpolarization of 15N-3- 19F-Pyridine Via Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2018; 122:23002-23010. [PMID: 31435456 PMCID: PMC6703844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We report synthesis of 15N-3-19F-pyridine via Zincke salt formation with the overall 35% yield and 84% 15N isotopic purity. Hyperpolarization studies of Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) and SABRE in SHield Enables Alignment Transfer to Heteronuclei (SABRE-SHEATH) were performed to investigate the mechanism of polarization transfer from parahydrogen-derived hydride protons to 19F nucleus in milli-Tesla and micro-Tesla magnetic field regimes in 15N-3-19F-pyridine and 14N-3-19F-pyridine. We found the mismatch between 15N and 19F magnetic field hyperpolarization profiles in the micro-Tesla regime indicating that the spontaneous hyperpolarization process likely happens directly from parahydrogen-derived hydride protons to 19F nucleus without spin-relaying via 15N site. In case of SABRE magnetic field regime (milli-Tesla magnetic field range), we found that magnetic field profiles for 1H and 19F hyperpolarization are very similar, and 19F polarization levels are significantly lower than 1H SABRE polarization levels and lower than 19F SABRE-SHEATH (i.e. obtained at micro-Tesla magnetic field) polarization levels. Our findings support the hypothesis that in milli-Tesla magnetic field regime, the process of 19F nuclei hyperpolarization is relayed via protons of substrate, and therefore is very inefficient. These findings are important in the context of improvement of the hyperpolarization hardware and rational design of the hyperpolarized molecular probes.
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- Nikita V. Chukanov
- International Tomography Center, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310, United States
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- International Tomography Center, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 14, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Corresponding Author
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Hövener JB, Pravdivtsev AN, Kidd B, Bowers CR, Glöggler S, Kovtunov KV, Plaumann M, Katz-Brull R, Buckenmaier K, Jerschow A, Reineri F, Theis T, Shchepin RV, Wagner S, Bhattacharya P, Zacharias NM, Chekmenev EY. Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization for Biomedicine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11140-11162. [PMID: 29484795 PMCID: PMC6105405 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201711842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Magnetic resonance (MR) is one of the most versatile and useful physical effects used for human imaging, chemical analysis, and the elucidation of molecular structures. However, its full potential is rarely used, because only a small fraction of the nuclear spin ensemble is polarized, that is, aligned with the applied static magnetic field. Hyperpolarization methods seek other means to increase the polarization and thus the MR signal. A unique source of pure spin order is the entangled singlet spin state of dihydrogen, parahydrogen (pH2 ), which is inherently stable and long-lived. When brought into contact with another molecule, this "spin order on demand" allows the MR signal to be enhanced by several orders of magnitude. Considerable progress has been made in the past decade in the area of pH2 -based hyperpolarization techniques for biomedical applications. It is the goal of this Review to provide a selective overview of these developments, covering the areas of spin physics, catalysis, instrumentation, preparation of the contrast agents, and applications.
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- Jan-Bernd Hövener
- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, 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 Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 14, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- 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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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Biometry and Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Magnetic resonance center, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Sq. East, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, 1161 21st Ave South, MCN AA-1105, Nashville, TN, 37027, USA
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- Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Leninskiy Prospekt 14, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) and Integrative Biosciences (Ibio), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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Hövener J, Pravdivtsev AN, Kidd B, Bowers CR, Glöggler S, Kovtunov KV, Plaumann M, Katz‐Brull R, Buckenmaier K, Jerschow A, Reineri F, Theis T, Shchepin RV, Wagner S, Bhattacharya P, Zacharias NM, Chekmenev EY. Parawasserstoff‐basierte Hyperpolarisierung für die Biomedizin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201711842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jan‐Bernd Hövener
- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC) Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel Am Botanischen Garten 14 24118 Kiel Deutschland
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- Sektion Biomedizinische Bildgebung, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC) Klinik für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel Am Botanischen Garten 14 24118 Kiel Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611 USA
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- Max Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration Von-Siebold-Straße 3A 37075 Göttingen Deutschland
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS 630090 Novosibirsk Russland
- Department of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk State University Pirogova St. 2 630090 Novosibirsk Russland
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- Institut für Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Leipziger Straße 44 39120 Magdeburg Deutschland
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- Department of Radiology Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem Israel
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- Magnetresonanz-Zentrum Max Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik Tübingen Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry New York University 100 Washington Sq. East New York NY 10003 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences University of Torino via Nizza 52 Torino Italien
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- Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences 1161 21st Ave South, MCN AA-1105 Nashville TN 37027 USA
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- Biomedical Imaging Research Institute Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA 90048 USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX 77030 USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX 77030 USA
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences 1161 21st Ave South, MCN AA-1105 Nashville TN 37027 USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Leninskiy Prospekt 14 Moscow 119991 Russland
- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) and Integrative Biosciences (Ibio) Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 USA
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Kovtunov KV, Kidd BE, Salnikov OG, Bales LB, Gemeinhardt ME, Gesiorski J, Shchepin RV, Chekmenev EY, Goodson BM, Koptyug IV. Imaging of Biomolecular NMR Signals Amplified by Reversible Exchange with Parahydrogen Inside an MRI Scanner. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2017; 121:25994-25999. [PMID: 30701013 PMCID: PMC6349396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) technique employs exchange with singlet-state parahydrogen to efficiently generate high levels of nuclear spin polarization. Spontaneous SABRE has been shown previously to be efficient in the milli-Tesla and micro-Tesla regimes. We have recently demonstrated that high-field SABRE is also possible, where proton sites of molecules that are able to reversibly coordinate to a metal center can be hyperpolarized directly within high-field magnets, potentially offering the convenience of in situ hyperpolarization-based spectroscopy and imaging without sample shuttling. Here, we show efficient polarization transfer from parahydrogen (para-H2) to the 15N atoms of imidazole-15N2 and nicotinamide-15N achieved via high-field SABRE (HF-SABRE). Spontaneous transfer of spin order from the para-H2 protons to 15N atoms at the high magnetic field of an MRI scanner allows one not only to record enhanced 15N NMR spectra of in situ hyperpolarized biomolecules, but also to perform imaging using conventional MRI sequences. 2D 15N MRI of high-field SABRE-hyperpolarized imidazole with spatial resolution of 0.3×0.3 mm2 at 9.4 T magnetic field and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ~99 was demonstrated. We show that 1H MRI of in situ HF-SABRE hyperpolarized biomolecules (e.g. imidazole-15N2) is also feasible. Taken together, these results show that heteronuclear (15N) and 1H spectroscopic detection and imaging of high-field-SABRE-hyperpolarized molecules are promising tools for a number of emerging applications.
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- Kirill V. Kovtunov
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Corresponding Author, ,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
- Corresponding Author, ,
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
- Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Kovtunov KV, Kovtunova LM, Gemeinhardt ME, Bukhtiyarov AV, Gesiorski J, Bukhtiyarov VI, Chekmenev EY, Koptyug IV, Goodson BM. Heterogeneous Microtesla SABRE Enhancement of 15 N NMR Signals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:10433-10437. [PMID: 28644918 PMCID: PMC5561492 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The hyperpolarization of heteronuclei via signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) was investigated under conditions of heterogeneous catalysis and microtesla magnetic fields. Immobilization of [IrCl(COD)(IMes)], [IMes=1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), imidazole-2-ylidene; COD=cyclooctadiene] catalyst onto silica particles modified with amine linkers engenders an effective heterogeneous SABRE (HET-SABRE) catalyst that was used to demonstrate a circa 100-fold enhancement of 15 N NMR signals in 15 N-pyridine at 9.4 T following parahydrogen bubbling within a magnetic shield. No 15 N NMR enhancement was observed from the supernatant liquid following catalyst separation, which along with XPS characterization supports the fact that the effects result from SABRE under heterogeneous catalytic conditions. The technique can be developed further for producing catalyst-free agents via SABRE with hyperpolarized heteronuclear spins, and thus is promising for biomedical NMR and MRI applications.
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- Kirill V Kovtunov
- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging, International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Nashville, TN, 37232-2310, USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 14, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging, International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
- Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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Kovtunov KV, Kovtunova LM, Gemeinhardt ME, Bukhtiyarov AV, Gesiorski J, Bukhtiyarov VI, Chekmenev EY, Koptyug IV, Goodson BM. Heterogeneous Microtesla SABRE Enhancement of
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- Kirill V. Kovtunov
- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging International Tomography Center, SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901 USA
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901 USA
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) Department of Radiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Nashville TN 37232-2310 USA
- Russian Academy of Sciences Leninskiy Prospekt 14 119991 Moscow Russia
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- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging International Tomography Center, SB RAS 3A Institutskaya St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901 USA
- Materials Technology Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901 USA
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Shen K, Logan AWJ, Colell JFP, Bae J, Ortiz GX, Theis T, Warren WS, Malcolmson SJ, Wang Q. Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long‐Lived SABRE‐Induced Hyperpolarization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kun Shen
- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics Duke University USA
- Department of Radiology Duke University USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Duke University French Family Science Center 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 USA
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Shen K, Logan AWJ, Colell JFP, Bae J, Ortiz GX, Theis T, Warren WS, Malcolmson SJ, Wang Q. Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long-Lived SABRE-Induced Hyperpolarization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:12112-12116. [PMID: 28664640 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Diazirines are an attractive class of potential molecular tags for magnetic resonance imaging owing to their biocompatibility and ease of incorporation into a large variety of molecules. As recently reported, 15 N2 -diazirine can be hyperpolarized by the SABRE-SHEATH method, sustaining both singlet and magnetization states, thus offering a path to long-lived polarization storage. Herein, we show the generality of this approach by illustrating that the diazirine tag alone is sufficient for achieving excellent signal enhancements with long-lasting polarization. Our investigations reveal the critical role of Lewis basic additives, including water, on achieving SABRE-promoted hyperpolarization. The application of this strategy to a 15 N2 -diazirine-containing choline derivative demonstrates the potential of 15 N2 -diazirines as molecular imaging tags for biomedical applications.
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- Kun Shen
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.,Department of Physics, Duke University, USA.,Department of Radiology, Duke University, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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Colell JFP, Emondts M, Logan AWJ, Shen K, Bae J, Shchepin RV, Ortiz GX, Spannring P, Wang Q, Malcolmson SJ, Chekmenev EY, Feiters MC, Rutjes FPJT, Blümich B, Theis T, Warren WS. Direct Hyperpolarization of Nitrogen-15 in Aqueous Media with Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:7761-7767. [PMID: 28443329 PMCID: PMC5578426 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) is an inexpensive, fast, and even continuous hyperpolarization technique that uses para-hydrogen as hyperpolarization source. However, current SABRE faces a number of stumbling blocks for translation to biochemical and clinical settings. Difficulties include inefficient polarization in water, relatively short-lived 1H-polarization, and relatively limited substrate scope. Here we use a water-soluble polarization transfer catalyst to hyperpolarize nitrogen-15 in a variety of molecules with SABRE-SHEATH (SABRE in shield enables alignment transfer to heteronuclei). This strategy works in pure H2O or D2O solutions, on substrates that could not be hyperpolarized in traditional 1H-SABRE experiments, and we record 15N T1 relaxation times of up to 2 min.
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- Institute for Technical und Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Departments of Physics, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Technical und Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Departments of Physics, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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Shchepin RV, Barskiy DA, Coffey AM, Feldman MA, Kovtunova LM, Bukhtiyarov VI, Kovtunov KV, Goodson BM, Koptyug IV, Chekmenev EY. Robust Imidazole‐
15
N
2
Synthesis for High‐Resolution Low‐Field (0.05 T)
15
N Hyperpolarized NMR Spectroscopy. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201700718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Roman V. Shchepin
- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310 United States
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310 United States
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310 United States
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310 United States
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- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging International Tomography Center (ITC), SB RAS 3 A Institutskaya St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Southern Illinois University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Materials Technology Center Carbondale IL 62901 United States
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- Novosibirsk State University 2 Pirogova St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Microimaging International Tomography Center (ITC), SB RAS 3 A Institutskaya St. Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310 United States
- Russian Academy of Sciences Leninskiy Prospekt 14 119991 Moscow Russia
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Colell JP, Logan AWJ, Zhou Z, Shchepin RV, Barskiy DA, Ortiz GX, Wang Q, Malcolmson SJ, Chekmenev EY, Warren WS, Theis T. Generalizing, Extending, and Maximizing Nitrogen-15 Hyperpolarization Induced by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2017; 121:6626-6634. [PMID: 28392884 PMCID: PMC5378067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) is a fast and convenient NMR hyperpolarization method that uses cheap and readily available para-hydrogen as a hyperpolarization source. SABRE can hyperpolarize protons and heteronuclei. Here we focus on the heteronuclear variant introduced as SABRE-SHEATH (SABRE in SHield Enables Alignment Transfer to Heteronuclei) and nitrogen-15 targets in particular. We show that 15N-SABRE works more efficiently and on a wider range of substrates than 1H-SABRE, greatly generalizing the SABRE approach. In addition, we show that nitrogen-15 offers significantly extended T1 times of up to 12 minutes. Long T1 times enable higher hyperpolarization levels but also hold the promise of hyperpolarized molecular imaging for several tens of minutes. Detailed characterization and optimization are presented, leading to nitrogen-15 polarization levels in excess of 10% on several compounds.
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- Johannes
F. P. Colell
- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Vanderbilt
University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
(VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Vanderbilt
University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
(VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Vanderbilt
University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), Department of Radiology,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
(VICC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
- Departments
of Physics, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, United States
- E-mail:
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
- E-mail:
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Milani J, Vuichoud B, Bornet A, Melzi R, Jannin S, Bodenhausen G. Hyperpolarization of nitrogen-15 nuclei by cross polarization and dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:015109. [PMID: 28147646 DOI: 10.1063/1.4973777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) is often achieved by the direct transfer of polarization from electrons to nuclei such as 13C, induced by microwave saturation of the wings of narrow EPR lines of radicals like trityl. In the indirect approach on the other hand, DNP is used to transfer the polarization from the electrons of radicals such as nitroxides that have broad EPR lines to nuclear spins I = 1H, followed by cross-polarization (CP) from I = 1H to S = 13C or other nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratios. This approach is particularly attractive for S = 15N, since direct DNP yields modest polarizations P(15N) < 4% with build-up times that can be as long as τDNP(15N) > 2 h. In this paper, we show that CP from 1H to 15N at 1.2 K can yield P(15N) = 25% with τCP-DNP(15N) = 10-15 min. After rapid dissolution and transfer to a solution-state NMR spectrometer, a polarization P(15N) = 20% was observed at 300 K. The longitudinal relaxation times in solution can be as long as T1(15N) > 800 s in favorable cases.
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- Jonas Milani
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bruker Italia S.r.l., Viale V. Lancetti 43, 20158 Milano, Italy
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Batochime, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hyperpolarized MRS: New tool to study real-time brain function and metabolism. Anal Biochem 2016; 529:270-277. [PMID: 27665679 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
The advent of dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) led to the emergence of a new kind of magnetic resonance (MR) measurements providing the opportunity to probe metabolism in vivo in real time. It has been shown that, following the injection of hyperpolarized substrates prepared using dissolution DNP, specific metabolic bioprobes that can be used to differentiate between healthy and pathological tissue in preclinical and clinical studies can be readily detected by MR thanks to the tremendous signal enhancement. The present article aims at reviewing the studies of cerebral function and metabolism based on the use of hyperpolarized MR. The constraints and future opportunities that this technology could offer are discussed.
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Dzien P, Fages A, Jona G, Brindle KM, Schwaiger M, Frydman L. Following Metabolism in Living Microorganisms by Hyperpolarized (1)H NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:12278-86. [PMID: 27556338 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) is used to enhance the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), enabling monitoring of metabolism and specific enzymatic reactions in vivo. dDNP involves rapid sample dissolution and transfer to a spectrometer/scanner for subsequent signal detection. So far, most biologically oriented dDNP studies have relied on hyperpolarizing long-lived nuclear spin species such as (13)C in small molecules. While advantages could also arise from observing hyperpolarized (1)H, short relaxation times limit the utility of prepolarizing this sensitive but fast relaxing nucleus. Recently, it has been reported that (1)H NMR peaks in solution-phase experiments could be hyperpolarized by spontaneous magnetization transfers from bound (13)C nuclei following dDNP. This work demonstrates the potential of this sensitivity-enhancing approach to probe the enzymatic process that could not be suitably resolved by (13)C dDNP MR. Here we measured, in microorganisms, the action of pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) and pyruvate formate lyase (PFL)-enzymes that catalyze the decarboxylation of pyruvate to form acetaldehyde and formate, respectively. While (13)C NMR did not possess the resolution to distinguish the starting pyruvate precursor from the carbonyl resonances in the resulting products, these processes could be monitored by (1)H NMR at 500 MHz. These observations were possible in both yeast and bacteria in minute-long kinetic measurements where the hyperpolarized (13)C enhanced, via (13)C → (1)H cross-relaxation, the signals of protons binding to the (13)C over the course of enzymatic reactions. In addition to these spontaneous heteronuclear enhancement experiments, single-shot acquisitions based on J-driven (13)C → (1)H polarization transfers were also carried out. These resulted in higher signal enhancements of the (1)H resonances but were not suitable for multishot kinetic studies. The potential of these (1)H-based approaches for measurements in vivo is briefly discussed.
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- Piotr Dzien
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Technische Universität München , München 81675, Germany
- Cancer Research UK Cancer Institute , Cambridge CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Institute , Cambridge CB2 0RE, United Kingdom
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Technische Universität München , München 81675, Germany
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Shchepin RV, Barskiy DA, Coffey AM, Theis T, Shi F, Warren WS, Goodson BM, Chekmenev EY. 15N Hyperpolarization of Imidazole- 15N 2 for Magnetic Resonance pH Sensing via SABRE-SHEATH. ACS Sens 2016; 1:640-644. [PMID: 27379344 PMCID: PMC4924567 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
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15N nuclear spins of imidazole-15N2 were
hyperpolarized using NMR signal amplification by reversible
exchange in shield enables alignment transfer to heteronuclei (SABRE-SHEATH).
A 15N NMR signal enhancement of ∼2000-fold at 9.4
T is reported using parahydrogen gas (∼50% para-) and ∼0.1
M imidazole-15N2 in methanol:aqueous buffer
(∼1:1). Proton binding to a 15N site of imidazole
occurs at physiological pH (pKa ∼
7.0), and the binding event changes the 15N isotropic chemical
shift by ∼30 ppm. These properties are ideal for in vivo pH
sensing. Additionally, imidazoles have low toxicity and are readily
incorporated into a wide range of biomolecules. 15N-Imidazole
SABRE-SHEATH hyperpolarization potentially enables pH sensing on scales
ranging from peptide and protein molecules to living organisms.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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Barskiy DA, Shchepin RV, Coffey AM, Theis T, Warren WS, Goodson BM, Chekmenev EY. Over 20% (15)N Hyperpolarization in Under One Minute for Metronidazole, an Antibiotic and Hypoxia Probe. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:8080-3. [PMID: 27321159 PMCID: PMC4937835 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Direct NMR hyperpolarization of naturally abundant (15)N sites in metronidazole is demonstrated using SABRE-SHEATH (Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange in SHield Enables Alignment Transfer to Heteronuclei). In only a few tens of seconds, nuclear spin polarization P(15)N of up to ∼24% is achieved using parahydrogen with 80% para fraction corresponding to P(15)N ≈ 32% if ∼100% parahydrogen were employed (which would translate to a signal enhancement of ∼0.1-million-fold at 9.4 T). In addition to this demonstration on the directly binding (15)N site (using J(2)H-(15)N), we also hyperpolarized more distant (15)N sites in metronidazole using longer-range spin-spin couplings (J(4)H-(15)N and J(5)H-(15)N). Taken together, these results significantly expand the range of molecular structures and sites amenable to hyperpolarization via low-cost parahydrogen-based methods. In particular, hyperpolarized nitroimidazole and its derivatives have powerful potential applications such as direct in vivo imaging of mechanisms of action or hypoxia sensing.
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- Danila A Barskiy
- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University , Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.,Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninskiy Prospekt 14, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Key concepts in MR spectroscopy and practical approaches to gaining biochemical information in children. Pediatr Radiol 2016; 46:941-51. [PMID: 27233787 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3204-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides independent biochemical information and has become an invaluable adjunct to MRI and other imaging modalities. This review introduces key concepts and presents basic methodological steps regarding the acquisition and the interpretation of proton MRS. We review major brain metabolites and discuss MRS dependence on age, location, echo time and field strength.
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Shchepin RV, Barskiy DA, Mikhaylov DM, Chekmenev EY. Efficient Synthesis of Nicotinamide-1-¹⁵N for Ultrafast NMR Hyperpolarization Using Parahydrogen. Bioconjug Chem 2016; 27:878-82. [PMID: 26999571 PMCID: PMC4843783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nicotinamide (a vitamin B3 amide) is one of the key
vitamins as well as a drug for treatment of M. tuberculosis, HIV, cancer, and other diseases. Here, an improved Zincke reaction
methodology is presented allowing for straightforward and scalable
synthesis of nicotinamide-1-15N with an excellent isotopic
purity (98%) and good yield (55%). 15N nuclear spin label
in nicotinamide-1-15N can be NMR hyperpolarized in seconds
using parahydrogen gas. NMR hyperpolarization using the process of
temporary conjugation between parahydrogen and to-be-hyperpolarized
biomolecule on hexacoordinate iridium complex via the Signal Amplification
By Reversible Exchange (SABRE) method significantly increases detection
sensitivity (e.g., >20 000-fold for nicotinamide-1-15N at 9.4 T) as has been shown by Theis T. et al. (J. Am.
Chem. Soc.2015, 137, 1404),
and hyperpolarized in this fashion, nicotinamide-1-15N
can be potentially used to probe metabolic processes in vivo in future
studies. Moreover, the presented synthetic methodology utilizes mild
reaction conditions, and therefore can also be potentially applied
to synthesis of a wide range of 15N-enriched N-heterocycles
that can be used as hyperpolarized contrast agents for future in vivo
molecular imaging studies.
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Durst M, Chiavazza E, Haase A, Aime S, Schwaiger M, Schulte RF. α-trideuteromethyl[15N]glutamine: A long-lived hyperpolarized perfusion marker. Magn Reson Med 2016; 76:1900-1904. [PMID: 26822562 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE We characterized the performance of a novel hyperpolarized perfusion marker, α-trideuteromethyl[15N]glutamine, for direct comparison with a 13C-based hyperpolarized perfusion marker, [13C, 15N2]urea. METHODS A hardware platform and pulse sequence for in vivo 15N experiments were established. Hyperpolarized solutions of α-trideuteromethyl[15N]glutamine and [13C, 15N2]urea were injected into healthy male Lewis rats. Kidney slice images were acquired using a single-shot spiral readout. Both compounds were compared to determine in vivo signal lifetime and tracer distribution. Mass spectrometry was performed to evaluate excretion of the compound. RESULTS Compared with 13C-labeled urea, a significantly increased signal lifetime was observed. While the urea signal was gone after 90 s, decay of the glutamine compound was sufficiently slow to obtain a quantifiable signal, even after 5 min. The glutamine derivative showed strong localization in the kidneys with little background signal. Effective T1 of α-trideuteromethyl[15N]glutamine was approximately eight-fold higher than that of urea. Mass spectrometry results confirmed rapid excretion within the time scale of the measurement. CONCLUSION Hyperpolarized α-trideuteromethyl[15N]glutamine is a highly promising candidate for renal studies because of its long signal lifetime, strong localization and rapid excretion. Magn Reson Med 76:1900-1904, 2016. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Markus Durst
- IMETUM, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Bavaria, Germany
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- IMETUM, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Bavaria, Germany
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