Brief Communication: High Resolution Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectral Characteristics of Water, Lipid, and Protein Signals From Three Mouse Cell Populations2

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Abstract
The high resolution proton magnetic resonance spectral properties of three C57BL/6J mouse cell populations (EL 4 ascites tumor cells, normal spleen leukocytes, and normal erythrocytes) were investigated. Packed cell pellets were investigated at 100 MHz and 13.56 MHz. The 100-MHz spectra contained Identifiable non-water proton resonances as well as the water resonance. The major non-water resonances from the EL 4 cells and normal leukocytes resembled resonances from lipid extracts, whereas the non-water resonances from erythrocytes resembled resonances from hemoglobin solutions. The reciprocals of the water proton spin-lattice relaxation times were roughly proportional to the total sample water content at both 100 and 13.56 MHz. The estimated slopes of these plots were frequency-dependent. The water proton relaxation rate generally increased with increasing total protein content of the packed cell pellets.