Performance and reproducibility of C-13 and N-15 hyperpolarization using a cryogen-free DNP polarizer

The setup, operational procedures and performance of a cryogen-free device for producing hyperpolarized contrast agents using dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) in a preclinical imaging center is described. The polarization was optimized using the solid-state, DNP-enhanced NMR signal to calibrate the sample position, microwave and NMR frequency and power and flip angle. The polarization of a standard formulation to yield similar to 4 mL, 60 mM 1-C-13-pyruvic acid in an aqueous solution was quantified in five experiments to P(C-13) = (38 +/- 6) % (19 +/- 1) s after dissolution. The mono-exponential time constant of the build-up of the solid-state polarization was quantified to (1032 +/- 22) s. We achieved a duty cycle of 1.5 h that includes sample loading, monitoring the polarization build-up, dissolution and preparation for the next run. After injection of the contrast agent in vivo, pyruvate, pyruvate hydrate, lactate, and alanine were observed, by measuring metabolite maps. Based on this work sequence, hyperpolarized N-15 urea was obtained (P(N-15) = (5.6 +/- 0.8) % (30 +/- 3) s after dissolution).

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Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara, Arianna Ferrari
2022
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Concepts associés (13)

Urée

Le terme urée désigne à la fois un composé chimique particulier et un ensemble de composés organiques : l'urée ou carbamide (DCI) est le composé ; les urées sont les dérivés de l'urée de formule générale (R1,R2)N−CO−N(R3,R4). L'urée joue un rôle important dans le métabolisme des composés azotés chez les animaux et est la principale substance contenant de l'azote dans l'urine des espèces urotéliques comme les mammifères. C'est un solide incolore et inodore, hautement soluble dans l'eau, et pratiquement non toxique (DL50 de chez le rat).

Hyperpolarization (physics)

Hyperpolarization is the nuclear spin polarization of a material in a magnetic field far beyond thermal equilibrium conditions determined by the Boltzmann distribution. It can be applied to gases such as 129Xe and 3He, and small molecules where the polarization levels can be enhanced by a factor of 104-105 above thermal equilibrium levels. Hyperpolarized noble gases are typically used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lungs. Hyperpolarized small molecules are typically used for in vivo metabolic imaging.

Preclinical imaging

Preclinical imaging is the visualization of living animals for research purposes, such as drug development. Imaging modalities have long been crucial to the researcher in observing changes, either at the organ, tissue, cell, or molecular level, in animals responding to physiological or environmental changes. Imaging modalities that are non-invasive and in vivo have become especially important to study animal models longitudinally. Broadly speaking, these imaging systems can be categorized into primarily morphological/anatomical and primarily molecular imaging techniques.