Signature of protein unfolding in chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) allows the detection of metabolites of low concentration in tissue with nearly the sensitivity of MRI with water protons. With this spectroscopic imaging approach, several tissue-specific CEST effects have been observed in vivo. Some of these originate fr...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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26 May 2015
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NMR in biomedicine
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 7, Pages: 906-913 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1492 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/nbm.3317 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3317 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nbm.3317 
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| Author Notes: | Steffen Goerke, Moritz Zaiss, Patrick Kunz, Karel D. Klika, Johannes D. Windschuh, Axel Mogk, Bernd Bukau, Mark E. Ladd and Peter Bachert |
| Summary: | Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) allows the detection of metabolites of low concentration in tissue with nearly the sensitivity of MRI with water protons. With this spectroscopic imaging approach, several tissue-specific CEST effects have been observed in vivo. Some of these originate from exchanging sites of proteins, such as backbone amide protons, or from aliphatic protons within the hydrophobic protein core. In this work, we employed CEST experiments to detect global protein unfolding. Spectral evaluation revealed exchange- and NOE-mediated CEST effects that varied in a highly characteristic manner with protein unfolding tracked by fluorescence spectroscopy. We suggest the use of this comprehensive spectral signature for the detection of protein unfolding by CEST, as it relies on several spectral hallmarks. As proof of principle, we demonstrate that the presented signature is readily detectable using a whole-body MR tomograph (B0 = 7 T), not only in denatured aqueous protein solutions, but also in heat-shocked yeast cells. A CEST imaging contrast with the potential to detect global protein unfolding would be of particular interest regarding protein unfolding as a marker for stress, ageing, and disease. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.06.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1099-1492 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/nbm.3317 |