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The metabolism of two new 3-methyl-branched iodovinyl fatty acids in rat hearts was evaluated by determining the subcellular and lipid pool distribution of these radiolabeled analogues after intravenous injection. Methyl branching had been introduced into the straight chain analogue, 19-iodo-18-nonadecenoic acid (IVN), to produce the monomethyl analogue, 19-iodo-3-(R,S)-methyl-18-nonadecenoic acid (BMIVN) and the dimethyl derivative, 19-iodo-3,3-dimethyl-18-nonadecenoic acid (DMIVN) in the hope of inhibiting β oxidation. Since the presence of 3-methyl branching results in delayed myocardial clearance in rats, differences were sought in the lipid and subcellular distribution of these branched analogues that might correlate with the prolonged retention and reflect differences in metabolism. Hearts of rats injected intravenously with the radiolabeled fatty acids were removed and homogenized and the homogenates partitioned between the chloroform-methanol (organic) fraction and the aqueous fraction. Comparison of the distribution of radioactivity between the organic and aqueous fractions showed that most of the DMIVN and BMIVN activity was in the organic fraction with IVN activity initially divided equally between the two fractions. Identification of the lipid components of these organic fractions showed that there was slow incorporation of DMIVN into the triglyceride and polar lipid fractions with a slow loss from the free fatty acid fraction. With the straight chain IVN analogue which shows rapid washout from rat hearts, there was loss of activity from all 3 lipid components during the 60 min. The monomethyl branched BMIVN analogue demonstrated predominant storage in the polar lipid fraction with some incorporation into triglycerides. Subcellular distribution studies of the three analogues also showed differences that correlated with the observed differences in heart retention properties. With the unbranched IVN analogue, radioactivity was found primarily in the cytoplasmic fraction 30 min after injection, whereas the branched analogues demonstrated a much higher association with the microsomal and mitochondrial fractions of the heart. In rats fed prior to injection, these differences in the subcellular distribution profiles were minimized. The lipid and subcellular distribution patterns reported here for the methyl branched analogues as compared to those of the straight chain iodovinyl fatty acid may provide some understanding as to the mechanisms of retention in rat myocardium.
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Ambrose, K.R., Rice, D.E., Goodman, M.M. et al. Effect of 3-methyl-branching on the metabolism in rat hearts of radioiodinated iodovinyl long chain fatty acids. Eur J Nucl Med 13, 374–379 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252999
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