Publications by Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

[13C]bicarbonate labelled from hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate is an in vivo marker of hepatic gluconeogenesis in fasted state

Arnaud Comment, Rolf Gruetter, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Emine Can, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate enables direct in vivo assessment of real-time liver enzymatic activities by 13C magnetic resonance. However, the technique usually requires the injection of a highly supraphysiological dose of pyruvate. We herein demonstrate ...

2022

Radical-free hyperpolarized MRI using endogenously occurring pyruvate analogues and UV-induced nonpersistent radicals

Rolf Gruetter, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Lionel Pierre Arn, Andrea Capozzi, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara, Claudia Christina Zanella, Alice Radaelli

It was recently demonstrated that nonpersistent radicals can be generated in frozen solutions of metabolites such as pyruvate by irradiation with UV light, enabling radical-free dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization. Although pyruvate is endogenous, the ...

WILEY2021

3-Dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of the freely moving human eye

Jérôme Yerly, Silvio Ionta, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, David Zeugin, João Pedro Forjaco Jorge, Benedetta Franceschiello, Lorenzo Di Sopra

Eye motion is a major confound for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in neuroscience or ophthalmology. Currently, solutions toward eye stabilisation include participants fixating or administration of paralytics/anaesthetics. We developed a novel MRI protoco ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Detection of myocardial medium‐chain fatty acid oxidation and tricarboxylic acid cycle activity with hyperpolarized [1– 13 C]octanoate

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Under normal conditions, the heart mainly relies on fatty acid oxidation to meet its energy needs. Changes in myocardial fuel preference are noted in the diseased and failing heart. The magnetic resonance signal enhancement provided by spin hyperpolarizati ...

2020

Motion-Resolved 3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of The Human Eye

Jérôme Yerly, Silvio Ionta, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, David Zeugin, João Pedro Forjaco Jorge, Micah Murray, Benedetta Franceschiello, Lorenzo Di Sopra

ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC2019

Patient respiratory-triggered quantitative T-2 mapping in the pancreas

Reto Meuli, Tobias Kober, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Tom Hilbert

Background Long acquisition times and motion sensitivity limit T-2 mapping in the abdomen. Accelerated mapping at 3 T may allow for quantitative assessment of diffuse pancreatic disease in patients during free-breathing. Purpose To test the feasibility of ...

2019

Probing cardiac metabolism by hyperpolarized 13C MR using an exclusively endogenous substrate mixture and photo-induced nonpersistent radicals

Arnaud Comment, Rolf Gruetter, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Andrea Capozzi, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Purpose To probe the cardiac metabolism of carbohydrates and short chain fatty acids simultaneously in vivo following the injection of a hyperpolarized 13C-labeled substrate mixture prepared using photo-induced nonpersistent radicals. Methods Droplets of m ...

Wiley2018

Hyperpolarized C-13 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Reveals the Rate-Limiting Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier in the Cerebral Uptake and Metabolism of L-Lactate in Vivo

Arnaud Comment, Sylvain Eric Lengacher, Bernard Lanz, Mor-Miri Mishkovsky, Tian Cheng, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Yuhei Takado, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

The dynamics of L-lactate transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and its cerebral metabolism are still subject to debate. We studied lactate uptake and intracellular metabolism in the mouse brain using hyperpolarized C-13 magnetic resonance spectro ...

2018

Versatility of Pyridoxal Phosphate as a Coating of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

Heinrich Hofmann, Ulrich Aschauer, Marijana Mionic Ebersold, Débora Bonvin, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) is the most important cofactor of vitamin B-6-dependent enzymes, which catalyses a wide range of essential body functions (e.g., metabolism) that could be exploited to specifically target highly metabolic cells, such as tumour ...

Mdpi Ag2017

Chelating agents as coating molecules for iron oxide nanoparticles

Heinrich Hofmann, Marijana Mionic Ebersold, Débora Bonvin, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

Due to their high chemical affinity towards metal ions, chelating agents (CAs) have been used for decades for water purification, but also for protection against metal intoxication and in nanomedicine as linking molecules at the surface of nanoparticles. H ...

RSC Publishing2017

Folic acid on iron oxide nanoparticles: platform with high potential for simultaneous targeting, MRI detection and hyperthermia treatment of lymph node metastases of prostate cancer

Heinrich Hofmann, Marijana Mionic Ebersold, Débora Bonvin, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

The overexpression of the folate receptor in most cancers has been widely exploited to specifically deliver folic acid (FA) coupled nanomedicines to tumors. However, complex coupling chemistry is often used to bind FA to the nanoparticles. Furthermore, ver ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Direct Monitoring of γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase Activity In Vivo Using a Hyperpolarized (13) C-Labeled Molecular Probe

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Yuhei Takado, Emine Can, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

The γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) enzyme plays a central role in glutathione homeostasis. Direct detection of GGT activity could provide critical information for the diagnosis of several pathologies. We propose a new molecular probe, γ-Glu-[1-(13) C]Gly, ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Measuring changes in substrate utilization in the myocardium in response to fasting using hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]butyrate and [1-(13)C]pyruvate

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

Cardiac dysfunction is often associated with a shift in substrate preference for ATP production. Hyperpolarized (HP) (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has the unique ability to detect real-time metabolic changes in vivo due to its high sensitivit ...

Nature Research2016

Myocardial fatty acid metabolism probed with hyperpolarized [1-13C]octanoate

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

2015

Assessing ischemic myocardial metabolism in vivo with hyperpolarized 13C: relating the metabolic perturbation to the area at risk

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Taylor & Francis2015

Off-resonance positive contrast flow imaging using extraneous paramagnetic biomarker-induced spin labeling

Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

2015

Direct noninvasive estimation of myocardial tricarboxylic acid cycle flux in vivo using hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance

Arnaud Comment, Rolf Gruetter, Hongxia Lei, Tian Cheng, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

BACKGROUND: The heart relies on continuous energy production and imbalances herein impair cardiac function directly. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is the primary means of energy generation in the healthy myocardium, but direct noninvasive quantificati ...

Elsevier2015

Real time measurement of myocardial substrate selection in vivo using hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen

Taylor & Francis2015

An Intact Small Animal Model of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion: Characterization of Metabolic Changes by Hyperpolarized 13C MR Spectroscopy

Arnaud Comment, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Hyperpolarized carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((13)C MRS) enables the sensitive and noninvasive assessment of the metabolic changes occurring during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. Ischemia-reperfusion models using hyperpolarized (13)C MRS are ...

2015

Metabolic flux analysis of hepatic mitochondrial oxidation of hyperpolarized [1-13C] and [2-13C] pyruvate in vivo

Arnaud Comment, Rolf Gruetter, Josefina Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Emine Can, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

2015