M R Quintero

Publications (2)5.1 Total impact

• Article: Analysis of the changes in the 1H NMR spectral pattern of perchloric acid extracts of C6 cells with growth.

  D Valverde, M R Quintero, A P Candiota, Ll Badiella, M E Cabañas, C Arús
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  ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to identify spectral markers of cell proliferation that could be of use in clinical MRS. Cultured C6 ATCC rat glioma cells were used as models for this purpose and metabolites were extracted with perchloric acid at three different growth curve stages: log, confluence and post-confluence. 1D and 2D in vitro(1)H NMR spectra were recorded at 9.4 T. Statistically significant changes in myo-inositol and glutamine concentrations between log phase and post-confluence were found when normalized to the creatine ratio. The myo-inositol/creatine ratio was 2.76 +/- 0.82 at log phase increasing to 7.43 +/- 1.34 at post-confluence, while the glutamine/creatine ratio decreased from 0.22 +/- 0.03 to 0.10 +/- 0.02. No significant differences were recorded for other metabolites investigated. The fact that both myo-inositol and glutamine are detectable by in vivo MRS at clinical fields makes their changes relevant as potential astrocytic tumour proliferation rate markers in clinical MRS.
  NMR in Biomedicine 05/2006; 19(2):223-30. · 3.21 Impact Factor
• Article: Assignment of the 2.03 ppm resonance in in vivo 1H MRS of human brain tumour cystic fluid: contribution of macromolecules.

  A P Candiota, C Majós, A Bassols, M E Cabañas, J J Acebes, M R Quintero, C Arús
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  ABSTRACT: MRI and MRS are established techniques for the evaluation of intracranial mass lesions and cysts. The 2.03 ppm signal recorded in their (1)H-MRS spectra is often assigned to NAA from outer volume contamination, although it has also been detected in non-infiltrating tumours and large cysts. We have investigated the molecular origin of this resonance in ten samples of cystic fluids from human brain tumours. The NMR detected content of the 2.03 ppm resonance in 136 ms echo time spectra, assuming an N- CH(3) origin, was 3.19 +/- 1.01 mM. Only one third (34 +/- 12%) of the N-acetyl containing compound (NAC) signal could be extracted by perchloric acid (PCA) indicating that most of it originated in a macromolecular PCA-insoluble component. Chemical analysis of the cyst fluids showed that sialic acid bound to macromolecules would account for 64.3% and hexuronic containing compounds for 29.2% of the NMR-detectable ex vivo signal, 93.4% of the signal at TE 136 ms. Lactate content measured by NMR (6.4 +/- 4.4 mM) and the predominance of NAC originating in sialic acid point to a major origin from tumour rather than from plasma for this 2.03 ppm resonance.
  MAGMA Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine 10/2004; 17(1):36-46. · 1.88 Impact Factor