title: Radioiodinated fatty acids for myocardial imagine: effects on chain length.
abstract: Terminally iodinated long-chain fatty acids have been used experimentally and clinically as myocardial imaging agents. Six omega-iodo fatty acids (I(CH2)n CO2H, where n = 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 26) have been synthesized and tested in rats. Myocardial extraction values and heart-to-blood ratios are affected by chain length. Extraction is shown to be highest for n = 18 and 21, as are heart-to-blood ratios at 5 min. The cellular fate of the fatty acid changes form that of beta -oxidation for n less than or equal to 15 to predominantly triglyceride storage for n = 18 and 21, as shown by analysis of rat heart homogenates by thin layer chromatography at two time intervals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009206:Myocardium / Q000032:analysis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes