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In vitro characterization of the serotonin biosynthesis pathway by CEST MRI.

Magnetic resonance in medicine (2020-04-18)
Ryan T Oglesby, Wilfred W Lam, Greg J Stanisz
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The diagnosis of monoamine-related psychiatric disorders is based on the phenomenological evaluation of symptoms and behavior by trained clinicians. The CEST technique can be sensitive to monoamines such as serotonin. This study quantifies the CEST properties of the compounds in the serotonin biosynthesis pathway with the goal of developing noninvasive techniques aimed at advancing the diagnostic assessment of serotonin dysfunction. Saturation transfer-weighted images of L-tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophan, serotonin, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, and melatonin phantoms were acquired over a range of saturation amplitudes and frequency offsets along with observed T1 , T2 , and B1 efficiency maps at physiological temperature and pH of 5.5, 6.7, and 7.4. The CEST and MT data were fitted to a three-pool Bloch-McConnell model of exchange to estimate the model parameters. At a pH of 5.5, tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophan and serotonin exhibited significant CEST contrast at resonance frequency offset, Δω between 2.64 ppm and 2.71 ppm, and magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry amplitudes up to 20% per 30 mM. At a pH of 7.4, all molecules exhibited significant CEST contrast between 5.11 ppm and 5.47 ppm, and magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry amplitudes up to 9.5% per 30 mM. At a pH of 6.7, all studied compounds except melatonin exhibited a CEST peak from each of the preceding two pHs. At a pH of 5.5, tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophan, and serotonin CEST contrast originates from the NH 3 + side chain, whereas at a pH of 7.4, CEST contrast is due to the chemical exchange between water and the NH proton on the indole ring. The data in this study could be used to inform future investigations aimed at detecting and measuring in vivo serotonin.

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