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Korzeczek MC, Dagys L, Müller C, Tratzmiller B, Salhov A, Eichhorn T, Scheuer J, Knecht S, Plenio MB, Schwartz I. Towards a unified picture of polarization transfer - pulsed DNP and chemically equivalent PHIP. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2024; 362:107671. [PMID: 38614057 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
Abstract
Nuclear spin hyperpolarization techniques, such as dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP), have revolutionized nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging. In these methods, a readily available source of high spin order, either electron spins in DNP or singlet states in hydrogen for PHIP, is brought into close proximity with nuclear spin targets, enabling efficient transfer of spin order under external quantum control. Despite vast disparities in energy scales and interaction mechanisms between electron spins in DNP and nuclear singlet states in PHIP, a pseudo-spin formalism allows us to establish an intriguing equivalence. As a result, the important low-field polarization transfer regime of PHIP can be mapped onto an analogous system equivalent to pulsed-DNP. This establishes a correspondence between key polarization transfer sequences in PHIP and DNP, facilitating the transfer of sequence development concepts. This promises fresh insights and significant cross-pollination between DNP and PHIP polarization sequence developers.
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- Martin C Korzeczek
- Institute of Theoretical Physics and IQST, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and IQST, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany; Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH, 73447, Oberkochen, Germany
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- NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH, 89081, Ulm, Germany; Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Givat Ram, Israel
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- NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and IQST, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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- NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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Bengs C. Hyperpolarisation criteria in magnetic resonance. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2024; 360:107631. [PMID: 38335861 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) techniques display an inherently low sensitivity due to a small equilibrium magnetisation. Nowadays this issue is easily overcome through the use of hyperpolarisation methods. This however raises the question as to what precisely do we mean by "hyperpolarisation". Recently a formal definition of hyperpolarisation has been given based on the von Neumann entropy of a system. Ideally this definition should conform with the general usage in the magnetic resonance community, where hyperpolarisation is often used synonymously with "larger" NMR signals. Within this article I show that an entropy-based hyperpolarisation criterion does not always conform with the general usage. Based on this observation I introduce an alternative hyperpolarisation criterion utilising the concept of latent polarisation, where latent polarisation is a measure of the highest possible amount of polarisation that may be extracted from a system. I show that a hyperpolarisation criterion based on latent polarisation correlates more strongly with the general usage within the magnetic resonance community. Ultimately however our results show that there are several possible notions of hyperpolarisation, and the choice depends upon the questions of interest.
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- Christian Bengs
- School of Chemistry, Southampton University, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, USA.
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Eills J, Picazo-Frutos R, Bondar O, Cavallari E, Carrera C, Barker SJ, Utz M, Herrero-Gómez A, Marco-Rius I, Tayler MCD, Aime S, Reineri F, Budker D, Blanchard JW. Enzymatic Reactions Observed with Zero- and Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Anal Chem 2023; 95:17997-18005. [PMID: 38047582 PMCID: PMC10720634 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02087] [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: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
We demonstrate that enzyme-catalyzed reactions can be observed in zero- and low-field NMR experiments by combining recent advances in parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization methods with state-of-the-art magnetometry. Specifically, we investigated two model biological processes: the conversion of fumarate into malate, which is used in vivo as a marker of cell necrosis, and the conversion of pyruvate into lactate, which is the most widely studied metabolic process in hyperpolarization-enhanced imaging. In addition to this, we constructed a microfluidic zero-field NMR setup to perform experiments on microliter-scale samples of [1-13C]fumarate in a lab-on-a-chip device. Zero- to ultralow-field (ZULF) NMR has two key advantages over high-field NMR: the signals can pass through conductive materials (e.g., metals), and line broadening from sample heterogeneity is negligible. To date, the use of ZULF NMR for process monitoring has been limited to studying hydrogenation reactions. In this work, we demonstrate this emerging analytical technique for more general reaction monitoring and compare zero- vs low-field detection.
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- James Eills
- Barcelona
Institute of Science and Technology, Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona 08028, Spain
- GSI
Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute
for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- GSI
Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute
for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Center of Molecular
Imaging, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
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- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Center of Molecular
Imaging, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
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- Institute
of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council of Italy, Turin 10126, Italy
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- School of
Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School of
Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Barcelona
Institute of Science and Technology, Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Barcelona
Institute of Science and Technology, Institute
for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- The
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, ICFO—Institut de Ciéncies Fotóniques, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
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- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Center of Molecular
Imaging, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
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- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Center of Molecular
Imaging, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
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- GSI
Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute
for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
- Department
of Physics, University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- GSI
Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Quantum
Technology Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Ding Y, Stevanato G, von Bonin F, Kube D, Glöggler S. Real-time cell metabolism assessed repeatedly on the same cells via para-hydrogen induced polarization. Chem Sci 2023; 14:7642-7647. [PMID: 37476713 PMCID: PMC10355108 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01350b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Signal-enhanced or hyperpolarized nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy stands out as a unique tool to monitor real-time enzymatic reactions in living cells. The singlet state of para-hydrogen is thereby one source of spin order that can be converted into largely enhanced signals of e.g. metabolites. Here, we have investigated a parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) approach as a biological assay for in vitro cellular metabolic characterization. Here, we demonstrate the possibility to perform consecutive measurements yielding metabolic information on the same sample. We observed a strongly reduced pyruvate-to-lactate conversion rate (flux) of a Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer cell line L1236 treated with FK866, an inhibitor of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) affecting the amount of NAD+ and thus NADH in cells. In the consecutive measurement the flux was recovered by NADH to the same amount as in the single-measurement-per-sample and provides a promising new analytical tool for continuous real-time studies combinable with bioreactors and lab-on-a-chip devices in the future.
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- Yonghong Ding
- Group of NMR Signal Enhancement 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. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Group of NMR Signal Enhancement 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. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Clinic for Hematology and Medical Oncology University Medical Center Göttingen Robert-Koch-Str. 40 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Clinic for Hematology and Medical Oncology University Medical Center Göttingen Robert-Koch-Str. 40 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Group of NMR Signal Enhancement 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. 3A 37075 Göttingen Germany
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Eills J, Picazo-Frutos R, Burueva DB, Kovtunova LM, Azagra M, Marco-Rius I, Budker D, Koptyug IV. Combined homogeneous and heterogeneous hydrogenation to yield catalyst-free solutions of parahydrogen-hyperpolarized [1- 13C]succinate. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37450281 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01803b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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We show that catalyst-free aqueous solutions of hyperpolarized [1-13C]succinate can be produced using parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) and a combination of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation reactions. We generate hyperpolarized [1-13C]fumarate via PHIP using para-enriched hydrogen gas with a homogeneous ruthenium catalyst, and subsequently remove the toxic catalyst and reaction side products via a purification procedure. Following this, we perform a second hydrogenation reaction using normal hydrogen gas to convert the fumarate into succinate using a solid Pd/Al2O3 catalyst. This inexpensive polarization protocol has a turnover time of a few minutes, and represents a major advance for in vivo applications of [1-13C]succinate as a hyperpolarized contrast agent.
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- James Eills
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
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- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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Wang W, Wang Q, Xu J, Deng F. Understanding Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization NMR Spectroscopy. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Weiyu Wang
- National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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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: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [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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Affiliation(s)
- 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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Sonnefeld A, Razanahoera A, Pelupessy P, Bodenhausen G, Sheberstov K. Long-lived states of methylene protons in achiral molecules. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eade2113. [PMID: 36459545 PMCID: PMC10936052 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), the lifetimes of long-lived states (LLSs) are exquisitely sensitive to their environment. However, the number of molecules where such states can be excited has hitherto been rather limited. Here, it is shown that LLSs can be readily excited in many common molecules that contain two or more neighboring CH2 groups. Accessing such LLSs does not require any isotopic enrichment, nor does it require any stereogenic centers to lift the chemical equivalence of CH2 protons. LLSs were excited in a variety of metabolites, neurotransmitters, vitamins, amino acids, and other molecules. One can excite LLSs in several different molecules simultaneously. In combination with magnetic resonance imaging, LLSs can reveal a contrast upon noncovalent binding of ligands to macromolecules. This suggests new perspectives to achieve high-throughput parallel drug screening by NMR.
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- Anna Sonnefeld
- Department of chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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- Department of chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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- Department of chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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- Department of chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, France
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Sonnefeld A, Bodenhausen G, Sheberstov K. Polychromatic Excitation of Delocalized Long-Lived Proton Spin States in Aliphatic Chains. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:183203. [PMID: 36374699 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.183203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Long-lived states (LLS) involving pairs of magnetically inequivalent but chemically equivalent proton spins in aliphatic (CH_{2})_{n} chains can be excited by simultaneous application of weak selective radio frequency fields at n chemical shifts by polychromatic spin-lock induced crossing. The LLS are delocalized throughout the aliphatic chains by mixing of intrapair singlet states and by excitation of LLS comprising products of four and six spin operators. The measured lifetimes T_{LLS} in a model compound are about 5 times longer than T_{1} and are strongly affected by interactions with macromolecules.
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- Anna Sonnefeld
- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Kaseman DC, Batrice RJ, Williams RF. Detection of natural abundance 13C J-couplings at Earth's magnetic field for spin system differentiation of small organic molecules. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 342:107272. [PMID: 35917767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy routinely characterizes the unique spin systems of molecules using a combination of chemical shift and J-coupling interactions for the 1H and 13C nuclei. However, at Earth's magnetic field, chemical shifts are unresolvable and the ability to characterize structure relies solely on the J-couplings. Fortuitously, the J-couplings at Earth's field provides the same spin system information as high field, but only requires detection of the 1H nucleus. We report the first identification of the multiple natural abundance 1H-13C spin systems on organic molecules detected at Earth's magnetic field. The results clearly demonstrate the feasibility of Earth's field NMR to characterize small organic molecules without costly enrichment strategies.
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- Derrick C Kaseman
- Bioenergy and Biome Sciences Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
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- Chemical Diagnostics and Engineering Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
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- Bioenergy and Biome Sciences Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
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Bayer MC, Kremser C, Jessen C, Nitzer A, Kornath AJ. Strengthening of the C−F Bond in Fumaryl Fluoride with Superacids. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104422. [PMID: 35081268 PMCID: PMC9303274 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marie C. Bayer
- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstrasse 5–13 (D) 81377 Munich Germany
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- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstrasse 5–13 (D) 81377 Munich Germany
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- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstrasse 5–13 (D) 81377 Munich Germany
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- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstrasse 5–13 (D) 81377 Munich Germany
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- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstrasse 5–13 (D) 81377 Munich Germany
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Eills J, Hale W, Utz M. Synergies between Hyperpolarized NMR and Microfluidics: A Review. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 128:44-69. [PMID: 35282869 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Hyperpolarized nuclear magnetic resonance and lab-on-a-chip microfluidics are two dynamic, but until recently quite distinct, fields of research. Recent developments in both areas increased their synergistic overlap. By microfluidic integration, many complex experimental steps can be brought together onto a single platform. Microfluidic devices are therefore increasingly finding applications in medical diagnostics, forensic analysis, and biomedical research. In particular, they provide novel and powerful ways to culture cells, cell aggregates, and even functional models of entire organs. Nuclear magnetic resonance is a non-invasive, high-resolution spectroscopic technique which allows real-time process monitoring with chemical specificity. It is ideally suited for observing metabolic and other biological and chemical processes in microfluidic systems. However, its intrinsically low sensitivity has limited its application. Recent advances in nuclear hyperpolarization techniques may change this: under special circumstances, it is possible to enhance NMR signals by up to 5 orders of magnitude, which dramatically extends the utility of NMR in the context of microfluidic systems. Hyperpolarization requires complex chemical and/or physical manipulations, which in turn may benefit from microfluidic implementation. In fact, many hyperpolarization methodologies rely on processes that are more efficient at the micro-scale, such as molecular diffusion, penetration of electromagnetic radiation into a sample, or restricted molecular mobility on a surface. In this review we examine the confluence between the fields of hyperpolarization-enhanced NMR and microfluidics, and assess how these areas of research have mutually benefited one another, and will continue to do so.
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- James Eills
- Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55090 Mainz, Germany; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 32611, USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Schmidt AB, Bowers CR, Buckenmaier K, Chekmenev EY, de Maissin H, Eills J, Ellermann F, Glöggler S, Gordon JW, Knecht S, Koptyug IV, Kuhn J, Pravdivtsev AN, Reineri F, Theis T, Them K, Hövener JB. Instrumentation for Hydrogenative Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization Techniques. Anal Chem 2022; 94:479-502. [PMID: 34974698 PMCID: PMC8784962 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Andreas B. Schmidt
- Department of Radiology – Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Freiburg and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 2001 Museum Road, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- High-Field Magnetic Resonance Center, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max-Planck-Ring 11, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Intergrative Biosciences (Ibio), Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Leninskiy Prospect, 14, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Radiology – Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Freiburg and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Institute for Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55090 Mainz, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, 55128 Mainz, 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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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group Max Planck Institutefor Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG Von-Siebold-Str. 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 185 Berry St., San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS, 3A Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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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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- Dept. Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Via Nizza 52, University of Torino, Italy
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- Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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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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Schmidt AB, Brahms A, Ellermann F, Knecht S, Berner S, Hennig J, von Elverfeldt D, Herges R, Hövener JB, Pravdivtsev AN. Selective excitation of hydrogen doubles the yield and improves the robustness of parahydrogen-induced polarization of low-γ nuclei. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26645-26652. [PMID: 34846056 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04153c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We describe a new method for pulsed spin order transfer of parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) that enables high polarization in incompletely 2H-labeled molecules by exciting only the desired protons in a frequency-selective manner. This way, the effect of selected J-couplings is suspended. Experimentally 1.25% 13C polarization were obtained for 1-13C-ethyl pyruvate and 50% pH2 at 9.4 Tesla.
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- Andreas B Schmidt
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany. .,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Freiburg and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuen-heimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.,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 5, 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 Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
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- Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, Kiel University, Otto-Hahn-Platz 5, 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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Dagys L, Bengs C, Levitt MH. Low-frequency excitation of singlet-triplet transitions. Application to nuclear hyperpolarization. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:154201. [PMID: 34686060 DOI: 10.1063/5.0065863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Coupled pairs of nuclear spin-1/2 support one singlet state and three triplet states. Transitions between the singlet state and one of the triplet states may be driven by an oscillating low-frequency magnetic field, in the presence of couplings to a third nuclear spin, and a weak bias magnetic field. The oscillating field is in the same direction as the bias field and is called a WOLF (Weak Oscillating Low Field) pulse. Application of a WOLF pulse allows for the generation of strong nuclear hyperpolarization of 13C nuclei, starting from the nuclear singlet polarization of a 1H spin pair, associated with the enriched para-spin isomer of hydrogen gas. Hyperpolarization is demonstrated for two molecular systems.
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- Laurynas Dagys
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Bengs C, Dagys L, Moustafa GAI, Whipham JW, Sabba M, Kiryutin AS, Ivanov KL, Levitt MH. Nuclear singlet relaxation by chemical exchange. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:124311. [PMID: 34598559 DOI: 10.1063/5.0066182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The population imbalance between nuclear singlet states and triplet states of strongly coupled spin-1/2 pairs, also known as nuclear singlet order, is well protected against several common relaxation mechanisms. We study the nuclear singlet relaxation of 13C pairs in aqueous solutions of 1,2-13C2 squarate over a range of pH values. The 13C singlet order is accessed by introducing 18O nuclei in order to break the chemical equivalence. The squarate dianion is in chemical equilibrium with hydrogen-squarate (SqH-) and squaric acid (SqH2) characterized by the dissociation constants pK1 = 1.5 and pK2 = 3.4. Surprisingly, we observe a striking increase in the singlet decay time constants TS when the pH of the solution exceeds ∼10, which is far above the acid-base equilibrium points. We derive general rate expressions for chemical-exchange-induced nuclear singlet relaxation and provide a qualitative explanation of the TS behavior of the squarate dianion. We identify a kinetic contribution to the singlet relaxation rate constant, which explicitly depends on kinetic rate constants. Qualitative agreement is achieved between the theory and the experimental data. This study shows that infrequent chemical events may have a strong effect on the relaxation of nuclear singlet order.
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- Christian Bengs
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Kondo Y, Nonaka H, Takakusagi Y, Sando S. Entwicklung molekularer Sonden für die hyperpolarisierte NMR‐Bildgebung im biologischen Bereich. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yohei Kondo
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Life Science National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage Chiba-city 263-8555 Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage Chiba-city 263-8555 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
- Department of Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Rodin BA, Kozinenko VP, Kiryutin AS, Yurkovskaya AV, Eills J, Ivanov KL. Constant-adiabaticity pulse schemes for manipulating singlet order in 3-spin systems with weak magnetic non-equivalence. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2021; 327:106978. [PMID: 33957556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2021.106978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) is a source of nuclear spin hyperpolarization, and this technique allows for the preparation of biomolecules for in vivo metabolic imaging. PHIP delivers hyperpolarization in the form of proton singlet order to a molecule, but most applications require that a heteronuclear (e.g. 13C or 15N) spin in the molecule is hyperpolarized. Here we present high field pulse methods to manipulate proton singlet order in the [1-13C]fumarate, and in particular to transfer the proton singlet order into 13C magnetization. We exploit adiabatic pulses, i.e., pulses with slowly ramped amplitude, and use constant-adiabaticity variants: the spin Hamiltonian is varied in such a way that the generalized adiabaticity parameter is time-independent. This allows for faster polarization transfer, and we achieve 96.2% transfer efficiency in thermal equilibrium experiments. We demonstrate this in experiments using hyperpolarization, and obtain 6.8% 13C polarization. This work paves the way for efficient hyperpolarization of nuclear spins in a variety of biomolecules, since the high-field pulse sequences allow individual spins to be addressed.
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- Bogdan A Rodin
- 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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- 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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- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Melchiorre G, Nelder C, Brown LJ, Dumez JN, Pileio G. Single-scan measurements of nuclear spin singlet order decay rates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:9851-9859. [PMID: 33908503 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00807b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Measurements of singlet spin order decay rates are time consuming due to the long-lived nature of this form of order and the typical pseudo-2D mode of acquisition. Additionally, this acquisition modality is not ideal for experiments run on hyperpolarized order because of the single-shot nature of hyperpolarization techniques. We present a methodology based on spatial encoding that not only significantly reduces the duration of these experiments but also confers compatibility using spin hyperpolarization techniques. The method condenses in a single shot the variable delay array used to measure decay rates in conventional pseudo-2D relaxation experiments. This results in a substantial time saving factor and, more importantly, makes the experiment compatible with hyperpolarization techniques since only a single hyperpolarized sample is required. Furthermore, the presented method, besides offering savings on time and costs, avoids reproducibility concerns associated with repetition in the hyperpolarization procedure. The method accelerates the measurement and characterization of singlet order decay times, and, when coupled with hyperpolarization techniques, can facilitate the quest for systems with very long decay times.
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- Giulia Melchiorre
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK.
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Rodin BA, Eills J, Picazo-Frutos R, Sheberstov KF, Budker D, Ivanov KL. Constant-adiabaticity ultralow magnetic field manipulations of parahydrogen-induced polarization: application to an AA'X spin system. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:7125-7134. [PMID: 33876078 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06581a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The field of magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarized contrast agents is rapidly expanding, and parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) is emerging as an inexpensive and easy-to-implement method for generating the required hyperpolarized biomolecules. Hydrogenative PHIP delivers hyperpolarized proton spin order to a substrate via chemical addition of H2 in the spin-singlet state, but it is typically necessary to transfer the proton polarization to a heteronucleus (usually 13C) which has a longer spin lifetime. Adiabatic ultralow magnetic field manipulations can be used to induce the polarization transfer, but this is necessarily a slow process, which is undesirable since the spins continually relax back to thermal equilibrium. Here we demonstrate two constant-adiabaticity field sweep methods, one in which the field passes through zero, and one in which the field is swept from zero, for optimal polarization transfer on a model AA'X spin system, [1-13C]fumarate. We introduce a method for calculating the constant-adiabaticity magnetic field sweeps, and demonstrate that they enable approximately one order of magnitude faster spin-order conversion compared to linear sweeps. The present method can thus be utilized to manipulate nonthermal order in heteronuclear spin systems.
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- Bogdan A Rodin
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Eills J, Cavallari E, Kircher R, Di Matteo G, Carrera C, Dagys L, Levitt MH, Ivanov KL, Aime S, Reineri F, Münnemann K, Budker D, Buntkowsky G, Knecht S. Singlet-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Unlocking Hyperpolarization with Metabolism*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6791-6798. [PMID: 33340439 PMCID: PMC7986935 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hyperpolarization-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging can be used to study biomolecular processes in the body, but typically requires nuclei such as 13 C, 15 N, or 129 Xe due to their long spin-polarization lifetimes and the absence of a proton-background signal from water and fat in the images. Here we present a novel type of 1 H imaging, in which hyperpolarized spin order is locked in a nonmagnetic long-lived correlated (singlet) state, and is only liberated for imaging by a specific biochemical reaction. In this work we produce hyperpolarized fumarate via chemical reaction of a precursor molecule with para-enriched hydrogen gas, and the proton singlet order in fumarate is released as antiphase NMR signals by enzymatic conversion to malate in D2 O. Using this model system we show two pulse sequences to rephase the NMR signals for imaging and suppress the background signals from water. The hyperpolarization-enhanced 1 H-imaging modality presented here can allow for hyperpolarized imaging without the need for low-abundance, low-sensitivity heteronuclei.
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- J. Eills
- Helmholtz Institute MainzGSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung64291DarmstadtGermany
- Johannes Gutenberg University55090MainzGermany
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health SciencesUniversity of TorinoTorino10126Italy
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- Technical University of Kaiserslautern67663KaiserslauternGermany
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health SciencesUniversity of TorinoTorino10126Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and BioimagingNational Research Council of ItalyTorino10126Italy
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonSO17 1BJVereinigtes Königreich
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonSO17 1BJVereinigtes Königreich
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- International Tomography CenterSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of ScienceNovosibirsk630090Russia
- Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk630090Russia
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health SciencesUniversity of TorinoTorino10126Italy
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health SciencesUniversity of TorinoTorino10126Italy
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- Technical University of Kaiserslautern67663KaiserslauternGermany
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- Helmholtz Institute MainzGSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung64291DarmstadtGermany
- Johannes Gutenberg University55090MainzGermany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Physical, ChemistryTechnical University Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Physical, ChemistryTechnical University Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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Eills J, Cavallari E, Kircher R, Di Matteo G, Carrera C, Dagys L, Levitt MH, Ivanov KL, Aime S, Reineri F, Münnemann K, Budker D, Buntkowsky G, Knecht S. Singulett‐Kontrast‐Magnetresonanztomographie: Freisetzung der Hyperpolarisation durch den Metabolismus**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- J. Eills
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung 64291 Darmstadt Deutschland
- Johannes Gutenberg University 55090 Mainz Deutschland
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences University of Torino Torino 10126 Italien
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- Technical University of Kaiserslautern 67663 Kaiserslautern Deutschland
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences University of Torino Torino 10126 Italien
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging National Research Council of Italy Torino 10126 Italien
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- School of Chemistry University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ Vereinigtes Königreich
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- School of Chemistry University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ Vereinigtes Königreich
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- International Tomography Center Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science Novosibirsk 630090 Russland
- Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk 630090 Russland
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences University of Torino Torino 10126 Italien
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- Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences University of Torino Torino 10126 Italien
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- Technical University of Kaiserslautern 67663 Kaiserslautern Deutschland
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- Helmholtz Institute Mainz GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung 64291 Darmstadt Deutschland
- Johannes Gutenberg University 55090 Mainz Deutschland
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Physical, Chemistry Technical University Darmstadt 64287 Darmstadt Deutschland
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Physical, Chemistry Technical University Darmstadt 64287 Darmstadt Deutschland
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Kondo Y, Nonaka H, Takakusagi Y, Sando S. Design of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Molecular Probes for Hyperpolarized Bioimaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14779-14799. [PMID: 32372551 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nuclear hyperpolarization has emerged as a method to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy. By application of this powerful tool, small molecules with stable isotopes have been used for highly sensitive biomedical molecular imaging. The recent development of molecular probes for hyperpolarized in vivo analysis has demonstrated the ability of this technique to provide unique metabolic and physiological information. This review presents a brief introduction of hyperpolarization technology, approaches to the rational design of molecular probes for hyperpolarized analysis, and examples of molecules that have met with success in vitro or in vivo.
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- Yohei Kondo
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba-city, 263-8555, Japan.,National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba-city, 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Reineri F, Cavallari E, Carrera C, Aime S. Hydrogenative-PHIP polarized metabolites for biological studies. MAGMA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 34:25-47. [PMID: 33527252 PMCID: PMC7910253 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-020-00904-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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ParaHydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) is an efficient and cost-effective hyperpolarization method, but its application to biological investigations has been hampered, so far, due to chemical challenges. PHIP is obtained by means of the addition of hydrogen, enriched in the para-spin isomer, to an unsaturated substrate. Both hydrogen atoms must be transferred to the same substrate, in a pairwise manner, by a suitable hydrogenation catalyst; therefore, a de-hydrogenated precursor of the target molecule is necessary. This has strongly limited the number of parahydrogen polarized substrates. The non-hydrogenative approach brilliantly circumvents this central issue, but has not been translated to in-vivo yet. Recent advancements in hydrogenative PHIP (h-PHIP) considerably widened the possibility to hyperpolarize metabolites and, in this review, we will focus on substrates that have been obtained by means of this method and used in vivo. Attention will also be paid to the requirements that must be met and on the issues that have still to be tackled to obtain further improvements and to push PHIP substrates in biological applications.
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- Francesca Reineri
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, Turin, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Via Nizza 52, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, Turin, Italy
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Berner S, Schmidt AB, Ellermann F, Korchak S, Chekmenev EY, Glöggler S, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Hövener JB. High field parahydrogen induced polarization of succinate and phospholactate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:2320-2330. [PMID: 33449978 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06281b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The signal enhancement provided by the hyperpolarization of nuclear spins of metabolites is a promising technique for diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To date, most 13C-contrast agents are hyperpolarized utilizing a complex or cost-intensive polarizer. Recently, the in situ parahydrogen-induced 13C hyperpolarization was demonstrated. Hydrogenation, spin order transfer (SOT) by a pulsed NMR sequence, in vivo administration, and detection was achieved within the magnet bore of a 7 Tesla MRI system. So far, the hyperpolarization of the xenobiotic molecule 1-13C-hydroxyethylpropionate (HEP) and the biomolecule 1-13C-succinate (SUC) through the PH-INEPT+ sequence and a SOT scheme proposed by Goldman et al., respectively, was shown. Here, we investigate further the hyperpolarization of SUC at 7 Tesla and study the performance of two additional SOT sequences. Moreover, we present first results of the hyperpolarization at high magnetic field of 1-13C-phospholactate (PLAC), a derivate to obtain the metabolite lactate, employing the PH-INEPT+ sequence. For SUC and PLAC, 13C polarizations of about 1-2% were achieved within seconds and with minimal equipment. Effects that potentially may explain loss of 13C polarization have been identified, i.e. low hydrogenation yield, fast T1/T2 relaxation and the rarely considered 13C isotope labeling effect.
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- Stephan Berner
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Germany.
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Bengs C, Dagys L, Levitt MH. Robust transformation of singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation over an extended coupling range. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 321:106850. [PMID: 33190080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Several important NMR procedures involve the conversion of nuclear singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation, including some experiments involving long-lived spin states and parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation. However most existing sequences suffer from a limited range of validity or a lack of robustness against experimental imperfections. We present a new radio-frequency scheme for the transformation of the singlet order of a chemically-equivalent homonuclear spin pair into the magnetisation of a heteronuclear coupling partner. The proposed radio-frequency (RF) scheme is called gS2hM (generalized singlet-to-heteronuclear magnetisation) and has good compensation for common experimental errors such as RF and static field inhomogeneities. The sequence retains its robustness for homonuclear spin pairs in the intermediate coupling regime, characterised by the in-pair coupling being of the same order of magnitude as the difference between the out-of-pair couplings. This is a substantial improvement to the validity range of existing sequences. Analytical solutions for the pulse sequence parameters are provided. Experimental results are shown for two test cases.
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- Christian Bengs
- School of Chemistry, Southampton University, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Southampton University, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Southampton University, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Hall AMR, Cartlidge TAA, Pileio G. A temperature-controlled sample shuttle for field-cycling NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 317:106778. [PMID: 32650304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a design for a temperature-controlled sample shuttle for use in NMR measurements at variable magnetic field strength. Accurate temperature control was achieved using a mixture of water-ethylene glycol as a heat transfer fluid, reducing temperature gradients across the sample to < 0.05 °C and minimising convection. Using the sample shuttle, we show how the longitudinal (T1) and singlet order (TS) relaxation time constants were measured for two molecules capable of supporting long-lived states, with new record lifetimes observed at low field and above ambient temperatures.
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- Andrew M R Hall
- University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
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Bengs C, Sabba M, Jerschow A, Levitt MH. Generalised magnetisation-to-singlet-order transfer in nuclear magnetic resonance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:9703-9712. [PMID: 32329499 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00935k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A variety of pulse sequences have been described for converting nuclear spin magnetisation into long-lived singlet order for nuclear spin-1/2 pairs. Existing sequences operate well in two extreme parameter regimes. The magnetisation-to-singlet (M2S) pulse sequence performs a robust conversion of nuclear spin magnetisation into singlet order in the near-equivalent limit, meaning that the difference in chemical shift frequencies of the two spins is much smaller than the spin-spin coupling. Other pulse sequences operate in the strong-inequivalence regime, where the shift difference is much larger than the spin-spin coupling. However both sets of pulse sequences fail in the intermediate regime, where the chemical shift difference and the spin-spin coupling are roughly equal in magnitude. We describe a generalised version of M2S, called gM2S, which achieves robust singlet order excitation for spin systems ranging from the near-equivalence limit well into the intermediate regime. This closes an important gap left by existing pulse sequences. The efficiency of the gM2S sequence is demonstrated numerically and experimentally for near-equivalent and intermediate-regime cases.
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- Christian Bengs
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Mamone S, Rezaei-Ghaleh N, Opazo F, Griesinger C, Glöggler S. Singlet-filtered NMR spectroscopy. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz1955. [PMID: 32128422 PMCID: PMC7034991 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz1955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Selectively studying parts of proteins and metabolites in tissue with nuclear magnetic resonance promises new insights into molecular structures or diagnostic approaches. Nuclear spin singlet states allow the selection of signals from chemical moieties of interest in proteins or metabolites while suppressing background signal. This selection process is based on the electron-mediated coupling between two nuclear spins and their difference in resonance frequency. We introduce a generalized and versatile pulsed NMR experiment that allows populating singlet states on a broad scale of coupling patterns. This approach allowed us to filter signals from proton pairs in the Alzheimer's disease-related b-amyloid 40 peptide and in metabolites in brain matter. In particular, for glutamine/glutamate, we have discovered a long-lived state in tissue without the typically required singlet sustaining by radiofrequency irradiation. We believe that these findings will open up new opportunities to study metabolites with a view on future in vivo applications.
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- Salvatore Mamone
- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, AmFaßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Waldweg 33, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
- Department for NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department for NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- NMR Signal Enhancement Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, AmFaßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration of UMG, Von-Siebold-Straße 3A, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Generating and sustaining long-lived spin states in 15N, 15N'-azobenzene. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20161. [PMID: 31882901 PMCID: PMC6934830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56734-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Long-Lived spin States (LLSs) hold a great promise for sustaining non-thermal spin order and investigating various slow processes by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Of special interest for such application are molecules containing nearly equivalent magnetic nuclei, which possess LLSs even at high magnetic fields. In this work, we report an LLS in trans-15N,15N′-azobenzene. The singlet state of the 15N spin pair exhibits a long-lived character. We solve the challenging problem of generating and detecting this LLS and further increase the LLS population by converting the much higher magnetization of protons into the 15N singlet spin order. As far as the longevity of this spin order is concerned, various schemes have been tested for sustaining the LLS. Lifetimes of 17 minutes have been achieved at 16.4 T, a value about 250 times longer than the longitudinal relaxation time of 15N in this magnetic field. We believe that such extended relaxation times, along with the photochromic properties of azobenzene, which changes conformation upon light irradiation and can be hyperpolarized by using parahydrogen, are promising for designing new experiments with photo-switchable long-lived hyperpolarization.
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Kozinenko VP, Kiryutin AS, Yurkovskaya AV, Ivanov KL. Polarization of low-γ nuclei by transferring spin order of parahydrogen at high magnetic fields. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 309:106594. [PMID: 31569052 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this work, we optimize the performance of a previously proposed method for transferring parahydrogen induced polarization to "insensitive" spin-1/2 NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) nuclei, which have low gyromagnetic ratio and low natural abundance. By optimizing the reaction conditions and pressure of the parahydrogen gas and using adiabatically switched radiofrequency fields we achieve high polarization transfer efficiency and report carbon spin polarization of dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate reaching 35%, which corresponds to 13C NMR signal enhancements of about 43,000 at 9.4 Tesla. Such polarization levels allow one to work with mM concentrations at natural carbon abundance and to detect 13C NMR signal in single scan. In combination with a pseudo phase cycle, the polarization transfer method used here also enables efficient suppression of unwanted background signals.
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- Vitaly P Kozinenko
- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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Eills J, Cavallari E, Carrera C, Budker D, Aime S, Reineri F. Real-Time Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Detection of Fumarase Activity Using Parahydrogen-Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Fumarate. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:20209-20214. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- James Eills
- Helmholtz Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10124, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council of Italy, Turin 10126, Italy
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- Helmholtz Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10124, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10124, Italy
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Barskiy DA, Knecht S, Yurkovskaya AV, Ivanov KL. SABRE: Chemical kinetics and spin dynamics of the formation of hyperpolarization. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 114-115:33-70. [PMID: 31779885 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In this review, we present the physical principles of the SABRE (Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange) method. SABRE is a promising hyperpolarization technique that enhances NMR signals by transferring spin order from parahydrogen (an isomer of the H2 molecule that is in a singlet nuclear spin state) to a substrate that is to be polarized. Spin order transfer takes place in a transient organometallic complex which binds both parahydrogen and substrate molecules; after dissociation of the SABRE complex, free hyperpolarized substrate molecules are accumulated in solution. An advantage of this method is that the substrate is not modified chemically, and its polarization can be regenerated multiple times by bubbling fresh parahydrogen through the solution. Thus, SABRE requires two key ingredients: (i) polarization transfer and (ii) chemical exchange of both parahydrogen and substrate. While there are several excellent reviews on applications of SABRE, the background of the method is discussed less frequently. In this review we aim to explain in detail how SABRE hyperpolarization is formed, focusing on key aspects of both spin dynamics and chemical kinetics, as well as on the interplay between them. Hence, we first cover the known spin order transfer methods applicable to SABRE - cross-relaxation, coherent spin mixing at avoided level crossings, and coherence transfer - and discuss their practical implementation for obtaining SABRE polarization in the most efficient way. Second, we introduce and explain the principle of SABRE hyperpolarization techniques that operate at ultralow (<1 μT), at low (1μT to 0.1 T) and at high (>0.1 T) magnetic fields. Finally, chemical aspects of SABRE are discussed in detail, including chemical systems that are amenable to SABRE and the exchange processes that are required for polarization formation. A theoretical treatment of the spin dynamics and their interplay with chemical kinetics is also presented. This review outlines known aspects of SABRE and provides guidelines for the design of new SABRE experiments, with the goal of solving practical problems of enhancing weak NMR signals.
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- Danila A Barskiy
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Eduard-Zintl Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany; Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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Levitt MH. Long live the singlet state! JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 306:69-74. [PMID: 31307892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The field of long-lived states in NMR is reviewed. The relationship of long-lived-state phenomena to those associated with spin isomerism is discussed. A brief overview is given of key developments in the field of long-lived states, including chemical symmetry-switching, the role of magnetic equivalence and magnetic inequivalence, long-lived coherences, hyperpolarized NMR involving long-lived states, quantum-rotor-induced polarization, and parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarization. Current application areas of long-lived states are reviewed, and a peer into the crystal ball reveals future developments in the field.
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- Malcolm H Levitt
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK.
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Berner S, Schmidt AB, Zimmermann M, Pravdivtsev AN, Glöggler S, Hennig J, von Elverfeldt D, Hövener J. SAMBADENA Hyperpolarization of 13C-Succinate in an MRI: Singlet-Triplet Mixing Causes Polarization Loss. ChemistryOpen 2019; 8:728-736. [PMID: 31275794 PMCID: PMC6587320 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The signal enhancement provided by the hyperpolarization of nuclear spins of biological molecules is a highly promising technique for diagnostic imaging. To date, most 13C-contrast agents had to be polarized in an extra, complex or cost intensive polarizer. Recently, the in situ hyperpolarization of a 13C contrast agent to >20 % was demonstrated without a polarizer but within the bore of an MRI system. This approach addresses some of the challenges of MRI with hyperpolarized tracers, i. e. elevated cost, long production times, and loss of polarization during transfer to the detection site. Here, we demonstrate the first hyperpolarization of a biomolecule in aqueous solution in the bore of an MRI at field strength of 7 T within seconds. The 13C nucleus of 1-13C, 2,3-2H2-succinate was polarized to 11 % corresponding to a signal enhancement of approximately 18.000. Interesting effects during the process of the hydrogenation reaction which lead to a significant loss of polarization have been observed.
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- Stephan Berner
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgKillianstraße 5a79106FreiburgGermany
- German Consortium for Cancer Research (DKTK) partner site Freiburg
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)Im Neuenheimer Feld 28069120HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgKillianstraße 5a79106FreiburgGermany
- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Section Biomedical Imaging, MOIN CC, University Medical Center Schleswig-HolsteinUniversity of KielAm Botanischen Garten 1424118KielGermany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgKillianstraße 5a79106FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Section Biomedical Imaging, MOIN CC, University Medical Center Schleswig-HolsteinUniversity of KielAm Botanischen Garten 1424118KielGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 1137077GöttingenGermany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of NeurodegenerationVon-Siebold-Straße 3a37075GöttingenGermany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgKillianstraße 5a79106FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of FreiburgKillianstraße 5a79106FreiburgGermany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Section Biomedical Imaging, MOIN CC, University Medical Center Schleswig-HolsteinUniversity of KielAm Botanischen Garten 1424118KielGermany
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Eills J, Hale W, Sharma M, Rossetto M, Levitt MH, Utz M. High-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Picomole Sensitivity by Hyperpolarization on a Chip. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9955-9963. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- James Eills
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Eills J, Blanchard JW, Wu T, Bengs C, Hollenbach J, Budker D, Levitt MH. Polarization transfer via field sweeping in parahydrogen-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:174202. [PMID: 31067882 DOI: 10.1063/1.5089486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We show that in a spin system of two magnetically inequivalent protons coupled to a heteronucleus such as 13C, an adiabatic magnetic field sweep, passing through zero field, transfers the proton singlet order into magnetization of the coupled heteronucleus. This effect is potentially useful in parahydrogen-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance and is demonstrated on singlet-hyperpolarized [1-13C]maleic acid, which is prepared via the reaction between [1-13C]acetylene dicarboxylic acid and para-enriched hydrogen gas. The magnetic field sweeps are of microtesla amplitudes and have durations on the order of seconds. We show a polarization enhancement by a factor of 104 in the 13C spectra of [1-13C]maleic acid in a 1.4 T magnetic field.
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- James Eills
- University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Helmholtz Institute, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Bengs C, Levitt MH. SpinDynamica: Symbolic and numerical magnetic resonance in a Mathematica environment. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2018; 56:374-414. [PMID: 28809056 PMCID: PMC6001486 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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SpinDynamica is a set of Mathematica packages for performing numerical and symbolic analysis of a wide range of magnetic resonance experiments and phenomena. An overview of the SpinDynamica architecture and functionality is given, with some simple representative examples.
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- Christian Bengs
- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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Ripka B, Eills J, Kouřilová H, Leutzsch M, Levitt MH, Münnemann K. Hyperpolarized fumarate via parahydrogen. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:12246-12249. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06636a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We produce hyperpolarized [1-13C]fumarate in the proton nuclear spin singlet state by pairwise trans-addition of parahydrogen to a molecular precursor using a ruthenium-based catalyst in water.
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- Barbara Ripka
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- Mainz
- Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- Mainz
- Germany
- Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Kaiserslautern
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Dumez JN, Vuichoud B, Mammoli D, Bornet A, Pinon AC, Stevanato G, Meier B, Bodenhausen G, Jannin S, Levitt MH. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of Long-Lived Nuclear Spin States in Methyl Groups. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:3549-3555. [PMID: 28708395 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We have induced hyperpolarized long-lived states in compounds containing 13C-bearing methyl groups by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) at cryogenic temperatures, followed by dissolution with a warm solvent. The hyperpolarized methyl long-lived states give rise to enhanced antiphase 13C NMR signals in solution, which often persist for times much longer than the 13C and 1H spin-lattice relaxation times under the same conditions. The DNP-induced effects are similar to quantum-rotor-induced polarization (QRIP) but are observed in a wider range of compounds because they do not depend critically on the height of the rotational barrier. We interpret our observations with a model in which nuclear Zeeman and methyl tunnelling reservoirs adopt an approximately uniform temperature, under DNP conditions. The generation of hyperpolarized NMR signals that persist for relatively long times in a range of methyl-bearing substances may be important for applications such as investigations of metabolism, enzymatic reactions, protein-ligand binding, drug screening, and molecular imaging.
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- Jean-Nicolas Dumez
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton , Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton , Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Stevanato G, Eills J, Bengs C, Pileio G. A pulse sequence for singlet to heteronuclear magnetization transfer: S2hM. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 277:169-178. [PMID: 28314207 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated, in the context of para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP), the conversion of hyperpolarized proton singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation can be efficiently achieved via a new sequence named S2hM (Singlet to heteronuclear Magnetisation). In this paper we give a detailed theoretical description, supported by an experimental illustration, of S2hM. Theory and experiments on thermally polarized samples demonstrate the proposed method is robust to frequency offset mismatches and radiofrequency field inhomogeneities. The simple implementation, optimisation and the high conversion efficiency, under various regimes of magnetic equivalence, makes S2hM an excellent candidate for a widespread use, particularly within the PHIP arena.
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- Gabriele Stevanato
- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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