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ArticleBiochemistry2018

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Human Cells Using Fluorescent Polarizing Agents.

Brice J Albert, Chukun Gao, Erika L Sesti, Edward P Saliba, Nicholas Alaniva, Faith J Scott, Snorri Th Sigurdsson, Alexander B Barnes

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Article in Biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Brice J AlbertDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.
Chukun GaoDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.
Erika L SestiDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.
Edward P SalibaDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.
Nicholas AlanivaDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.
Faith J ScottDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3903-8842
Snorri Th SigurdssonUniversity of Iceland , Department of Chemistry, Science Institute , Dunhaga 3 , 107 Reykjavik , Iceland.ORCID 0000-0003-2492-1456
Alexander B BarnesDepartment of Chemistry , Washington University in St. Louis , One Brookings Drive , St. Louis , Missouri 63130 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3748-8508

Funding

HIGH-SENSITIVITY NMR AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICSDP2GM119131 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BARNES, ALEXANDER BENJAMIN · 2015 to 2018
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM119131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) enables atomic-resolution characterization of the molecular structure and dynamics within complex heterogeneous samples, but it is typically insensitive. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) increases the NMR signal intensity by orders of magnitude and can be performed in combination with magic angle spinning (MAS) for sensitive, high-resolution spectroscopy. Here we report MAS DNP experiments, for the first time, within intact human cells with >40-fold DNP enhancement and a sample temperature of <6 K. In addition to cryogenic MAS results at <6 K, we also show in-cell DNP enhancements of 57-fold at 90 K. In-cell DNP is demonstrated using biradicals and sterically shielded monoradicals as polarizing agents. A novel trimodal polarizing agent is introduced for DNP, which contains a nitroxide biradical, a targeting peptide for cell penetration, and a fluorophore for subcellular localization with confocal microscopy. The fluorescent polarizing agent provides in-cell DNP enhancements of 63-fold at a concentration of 2.7 mM. These experiments pave the way for structural characterization of biomolecules in an endogenous cellular context.

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Fluorescent DyesHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMicroscopy, ConfocalMolecular StructureNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularFluorescent Dyes

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PMID29924582
PMCPMC6842659

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