Relayed (13)C magnetization transfer: detection of malate dehydrogenase reaction in vivo |
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Authors: | Yang Jehoon Shen Jun |
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Institution: | Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1527, USA. |
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Abstract: | Malate dehydrogenase catalyzes rapid interconversion between dilute metabolites oxaloacetate and malate. Both oxaloacetate and malate are below the detection threshold of in vivo MRS. Oxaloacetate is also in rapid exchange with aspartate catalyzed by aspartate aminotransferase, the latter metabolite is observable in vivo using (13)C MRS. We hypothesized that the rapid turnover of oxaloacetate can effectively relay perturbation of magnetization between malate and aspartate. Here, we report indirect observation of the malate dehydrogenase reaction by saturating malate C2 resonance at 71.2 ppm and detecting a reduced aspartate C2 signal at 53.2 ppm due to relayed magnetization transfer via oxaloacetate C2 at 201.3 ppm. Using this strategy the rate of the cerebral malate dehydrogenase reaction was determined to be 9+/-2 micromol/g wet weight/min (means+/-SD, n=5) at 11.7 Tesla in anesthetized adult rats infused with 1,6-(13)C(2)]glucose. |
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Keywords: | In vivo MRS Magnetization transfer Malate dehydrogenase Carbon-13 Enzymology |
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