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Metabolic Imaging: Hyperpolarized Carbon for Measuring Kinetics in Living Systems
Mukundan Ragavan, Matthew E. MerrittDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Florida
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Acknowledgments
UF
Tatsiana TsarovaDr. Matthew Merritt
Funding:
R01s DK105346, HD087306, DK112865, P41122698, U24DK097209, and NSF DMR 1644779
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Outline
• Understanding physical prerequisites
• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging
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Outline
• Understanding physical prerequisites
• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging
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When will Dynamic Nuclear Polarization work?
• Dope a stable free radical into a carbon-13 labeled metabolite of interest
• The sample prep must produce a glass
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Thermal Equilibrium
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DE=hv
ΔE is ~ 10-25 J, and k is 1.38x10-23 J/K, so the population difference is on the order of ppm at room temperature
P= tanh(γ ℏB0
2kBT)
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Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)
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8Goldman, Appl. Magn. Reson. (2008)
DNP Mechanism: Thermal Mixing
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• 3.35 T• VTI replaces RT bore• 94 GHz m-wave• 1.4 K operation
• Dissolution by boiling solvents
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Melt frozen solid and inject – Dissolution DNP
Figure Credit: CNRS, France
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Outline
• Understanding physical prerequisites
• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging
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When will dDNP work?
• The sample prep must produce a glass
• The T1 of the sample must be long enough
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T1: “How physical facts kill beautiful experiments”
• [U-2H-13C6] glucose
• Glycolysis in yeast
• Most of kinetics is visible because of rapid transfer to culture
Meier, et al., Molecular Biosystems (2011)
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T1: “How physical facts kill beautiful experiments”
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• The number of attached hydrogens• The chemical shift anisotropy• The correlation time of the molecule• The presence of paramagnetic species
T1s of heteronuclei are highly dependent on
Strong constraints on the types of molecules that can be imaged (Central Metabolism)
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When will DNP work in living systems?
• The sample prep must produce a glass
• The T1 of the sample must be long enough
• A high flux transporter is highly beneficial (e.g. MCTs)
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Pyruvate Transport Can Dominate Kinetics
“ … kinetics observed for the conversion of hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate to lactate in perfused T47D breast cancer cells, has a MCT1-mediated pyruvate transport as rate-limiting step.”
Harris, et al., PNAS (2009)
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Outline
• Understanding physical prerequisites• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging– Cancer
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Cancer
• Elevated glycolysis implies more glucose uptake (FDG-PET)
• Elevated glycolysis implies more lactate formation
• A metabolic basis for hypothesis generation
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“A Phase I Ascending-dose and Exploratory Imaging Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability and Imaging Potential of Hyperpolarized [13C-1] Pyruvate Injection in Subjects With Prostate Cancer”
31 prostate cancer patients studied demonstrated safety and imaging feasibility in this Phase 1 dose escalation trial with no adverse events.
PyrLac
LacPyr
Pyr
CancerCancer
Normal
HP 13C MRSI
Dynamic C-13 data
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“A Phase I Ascending-dose and Exploratory Imaging Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability and Imaging Potential of Hyperpolarized [13C-1] Pyruvate Injection in Subjects With Prostate Cancer”
31 prostate cancer patients studied demonstrated safety and imaging feasibility in this Phase 1 dose escalation trial with no adverse events.
PyrLac
LacPyr
Pyr
CancerCancer
Normal
HP 13C MRSI
Dynamic C-13 data
~20 NIH funded trials currently underway
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Imaging Tumor In Brain
Miloushev, et al., Cancer Res. (2018)
Metastatic melanomaGlioblastoma
“We correlated our results with standard clinical brain MRI, MRI DCE perfusion, and in one case FDG PET/CT. Our results suggest that HP 13C pyruvate-to lactate conversion may be a viable metabolic biomarker for assessing tumor response.”
[1 – 13C] Pyruvate
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Tumor Cell Proliferation
• Anaplerosis via glutaminase to form glutamate can serve as a pathway to enhance tumor cell growth– hepatocellular carcinomas
have a 30x increase in glutamine utilization
Gallagher, et al., MRM (2008)
[5 – 13C] Glutamine
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Outline• Understanding physical prerequisites• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging– Cancer– Myocardium
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Hyperpolarized 13C Study of Myocardial Metabolism
• Anaplerosis replenishes TCA cycle intermediates
Propionate is avidly metabolized
High levels of PCC expressed in the heart
(Work in progress)
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Hyperpolarized 13C Study of Myocardial Metabolism
[1 – 13C] Pyruvate
● Metabolic inflexibility in failing myocardium─Propionate Cannot Modulate
PDH Flux in Hypertrophied Heart
(Work in progress)
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Hyperpolarized 13C MRI- Human Myocardial Metabolism
LDH
PDH
Information about tissue activity and diffusion
Cunningham, et al., Circ. Res. (2016)
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Outline• Understanding physical prerequisites• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging– Cancer– Myocardium– pH sensing
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13C HCO3
–
pH Imaging
• Short T1
• Low Concentration in Solid State
Gallagher, et al., Nature (2008)
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Jindal, et. al., JACS (2010)
pH Imaging
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Outline• Understanding physical prerequisites• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging– Cancer– Myocardium– pH sensing– Necrosis
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Cell Necrosis
• Fumarate not easily transported across cell membrane
• Appearance of malate via fumarase reaction is therefore marker of necrosis
Gallagher, et. al., PNAS 2009
[1,4-13C] Fumarate
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Outline• Understanding physical prerequisites• Maximizing biological information
• Targets for metabolic imaging– Cancer– Myocardium– pH sensing– Necrosis– Metabolic pathways
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Glutathione Homeostasis
• Probe γ-glutamyl transpeptidase activity
• T1 > 30 s in vitro
• Rat kidney in vivo
γ – Glutamyl [1 – 13C] glycine
Nishihara, et al., Angew. Chemie (2016)
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Redox Sensor For in vivo Metabolic Imaging
Keshari, et al., PNAS (2011)
• Measuring in vivo redox state with dehydroascorbate (DHA)
• DHA reduction by NADPH via glutathione
• Glutathione mediates response to ROS
[1 – 13C] Dehydroascorbate
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Redox Sensor For in vivo Metabolic Imaging
Keshari, et al., PNAS (2011)
• Measuring in vivo redox state with dehydroascorbate (DHA)
• DHA reduction by NADPH via glutathione
• Glutathione mediates response to ROS
[1 – 13C] Dehydroascorbate
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Pentose Phosphate Pathway
• Image carbon metabolism related to PPP flux
• Gluconolactone labeled at 1 position can only produce 13CO2 via PPP
δ-[1 – 13C] Gluconolactone
Moreno, et al., NMR Biomed (2017)
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HP bicarb production in perfused liver
Moreno, et al., NMR Biomed (2017)
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Arginine mediated T-cell proliferation
• Inflammatory myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) promote tumor development
• T-cells proliferate in presence of arginine, which can be metabolized to ornithine and urea by arginase– Arginine disposal prevents T-cell inhibition of cancer growth
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Arginine mediated T-cell proliferation
Najac, et al., Scientific Reports (2016)
[6 – 13C] Arginine
● Urea production is correlated with arginase concentration in vivo
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Hexokinase Flux
• Longer T1 than glucose gives better prospects for in vivo use in mammals
Keshari, et al., JACS (2009)
[2-13C]Fructose
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Hexokinase Flux
• Longer T1 than glucose gives better prospects for in vivo use in mammals
Keshari, et al., JACS (2009)
[2-13C]Fructose
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BCAA Metabolism
• Branched-chain aminotransferase (BCAT) i.e. leucine metabolism
• BCAT expression found to be up-regulated in some cancers
Karlsson, et al., IJC (2009)
[1-13C] Ketoisocaproate
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BCAA Metabolism
• Branched-chain aminotransferase (BCAT) i.e. leucine metabolism
• BCAT expression found to be up-regulated in some cancers
Karlsson, et al., IJC (2009)
[1-13C] Ketoisocaproate
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Hepatic Gluconeogenesis (GNG)
• Long T1 (~40 s)
• Avidly consumed by liver• Multiple metabolic fates
• First step of metabolism requires ATP for production of DHAP
• Glycerol production is redox dependent
[2-13C] Dihydroxyacetone
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[2-13C]Dihydroxyacetone
Gluconeogenic
Glycogenolytic
Moreno, et al., JBC (2014)
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Kinetics
(Manuscript under preparation)
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Summary
• A new MR technique opens research– In basic biological sciences– In vivo diagnostic imaging
• Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized nuclei is rapidly growing
• Clinical applications are on the immediate horizon– Several clinical trials are underway
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Thank You