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Over 20% Carbon-13 Polarization of Perdeuterated Pyruvate Using Reversible Exchange with Parahydrogen and Spin-Lock Induced Crossing at 50 μT

2023; American Chemical Society; Volume: 14; Issue: 23 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00707

1948-7185

Andreas B. Schmidt, James Eills, Laurynas Dagys, Martin Gierse, Michael Keim, Sebastian Lucas, Michael Bock, Ilai Schwartz, Maxim Zaitsev, Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Stephan Knecht,

Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Carbon-13 hyperpolarized pyruvate is about to become the next-generation contrast agent for molecular magnetic resonance imaging of cancer and other diseases. Here, efficient and rapid pyruvate hyperpolarization is achieved via signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) with parahydrogen through synergistic use of substrate deuteration, alternating, and static microtesla magnetic fields. Up to 22 and 6% long-lasting 13C polarization (T1 = 3.7 ± 0.25 and 1.7 ± 0.1 min) is demonstrated for the C1 and C2 nuclear sites, respectively. The remarkable polarization levels become possible as a result of favorable relaxation dynamics at the microtesla fields. The ultralong polarization lifetimes will be conducive to yielding high polarization after purification, quality assurance, and injection of the hyperpolarized molecular imaging probes. These results pave the way to future in vivo translation of carbon-13 hyperpolarized molecular imaging probes prepared by this approach.