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Rieger K, Hoy J, Keller TJ, Maly T. Cryogenic sample eject system for electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometers. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2024; 370:107823. [PMID: 39708478 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2024] [Revised: 12/10/2024] [Accepted: 12/12/2024] [Indexed: 12/23/2024]
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We present a fully automated cryogenic sample insertion and ejection system for use with low-temperature EPR probes. We show how the system can be implemented on a conventional EPR spectrometer and that ejection and insertion is reliably possible at temperatures down to 10 K. Furthermore, we investigate the glass properties of a 0.1 mM sample of TEMPO in d8-glycerol/D2O (25/75, v/v) by measuring the electron phase memory time Tm in addition to determining the effective spin concentration from a PELDOR/DEER background trace. These experiments were done either using the sample eject system or samples that were manually flash frozen. We show that using the ejection system we can consistently obtain a better glass matrix as indicated by the longer Tm times and the lower effective concentrations.
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- Karl Rieger
- Bridge12 Magnetic Resonance, 11 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA 01760, USA
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- Bridge12 Magnetic Resonance, 11 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA 01760, USA
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- Bridge12 Magnetic Resonance, 11 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA 01760, USA
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- Bridge12 Magnetic Resonance, 11 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA 01760, USA.
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Narwal P, Lorz N, Minaei M, Jannin S, Kouřil K, Gossert A, Meier B. Bullet-DNP Enables NMR Spectroscopy of Pyruvate and Amino Acids at Nanomolar to Low Micromolar Concentrations. Anal Chem 2024; 96:14734-14740. [PMID: 39227032 PMCID: PMC11411493 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2024]
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Hyperpolarized pyruvate is a widely used marker to track metabolism in vivo and a benchmark molecule for hyperpolarization methods. Here, we show how a combination of improved bullet-DNP instrumentation, an optimized sample preparation and a further sensitivity increase via a 13C-1H polarization transfer after dissolution enable the observation of pyruvate at a concentration of 250 nM immediately after dissolution. At this concentration, the experiment employs a total mass of pyruvate of only 20 ng or 180 pmol. If the concentration is increased to 45 μM, pyruvate may be detected 1 min after dissolution with a signal-to-noise ratio exceeding 50. The procedure can be extended to observe a mixture of amino acids at low micromolar concentrations.
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- Pooja Narwal
- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- CRMN UMR-5082, CNRS, ENS Lyon, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne 69100, France
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
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Turhan E, Minaei M, Narwal P, Meier B, Kouřil K, Kurzbach D. Short-lived calcium carbonate precursors observed in situ via Bullet-dynamic nuclear polarization. Commun Chem 2024; 7:210. [PMID: 39289493 PMCID: PMC11408677 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01300-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/19/2024] Open
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The discovery of (meta)stable pre-nucleation species (PNS) challenges the established nucleation-and-growth paradigm. While stable PNS with long lifetimes are readily accessible experimentally, identifying and characterizing early-stage intermediates with short lifetimes remains challenging. We demonstrate that species with lifetimes ≪ 5 s can be characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy when boosted by 'Bullet' dynamic nuclear polarization (Bullet-DNP). We investigate the previously elusive early-stage prenucleation of calcium carbonates in the highly supersaturated concentration regime, characterizing species that form within milliseconds after the encounter of calcium and carbonate ions and show that ionic pre-nucleation species not only govern the solidification of calcium carbonates at weak oversaturation but also initiate rapid precipitation events at high concentrations. Such, we report a transient co-existence of two PNS with distinct molecular sizes and different compositions. This methodological advance may open new possibilities for studying and exploiting carbonate-based material formation in unexplored parts of the phase space.
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- Ertan Turhan
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- University of Vienna, Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem), Währinger Str. 42, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Egenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Egenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Egenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Egenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Razanahoera A, Sonnefeld A, Sheberstov K, Narwal P, Minaei M, Kouřil K, Bodenhausen G, Meier B. Hyperpolarization of Long-Lived States of Protons in Aliphatic Chains by Bullet Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Revealed on the Fly by Spin-Lock-Induced Crossing. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:9024-9029. [PMID: 39189820 PMCID: PMC11626513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 08/02/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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It is shown that proton spins highly polarized by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) retain substantial polarization upon the rapid transfer of frozen bullets from a polarizer to an NMR spectrometer. After injection in solution, the resulting hyperpolarization in aliphatic chains comprises population imbalances between singlet and triplet states of geminal protons and combinations thereof. These hyperpolarized long-lived states (LLSs) can be reconverted into observable transverse magnetization by polychromatic spin-lock-induced crossing (poly-SLIC). This reconversion can be achieved simultaneously in several molecules. Consecutive partial reconversion steps can be carried out to determine the lifetimes TLLS on the fly in a single experiment. The enhancement factors of hyperpolarized LLS-derived signals in our experiments are at least 2 orders of magnitude. These methods extend applications of bullet-DNP to protons in molecules containing short aliphatic chains and may be useful for drug screening.
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- Aiky Razanahoera
- Laboratoire
des Biomolécules, LBM, Département de Chimie, École
Normale Supérieure, PSL University,
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire
des Biomolécules, LBM, Département de Chimie, École
Normale Supérieure, PSL University,
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire
des Biomolécules, LBM, Département de Chimie, École
Normale Supérieure, PSL University,
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Laboratoire
des Biomolécules, LBM, Département de Chimie, École
Normale Supérieure, PSL University,
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
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Fukazawa J, Mochizuki Y, Kanai S, Miura N, Negoro M, Kagawa A. Real-Time Monitoring of Hydrolysis Reactions of Pyrophosphates with Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:7288-7294. [PMID: 38980118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) has enabled applications such as the real-time monitoring of chemical reactions. Such applications are mainly for 13C and 15N spins with long spin-lattice relaxation times in the molecules of interest. However, the only applications for phosphorus using d-DNP are pH imaging and nucleation during crystallization due to the short relaxation times. Here we show that it is possible to observe enzyme reactions using d-DNP with phosphorus. Hyperpolarized 31P spins in pyrophosphate were obtained using bullet-DNP, which requires less dilution of highly polarized solid samples. Real-time monitoring of the hydrolysis reaction of pyrophosphate by inorganic pyrophosphatase from baker's yeast at physiological pH and was successfully achieved and the reaction rate was determined. This is an important reaction for a wide range of applications related to medicine, agriculture, and quantum life science.
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- Jun Fukazawa
- Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8231, Japan
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- Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science (iQLS), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Katz I, Schmidt A, Ben-Shir I, Javitt M, Kouřil K, Capozzi A, Meier B, Lang A, Pokroy B, Blank A. Long-lived enhanced magnetization-A practical metabolic MRI contrast material. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eado2483. [PMID: 38996017 PMCID: PMC11244432 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado2483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
Abstract
Noninvasive tracking of biochemical processes in the body is paramount in diagnostic medicine. Among the leading techniques is spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which tracks metabolites with an amplified (hyperpolarized) magnetization signal injected into the subject just before scanning. Traditionally, the brief enhanced magnetization period of these agents limited clinical imaging. We propose a solution based on amalgamating two materials-one having diagnostic-metabolic activity and the other characterized by robust magnetization retention. This combination slows the magnetization decay in the diagnostic metabolic probe, which receives continuously replenished magnetization from the companion material. Thus, it extends the magnetization lifetime in some of our measurements to beyond 4 min, with net magnetization enhanced by more than four orders of magnitude. This could allow the metabolic probes to remain magnetized from injection until they reach the targeted organ, improving tissue signatures in clinical imaging. Upon validation, this metabolic MRI technique promises wide-ranging clinical applications, including diagnostic imaging, therapeutic monitoring, and posttreatment surveillance.
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- Itai Katz
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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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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- Institute of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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Praud C, Ribay V, Dey A, Charrier B, Mandral J, Farjon J, Dumez JN, Giraudeau P. Optimization of heteronuclear ultrafast 2D NMR for the study of complex mixtures hyperpolarized by dynamic nuclear polarization. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:6209-6219. [PMID: 37942549 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01681a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Hyperpolarized 13C NMR at natural abundance, based on dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP), provides rich, sensitive and repeatable 13C NMR fingerprints of complex mixtures. However, the sensitivity enhancement is associated with challenges such as peak overlap and the difficulty to assign hyperpolarized 13C signals. Ultrafast (UF) 2D NMR spectroscopy makes it possible to record heteronuclear 2D maps of d-DNP hyperpolarized samples. Heteronuclear UF 2D NMR can provide correlation peaks that link quaternary carbons and protons through long-range scalar couplings. Here, we report the analytical assessment of an optimized UF long-range HETCOR pulse sequence, applied to the detection of metabolic mixtures at natural abundance and hyperpolarized by d-DNP, based on repeatability and sensitivity considerations. We show that metabolite-dependent limits of quantification in the range of 1-50 mM (in the sample before dissolution) can be achieved, with a repeatability close to 10% and a very good linearity. We provide a detailed comparison of such analytical performance in two different dissolution solvents, D2O and MeOD. The reported pulse sequence appears as an useful analytical tool to facilitate the assignment and integration of metabolite signals in hyperpolarized complex mixtures.
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- Clément Praud
- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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Karabanov A, Kryukov E, Langlais D, Iuga D, Good J. Post-acquisition correction of NMR spectra distorted by dynamic and static field inhomogeneity of cryogen-free magnets. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2023; 353:107494. [PMID: 37348258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Post-acquisition correction of NMR spectra is an important part of NMR spectroscopy that enables refined NMR spectra to be obtained, clean from undesirable out-phasing, broadening and noising. We describe analytical and numerical mathematical methods for post-acquisition correction of NMR spectra distorted by static and dynamic magnetic field inhomogeneity caused by imperfections of main superconducting coils and the cold head operation, typical for cryogen-free magnets. For the dynamic inhomogeneity, we apply a variant of the general reference deconvolution method, complemented with our mathematical analysis of spectral parameters. For the static inhomogeneity, we apply the method of a delayed Fourier transform, also supported with our analytical calculations. We verify our approach by correction processing of high-field experimental liquid-state 1H NMR spectra of water and ethanol as well as solid-state 13C MAS NMR spectra of adamantane and obtain good results for both static and dynamic field distortions. This work complements our previous work on instrumental suppression of dynamic distortions caused by the cold head operation. The results presented contribute well to the general field of processing NMR spectra and serve towards a more extensive use of cryogen-free magnets in high-resolution NMR spectroscopy.
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- The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Kryukov E, Karabanov A, Langlais D, Iuga D, Reckless R, Good J. Cryogen-free 400 MHz (9.4 T) solid state MAS NMR system with liquid state NMR potential. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2023; 125:101873. [PMID: 37172429 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2023.101873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We show that the temporal magnetic field distortion generated by the Cold Head operation can be removed and high quality Solid-State Magic Angle Spinning NMR results can be obtained with a cryogen-free magnet. The compact design of the cryogen-free magnets allows for the probe to be inserted either from the bottom (as in most NMR systems) or, more conveniently, from the top. The magnetic field settling time can be made as short as an hour after a field ramp. Therefore, a single cryogen-free magnet can be used at different fixed fields. The magnetic field can be changed every day without compromising the measurement resolution.
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- The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Abergel D, Ferrage F. Introduction to "Geoffrey Bodenhausen Festschrift". MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2023; 4:111-114. [PMID: 37904799 PMCID: PMC10539798 DOI: 10.5194/mr-4-111-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Abergel
- Département de Chimie, LBM, UMR 7203, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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- Département de Chimie, LBM, UMR 7203, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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Eills J, Budker D, Cavagnero S, Chekmenev EY, Elliott SJ, Jannin S, Lesage A, Matysik J, Meersmann T, Prisner T, Reimer JA, Yang H, Koptyug IV. Spin Hyperpolarization in Modern Magnetic Resonance. Chem Rev 2023; 123:1417-1551. [PMID: 36701528 PMCID: PMC9951229 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Magnetic resonance techniques are successfully utilized in a broad range of scientific disciplines and in various practical applications, with medical magnetic resonance imaging being the most widely known example. Currently, both fundamental and applied magnetic resonance are enjoying a major boost owing to the rapidly developing field of spin hyperpolarization. Hyperpolarization techniques are able to enhance signal intensities in magnetic resonance by several orders of magnitude, and thus to largely overcome its major disadvantage of relatively low sensitivity. This provides new impetus for existing applications of magnetic resonance and opens the gates to exciting new possibilities. In this review, we provide a unified picture of the many methods and techniques that fall under the umbrella term "hyperpolarization" but are currently seldom perceived as integral parts of the same field. Specifically, before delving into the individual techniques, we provide a detailed analysis of the underlying principles of spin hyperpolarization. We attempt to uncover and classify the origins of hyperpolarization, to establish its sources and the specific mechanisms that enable the flow of polarization from a source to the target spins. We then give a more detailed analysis of individual hyperpolarization techniques: the mechanisms by which they work, fundamental and technical requirements, characteristic applications, unresolved issues, and possible future directions. We are seeing a continuous growth of activity in the field of spin hyperpolarization, and we expect the field to flourish as new and improved hyperpolarization techniques are implemented. Some key areas for development are in prolonging polarization lifetimes, making hyperpolarization techniques more generally applicable to chemical/biological systems, reducing the technical and equipment requirements, and creating more efficient excitation and detection schemes. We hope this review will facilitate the sharing of knowledge between subfields within the broad topic of hyperpolarization, to help overcome existing challenges in magnetic resonance and enable novel applications.
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- James Eills
- Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona
Institute of Science and Technology, 08028Barcelona, Spain
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- Johannes
Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55128Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut,
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 55128Mainz, Germany
- Department
of Physics, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53706, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Integrative Biosciences (IBio), Karmanos Cancer Institute
(KCI), Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan48202, United States
- Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow119991, Russia
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- Molecular
Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College
London, LondonW12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre
de RMN à Hauts Champs de Lyon, Université
de Lyon, CNRS, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69100Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre
de RMN à Hauts Champs de Lyon, Université
de Lyon, CNRS, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69100Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut
für Analytische Chemie, Universität
Leipzig, Linnéstr. 3, 04103Leipzig, Germany
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- Sir
Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University Park, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Magnetic
Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, , 60438Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53706, United States
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, 630090Novosibirsk, Russia
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Glycans, carbohydrate molecules in the realm of biology, are present as biomedically important glycoconjugates and a characteristic aspect is that their structures in many instances are branched. In determining the primary structure of a glycan, the sugar components including the absolute configuration and ring form, anomeric configuration, linkage(s), sequence, and substituents should be elucidated. Solution state NMR spectroscopy offers a unique opportunity to resolve all these aspects at atomic resolution. During the last two decades, advancement of both NMR experiments and spectrometer hardware have made it possible to unravel carbohydrate structure more efficiently. These developments applicable to glycans include, inter alia, NMR experiments that reduce spectral overlap, use selective excitations, record tilted projections of multidimensional spectra, acquire spectra by multiple receivers, utilize polarization by fast-pulsing techniques, concatenate pulse-sequence modules to acquire several spectra in a single measurement, acquire pure shift correlated spectra devoid of scalar couplings, employ stable isotope labeling to efficiently obtain homo- and/or heteronuclear correlations, as well as those that rely on dipolar cross-correlated interactions for sequential information. Refined computer programs for NMR spin simulation and chemical shift prediction aid the structural elucidation of glycans, which are notorious for their limited spectral dispersion. Hardware developments include cryogenically cold probes and dynamic nuclear polarization techniques, both resulting in enhanced sensitivity as well as ultrahigh field NMR spectrometers with a 1H NMR resonance frequency higher than 1 GHz, thus improving resolution of resonances. Taken together, the developments have made and will in the future make it possible to elucidate carbohydrate structure in great detail, thereby forming the basis for understanding of how glycans interact with other molecules.
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- Carolina Fontana
- Departamento
de Química del Litoral, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Paysandú 60000, Uruguay
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jurkutat M, Kouřilová H, Peat D, Kouřil K, Khan AS, Horsewill AJ, MacDonald JF, Owers-Bradley J, Meier B. Radical-Induced Low-Field 1H Relaxation in Solid Pyruvic Acid Doped with Trityl-OX063. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10370-10376. [PMID: 36316011 PMCID: PMC9661535 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
In dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), radicals such as trityl provide a source for high nuclear spin polarization. Conversely, during the low-field transfer of hyperpolarized solids, the radicals' dipolar or Non-Zeeman reservoir may act as a powerful nuclear polarization sink. Here, we report the low-temperature proton spin relaxation in pyruvic acid doped with trityl, for fields from 5 mT to 2 T. We estimate the heat capacity of the radical Non-Zeeman reservoir experimentally and show that a recent formalism by Wenckebach yields a parameter-free, yet quantitative model for the entire field range.
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- Michael Jurkutat
- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen76344, Germany
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen76344, Germany
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, U.K.
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen76344, Germany
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, U.K.
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, U.K.
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, U.K.
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, U.K.
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- Institute
of Biological Interfaces 4, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen76344, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Karlsruhe76131, Germany
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Dey A, Charrier B, Lemaitre K, Ribay V, Eshchenko D, Schnell M, Melzi R, Stern Q, Cousin S, Kempf J, Jannin S, Dumez JN, Giraudeau P. Fine optimization of a dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization experimental setting for 13C NMR of metabolic samples. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2022; 3:183-202. [PMID: 37904870 PMCID: PMC10583282 DOI: 10.5194/mr-3-183-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
NMR-based analysis of metabolite mixtures provides crucial information on biological systems but mostly relies on 1D 1 H experiments for maximizing sensitivity. However, strong peak overlap of 1 H spectra often is a limitation for the analysis of inherently complex biological mixtures. Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) improves NMR sensitivity by several orders of magnitude, which enables 13 C NMR-based analysis of metabolites at natural abundance. We have recently demonstrated the successful introduction of d-DNP into a full untargeted metabolomics workflow applied to the study of plant metabolism. Here we describe the systematic optimization of d-DNP experimental settings for experiments at natural 13 C abundance and show how the resolution, sensitivity, and ultimately the number of detectable signals improve as a result. We have systematically optimized the parameters involved (in a semi-automated prototype d-DNP system, from sample preparation to signal detection, aiming at providing an optimization guide for potential users of such a system, who may not be experts in instrumental development). The optimization procedure makes it possible to detect previously inaccessible protonated 13 C signals of metabolites at natural abundance with at least 4 times improved line shape and a high repeatability compared to a previously reported d-DNP-enhanced untargeted metabolomic study. This extends the application scope of hyperpolarized 13 C NMR at natural abundance and paves the way to a more general use of DNP-hyperpolarized NMR in metabolomics studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arnab Dey
- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Bruker Biospin, Industriestrasse 26, 8117 Fällanden, Switzerland
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- Bruker Biospin, Industriestrasse 26, 8117 Fällanden, Switzerland
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- Bruker Biospin, Viale V. Lancetti 43, 20158 Milan, Italy
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1,
ENS de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs (CRMN), UMR5082,
69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1,
ENS de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs (CRMN), UMR5082,
69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Epasto LM, Che K, Kozak F, Selimovic A, Kadeřávek P, Kurzbach D. Toward protein NMR at physiological concentrations by hyperpolarized water-Finding and mapping uncharted conformational spaces. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabq5179. [PMID: 35930648 PMCID: PMC9355353 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq5179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a key method for determining the structural dynamics of proteins in their native solution state. However, the low sensitivity of NMR typically necessitates nonphysiologically high sample concentrations, which often limit the relevance of the recorded data. We show how to use hyperpolarized water by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (DDNP) to acquire protein spectra at concentrations of 1 μM within seconds and with a high signal-to-noise ratio. The importance of approaching physiological concentrations is demonstrated for the vital MYC-associated factor X, which we show to switch conformations when diluted. While in vitro conditions lead to a population of the well-documented dimer, concentrations lowered by more than two orders of magnitude entail dimer dissociation and formation of a globularly folded monomer. We identified this structure by integrating DDNP with computational techniques to overcome the often-encountered constraint of DDNP of limited structural information provided by the typically detected one-dimensional spectra.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ludovica M. Epasto
- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Masaryk University, CEITEC, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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