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目 錄
序言..........................................................................................................................1
極T代謝磁共振介紹 ............................................................................................6
代謝組學(xué)................................................................................................................................... 7
超極化代謝磁共振技術(shù) ......................................................................................................... 7
全球超極化研究熱點(diǎn) ...................................................................................................... 8
全球重點(diǎn)科研文章集錦 ................................................................................................. 9
綜述篇 .....................................................................................................................................11
?極?磁共振??研???............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Biomedical Applications of the Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Parahydrogen Induced Polarization Techniques for Hyperpolarized 13C MR Imaging....................................................................................................................................22
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: State of the Art and Future Directions ..........................................................................................40
腫瘤篇 .....................................................................................................................................55
Development of Methods and Feasibility of Using Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Imaging Data for Evaluating
Brain Metabolism in Patient Studies................................................................................................................................................56
Metabolic Imaging of Patients with Prostate Cancer Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C] Pyruvate ................................68
Hyperpolarized 1-[13C]-Pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects an Early Metabolic Response to Androgen Ablation Therapy in Prostate Cancer...............................................................................................................................80
Investigation of analysis methods for hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate metabolic MRI in prostate
cancer patients.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Characterization of serial hyperpolarized 13C metabolic imaging in patients with glioma ................................... 103
Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate MRI detects real-time metabolic flux in prostate cancer metastases to bone
and liver: a clinical feasibility study................................................................................................................................................ 115
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心血管篇 .............................................................................................................................. 127
Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic MRI of the Human Heart: Initial Experience ................................................................. 128
Efect of Doxorubicin on Myocardial Bicarbonate Production from Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Women with
Breast Cancer ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................144
Noninvasive In Vivo Assessment of Cardiac Metabolism in the Healthy and Diabetic Human Heart Using
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI ........................................................................................................................................................................150
Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of Direct Metabolic Imaging Following Myocardial Infarction Using Hyperpolarized 13C CMR .................................................................................................................................................................................. 164
神經(jīng)篇 .................................................................................................................................. 171
First Hyperpolarized [2-13C] Pyruvate MR Studies of Human Brain Metabolism ....................................................... 172
Kinetic Modeling of Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Pyruvate Metabolism in the Human Brain ................................ 194
Lactate topography of the human brain using hyperpolarized 13C-MRI ........................................................................ 204
Quantifying normal human brain metabolism using hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate and magnetic
resonance imaging ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................221
Imaging acute metabolic changes in mild traumatic brain injury patients using hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate .......232
技術(shù)篇 .................................................................................................................................. 247
Spatio-Temporally Constrained Reconstruction for Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI Using Kinetic Models ..................248
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI data acquisition and analysis in prostate and brain at University of California,
San Francisco ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
Translation of Carbon-13 EPI for hyperpolarized MR molecular imaging of prostate and brain
cancer patients........................................................................................................................................................................................278
Technique development of 3D dynamic CS-EPSI for hyperpolarized 13C pyruvate MR molecular imaging of human
prostate cancer ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................288
寫在最后............................................................................................................ 310
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? 13C ??磁??? 1H ???????? 13C ? 1H ??????? 0.016??? 13C ???????13C ??? 1.1%?
? 1H ????? ?99%??????????????? ?13C ? MRI ???????????? 13C ??????
??????? 99%????MRI ????????極???????? 10 ?????????極??????
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Biomedical Applications of the Dynamic
Nuclear Polarization and Parahydrogen Induced Polarization Techniques for Hyperpolarized 13C MR Imaging
綜述簡介
綜述概覽
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Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences 1
Biomedical Applications of the Dynamic Nuclear
Polarization and Parahydrogen Induced Polarization
Techniques for Hyperpolarized 13C MR Imaging
Neil J. Stewart and Shingo Matsumoto*
Since the !rst pioneering report of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of
the Warburg e"ect in prostate cancer patients, clinical dissemination of the technique has been rapid; close
to 10 sites worldwide now possess a polarizer !t for the clinic, and more than 30 clinical trials, predominantly for oncological applications, are already registered on the US and European clinical trials databases.
Hyperpolarized 13C probes to study pathophysiological processes beyond the Warburg e"ect, including tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolism, intra-cellular pH and cellular necrosis have also been demonstrated in the
preclinical arena and are pending clinical translation, and the simultaneous injection of multiple co-polarized
agents is opening the door to high-sensitivity, multi-functional molecular MRI with a single dose. Here, we
review the biomedical applications to date of the two polarization methods that have been used for in vivo
hyperpolarized 13C molecular MRI; namely, dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization and parahydrogeninduced polarization. #e basic concept of hyperpolarization and the fundamental theory underpinning
these two key 13C hyperpolarization methods, along with recent technological advances that have facilitated
biomedical realization, are also covered.
Keywords: 13C metabolic MRI, dynamic nuclear polarization, hyperpolarization, molecular imaging,
parahydrogen-induced polarization
Published Online: December 27, 2019
Magn Reson Med Sci 2019; XX; XXX–XXX
doi:10.2463/mrms.rev.2019-0094
Division of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Information
Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
*
Corresponding author: Division of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate
School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
060-0814, Hokkaido, Japan. Phone: +81-11-706-6789, Fax: +81-11-706-6802,
E-mail: smatsumoto@ist.hokudai.ac.jp
?2019 Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives International License.
Received: August 21, 2019 | Accepted: November 4, 2019
REVIEW
The frst in-man hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate MRI exams
in patients with prostate cancer realized the potential for
observing metabolic processes beyond glycolysis, which is
typically probed by 1F-àuorodeoxyglucose positron-emission
tomography (1F-FD*-P(T) until recently the only metabolic imaging method used routinely in the oncology clinic.4
This pioneering study has been followed by a rapid dissemination of HP [1-13C]pyruvate MRI for clinical applications,5
facilitated by the development of commercial, sterile polarization systems for clinical use.6
As of -une 219, more than
3 clinical trials worldwide pertaining to HP [1-13C]pyruvate
MRI are either in a complete, in progress, or pending phase
and this number is predicted to only increase further over the
coming years.
In this review article, we provide a brief overview of the
concept of hyperpolarization and the theory behind the
methods to obtain liquid-state 13C polarization namely,
dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) and
parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP), followed by a
comprehensive review of the biomedical applications of HP 13C MRI by, with a particular focus on recent clinical MRI
applications of HP [1-13C]pyruvate and other hyperpolarized 13C molecular imaging probes with clinical promise.
Introduction
Hyperpolarization refers to a class of methods that enable
the fundamental sensitivity limits of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) to be overcome, allowing functional imaging
of exogenous agents of unprecedented quality.1 Over the
last 2 years, hyperpolarized (HP) 3He and 129;e noble gases
have been developed from experimental tools into safe,
inhalable contrast agents for high-resolution, functional MRI
of the lung airspaces and are already used routinely in a clinical setting.2
On the other hand, HP 13C-labelled liquid-phase
probes for molecular and metabolic MRI hold great promise
for interrogating pathophysiology at the cellular level.3
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Theoretical Background
Hyperpolarization
When placed in a magnetic feld B, spin-ò nuclei of gyromagnetic ratio g occupy one of two =eeman states at energies
±g !B2. The nuclear spin 3polarization′ is defned as the
fractional difference in the population of the two states,
which under conditions of thermal equilibrium is derived
from the %oltzmann distribution
P h E
k T
B
B B k T = ?
è
? ?
?
÷ ?
è
? ?
?
÷ tan D ? 2 2
0 g ! (1)
The %oltzmann (thermal) polarization of 13C2the only
stable spin-ò carbon nucleus2at typical clinical magnetic feld
strengths is a1í. In fact, MR of endogenous 13C is challenging
not just due to its afourfold lower gyromagnetic ratio than 1H
the natural abundance of 13C is only 1.1 and thus sensitivity is
poor. A a1-fold MR signal enhancement can be obtained on
endogenous tracers through 13C-labeling, and a further 4–5
orders of magnitude enhancement via hyperpolarization.
Hyperpolarization denotes a temporary state of dramatic
population excess in one nuclear spin state (see Fig. 1) and can
be realized by a number of approaches brute force polarization (utilizing low temperatures and high magnetic felds to
directly increase the nuclear polarization), spin-exchange
optical pumping9 and metastability-exchange optical
pumping1 for hyperpolarized gases and d-DNP11 and PHIP12
for solution-state 13C applications. The latter two methods
have been demonstrated for biomedical 13C molecular MRI
applications and these form the focus of this review article. We
note that signal amplifcation by reversible exchange
(SA%R(),13 closely-related to conventional PHIP, is recently
showing progress toward potential in vivo application14 but
will not be covered in this article as biomedical application is
yet to be shown we refer the reader to Robertson and Mewis15
for an up-to-date review.
The MR signal enhancement associated with hyperpolarization is not permanent longitudinal relaxation acts to
return the nuclear spin state populations to that of thermal
equilibrium, and after radiofrequency excitation, the hyperpolarized state is not recovered.1 Research into generating
so-called 3long-lived′ states and also generation of continuously re-hyperpolarization1 are an active felds1 however,
hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate, the most promising molecule for clinical applications, remains limited by a T1 a s.
The decay in magnetization associated with a number of RF
excitations n with repetition time TR and àip angle a can be
described as follows
M n M n TR
T xy n j
j
n
( ) = - exp ( - ) sin ( ) cos ( ) é
?
ê ù
?
ú =
-
0 ? 1 1
1
1 a a (2)
For a constant àip angle, and TR << T1, (quation (2) can
be simplifed to M n xy
n ( ) = sin ( ) cos ( ) - M01 a a [for example,
after N 12 RF excitations at àip angle ? a magnetization of
only M N xy ( ) ? ° 0 3. s M in ( ) 8 0 remains]. The signal decay
during acquisition leads to fltering of the k-space and image
blurring, but which can be somewhat compensated for by
modifying the àip angle throughout the acquisition process.1,19 Nevertheless, acquisition of hyperpolarized signals
necessitates effcient encoding of k-space, such as with spiral
trajectories,2 parallel imaging21 or compressed sensing.22
Hyperpolarized 13C metabolic MRI relies upon the discrimination of MR signals from the injected probe (e.g. pyruvate) and
its metabolic products (e.g. lactate) by chemical shift. If spatial
information is not essential, dynamic spectroscopy is a simple
and robust means to probe metabolism dynamics.23 Several
imaging strategies have been developed24 including phaseencoded chemical shift imaging (CSI).25 which although ineffcient, allows acquisition of full spectra echo planar
spectroscopic imaging, in which (usually ày-back) gradients
are used for simultaneous 1D spatial encoding and spectral
readout, permitting several-fold acceleration at the expense of
SNR2,2 spiral chemical shift imaging, wherein multi-dimensional spatial data is encoded simultaneously with spectral
data in a similar manner to tomosynthesis2 spiral encoding
schemes29 combined with the robust iterative decomposition
with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation technique3
and spectral-spatial excitation for additional effciency and the
àexibility of a different àip angle on each resonance of
interest.31 In light of the long T2 of 13C in vivo, SNR benefts
have been realized by using single or multi-echo balanced
steady-state free precession.32,33
Fig. 1 Concept of hyperpolarization. (a) The occupation of nuclear
Zeeman states of a spin-? system in thermal equilibrium in a magnetic field follows that of the Boltzmann distribution [cf. Equation
(1)]; for 13C at 1.5T and 300 K, the polarization, i.e. the population difference between the spin up and down states for 13C is
only P ~ 10?6. (b) Hyperpolarization describes the state of a large
excess population in one of the nuclear Zeeman states, leading to
a nuclear polarization several orders of magnitude greater than the
Boltzmann polarization (Data is reproduced from the original dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (d-DNP) paper11 (Copyright
(2003) National Academy of Sciences, USA) and compares NMR
spectra obtained from thermally-polarized and hyperpolarized 13C
urea of ~60 mM concentration).
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Dynamic nuclear polarization
Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization2to date the principal polarization techniques employed to generate hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate2relies upon the relatively large
electron gyromagnetic ratio ( ) g g e P ? 660 which [according
to (quation (1)] leads to an electron %oltzmann polarization
of approximately unity at temperatures a1 . at high feld
(see Fig. 2a).34 An effcient electron paramagnetic agent (free
radical, see e.g. /umata et al.35) is mixed with a glassing
agent and the target probe to be polarized (e.g. pyruvate),
which is cooled to a1 . under a magnetic feld of several
tesla. In the subsequent glassy solid state where d-DNP is
most effcient, microwave irradiation is used to induce polarization transfer from free electrons to 13C nuclei over the
course of a1 h. At temperatures 4.2 ., polarization transfer
is believed to be primarily driven by the thermal mixing
effect,3 though depending on exact experimental conditions,
contributions from the so-called solid effect and cross
effect,3 and the Overhauser effect in the solution phase,3
may not be ignored. After polarization transfer, the frozen
sample is rapidly dissolved in a superheated solvent and
transferred to the MRI system for measurement [hence the
term 3dissolution (d)′11].
The frst commercial d-DNP system for preclinical
research applications shortly followed the publication of
the original d-DNP paper11 (HyperSense, Oxford Instruments, 8.) and other effcient research systems have since
been developed.39 Most d-DNP systems including the
HyperSense require large quantities of liquid helium to
maintain the low sample temperature however, two recent
landmark developments have enabled d-DNP without consumption of cryogens a high-throughput, sterile polarizer
for clinical applications Spin/ab6 (*( Healthcare,
Waukesha, WI, 8SA), and an effcient research polarizer
with variable magnetic feld (the SpinAligner, (Polarize,
Frederiksberg, Denmark)),4 both of which are commercially available. The Spin/ab (Fig. 2a), operating at a.9 .
and 5T and routinely obtaining up to 4 [1-13C]pyruvate
polarization, is the only system to date approved for human
application.
Fig. 2 Concept diagram for dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization
(d-DNP) and parahydrogen-induced
polarization (PHIP) polarization techniques. (a) In d-DNP, the source of 13C
nuclear polarization (P) is the approximately unity electron polarization (P)
at low temperature and high magnetic
field (curves plotted for 3.35T) (i). This
is transferred to 13C via microwave
excitation (ii), predominantly mediated via the thermal mixing effect. (iii)
Prototype commercial cryogen-free
d-DNP system reported in ArdenkjaerLarsen et al.40 (original photo courtesy of Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen,
Technical University of Denmark and
GE Healthcare). (b) In PHIP, the source
of 13C polarization is the inherent spin
order of the parahydrogen spin isomer
of hydrogen, which can be generated
to very high purity by cooling normal
hydrogen in the presence of a paramagnetic catalyst (i). Parahydrogen is
reacted with an unsaturated substrate,
generating 1H hyperpolarization, which
is subsequently transferred to 13C or
other target heteronucleus (ii). Several
dedicated low-field (mT) polarization
systems have been designed for automating the hydrogenation and polarization transfer processes; the example
shown is reprinted with permission
from Springer Nature (H?vener et al).58
i)
ii)
iii)
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Parahydrogen-induced polarization
Despite surmounting the hurdle associated with cryogen consumption, the initial outlay required for d-DNP systems
remains high (aseveral million 8SD for the Spin/ab). PHIP12
is a relatively recent technique that offers a cheaper route to
hyperpolarized 13C molecules for biomedical MRI applications.41 PHIP relies on the inherent spin order of parahydrogen, a spin isomer of hydrogen. At room temperature, the
two spin-ò nuclei of each hydrogen molecule have an equal
probability to occupy one of four spin states three states of
total spin 1 (orthohydrogen, 3triplet′ state) and one state of
total spin (parahydrogen, 3singlet′ state). When cooled in
the presence of a paramagnetic catalyst (typically iron(III)
oxide or charcoal, which promotes the otherwise slow
symmetry-forbidden transition between orthohydrogen and
the lower energy parahydrogen state) to a2 ., a parahydrogen fraction of a1 can be obtained (see Fig. 2b).
Parahydrogen itself is NMR silent since it has a total
nuclear spin of however, upon pairwise addition to
magnetically-inequivalent sites on an unsaturated substrate
molecule, the symmetry of the parahydrogen singlet state is
broken and hyperpolarized 1H MR signals can be observed.
This hydrogenation reaction is typically performed in an
organic solvent or the aqueous phase in the presence of a
transition metal (typically Rh- or Ru-)based catalyst.42 The
resulting 1H nuclear spin state depends on the magnetic feld
at which parahydrogen addition is performed at high feld,
e.g. within the MR system itself, the parahydrogen and synthesis allow dramatically enhanced nuclear alignment effect
is observed,12 whilst for hydrogenation at low feld followed
by adiabatic transport of the sample to the MR system for
detection, the adiabatic longitudinal transport after dissociation engenders nuclear alignment effect is observed.43 Several studies using PHIP of 1
H nuclei have been performed
(e.g. to generate --coupling derived contrast44 and gas-phase
imaging45) however, due to the large background signal
in vivo and lack of attainable pathophysiological functional
information such as that pertaining to metabolism, heteronuclei such as 13C or 15N are of greater interest for biomedical
applications. Polarization transfer from 1H to heteronuclei is
mediated by spin–spin couplings and can be driven by specialized RF pulse sequences4–4 or by subjecting the sample
to a magnetic feld cycle.49–51 The selection of polarization
transfer method and its parameters depends on the confguration of the target molecular probe.52,53
Regarding hardware, parahydrogen enrichment of a5
can be achieved by simply àowing hydrogen gas through a
cryogenic tube submersed in liquid nitrogen.54 A highthroughput system to generate and store up to 5 bar of 9
parahydrogen has been developed for biomedical applications55 once stored, parahydrogen enrichment can be maintained for months provided that paramagnetic molecular
oxygen is not present.56 Several automated PHIP polarizers
for low-feld hydrogenation and polarization transfer have
been developed5–59 incorporating heated, high-pressure
spray reactors however, promising results have also been
obtained by simply shaking or bubbling of a parahydrogenflled NMR tube followed by feld cycling by hand (see e.g.
Chukanov et al.). In addition, unlike d-DNP, it is possible to
perform both the hydrogenation reaction and polarization
transfer and generate heteronuclear hyperpolarization within
the NMR magnet itself, minimizing the time for polarization
decay.4,1
d-DNP-polarized [1-13C]pyruvate: the pathway to
clinical application
Abnormal metabolism is a hallmark of cancer, cardiovascular disease and other pathologies, and is intrinsically linked
to inàammation and immune response.2 1F àuorodeoxyglucose (FD*), a glucose analog, is routinely used for highsensitivity and specifcity clinical P(T imaging of glucose
metabolism3 and is the recommended clinical indicator for
head, neck, lung and pancreatic cancer.64 However, since
FD*--phosphate does not undergo further glycolysis, FD*-
P(T cannot probe metabolism beyond the frst step of the
glycolysis pathway. In this respect, d-DNP of [1-13C]pyruvate represents a signifcant development permitting unprecedented access to downstream metabolites to further aid
understanding of cancer and disease mechanisms.
Whilst the frst in vivo studies of a molecule polarization
by d-DNP were performed with HP 13C-urea,65 it was quickly
realized that [1-13C]pyruvate, which plays a critical role in
metabolism (see Fig. 3), is an ideal molecule for d-DNP since
it is self-glassy and has long T1 for 13C at the 1 and 2 positions
(a4– s).66 *olman et al.67 demonstrated the frst real-time
metabolic imaging of metabolic production of [1-13C]lactate,
[1-13C]alanine and [1-13C]bicarbonate from hyperpolarized
[1-13C]pyruvate in healthy rats and pigs, and demonstrated differences in metabolite signal intensity in tumor tissues. In
cancer cells, glycolysis prevails over oxidative phosphorylation and the conversion of pyruvate to lactate via lactate dehydrogenase is up-regulated this is known as the Warburg
effect.9 To date, increased HP [1-13C]pyruvate to [1-13C]lactate conversion has been used as the principal outcome of HP
[1-13C]pyruvate MRI studies in several types of cancers.,–3
The high sensitivity of HP [1-13C]pyruvate MRI affords the
possibility of non-invasive assessment of cancer treatment
response, frst demonstrated by Day et al.,74 who showed a
decrease in of HP 13C pyruvate–lactate àux after chemotherapy.
The technique has since been applied in several studies of radiotherapy response5, and assessment of other treatments,
and reported to present a viable clinical alternative to FD*-
P(T for early tumor response in a preclinical study.9
In a landmark paper, Nelson et al. reported the utilization
of *(?s prototype sterile d-DNP system6 to perform the frst
in-man HP [1-13C]pyruvate MR spectroscopy and imaging
feasibility study of patients with prostate cancer,4 demonstrating distinction of high- and low-grade tumors. This
development has opened the door to realize real-time clinical
metabolic imaging with HP [1-13C]pyruvate and the rapid
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uptake of the technology is epitomized by the fact that more
than 2 *( Spin/ab polarizers have been installed worldwide,
with close to half presently in use for human studies. First
reports of the application of [1-13C]pyruvate to study metabolism in the healthy human heart and brain1 have reported
good tolerance of the procedure and contributed valuable reference data for interpretation of patient studies. In prostate
cancer, HP [1-13C]pyruvate has been shown to detect early
response to androgen deprivation therapy with a sensitivity
exceeding that of T2- and diffusion-weighted MRI.2 Preliminary reports in patients with liver metastases3 and those with
brain tumors4,5 demonstrate the wide range of potential targets of the technology and provide important pilot data for
future trials. Several of these early clinical results are summarized in Fig. 4. Furthermore, at the 219 International
Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
meeting, frst HP [1-13C]pyruvate data in human patients
with breast cancer, in which the relationship between intertumoral heterogeneity and gene expression analysis was investigated, and preliminary longitudinal HP [1-13C]pyruvate
data in glioma patients, was reported, highlighting the
advantages of the non-invasive nature of the technique for
short- and long-term patient follow-up. Moreover, more than
3 clinical trials (sum of completed, ongoing and pending
trials) are registered on the 8S and (uropean clinical trials
registries (summarized in Table 1) targeting a range of
conditions, including prostate, brain, breast, ovarian, uterine,
pancreatic and skin cancers, in addition to cardiovascular
indications and other brain pathologies. Comparison with
FD*-P(T to further comprehend the complementary information that can be obtained9,9 is a critical next step to aid
interpretation of human HP [1-13C]pyruvate data and
encourage further clinical dissemination.
As the number of clinical studies with [1-13C]pyruvate
increases, there is a growing need for robust quantitation
methods that can be applied universally for multi-site validation studies.91 Typically, HP [1-13C]pyruvate MR examinations include dynamic spectroscopy of the time-course of
metabolic conversion of pyruvate, in addition to imaging.
Semi-quantitative analysis of metabolic dynamics measured
by MR spectroscopy can be performed using one of several
models that have been developed to describe the rate of pyruvate–lactate conversion kPL.
92 For the most simple two-compartment model of pyruvate-lactate conversion, written in
matrix form (see e.g. Harrison et al.92 and Harris et al.93)
d
dt
P
L
k
k
k
k
P
L
z
z
PL P
PL
LP
LP L
z
z
é
?
ê ù
?
ú = - -
- -
é
?
ê ù
?
ú
é
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ê ù
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ú
r
r
(3)
where PZ and LZ are the z-magnetization of pyruvate and lactate, respectively, kLP is the (reverse) lactate–pyruvate conversion rate and r a i i = - 1 T1 / log (cos( )) / , TR describes
T1 relaxation and RF-induced depolarization [cf. (quation
(2)]. This equation can be analytically74 or numerically
solved and utilized to ft the magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Fig. 3 Schematic of glycolysis,
pyruvate metabolism to alanine
and lactate, and the tricarboxylic
acid (TCA) cycle within the mitochondria. Green circles: products
of [1-13C]pyruvate; red triangles:
products of [2-13C]pyruvate.
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(MRS) signal intensities of lactate and pyruvate (see for
example the data in Fig. 4a) to yield kPL as a metric of the
Warburg effect. Model-free approaches such as the area
under the signal-time curve and time-to-peak present simple,
robust alternatives.91 CSI-based techniques yield individual
images for each metabolic product, and ratio maps of lactate
to pyruvate signal intensity are commonly used to provide
some degree of quantitation in a regional manner.
d-DNP beyond [1-13C]pyruvate: other candidate
molecular probes
The range of molecular imaging targets that can be polarized
by d-DNP is vast and an exhaustive list94 is beyond the scope
of the present article. In the following, we introduce several of
the most promising d-DNP-polarizable 13C molecular probes
for biomedical applications (see Table 2 for a summary).
While the large majority of pre-clinical and clinical
studies to date have exploited the sensitivity of HP [1-13C]
pyruvate to the Warburg effect (i.e. pyruvate–lactate metabolism), the C1 atom of the remaining pyruvate that enters into
the mitochondria is oxidized to CO2 and subsequently converted to bicarbonate, and thus cannot be used to probe tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolism. However, the C2
atom passes to acetyl-CoA and enters into the TCA cycle,
exhibiting several metabolic fates (Figs. 3 and 5b). Schroeder
et al.23 frst reported detection of downstream metabolites
including [1-13C]acetylcarnitine, [1-13C]citrate, [5-13C]glutamate in perfused rat hearts after injection of HP [2-13C]pyruvate, with decreased citrate and glutamate production
post-ischemia. In response to rapid pacing challenge, in vivo
measurements of cardiac metabolism showed increased
[5-13C]glutamate production,95 and increased glutamate,
Fig. 4 Clinical examples of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate MRI. (a) Representative dynamic 13C MRS data of pyruvate and lactate signal
in prostate cancer region and contralateral prostate region of a prostate cancer patient, and lactate/pyruvate signal ratio map overlaid
on a T2-weighted 1H MR image (adapted from Figs. 2 and 4, respectively of Nelson et al.4 reprinted with permission from the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)). (b) HP [1-13C]pyruvate, lactate and bicarbonate MR images and a non-selective MR
spectrum of the healthy human heart (adapted from Figs. 1 and 3, respectively of Cunningham et al.80 reprinted with permission from
Wolters Klumer Health, Inc). (c) Comparison of HP [1-13C]pyruvate and lactate MR images to contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRI and
perfusion plasma volume mapping in a patient with recurrent glioblastoma (adapted from Fig. 4 of Miloushev et al.85 permission from the
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)).
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b c
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Table 1 Summary of ongoing clinical trials pertaining to hyperpolarized 13C MRI (from clinicaltrials.gov, clinicaltrialsregister.eu and drks.de, accessed on 2019/06/12)
Primary condition
(number of trials) Participating center (country) Enrollment?
Brain cancer6 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada) 121
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (USA) 44
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Dallas (USA) 13
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco (USA) 80
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San
Francisco (USA)
9
Uterine and ovarian cancer2 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada) 10
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge (UK) 40
Breast cancer2 UT Southwestern - Advanced Imaging Research Center, Dallas (USA) 110
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada) 13
Traumatic brain injury and
CNS tumors2
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (USA) 16
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto (USA) 10
Other: Sarcoma1 Advanced Imaging Research Center, Dallas (USA) 20
Fatty liver1 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (USA) 16
Pancreatic cancer1 Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (Denmark) 15
Skin cancer1 Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (Denmark) 30
General cancer1 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (USA) 84
Prostate cancer9 University of California San Francisco, San Francisco (USA) 261
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada) 40
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Dallas (USA) 10
Cardiovascular disease5 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (USA) 10
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada) 112
University College London, London (UK) 25
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland) 50
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (Denmark) 20
?
Enrollment: approximate patient numbers scanned or anticipated (in cases of multiple studies at the same center, enrollment
represents a summation of the enrollment for each individual study).
Table 2 Non-exhaustive list of 13C MR molecular probes polarizable by dynamic nuclear polarization (adapted with the publisher’s
permission from Table 1 of Hurd et al.163) and their chemical shift (and literature reference)
HP 13C probe (chemical shift) Metabolic products (chemical shift) Biomedical applications
[1-13C]Pyruvate (173 ppm)164 [1-13C]Lactate (185 ppm), [1-13C]alanine (178 ppm),
[1-13C]bicarbonate (162 ppm), [1-13C]pyruvate hydrate
(181 ppm)164
Warburg effect (cancer)
[2-13C]Pyruvate (208 ppm)96 [2-13C]Lactate (71 ppm),96 [2-13C]alanine (53 ppm),
[1-13C]citrate (180–181 ppm),165 [5-13C]glutamate
(184 ppm), [1-13C]acetylcarnitine (175 ppm), [3-13C]
acetoacetate (177 ppm)96
Tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
cycle metabolism
13C-Urea (162.5 ppm)100 None (end product) Perfusion
[1,4-13C2]Fumarate (175.4 ppm)103 [1-13C]Malate (181.8 ppm), [4-13C]Malate (180.6 ppm)103 Cellular necrosis
[1-13C] Dehydroascorbate (174.0 ppm)109 [1-13C]Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (177.8 ppm)109 Redox status
13C-Bicarbonate (161 ppm)113 Carbon dioxide (125 ppm)113 pH mapping
[1,5-13C2]Zymonic acid (ppmurea + 10–15 ppm)116* None
[5-13C]Glutamine (178.5 ppm)166 [5-13C]Glutamate (181.5 ppm)166 Glutaminase metabolism,
[1-13C]a-ketoglutarate (172.6 ppm)117 [1-13C]Glutamate (177.5 ppm)117 TCA cycle metabolism
[1-13C]Acetate (182.5 ppm)120 [1-13C]Acetylcarnitine (202.1 ppm)120 Acetyl-CoA synthetase
activity
*
pH-dependent chemical shift.
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acetoacetate and acetylcarnitine production was observed
post-injection of an anti-cancer agent in rats.9 The frst clinical MR spectroscopy and imaging data of HP [2-13C]pyruvate in the healthy human brain was reported at the 219
ISMRM meeting9 however, application of the probe
remains challenging due to the relatively low concentration
of downstream metabolites generated in one study, none
were detectable.66
[1-13C]urea, the frst hyperpolarized 13C molecular MR
imaging agent demonstrated by the d-DNP method,11 is metabolically inert and shows promise as a HP MRI agent for
perfusion assessment.9,99 Furthermore, [1-13C]urea can be
co-polarized with [1-13C]pyruvate for simultaneous assessment of metabolism and perfusion,1 and co-labeling with 15N2 exhibits prolonged 13C relaxation times and improved
SNR11 facilitating for example the investigation of renal
functional changes.12
[1,4-13C2]fumarate can be hyperpolarized by d-DNP and
the rate of its conversion to malate, catalyzed by fumarase, is
indicative of cellular necrosis.13 HP [1,4-13C2]fumarate
exhibits high sensitivity to necrosis in myocardial infarction14 and acute kidney injury15 among other tissue pathologies, is complementary to [1-13C]pyruvate in the assessment
of treatment response (Fig. 5a) in breast cancer1 and effcient co-polarization schemes offer simultaneous probing of
multiple metabolic pathways.1
Hyperpolarization of the reduced and oxidized forms of
vitamin C2namely [1-13C]dehydroascorbate and [1-13C]
ascorbate, respectively2offers a novel means to probe intracellular redox status, a critical factor in normal and abnormal
cellular function.1,19 High concentrations of [1-13C]ascorbate can be observed post-injection of [1-13C]dehydroascorbate, and reduced HP [1-13C]ascorbate signal has been
utilized as an MR biomarker of renal oxidative stress.11,111
Several HP 13C-based molecular probes have been proposed for measurement of pH,112 a critical physiological factor.
In particular, injection of hyperpolarized 13C-bicarbonate and
monitoring of its conversion to 13CO2 has been proposed to
monitor pH113 and demonstrates sensitivity to abnormal pH in
cancer113 and ischemic heart disease.114 An alternative method
involves monitoring the HP 13CO2 production from injected
[1-13C]pyruvate.115 Recently, HP [1,5-13 C2]zymonic acid has
been proposed for high-sensitivity in vivo pH mapping, exhibiting a pH-sensitive chemical shift and T1 benefts over [1-13C]
bicarbonate.11
To probe glutaminase and alanine transaminase metabolism, respectively, HP [5-13C]glutamine and [1-13C]glutamate have been investigated. Conversion of injected HP
[1-13C]a-ketoglutarate to [1-13C]glutamate has been proposed as a potential biomarker of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1
gene mutations in glioma.11 Although the longitudinal relaxation of 13C nuclear spins in the glucose molecule is extremely
short, perdeuteration has facilitated studies of glycolysis
using HP [8-13C]glucose in cells11 and in vivo.
119 The action
of acetyl-CoA synthetase in generating acetyl-CoA2a
crucial molecule in fatty acid synthesis and TCA cycle
metabolism2has been investigated with HP [1-13C]acetate
in the heart12,121 and skeletal muscle.122
PHIP: candidate 13C molecular and metabolic
MRI probes
The choice of molecular probes for conventional hydrogenative PHIP is fundamentally limited by the requirement of an
unsaturated precursor substrate (i.e. a molecule containing a
double or triple bond to which parahydrogen is added to
yield the hyperpolarized probe).123 Nevertheless, a number
of promising HP 13C probes for biomedical MR applications
can be produced with a polarization level comparable to or
approaching that of d-DNP. Some of these are highlighted in
the following text and also in Table 3 for an exhaustive list,
we refer the reader to H|vener et al.41.
To date some of the most promising probes for metabolic
MRI by PHIP are based on succinate and its derivatives
(Fig. ), the metabolic activity of which was introduced earlier. Hyperpolarized [1-13C]succinate can be generated by
one of two PHIP strategies two-step parahydrogen addition,
frst to [1-13C]acetylenedicarboxylate (ADC) to yield [1-13C]
maleate, to which parahydrogen is added again to yield
[1-13C]succinate124 or by single-step parahydrogen addition
to [1-13C]fumarate.125,12 The latter method offers a prolonged [1-13C]succinate polarization lifetime, particularly if
deuterated fumarate is used, and also reduces the risk of
undesired injection of ADC, which is mildly toxic, and also
the intermediate (maleate).125 Whilst initial in vivo experiments in the rat brain did not exhibit clear metabolic conversion of PHIP-polarized [1-13C]succinate,124 the second
hydrogenation approach enabled detection of downstream
TCA cycle metabolites in a murine tumor model.12
Furthermore, the diethyl ester of [1-13C]succinate, derived by
parahydrogen addition of diethyl[1-13C]fumarate, appears to
exhibit some TCA cycle metabolic sensitivity and was shown
to distinguish murine tumor characteristics.12,12
Hyperpolarized hydroxyethyl [1-13C]propionate, produced
by parahydrogen addition of hydroxyethyl[1-13C]acrylate
(H(A), presents a potential high-sensitivity PHIP contrast
agent for angiography applications.5,12,129 In a recent study, the
entire process of parahydrogen addition to H(A followed by
polarization transfer, injection and in vivo MRI detection of
H(P was realized within an MRI system, i.e. without the
requirement of an external polarizer.13 Since 2-hydroxyethyl[1- 13C]propionate is easily polarized by PHIP and has strong, welldefned heteronuclear spin–spin couplings, it has also been
utilized to validate several novel techniques for optimization of
polarization transfer between parahydrogen and 13C.5,131,132
Hyperpolarized tetraàuoropropyl[1-13C]propionate (TFPP)
can be derived parahydrogen addition of the corresponding
acrylate precursor and subsequent polarization transfer, and
has been proposed as a 3targeted′ molecular agent for interrogating lipid-rich atherosclerotic plaques.133 However,
whilst HP 13C-H(P and 13C-succinate can be generated in the
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Fig. 5 Pre-clinical MRI examples of promising HP 13C probes other than [1-13C]pyruvate. (a) HP 13C chemical shift imaging (CSI) of cellular necrosis pre- and post-etoposide treatment (increased necrosis) in a murine tumor model after HP [1,4-13C2]fumarate injection, and 13C MR spectra obtained from murine lymphoma cells; (i) untreated, (ii) post-etoposide treatment, (iii) lysed cells, demonstrating a strong
relationship between malate production and necrosis (adapted from Figs. 1 and 4 of Gallagher et al.103 with the publisher’s permission).
(b) CSI-derived maps and accompanying spectra of metabolites derived from mitochondrial metabolism after injection of [2-13C]pyruvate
into a healthy rat, exhibiting [1-13C]acetyl carnitine and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle-derived [5-13C]glutamate resonances (adapted with
the publisher’s permission from Park et al.167). Results obtained pre- and post-injection of dichloroacetate (DCA), a proposed anti-cancer
drug used to influence acetyl-CoA production by modulating pyruvate dehydrogenase, are shown.
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Table 3 Non-exhaustive list of 13C MR molecular probes polarizable by parahydrogen-induced polarization (adapted with the
publisher’s permission from Table 1 of H?vener et al.41 and their chemical shift (and literature reference?
)
HP 13C precursor Hydrogenation products Biomedical applications
[1-13C]Acetyl dicarboxylic acid (151.6 ppm)155 [1-13C]Maleate (160 ppm) → [1-13C]Succinate (175 ppm)124 Tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
cycle metabolism [1-13C]Fumarate (166.5 ppm)155 [1-13C]Succinate (175 ppm)124
Diethyl[1-13C]fumarate (167.4 ppm)127 Diethyl[1-13C]succinate (175.8 ppm)127 TCA cycle metabolism
13C-Hydroxyethyl-acrylate 13C-Hydroxyethylpropionate (~180 ppm)50 Angiography
Tetrafluoropropyl[1-13C]acrylate Tetrafluoropropyl[1-13C]propionate (174 and 177 ppm)133 Atheromatous plaques
[1-13C]Phosphoenol-pyruvate (171.9 ppm)135 [1-13C]Phospholactate → [1-13C]Lactate (182.1 ppm)135 Gluconeogenesis, lactate
dehydrogenase metabolism
Propargyl[1-13C]pyruvate
(160 ppm)60
Allyl[1-13C]pyruvate (160.5 ppm)60 → [1-13C]pyruvate
(173 ppm) after hydrolysis
Warburg effect (cancer)
Vinyl[1-13C]acetate
(168 ppm)60
Ethyl[1-13C]acetate (174 ppm)147 → [1-13C]acetate
(182.5 ppm) after hydrolysis
Acetyl-CoA synthetase
activity
?
Chemical shift values only quoted for the particular solvent in the literature reference cited.
Fig. 6 In vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) application of several hyperpolarized 13C probes generated by parahydrogen-induced
polarization (PHIP). (a) MRI angiogram of HP 13C-labeled malate dimethyl ester with corresponding 1H spin echo reference image of a
healthy rat (adapted with permission from Golman et al.49). (b) Chemical shift imaging (CSI) of HP diethyl [1-13C]succinate in a murine
model of renal cell carcinoma (reproduced from Zacharias et al.126 under the Creative Commons Attribution License). The 13C spectrum
corresponding to the pixel indicated by the white square shows tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolism of diethyl succinate (DES) to
succinate (SUC) and fumarate (FUM). (c) Representative HP tetrafluoropropyl [1-13C]propionate (TFPP) fast imaging with steady-state
precession (FISP) image overlaid on a 1H RARE image, and HP 13C-TFPP spectra obtained from low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)
deficient mice compared with control mice, demonstrating excess lipid in LDLR mice (reproduced from Bhattacharya et al.133 with the
publisher’s permission).
a b c
pure aqueous phase using a water-soluble catalyst, TFPP
requires a high dose of ethanol as a co-solvent, limiting
potential in vivo applications.133
Since [1-13C]ethyl pyruvate ester has been shown to be
polarizable by d-DNP and shows some promise in comparison to [1-13C]pyruvate for functional brain imaging
applications,134 the hydrogenation precursor [1-13C]vinyl
pyruvate is an interesting potential target for PHIP, however
an effcient synthesis route remains elusive.
Shchepin et al.135 have proposed [1-13C]phospholactate, the hydrogenation product of [1-13C]phosphoenolpyruvate, as a possible route to HP [1-13C]lactate in vivo, which
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is subsequently taken up by tumors and several critical
organs.59,13 The hydrogenation reaction can relatively
easily be performed in water,13 which holds promise for
future biomedical studies.
(ster derivatives of 13C-glucose have been demonstrated
to be polarizable by PHIP13 however, the short polarization
lifetime (as) must be overcome (e.g. by deuteration) to facilitate
the realization of in vivo glycolysis measurement by PHIP of
glucose derivatives and the possibility of corroboration
against FD*-P(T.
Alteration of choline metabolism is a hallmark of tumor
progression, and several groups have investigated choline
precursors as potential molecular probes for PHIP.139,14
Rather than 13C, 15N-labeling can be used although 15N possesses an intrinsically low gyromagnetic ratio and hence sensitivity compared with 13C, extremely long relaxation times
can be realized, enabling metabolism dynamics to be followed over the course of several minutes. In particular, the
recent demonstration of 12 15N polarization with a lifetime
of over 2 min on a choline derivative is of interest for
in vivo cancer metabolism applications.141
Side-arm hydrogenation (PHIP-SAH):
a route to HP [1-13C]pyruvate
The majority of the above-mentioned probes offer only limited
or no metabolic information of suffcient sensitivity compared
with [1-13C]pyruvate produced by d-DNP however, the lack
of a suitable hydrogenation precursor of pyruvate, lactate or
other metabolically-linked molecules has led Reineri et al.142
to develop the method of side-arm hydrogenation PHIP (PHIPSAH).In PHIP-SAH, parahydrogen is added to an unsaturated
ester of the molecule of choice in the organic phase, where the
hydrogenation reaction is most effcient, then polarization
is transferred from 1H to the [1-13C] atom of the carboxylic
acid of interest, and fnally the ester 3side-arm′ is hydrolytically cleaved to yield the HP carboxylic acid of interest along
with ester alcohol in the aqueous phase. Hyperpolarized
[1-13C]pyruvate, [1-13C]acetate142 and [1-13C]lactate143
have been demonstrated using this approach.
Following optimization of the initial experimental procedure with a view to in vivo application,144 a 13C polarization of a5 on [1-13C]pyruvate at the time of experiment was
obtained, enabling realization of the frst in vivo metabolic
MR spectroscopy and imaging in a mouse model of dilated
cardiomyopathy,145 the results of which are highlighted in
Fig. . Whilst the sensitivity remains relatively low compared with that produced by d-DNP, a recent comparison of
the polarization effciency of several pyruvate and acetate
precursors has provided insights into the best substrate of
choice for future in vivo metabolic MRI applications.14
In particular, hydrogenation products ethyl acetate and allyl
pyruvate (hydrogenation products of vinyl acetate and
propargyl pyruvate, respectively) were found to yield the
highest 13C polarization.14 Furthermore, when a deuterated
Fig. 7 (a) Slice-selective dynamic 13C MRS of a healthy wild-type
mouse after injection of HP
[1-13C]pyruvate produced by
parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP)-side-arm hydrogenation (SAH), and (b) corresponding
whole-body 13C chemical shift
imaging (CSI) of [1-13C]pyruvate
and [1-13C]lactate (reproduced
from Figs. 2 and 3 of Cavallari
et al.145 under the Creative
Commons CCBY License).
a
b
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precursor is combined with optimized polarization transfer
techniques, 13C polarization of more than 5 on acetate has
been realized using the vinyl ester precursor,14 which may
permit in vivo investigations of acetyl-CoA synthetase
activity in the near future by PHIP.
Future Perspectives
Ongoing and future clinical trials of [1-13C]pyruvate MRI
serve a critical role in evaluating the clinical viability of the
technique for and beyond oncological studies of metabolism,
and also in assessing the reproducibility and robustness of
hyperpolarized MR acquisition methods and analysis procedures in order to provide guidelines to standardize workàow
for future multi-site validation studies.5 In particular, robust
clinical comparison studies of HP [1-13C]pyruvate MRI and 1F-FD*-P(T in several oncological pathologies are required
to further understanding of the relationship between the pathophysiological information gleaned from each technique and
further accelerate clinical translation.9,9 Clinical trials of
d-DNP probes such as [1-13C]fumarate, [1-13C]bicarbonate
and others are either pending or expected in the near future,
and co-polarization techniques are likely to yield unprecedented access to multiple aspects of metabolic function with a
single hyperpolarized dose.1,14 d-DNP probe development
has not ceased with the advent of clinical application of [1-13C]
pyruvate, with several novel probes reported in the last few
years.149,151 In parallel to clinical studies, the fundamental
science of d-DNP remains a feld of active development.152
Whilst biomedical applications of PHIP are relatively
few in number to date when compared with those of d-DNP,
novel approaches such as PHIP-SAH offer an expanded palette of polarizable molecular targets and a low-cost means
of generating HP [1-13C]pyruvate for preclinical and with
further refnement, eventually clinical applications.142,145
In addition, the development of increasingly effcient and
versatile hydrogenation catalysts is a thriving research feld
(see e.g. *l|ggler et al.,153 /eutzsch et al.154). In particular,
rhodium-based catalysts commonly used for effcient hydrogenation predominantly yield cis-selective products, but a
novel trans-selective ruthenium-based catalyst has recently
been shown to demonstrate hyperpolarized [1-13C]fumarate
by parahydrogen addition to acetylene[1-13C]dicarboxylate
for the frst time.155 With appropriate fltering of the catalyst15
and other unwanted co-solvents or hydrolysis side products
(in the case of PHIP-SAH), the purity of injected doses can
be improved to appropriately high levels with a view to clinical application in the foreseeable future.
It is not only the 13C nucleus that shows promise for biomedical hyperpolarized MRI applications as previously
noted, the 15N nucleus has a relatively low MR sensitivity, but
exhibits extremely long polarization lifetimes and metabolic
probes can be prepared in an environment suitable for biological application, analogous to 13C.15,15 In addition, 19F, which
has a gyromagnetic ratio and therefore a baseline sensitivity
similar to that of the proton, may fnd biomedical application
in targeted MRI of hyperpolarized 19F-labelled drugs, though
limited progress in this direction has been made to date.159
Furthermore, while all the above noted applications pertain
to liquid-phase molecular probes, parahydrogen can be used
in combination with a solid-phase catalyst to generate
1
H-hyperpolarized propane (from propylene) in the gaseous
phase.1,11 which shows some promise as a relatively cheap
alternative to hyperpolarized noble gases for biomedical lung
imaging, though the high 1H background signal may be
problematic and no in vivo experiments have been attempted
to date.
Finally, the SA%R( parahydrogen method, wherein
polarization transfer occurs by reversible exchange and the
target molecule remains chemically unaltered upon interaction with parahydrogen, has the potential yield heteronuclear
(
13C, 15N) hyperpolarization on a broader range of molecular
imaging probes than conventional PHIP and may lead to several unprecedented avenues of biomedical application.12
Although to date no in vivo experiments have been performed
with SA%R(-polarized probes, the recent demonstration of
both hyperpolarized [1-13C] and [2-13C]pyruvate,14 although
at relatively low polarizations, represents a signifcant step
toward biomedical application.
Acknowledgments
N-S is an international research fellow of the -apanese
Society for the Promotion of Science (-SPS).
Conficts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conàicts of interest.
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REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY ? REVIEW
Altered metabolism is central to many human diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and a
variety of inflammatory conditions. !e most commonly
used imaging strategy in the clinic for interrogating metabolism, particularly in cancer, is PET with the glucose
analog 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). FDG PET provides
information regarding tissue glucose uptake and has been
highly clinically successful. However, it cannot help assess
downstream metabolism, which may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of a variety of diseases.
Carbon 13 (13C) MRI is particularly attractive for metabolic imaging because carbon serves as the backbone of
nearly all organic molecules, thus allowing the investigation
of a wide range of biochemical processes that are relevant to
human diseases. However, the low natural abundance of the
13C isotope, at 1.1%, has made in vivo imaging extremely
challenging. !is limitation has been overcome by the recent
development of the dynamic nuclear polarization technique,
which can dramatically, albeit temporarily, increase the signal of 13C-labeled molecules by more than 10000 fold (1).
Hyperpolarized (HP) 13C MRI has emerged as a powerful
molecular imaging strategy that allows safe, nonradioactive,
real-time, and pathway-specific investigation of dynamic
metabolic and physiologic processes that were previously
inaccessible to imaging. In this review, we will provide an
overview of the methods of hyperpolarization and the various biologic processes that can be interrogated by using HP
13C probes, with a focus on HP 13C pyruvate. We will also
summarize the technical and regulatory requirements of human HP 13C studies and highlight the emerging clinical applications of this molecular imaging technology.
Hyperpolarization
At body temperature and field strengths used in clinical
MRI, the MRI signal of 13C endogenous nuclei is very low
because of its low natural abundance (only about 1.1%
of carbon is 13C) and low nuclear spin polarization (the
spins are not well aligned to the external magnetic field).
!e relative signal of 13C to hydrogen 1 (1H) is 0.016
based on the gyromagnetic ratio of 13C being approximately one-fourth of that of 1
H. !e relative signal of 13C
is further reduced by the low natural abundance of 13C of
1.1%, compared with more than 99% for 1H. To improve
the MRI signal of 13C nuclei, probes can be synthetically
enriched to increase the concentration of the 13C label in
a molecule, commonly enriched to 99% of 13C. MRI signal can be further increased dramatically by the process of
hyperpolarization (Fig 1). !e principle of hyperpolarization is based on the fact that at low temperature and high
magnetic field, electrons have a very high level of polarization (ie, nearly all the electrons are aligned in the same
direction). !is high level of polarization can be transferred to 13C-labeled probes, increasing their MRI signals.
!is transfer of polarization is accomplished by mixing
radicals (a source of free electrons) with the 13C-labeled
probe(s) to be hyperpolarized and placing the mixture in
a polarizer at a magnetic field typically of 3.0–5.0 T and
at a low temperature (approximately 1 K). Microwave irradiation is then applied to transfer the polarization from
unpaired electrons in a trityl radical to the 13C-labeled
probes (1). Depending on the molecule to be polarized
and the operating field strength and temperature of the
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: State of the Art and Future
Directions
Zhen J. Wang, MD ? Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD ? Peder E. Z. Larson, PhD ? Jeremy W. Gordon, PhD ? Robert
A. Bok, MD, PhD ? James Slater, PhD ? Javier E. Villanueva-Meyer, MD ? Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD ? John
Kurhanewicz, PhD ? Daniel B. Vigneron, PhD
From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143. Received October 25, 2018; revision
requested November 24; final revision received January 5, 2019; accepted January 9. Address correspondence to Z.J.W. (e-mail: Zhen.Wang@ucsf.edu).
Supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (P41EB013598, R01EB016741, R01EB017449), the American Cancer Society
(RSG-18-005-01-CCE), the National Cancer Institute (P01CA118816, R01CA183071), and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(R01DK097357, R01DK115987).
Conflicts of interest are listed at the end of this article.
Radiology 2019; 291:273–284 ? https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2019182391 ? Content codes:
Hyperpolarized (HP) carbon 13 (13C) MRI is an emerging molecular imaging method that allows rapid, noninvasive, and pathwayspecific investigation of dynamic metabolic and physiologic processes that were previously inaccessible to imaging. !is technique
has enabled real-time in vivo investigations of metabolism that are central to a variety of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular
disease, and metabolic diseases of the liver and kidney. !is review provides an overview of the methods of hyperpolarization and 13C probes investigated to date in preclinical models of disease. !e article then discusses the progress that has been made in translating this technology for clinical investigation. In particular, the potential roles and emerging clinical applications of HP [1-13C]
pyruvate MRI will be highlighted. !e future directions to enable the adoption of this technology to advance the basic understanding of metabolism, to improve disease diagnosis, and to accelerate treatment assessment are also detailed.
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shift difference between the probe and its metabolites at the
labeled position. Larger differences in chemical shift enable
differentiation between the probe and metabolites more readily and therefore enable more accurate metabolic quantification. Successful HP probes additionally must be water soluble
at physiologic pH values and have cellular uptake that is sufficiently rapid to allow observation of metabolism during the
time frame of the HP study.
"e most widely studied HP probe to date is [1-13C]pyruvate. It polarizes well (up to 50% polarization level in current
clinical polarizers) and has a long T1 (approximately 67 seconds
in solution at 3.0 T), thereby permitting in vivo investigation
with high signal-to-noise ratio. Importantly, [1-13C]pyruvate is
a highly biologically relevant probe, as pyruvate lies at a critical
branch point of multiple metabolic pathways, including glycolysis,
the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and amino acid biosynthesis
(Fig 2). On injection into a living system, HP [1-13C]pyruvate is
rapidly taken up into the cells and metabolized within the cytosol into [1-13C]lactate and [1-13C]alanine by the enzymes lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) and alanine transaminase, respectively.
HP [1-13C]pyruvate is also transported into the mitochondria
and is converted by the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)
into 13C CO2
and acetyl-coenzyme A, thereby serving as a readout of PDH activity and flux toward the TCA cycle. [1-13C]pyruvate has been used extensively to interrogate metabolism in a
variety of diseases such as cancer, ischemia, and inflammation in
preclinical models (discussed in detail below). Importantly, it has
also been translated for clinical metabolic investigations and has
been shown to be safe and feasible (2).
"ere are numerous other HP 13C probes, mainly composed
of endogenous biomolecules, that have shown great promise
for investigating metabolism relevant to human diseases. Examples include [2-13C]pyruvate for probing mitochondrial
metabolism (3,4), [1,4-13C2]fumarate for assessing tissue necrosis (5–9), 13C bicarbonate for measuring pH (10–13), [1- 13C]dehydroascorbate (DHA) for interrogating redox capacity
(14–18), and 13C urea for imaging perfusion (19–22). While
many of these probes have so far been investigated only in
preclinical disease models, several of them, including [2-13C]
pyruvate, [1,4-13C2]fumarate, and 13C urea are actively being
evaluated for clinical translation.
Abbreviations
DHA = dehydroascorbate, FDG = fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose, HP
= hyperpolarized, kPL = apparent rate constant for pyruvate-to-lactate
conversion, LDH = lactate dehydrogenase, PDH = pyruvate dehydrogenase, TCA = tricarboxylic acid, TRAMP = transgenic adenocarcinoma
of mouse prostate
Summary
Hyperpolarized carbon 13 MRI is an emerging molecular imaging
technique that is actively undergoing clinical translation at multiple
institutions.
Essentials
n Hyperpolarization, achieved by means of dynamic nuclear polarization, dramatically enhances the MRI signal of carbon 13 (13C)
labeled molecules by more than 10 000 fold.
n Hyperpolarized 13C MRI allows in vivo probing of enzyme-mediated metabolic processes relevant to human diseases.
n Work is ongoing in the clinical translation of hyperpolarized 13C
MRI, with numerous emerging applications in oncology, diabetes,
and heart disease, as well as metabolic diseases of the liver and kidney.
polarizer, the hyperpolarization process takes between 30 and
120 minutes. "e frozen HP sample is then rapidly dissolved
by a heated and pressurized bolus of a biologically compatible
buffer solution. "e solution retains a high level of polarization
and can be formulated to be at physiologic pH, osmolarity, and
temperature for in vivo injection and metabolic investigations.
In a 3.0-T field and at room temperature, the 13C thermal equilibrium polarization is approximately 0.00025% aligned with
the external magnetic field; with hyperpolarization, the polarization increases to approximately 30%–40%, an increase of
over 100 000 fold (1), thereby dramatically increasing the MRI
signal. "e enhanced signal, however, is typically available only
for a short period of time (ie, 1–2 minutes), as the polarization
decays back to its thermal equilibrium level at a rate dependent on the spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of the 13C labeled
nucleus. "erefore, rapid imaging is needed to acquire high
signal-to-noise ratio metabolic data with minimal polarization
loss and to measure fast metabolic processes.
HP 13C Probes
An advantage of HP 13C technology is the diverse array of
probes that can be polarized. "e most commonly studied HP
probes have been endogenous biomolecules modified only by
the 13C enrichment, and they have been applied to interrogate
metabolic and physiologic processes associated with a variety of
neoplastic, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases (Table). "e
selection of the 13C enrichment site should take into account
two important considerations. First, the labeled carbon atom
should have a long longitudinal relaxation time (T1), as the T1
determines how quickly the polarization of the probe decays
back to thermal equilibrium once it is removed from the polarizer. Longer T1 facilitates preservation of the enhanced MRI
signal and therefore more accurate quantification of metabolism in vivo. Carbon atoms that do not have directly attached
protons, such as those in carbonyl groups, usually have longer
T1 relaxation times. Another consideration is the chemical
Figure 1: Processes for increasing MRI signal of carbon 13 (
13C)
nuclei. DNP = dynamic nuclear polarization, NMR = nuclear magnetic
resonance.
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metabolic reprogramming and has been applied to numerous
models of cancer (23–33). For example, increased HP [1-13C]
pyruvate-to-lactate conversion has been observed in a transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) model,
with the level of 13C lactate correlating with tumor histologic
grade (23) (Fig 3). In a Myc oncogene–driven liver cancer
model, increased HP [1-13C]pyruvate conversion to lactate and
alanine was observed to precede tumor formation, and there
was a dramatic reversal of pyruvate-to-lactate conversion during early tumor regression before any size change (24). HP [1-
13C]pyruvate–to-lactate conversion and lactate efflux were able
to help differentiate benign renal tumors from renal cell carcinomas in an ex vivo model of patient-derived renal tumor tissues (26). #ese studies have also demonstrated a mechanistic
link between HP lactate signal and cellular alterations such as
elevated expression of LDH and monocarboxylate transporters (lactate transporters) that are essential to fully understand
cancer metabolism.
HP [1-13C]pyruvate has also been shown to be a useful
probe to monitor early anticancer therapies. Successful therapies are usually associated with a decrease in pyruvate-to-lactate
HP Probes in Preclinical Disease Models
Preclinical studies are critical in testing the feasibility and safety
of new HP probes and in developing and refining the methods for their use in specific diseases. In addition, preclinical
HP investigations have contributed to our understanding of
metabolism and its modification in disease processes and following therapy, thereby yielding important information that is
of clinical value. #ere are more than 50 preclinical polarizers
installed worldwide, facilitating a large number of scientific investigations in a variety of diseases.
Cancer
An increase in aerobic glycolysis and lactate production, also
known as the Warburg effect, is characteristic of many tumors.
Specifically, pyruvate generated from glucose metabolism is
preferentially converted to lactate by LDH rather than entering
the TCA cycle for oxidative metabolism and adenosine triphosphate generation. #is lactate production occurs despite the
presence of adequate tissue oxygenation. Hence, HP [1-13C]
pyruvate is an ideal probe to noninvasively interrogate such
Selected Hyperpolarized Carbon 13 Probes Studied to Date
Probe
Metabolic or Physiologic
Processes Interrogated Applications T1 (sec) Chemical Shift (ppm)
[1-13C]pyruvate Glycolysis; LDH, ALT,
PDH activity
Cancer, ischemia,
inflammation
67 (At 3.0 T) [1-13C]pyruvate: 173; [1-13C]lactate:
185; [1-13C]alanine: 178; [1-13C]
bicarbonate: 162
[2-13C]pyruvate TCA cycle metabolism Cancer, cardiac
metabolism
39 (At 3.0 T) [2-13C]pyruvate: 207.8; [2-13C]lactate:
71; [2-13C]alanine: 53; [5-13C]glutamate: 183.8; [1-13C]acetylcarnitine:
175.2; [1-13C]acetoacetate: 177.3;
[3-13C]acetoacetate: 212.7
[1-13C]bicarbonate pH Cancer, ischemia 50 (At 3.0 T) [1-13C]bicarbonate: 161; [1-13C]CO2
:
125
[1,4-13C2
]fumarate Cellular necrosis Cancer, acute renal
tubular necrosis
24 (At 9.4 T) [1,4-13C2]fumarate: 175.4; [1-13C]
malate: 181.8
[5-13C]glutamine Glutaminase activity,
glutamine transport
Cancer 16 (At 9.4 T) [5-13C]glutamine: 178.5; [5-13C]glutamate: 181.5
[1-13C]dehydroascorbate Redox Cancer, diabetes 57 (At 3.0 T) [1-13C]dehydroascorbate: 174; [1-13C]
vitamin C: 177.8 13C urea Perfusion Cancer, cardiovascular
disease, kidney disease
47 (At 3.0 T) 13C urea: 165
[1-13C]acetate TCA cycle flux, fatty acid
oxidation
Ischemia, cardiac
metabolism
40 (At 9.4 T) [1-13C]acetate: 182.5; [1-13C]AcCoA:
202.1; [1-13C]ALCAR: 174; [5-13C]
citrate: 179.7
[1-13C]alpha-ketoglutarate Mutant IDH expression Cancer 52 (At 3.0 T) [1-13C]alpha-ketoglutarate: 172.6;
[1-13C]2-HG: 183.9
[2-13C]dihydroxyacetone Gluconeogenesis Diabetes 39 (At 3.0 T) [2-13C]dihydroxyacetone: 213.4;
[2–13C]G3P: doublet at 75.0 and
70.4; [2–13C]GA3P: 73.8; [2–13C]
PEP: 151.1
[1,3-13C2
]acetoacetate Redox Cancer, ischemia,
diabetes
58 (At 3.0 T) [1,3-13C2]acetoacetate: 175; [1,3-13C2]
bOHB: 180.4
Note.—AcCoA = acetyl-coenzyme A, ALCAR = acetylcarnitine, ALT = alanine transaminase, bOHB = b-hydroxybutyrate, GA3P =
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, G3P = glycerol-3-phosphate, IDH = isocitrate dehydrogenase, LDH = lactate dehydrogenase, PEP = phosphoenolpyruvate, PDH = pyruvate dehydrogenase, TCA = tricarboxylic acid, 2-HG = 2-hydroxyglutarate.
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interest, as an acidic tumor microenvironment is implicated in
tumor aggressiveness, metastatic potential, and therapeutic response (51).
!ese initial studies demonstrate the promise of HP 13C MRI
in advancing our understanding of cancer metabolism and metabolic response to treatment and, importantly, show the potential
of this strategy in detecting early response versus nonresponse,
which is critical for enabling adaptive therapies.
Cardiovascular Disease
Alterations in perfusion and energy metabolism are central to
many cardiovascular diseases, making them a particularly promising application for HP 13C MRI. Perfusion can be mapped
quantitatively by studying the distribution of HP 13C urea (52).
Unlike T1-weighted 1H MRI using gadolinium-based perfusion
agents, the signal arising from HP 13C urea is linearly dependent
on concentration, thus simplifying quantification. Quantitative perfusion mapping with HP 13C urea MRI may be useful
in identifying ischemia in patients with balanced hypoperfusion from three-vessel disease, where qualitative gadoliniumenhanced MRI perfusion assessment may be insufficient (53).
HP MRI with [1-13C]pyruvate can depict acute changes in
myocardial metabolism after ischemia and reperfusion, thereby
potentially enabling in vivo monitoring of the metabolic effects
of reperfusion strategies (54). Additionally, simultaneous polarization and administration of HP 13C urea and [1-13C]pyruvate
permit simultaneous interrogation of cardiac metabolism and
perfusion (22). Because HP 13C MRI acquisitions take only 1–2
minutes, this modality has a speed advantage over methods such
as PET metabolism/perfusion mismatch studies, where the imaging time approaches 30 minutes. !e ability to rapidly assess
metabolism/perfusion mismatch and myocardial viability is of
clinical relevance in guiding revascularization following acute
infarction, in clarifying the functional significance of a perfusion defect, and in guiding treatment selection for patients with
angina in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
HP MRI can also help monitor the flux from [1-13C]pyruvate to bicarbonate through the mitochondrial enzyme PDH as
a way to examine the relative contribution of glucose and fatty
acid oxidation (substrate selection) to energy production in the
heart (55–60). In diabetes, the hyperthyroid heart, and dilated
cardiomyopathy, flux through PDH in the heart is reduced as
measured by HP [1-13C]pyruvate MRI (56–58). In contrast, in
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertension, flux through
PDH is increased, indicating a preference for glucose metabolism rather than fatty acid oxidation (60). Other studies have
also utilized HP [2-13C]pyruvate MRI to interrogate TCA cycle
metabolism during reperfusion and cardiac remodeling following
myocardial infarction (61,62). !ese data show the potential of
metabolic profiling with HP 13C MRI as a noninvasive tool to
improve understanding of the mechanism of various heart diseases, provide more specific diagnoses, and provide therapeutic
guidance.
Liver Disease
A growing body of literature has indicated a strong potential
for HP 13C MRI in the diagnosis and monitoring of liver injury
conversion, mediated by different mechanisms from various
treatments (34–45). For example, in a model of glioblastoma,
decreased lactate production was observed with early treatment
response to everolimus (a mammalian target of rapamycin, or
mTOR, inhibitor) before any tumor size change and was associated with a decrease in the LDH enzyme that mediates the pyruvate-to-lactate conversion (37). Treatment with temozolomide
(a DNA damaging drug) in a glioblastoma model also resulted in
lower lactate production but was related to a decrease in pyruvate
kinase PKM2, a glycolytic enzyme that indirectly controls pyruvate metabolism (39). Interestingly, in an ovarian cancer model,
treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (pazopanib) led to significantly higher HP pyruvate-to-lactate conversion at 2 days after
treatment initiation, while no change was observed at FDG PET
(40). !e increased pyruvate-to-lactate conversion was hypothesized to reflect increased hypoxia with elevated lactate production as a result of the antiangiogenic effects of the drug (40).
In addition to [1-13C]pyruvate, multiple other probes have
been used to study cancer metabolism preclinically. For example,
increased HP [1,4-13C2]fumarate–to-malate conversion was seen
early following cancer therapy prior to significant changes in tumor size in models of lymphoma (5), breast cancer (46), liver
cancer (47), and colon cancer (48), consistent with increased tumor necrosis. Hence, HP fumarate may be useful in providing
another measure of early treatment response. HP 13C urea has
been used in combination with HP [1-13C]pyruvate to investigate metabolism/perfusion mismatch in a prostate cancer model,
and such mismatch was associated with more aggressive tumors
(21). A recent study (49) also utilized a combination of [1-13C]
pyruvate and HP 13C urea to monitor metabolic and perfusion
changes following high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment
in a TRAMP model. HP 13C bicarbonate has shown promise
for in vivo pH mapping of tumors (10–13,50), which is of great
Figure 2: Schematic of the metabolic pathways of pyruvate. [1-13C]
pyruvate is rapidly taken up into the cells and metabolized within the
cytosol into [1-13C]lactate and [1-13C]alanine by the enzymes lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) and alanine transaminase (ALT), respectively. Hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate is also transported into the mitochondria
and is converted by the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) into 13C
CO2 and acetyl Co-A, with CO2 in rapid equilibrium with 13C bicarbonate. TCA = tricarboxylic acid. Red circle = position of 13C labeling.