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- Title
Hyperpolarized singlet lifetimes of pyruvate in human blood and in the mouse.
- Authors
Marco‐Rius, Irene; Tayler, Michael C. D.; Kettunen, Mikko I.; Larkin, Timothy J.; Timm, Kerstin N.; Serrao, Eva M.; Rodrigues, Tiago B.; Pileio, Giuseppe; Ardenkjaer‐Larsen, Jan Henrik; Levitt, Malcolm H.; Brindle, Kevin M.
- Abstract
Hyperpolarized NMR is a promising technique for non-invasive imaging of tissue metabolism in vivo. However, the pathways that can be studied are limited by the fast T1 decay of the nuclear spin order. In metabolites containing pairs of coupled nuclear spins-1/2, the spin order may be maintained by exploiting the non-magnetic singlet (spin-0) state of the pair. This may allow preservation of the hyperpolarization in vivo during transport to tissues of interest, such as tumors, or to detect slower metabolic reactions. We show here that in human blood and in a mouse in vivo at millitesla fields the 13C singlet lifetime of [1,2-13C2]pyruvate was significantly longer than the 13C T1, although it was shorter than the T1 at field strengths of several tesla. We also examine the singlet-derived NMR spectrum observed for hyperpolarized [1,2-13C2]lactate, originating from the metabolism of [1,2-13C2]pyruvate. © 2013 The Authors. NMR in Biomedicine published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication
NMR in Biomedicine, 2013, Vol 26, Issue 12, p1696
- ISSN
0952-3480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nbm.3005