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In vivo localized 1 H MR spectroscopy of rat testes: Stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) combined with short TI inversion recovery (STIR) improves the detection of metabolite signals
Author(s) -
Yamaguchi Masayuki,
Mitsumori Fumiyuki,
Watanabe Hidehiro,
Takaya Nobuhiro,
Minami Manabu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.20829
Subject(s) - metabolite , in vivo , creatine , nuclear magnetic resonance , choline , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , glutamate receptor , biochemistry , biology , physics , receptor , microbiology and biotechnology
A noninvasive NMR technique for evaluating testicular function was explored in this study. Localized in vivo 1 H NMR spectroscopy was performed on rat testes using a stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) sequence with a short echo time (TE). In the 1 H spectra, large lipid signals dominated the chemical shift range of 0.89–2.78 ppm, which prevented the observation of metabolite signals in this region. To suppress these lipid signals, short inversion time (TI) inversion recovery (STIR) was combined with STEAM (STIR‐STEAM). The optimal TI was typically 320 ms. STIR‐STEAM with a TE of 15 ms allowed successful suppression of the lipid signals and the sensitive detection of several new metabolite signals. In normal testes, choline, creatine, glutamate, and glycine signals were identified. In addition to these metabolites, a lactate signal was observed in ischemic testes. To our knowledge, the signals of glutamate, glycine, and lactate have not been previously assigned in 1 H MR spectra of testes in vivo. Lipid suppression by STIR aided in the detection of these metabolites, which would otherwise have been masked by the lipid signals. Magn Reson Med, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.