The present invention relates to novel modified fatty acid analogs, where a positron or gamma-emitting label is placed at a position on a fatty acid backbone and an organic substituent is substituted at the 2,3; 3,4; 4,5; 5,6 and other sequence positions of a fatty acid backbone. These novel fatty acid analogs are designed to enter the tissues of interest by the same long chain fatty acid carrier mechanism as natural fatty acids, however, functional substituents in the 2,3; 3,4; 4,5; 5,6 and other sequence positions, block the catabolic pathway, thus trapping these analogs in a virtually unmodified form in the tissues of interest.
本发明涉及一种新型的修饰
脂肪酸类似物,其中在
脂肪酸骨架的某个位置放置正电子或伽马发射标记,并在
脂肪酸骨架的2,3; 3,4; 4,5; 5,6和其他序列位置上替换有机取代基。这些新型的
脂肪酸类似物旨在通过与天然
脂肪酸相同的长链
脂肪酸载体机制进入感兴趣的组织,但是,在2,3; 3,4; 4,5; 5,6和其他序列位置上的功能性取代基会阻止分解途径,从而将这些类似物困在感兴趣的组织中,形式上基本上未经修改。