文摘
High-resolution slow magic-angle spinning (150 Hz) 1H PASS NMR spectroscopy is performed onintact excised rat m. tibialis anterior. Untreated muscles and muscles in vitro incubated in Krebs-Ringers buffer based on deuterium oxide are investigated. In the high-frequency region of the 1HNMR spectra, resonances from H4 (~7.1-7.2 ppm) and H2 (~8.2-8.5 ppm) in histidine are observed.In addition, a resonance appears at 6.7 ppm for the untreated muscles. However, this resonance isabsent in muscles following incubation in deuterium oxide. On the basis of its behavior in deuteriumoxide combined with supplementary measurements for creatine solutions, the 6.7 ppm resonance isascribed to the amino protons in creatine. Moreover, the present study demonstrates that theobservation of the 6.7 ppm resonance depends on pH, which explains earlier reports stating itsoccasional appearance. Finally, measurements on solutions of ATP/AMP and histidine indicate thatboth ATP/AMP and histidine contribute to the resonances at ~8.2-8.5 ppm in the 1H NMR spectraof muscle tissue.Keywords: Creatine; histidine; ATP; post-mortem muscle; pH; MAS; high-resolution 1H NMRspectroscopy; PASS