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SUBMITTER: Wu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2951490 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Yunkou Y Soesbe Todd C TC Kiefer Garry E GE Zhao Piyu P Sherry A Dean AD
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20101001 40
A europium(III) DO3A-tris(amide) complex is reported for imaging pH by MRI using ratiometric chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) principles. Deprotonation of a single phenolic proton between pH 6 and 7.6 results in an ∼5 ppm shift in the water exchange CEST peak that is easily detected by MRI. Collection of two CEST images at two slightly different activation frequencies provides a direct readout of solution pH without the need of a concentration marker. ...[more]