Equivalent cross-relaxation rate imaging positively correlates with pathological grade and cell density of adipocytic tumors

Objective

Equivalent cross-relaxation rate imaging (ECRI) is an MRI technique used to evaluate qualitative changes in protein-water interactions. We aimed to prospectively evaluate the utility of ECRI for classification of adipocytic tumors.

Materials and Methods

Institutional Review Board approval was obtained and all patients provided informed consent. Study participants included 40 patients with adipocytic tumors who were diagnosed with lipomas (n = 22), atypical lipomatous tissue/well-differentiated liposarcoma (ALT/WDL; n = 9), myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MyL; n = 6), and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDL; n = 3), and 20 control patients for whom subcutaneous fat in the buttock or thigh was analyzed.

Results

Mean ECR values of lipomas, ALT/WDL, and subcutaneous fat were low, and those of MyL and DDL were high. Mean ECR values of MyL and DDL were significantly higher than those of ALT/WDL. The cut-off value was 5.1%. There was a positive correlation between ECR value, pathological grade, and cell density in adipocytic tumors.

Conclusion

The ECR value positively correlates with pathological grade and cell density of adipocytic tumors. Our findings suggest that ECRI is a useful method for preoperative evaluation of adipocytic tumors.     

NaYF4 微晶与纳米晶中晶相对Tb3+ -Er3+ 耦合对下转换的影响

实验研究了晶相对下转换的影响。Tb³⁺ -Er³⁺ 耦合对将一个紫外光子(Tb³⁺ 的⁷F₆→⁵L₁)294 nm 剪裁成800 nm (Er³⁺ 的⁴I_9/2→⁴I_15/2) 和467 nm (Tb³⁺ 的⁵D₄→⁷F₆) 两个都能被GaAs 太阳能电池吸收的低能光子。采用水热法制备了NaYF₄六角相微晶和立方相纳米晶粒子,六角相由于具有热力学稳定性和有序的排列结构而更有利于量子剪裁过程的发生,相反在立方相结构中没有发现量子剪裁现象。分别采用294 nm 和355 nm波长的光对六角相NaYF₄进行激发,从发射光谱可以看出,下转换的实现是通过一个交叉弛豫过程完成的。实验结果表明,与熔融法相比,用水热法制备的NaYF₄ 的量子产率明显降低。     

The Role of Specific Side Groups and pH in Magnetization Transfer in Polymers

The nature of water–macromolecule interactions in aqueous model polymers has been investigated using quantitative measurements of magnetization transfer. Cross-linked polymer gels composed of 94% water, 3%N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide, and 3% functional monomer (acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl-acrylate, or 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate) were studied. Water–macromolecule interactions were modified by varying the pH and specific functional group on the monomer. The magnitudes of the interactions were quantified by measuring the rate of proton nuclear spin magnetization exchange between the polymer matrix and the water. This rate was highly sensitive to the presence of carboxyl side groups on the macromolecule. However, the dependence of the rate on pH was not consistent with simple acid/base-catalyzed chemical exchange, and instead, the data suggest that multiequilibria proton exchange, a wide distribution in surface group pKvalues, and/or a macromolecular structural dependence on pH may play a significant role in magnetization transfer in polymer systems. These model polymer gels afford useful insights into the relevance of chemical composition and chemical dynamics on relaxation in tissues.     

NaYF4∶Yb3+,Er3+上转换荧光纳米体系的红光来源

对NaYF4∶Yb3+,Er3+纳米材料的发光强度与激发光功率的依赖关系进行了研究,分析了NaYF4∶Yb3+,Er3+裸核纳米体系及其核包壳纳米体系的上转换红光真实来源.结果表明:核包壳的纳米体系完全不同于裸核纳米体系,交叉弛豫对于NaYF4∶ Yb3+,Er3+纳米体系的上转换红光发射起主导作用,而多声子弛豫过程几乎可以忽略.这个结果对于提高上转换发光纳米材料的上转换效率、调控各发光带之间的相对强度和实现上转换发光的单色性具有重要的指导意义.     

Signal Enhancement Using 45° Water Flipback for 3D N-Edited ROESY and NOESY HMQC and HSQC

A novel implementation of the water flipback technique employing a 45° flip-angle water-selective pulse is presented. The use of this water flipback technique is shown to significantly enhance signal in 3D ¹⁵N-edited ROESY in a 20 kDa complex of the vnd/NK-2 homeodomain bound to DNA. The enhancement is seen relative to the same experiment using weak water presaturation during the recovery delay. This enhancement is observed for the signals from both labile and nonlabile protons. ROESY and NOESY pulse sequences with 45° water flipback are presented using both HMQC and HSQC for the ¹⁵N dimension. The 45° flipback pulse is followed by a gradient, a water selective 180° pulse, and another gradient to remove quadrature images and crosspeak phase distortion near the water frequency. Radiation damping of the water magnetization during the t₁ and t₂ evolution periods is suppressed using gradients. Water resonance planes from NOESY–HMQC and NOESY–HSQC spectra show that the HMQC version of the pulse sequences can provide stronger signal for very fast exchanging protons. The HSQC versions of the ROESY and NOESY pulse sequences are designed for the quantitative determination of protein–water crossrelaxation rates, with no water-selective pulses during the mixing time and with phase cycling and other measures for reducing axial artifacts in the water signal.     

Cross-relaxation effects in stimulated-echo-type PGSE NMR experiments by bipolar and monopolar gradient pulses

Exchange of longitudinal spin polarization by dipolar cross relaxation between nonequivalent spins results in a modulation of the stimulated echo signal on increasing the encoding/decoding delays and in a multiexponential decay on increasing the diffusion time. These artifacts are suppressed by 180° pulses inserted in the middle of the gradient encoding/decoding periods. The efficiency of the gradient encoding is preserved if bipolar gradient pulses are used instead of monopolar pulses. The behavior of the different pulse sequences is demonstrated by ¹⁹F PGSE NMR experiments in a lyotropic liquid crystal in both isotropic micellar and oriented nematic phases.     

Concentration dependence of the quantum yield of luminescence of Tm<Superscript>3+</Superscript> ions in gadolinium oxychloride

The concentration dependence of the quantum yield of luminescence of Tm³⁺ ions in an oxychloride matrix has been measured in individual bands of their luminescence excited at different wavelengths. The concentration dependences of the quantum yield of luminescence were calculated with allowance for the effect of the unintentional impurity of rare-earth ions. The cross-relaxation nature of the concentration dependence of the rare-earth ion luminescence is discussed.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 759–765, November–December, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

测定核间距的不对称2D NOESY方法——1.从不对称2D NOESY峰强度求取完整的混合系数矩阵

本文提出不对称2D NOESY实验方法来测定完整的2D NOESY混合系数矩阵。理论研究表明,不对称2D NOESY实验信澡比要比传统2D NOESY的高,不对称2D NOESY峰强度矩阵是非对称的,因此可以只用不对称2D NOESY的非对角峰强度来求得完整的2D NOESY混合系数矩阵,避免测量大分子等复杂自旋系统的严重重叠的对角峰强度所引起的困难,而这是传统2D NOESY实验方法所无法作到的。本文最后应用数值模拟方法对理论研究结果进行了计算验证。     

测定核间距的不对称2D NOESY方法——1.从不对称2D NOESY峰强度求取完整的混合系数矩阵

本文提出不对称2D NOESY实验方法来测定完整的2D NOESY混合系数矩阵。理论研究表明,不对称2D NOESY实验信澡比要比传统2D NOESY的高,不对称2D NOESY峰强度矩阵是非对称的,因此可以只用不对称2D NOESY的非对角峰强度来求得完整的2D NOESY混合系数矩阵,避免测量大分子等复杂自旋系统的严重重叠的对角峰强度所引起的困难,而这是传统2D NOESY实验方法所无法作到的。本文最后应用数值模拟方法对理论研究结果进行了计算验证。