Abstract #4025
            Hyperpolarized 13C lactate as a substrate for in vivo metabolic studies in skeletal muscle
                      Jessica A.M. Bastiaansen                     1                    , Hikari A.I. 						Yoshihara                     2,3                    , Yuhei Takado                     2,4                    , 						Rolf Gruetter                     1,5                    , and Arnaud Comment                     2          
            
            1
           
           Laboratory of Functional and Metabolic 
						Imaging, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland,
           
            2
           
           Institute 
						of Physics of Biological Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, 
						Switzerland,
           
            3
           
           Department of Cardiology, CHUV, 
						Lausanne, Switzerland,
           
            4
           
           Laboratory 
						of Biological Geochemistry, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland,
           
            5
           
           Department 
						of Radiology, University of Geneva and University of 
						Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
          
            
          Lactate is not merely an end product in skeletal muscle 
						metabolism but also an important metabolic intermediate. 
						Using hyperpolarized 13C MRS, lactate metabolism can be 
						investigated in real time, injected at physiological 
						concentrations leaving other oxidative processes 
						undisturbed. Here we investigated the use of 
						hyperpolarized 13C lactate as a substrate for metabolic 
						studies in skeletal muscle in vivo, in different 
						nutritional states. The herein proposed method allows 
						probing simultaneously both PDH activity and variations 
						in alanine tissue concentration, which are associated 
						with metabolic dysfunctions.
         
 
            
				
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