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(13)C MR reporter probe system using dynamic nuclear polarization.
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PMID:  21140513     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Reporter-based cell detection and localization in vivo may become an important imaging tool with the emergence of cellular therapy. With the strong signal enhancement provided by dynamic nuclear polarization, an NMR-based reporter probe system utilizing specific enzyme expression and activity can potentially provide stable, high-resolution visualization of the cells of interest noninvasively. In this work, a proof-of-concept (13)C MR reporter system, using the aminoacylase-1 reporter gene (Acy-1) and prepolarized [1-(13)C]N-acetyl-L-methionine as the paired substrate, was developed. Using a 3-T MR scanner, the feasibility of detecting and imaging de-acetylation of the prepolarized (13)C-labeled substrate by the aminoacylase-1 enzyme was demonstrated with purified protein in solution by dynamic (13)C MRS and two-dimensional MRSI experiments. The potential to perform targeted MRI of cells using this system was also demonstrated by (13)C MR measurement of aminoacylase-1 activity in HEK 293 cells transfected with the Acy-1 gene. The de-acetylation of the substrate was not observed in control cells. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors:
Albert P Chen; Ralph E Hurd; Yi-Ping Gu; David M Wilson; Charles H Cunningham
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2010-12-8
Journal Detail:
Title:  NMR in biomedicine     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1099-1492     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-8     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8915233     Medline TA:  NMR Biomed     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
GE Healthcare, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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