13C MR Hyperpolarization of Lactate by Using ParaHydrogen and Metabolic Transformation in Vitro

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Hyperpolarization of the¹³C magnetic resonance signal of l-[1–¹³C]lactate has been obtained using the chemically based, cost-effective method called parahydrogen-induced polarization by means of side-arm hydrogenation (PHIP–SAH). Two ester derivatives of lactate were tested and the factors that determine the polarization level on the product have been investigated in detail. The metabolic conversion of hyperpolarized l-[1–¹³C]lactate into pyruvate has been observed in vitro using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and in a cells lysate. From the acquisition of a series of¹³C NMR spectra, the metabolic build-up of the [1–¹³C]pyruvate signal has been observed. These studies demonstrate that, even if the experimental set-up used for these PHIP–SAH hyperpolarization studies is still far from optimal, the attained polarization level is already sufficient to carry out in vitro metabolic studies.

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Authors: Eleonora Cavallari, Carla Carrera, Silvio Aime, and Francesca
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13C-MR Hyperpolarization of Lactate using ParaHydrogen and
metabolic transformation in vitro.
Dr. E. Cavallari,[a] Dr. C. Carrera,[a] Prof. S. Aime,[a,b] Dr. F. Reineri *[a]
Abstract: Hyperpolarization of the 13C magnetic resonance signal of
L-[1-13C]Lactate has been obtained using the chemically based,
cost-effective method named ParaHydrogen Induced Polarization
by means of Side Arm Hydrogenation (PHIP-SAH). Two ester
derivatives of lactate have been tested and the factors that
determine the polarization level on the product have been
investigated into details. The metabolic conversion of hyperpolarized
L-[1-13C]Lactate into Pyruvate has been observed in vitro using
lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and in a cells lysate. From the
acquisition of a series of 13C-NMR spectra, the metabolic build-up of
the [1-13C]Pyruvate signal has been observed. These studies
demonstrate that, even if the experimental set-up used for these
PHIP-SAH hyperpolarization studies is still far from optimal, the
attained polarization level is already sufficient to carry out in vitro
metabolic studies.
tissues,[5] to probe the disease aggressiveness and early detect
the response to treatment.[6] Thanks to their potential clinical role,
these studies quickly evolved from the first in-vivo studies to pre-
clinical research and clinical trials.[7]
The availability of this powerful tool for metabolic
investigation is strongly limited by the high cost of the DNP
polarizer. The recent introduction of the so called PHIP-SAH
strategy[8] allowed to significantly extend the applicability of
parahydrogen to metabolites (e.g. to pyruvate) that were before
not amenable to this hyperpolarization method. The SAH
strategy relies on the functionalization of the molecule of interest
(a carboxylate containing molecule) with an unsaturated alcohol
(the “side arm”). The unsaturated bond on the alcoholic moiety
of the ester is hydrogenated using para-enriched hydrogen and
the non-equilibrium spin states population is transferred from
parahydrogen protons to the 13C carboxylate by means of the
application of a magnetic field cycle (MFC).[9] In practice, in
PHIP-SAH, the 13C atom is hyperpolarized by the parahydrogen
protons three and four (or four and five) bonds away using 3JH13C
and 4JH-13C (or 4JH-13C and 5JH-13C ) instead of 2JH-13C and 3JH-13C in
traditional PHIP approach.
Introduction
The observation that the parahydrogen spin order can be
exploited to obtain magnetic resonance hyperpolarized signals is
a relatively recent one.[1] Since the early studies, the application
of this easy to handle and cost effective hyperpolarization
methodology evolved quickly to the first in vivo studies carried
out using 13C hyperpolarized tracers,[2] for which more than 20%
hyperpolarization was claimed. The parahydrogen spin order is
transformed into MR hyperpolarization when the two protons are
added pairwise to an unsaturated bond so that their chemical
equivalence is lost. On this basis, the applicability of
parahydrogen as hyperpolarization tool appeared to be limited to
molecules for which a de-hydrogenated precursor would have
been available.
In principle, one may think of the use of hyperpolarized
esters in in vivo studies, as it has been reported in brain studies,
thanks to the ability of neutral esters to cross the lypophilic
blood-brain barrier.[10] A more general approach relies on the
removal of the hydrogenated side-arm by means of hydrolysis to
obtain the free carboxylate containing compound.
PHIP-SAH methodology is currently in its infancy and needs
optimization of various steps in order to improve the final level of
attainable polarization. However it may represent
a real
breakthrough in the field of metabolic imaging studies since the
cost effective, easy to implement parahydrogen based
hyperpolarization method would contribute to a much wider
applicability of 13C MR hyperpolarized probes to metabolic
imaging studies.
Conversely, dissolution-Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (d-DNP)[3]
is
a hyperpolarization method that does not suffer from
Although most of the metabolic studies using 13C
hyperpolarized tracers have been carried out using DNP
polarized [1-13C]Pyruvate, it has been shown that L-[1-
13C]Lactate may offer some advantages.[11] Pyruvate and lactate
are mutually converted by the lactate dehydrogenase enzyme
(LDH) and a large pool of lactate is usually observed in tumours
compared to that of pyruvate. Therefore, lactate can be injected
at nearly physiological concentration (in the mM range)[11] while
the concentration of hyperpolarized pyruvate used in these
experiments has to be much higher than the physiological
values. The lactate derivative 1-13C phospholactate has been
previously hyperpolarized using parahydrogen[12] showing a
good performance also in vivo experiments. [13] Herein we show
that it is possible to go straight to 13C hyperpolarized L-lactate by
the PHIP-SAH route.
limitations regarding the hyperpolarization substrates, albeit it
requires sophisticated and expensive instrumentation. The
possibility to obtain hyperpolarized metabolites by means of
DNP gathered a great deal of interest in the investigation of
metabolic transformations in vivo.[4] It has been suggested that
monitoring the metabolic signatures of 13C hyperpolarized
molecules may allow to discriminate healthy from malignant
[a]
[b]
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
University of Torino
via Nizza 52, Torino, Italy
E-mail: francesca.reineri@unito.it
Istituto Bioimmagini e Biostrutture del CNR
Sezione di Torino c/o Center of Molecular Imaging
Via Nizza 52, Torino, Italy
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Results and Discussion
have been carried out and 1H NMR spectra have been acquired.
In these experiments, the parahydrogen spin order is converted
into 1H net magnetization during the adiabatic passage from
earth’s field, where the hydrogenation reaction occurs, to the
high field of the NMR magnet.[14] It has been observed (table 1)
that, upon parahydrogenation of the vinyl ester, the polarization
on the aliphatic signals is 2.6 -3.4%. If the propagyl ester is
hydrogenated using parahydrogen, the olefinic signal Ha shows
7% polarization while 3% is obtained on the methylenic protons
(Hd protons). This observation is also consistent with the fact
that triple bonds are hydrogenation faster than double, and
brings the important caveat that hydrogenation intermediates for
substrate 2 have shorter lifetimes. As a consequence the
singlet-triplet mixing on intermediates, i.e. mixing between the
pure singlet state of parahydrogen with the triplet state, has a
smaller effect on the polarization level of the product.[15]
Two esters, vinyl and propargyl L-lactate (scheme 1) have been
synthesized and reacted with parahydrogen under the same
conditions in order to test the hydrogenation yields and the 1H
hyperpolarization. Hydrogenation of the substrates (80mM
methanol-d4 solution) has been carried out in NMR tubes, using
[RhCOD(ddpb)][BF4] (5mM) as catalyst (see S.I. for details).
Scheme 1. Ester derivatives of L-lactate: 1) vinyl lactate; 2) propargyl lactate.
In order to have some clue about the polarization loss that
occurs during the hydrogenation reaction, the parahydrogen
percentage in the NMR tubes has been measured, after
hydrogenation, according to the method described by Feng et al.
(details in the S.I.).[17] It has been observed that, after that the
parahydrogenation reaction is completed, the parahydrogen
percentage left in the NMR tubes is about 45-50% thus
indicating that a large percentage of parahydrogen is converted
to orthohydrogen. Therefore the maximum theoretical
polarization is considerably lowered from the initial 90% (with
92% para enrichment) to about 30%. The parahydrogen
relaxation might be due to the interaction of the H2 molecules
with paramagnetic impurities in the hydrogenation mixture. The
acquisition of an EPR spectrum allowed to clearly identify the
presence of paramagnetic species (see S.I.). Those impurities
might derive from partial catalyst degradation, therefore use of
lower concentration and more stable catalysts may allow to
reduce these species. Furthermore, the application of a reactor
in which the hydrogenation mixture (catalyst and substrate) is
1H HYPERPOLARIZATION
Whereas the complete trasformation of the vinyl to ethyl
ester has been observed, the hydrogenation of the triple bond
proceeds, in part, to the full reduction of the alcoholic moiety.
This is in accordance with the expectations that the
hydrogenation of a triple bond is easier than that of a double one,
therefore higher concentrations of the substrate have to be used
under the applied reaction conditions (figure 1c and 1d).
sprayed into
a
large parahydrogen volume[18] would also
minimize parahydrogen relaxation and increase the
hyperpolarization on products.
13C HYPERPOLARIZATION
Hyperpolarization of the 13C carboxylate signal depends on
the efficiency of singlet state addition to the product and on the
efficiency of polarization transfer from parahydrogen to 13C. It
has been shown that magnetic field cycle (MFC) allows this
polarization transfer even in the case of small J couplings
between parahydrogen protons and the target 13C.[9a] Following
to the application of the same MFC profile to the vinyl and to the
propargylic ester, the 13C hyperpolarization is the same (2-2.5%)
on the two products. One may note that the polarization of
protons that are three bonds away from the carboxylate, i.e. the
aliphatic protons Ha of ethyl ester (3.4%) and the methylenic
protons of the allyl ester (Hd, 3%), is almost completely
transferred to the 13C carboxylate. Conversely, hyperpolarization
of the vinyl proton Ha of the allyl ester, that is coupled to the 13C
Figure 1. a) 1H-NMR hyperpolarized spectrum obtained from the ALTADENA
hydrogenation of 1 and b) after relaxation. c) 1H-NMR after ALTADENA
hydrogenation of 3 and d) at thermal equilibrium. Some residual substrate can
be observed (peaks indicated with the asterisk) since higher amount of
substrate was used (100mM) in order to prevent the formation of the
completely hydrogenated alcohol.
4
carboxylate through a J coupling, is higher (7%). On the basis
of this observation, the MFC profile has been modified in order
to facilitate the polarization transfer through smaller J couplings
and further increase the polarization level on the 13C signal of
the propargylic ester.
In order to evaluate the efficiency of singlet state transfer
from parahydrogen to the product, ALTADENA experiments
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injected into the NMR tube containing the hyperpolarized ester.
An emulsion of the two phases is instantaneously formed and,
following to the addition of an acidic buffer (HEPES 100mM, pH
6), the physiological pH has been reached (pH 7±0.5). The
separation of the two phases is quick (3-4”). Then the upper
aqueous solution, containing the hyperpolarized metabolite
(60±10mM), has been transferred into a NMR tube for the
acquisition of the 13C-NMR spectra (figure 2).
Table 1. 1H polarization observed in ALTADENA experiments upon
parahydrogenation of 1 and 2 and 13C polarization after the application of
MFC.
Ha
Hb
2.6±0.1 %
4±0.5 %
Hd
13C
Ethyl-lactate
3.4±0.1%
7±0.5 %
-
2.0±0.1% [a]
Allyl-lactate
Allyl lactate
3±0.5 %
2.5±0.5 % [a]
4.5±0.5 % [b]
[a] 13C hyperpolarization obtained using the same magnetic field cycle
(exponential remagnetization) on both esters and [b] using slower
remagnetization on allyl ester (13C-NMR in the SI).
It must be considered that the J coupling between Ha (on the
allyl ester) and the 13C carboxylate nucleus is <1Hz while the
corresponding J with the methylenic protons is 3.2 Hz. Since 1H-
13C isotropic mixing is achieved when ∆휈퐻−퐶~퐽퐻−퐶 , the passage
between strong to weak coupling that occurs during the
adiabatic passage is achieved at lower magnetic field in the
case of the allyl proton Ha in respect to the ethyl or methylene
ones. Furthermore, for the adiabaticity criterion,[19] the minimal
time compatible with adiabatic switching, for an AB two spin
system, is roughly given by 1/JAB, therefore the remagnetization
passage must be slowed down in order to facilitate the
polarization transfer from the olefinic proton Ha to the target 13C
carboxylate. On this basis, the remagnetization step has been
carried out between 25nT ( ∆휈퐻−퐶~0.8 퐻푧 ) and 500nT
(∆휈퐻−퐶~ 16 퐻푧) in 5”. It has been experimentally found that,
when the passage from 25nT to 500nT occurs in 5”, 13C
polarization is increased to 4.5%.
Figure 2. a) 13C-NMR spectrum of 13C labelled 2 after hydrogenation with
parahydrogen and application of magnetic field cycle (ethanol/CDCl3 = 1/5); b)
13C-NMR of hyperpolarized L-[1-13C]-Lactate obtained after the hydrolysis of
the ester.
The polarization level observed on the 13C signal of the
product is 2.9±0.2 % (corresponding to S.E. 2400 ± 200 at
14.1T) and the concentration is 50±10mM (see figure S9).
Overall, the hydrolysis work-up takes approximately 40s during
13C HYPERPOLARIZED L-[1-13C]LACTATE
which
a
substantial loss of polarization takes place
The use of vinyl lactate would allow to obtain an ethyl ester,
that is more bio-compatible than the allyl ester derived from
hydrogenation of the propargyl derivative. Hepatotoxicity of allyl
esters has been shown[20] under repeated oral administration of
allyl acetate 100mg/kg in rats (LD50 in rats 130mg/Kg), therefore
the use of vinylated esters is more advisable.[21]
In the present work, on the basis of the observed
polarization, propargyl lactate has been chosen for the
generation of hyperpolarized L-[1-13C]Lactate.
In order to obtain a hyperpolarized metabolite suitable for in
vivo studies, an aqueous solution is needed, without the
hydrogenation complex. The use of a supported catalyst would
allow to obtain complete removal of the toxic metal from the
solution of the hyperpolarized product and to recover the
expensive catalyst, and the development of these catalysts will
be an important step towards the clinical translation
perspective.[22] In this work, the phase transfer method has been
applied.[23] According to this procedure, the lipophylic substrate is
hydrogenated in an organic, hydrophobic solvent, (e.g.
chloroform/methanol or chloroform/ethanol mixture 5/1). Then an
aqueous base (NaOH) is quickly added to the organic phase in
order to attain the hydrolysis of the ester and the extraction of
the hydrophilic carboxylate-containing compound in the aqueous
phase, while the metal complex is retained in the organic phase.
Hydrolysis of the allyl ester has been obtained using a
aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH 100 mM) and
sodium ascorbate (50 mM). The latter acts as a scavenger of
paramagnetic impurities.[24] Using a homemade set-up, the
aqueous base has been pressurized (3bar), heated (350K) and
(hyperpolarization decays towards the thermal equilibrium with a
rate dictated by the T1 of the [1-13C]lactate signal in the aqueous
solution). Being the whole process carried out manually, this
time might be dramatically reduced, e.g. to 10-20”, when a
dedicated automatized set-up will be available. In order to be
able to back-calculate the initial 13C hyperpolarization, the
longitudinal relaxation time constant (T1) at earth’s field has
been evaluated. The time delay after hydrolysis (t) has been
gradually increased and 13C signal enhancement has been
measured on different samples, at increasing t (see S.I.). It is
found that T1= 40±1s and the polarization level, back-calculated
at time zero, is 7.9±0.4%.
METABOLIC TESTS
The metabolic transformation of the hyperpolarized L-[1-
13C]Lactate into [1-13C]Pyruvate has been tested using
a
buffered solution of LDH, NAD+/NADH and Sodium pyruvate.
The enzyme solution has been placed into a 10mm NMR tube
inside the NMR spectrometer (14.1T), with one connecting inlet
line for the perfusion of the hyperpolarized metabolite, and kept
at 310K. After hyperpolarization and hydrolysis of the ester, part
of the aqueous phase (150ul) has been collected into a syringe,
diluted with a buffered solution of pyruvate (350ul HEPES
solution, final concentration of pyruvate 1 mM) and injected,
through the inlet line, into the enzyme-containing solution. After
mixing of the hyperpolarized metabolite a series of small flip
angle 13C NMR spectra has been acquired from which the
metabolic build-up of [1-13C]pyruvate can be clearly observed
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(figure 3). The concentration of L-[1-13C]Lactate in the final
solution was determined (4±1 mM) by adding 13C-enriched urea
(3mM) as an internal reference (see figure S10).
Conclusions
An aqueous solution of hyperpolarized L-[1-13C]Lactate,
suitable for in vitro metabolic studies, has been obtained by
means of the PHIP-SAH method. The potential main factors that
determine the polarization level on the end product have been
investigated, namely the efficiency of the singlet state transfer to
the hydrogenation product and the polarization transfer from
parahydrogen protons to the target 13C carboxylate signal. It has
been observed that the polarization level on protons, in
ALTADENA experiments, is significantly lower than the
theoretical maximum expected using 90% enriched
parahydrogen. In separate experiments, parahydrogen
relaxation in the NMR tube, following to hydrogenation, has
been measured and it has been observed that a large part of
parahydrogen is converted into orthohydrogen during the
hydrogenation reaction in the NMR tube. This phenomenon is
likely due to the interaction between parahydrogen and
Figure 3. a) Series of 13C-NMR spectra (~15° pulses) acquired following to the
perfusion of [1-13C]lactate, hyperpolarized by means of PHIP-SAH, to an
aqueous solution of LDH (HEPES solution containing NAD+/NADH). b) time-
dependent signal intensity of [1-13C]lactate (filled dots) and [1-13C]pyruvate
(open triangles).
paramagnetic impurities in the hydrogenation mixture.
considerable increase of the polarization level can be predicted,
following to removal of these radicals and use of
A
a
The possibility of following metabolic transformation has also
been tested on breast cancer (TS/A)[25] lysed cells. Cells (2*107)
have been harvested from the growing plate, washed once with
their growing medium and lysed. Then the growing medium
(1ml) has been added, the solution has been transferred in the
NMR tube and the same experiment used for the enzyme-
containing solution has been carried out. A low level of [1-
13C]Pyruvate can be detected, which is consistent with what
observed using DNP hyperpolarized lactate.[11] In fact the
sensitivity of the measurement of LDH activity obtained from the
exchange between L-[1-13C]lactate and endogenous pyruvate is
much smaller than that of the exchange between [1-13C]pyruvate
and endogenous lactate.[11b] However the advantages
associated to the use of lactate for in vivo studies have been
demonstrated using H/D exchange on L-[1-13C,U-2H]Lactate. [11b]
hydrogenation reactor. A tailored magnetic field cycle profile has
been used in order to increase the polarization transfer from the
most polarized proton of the propagyl derivative to the target
13C carboxylate signal. This allowed to observe 푃13 = 4.8% on
퐶
the parahydrogenated allyl-lactate. Albeit the polarization level is
not optimized yet, it has been shown that it is well sufficient for
carrying out in vitro metabolic studies.
Experimental Section
Hydrogenation reactions have been carried out into NMR tubes equipped
with gas-tight teflon valve. Before hydrogenation of the substrate, the
catalyst
[1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphino)butane](1,5-cyclooctadine)Rh(I)
tetrafluoroborate (1mmol, Sigma-Aldrich, CAS 70255-71-3, part
n
341134) has been activated through hydrogenation of the coordinated
diene. After that the catalyst has been completely dissolved in the
organic solvent (methanol-d4), the substrate has been added, the NMR
tube has been pressurized with 8 bar of hydrogen enriched in the para
isomer (92% enrichment) and the reaction has been started by shacking
the NMR tube for 5s at 350K.
In the phase extraction experiments, the Rh(I) catalyst has been
activated in 30ul of ethanol, then, after that the complex has been
dissolved, a chloroform solution of the substrate (240mM) has been
added and the hydrogenation with parahydrogen has been carried out as
reported above. More experimental details are described in the S.I.
Magnetic field cycle has been applied using a mu-metal chamber (triple
shield) that allows to shield the earth’s magnetic field and to obtain 25nT
in the most shielded part of the chamber. A coil fed with current (Agilent
arbitrary waveform generator 33220A) electronically controlled by a
custom written function has been placed into the shield. The magnetic
field cycle device has been provided by Aspect Imaging (IL).
Figure 4. Series of 13C-NMR spectra (~15° pulses) acquired following to the
perfusion of [1-13C]lactate, hyperpolarized by means of PHIP-SAH, to a cells
lysate (20*106 TSA cells) dissolved in the cells grow medium (1ml RPMI).
For enzymatic reaction experiment, an aqueous solution (1ml) of 1mg of
LDH, (about 600U) (Sigma-Aldrich L-Lactic Dehydrogenase from rabbit
muscle part n.1254-25KU) NAD+ (1mM, Sigma-Aldrich B-nicotinamide
Adenine dinucleotide N7004) and NADH (0.5mM Sigma-Aldrich B-NAD
reduced form disodium N6660-15VL) has been prepared in HEPES
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buffer. The and sodium pyruvate (1mM) in a buffer medium (HEPES
40mM) have been used. More details about the experiments with cells
lysate in the S.I. The concentration of the hyperpolarized [1-13C]lactate in
the aqueous mixture, after dilution, was 4±1 mM, the total volume was
1.5ml.
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Keywords: hyperpolarization, Lactate dehydrogenase,
metabolism, NMR spectroscopy, pyruvate.
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The
ParaHydrogen Induced Polarization
by means of Side Arm
hyperpolarization
method
E. Cavallari, C. Carrera, S. Aime, F.
Reineri*
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Hydrogenation has allowed to obtain
a bio-compatible aqueous solution of
13C-MR
hyperpolarized
The
L-[1-
metabolic
13C-MR Hyperpolarization of Lactate
using ParaHydrogen and metabolic
transformation in vitro.
13C]lactate.
conversion of the hyperpolarized
product into
[1-13C]pyruvate,
catalyzed by the enzyme lactate
dehydrogenase, has been observed
by acquiring a series of 13C-NMR
spectra (see figure).
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