AST ALT ALP ACP Flashcards
Coenzyme of AST, ALT
Pyridoxal phosphate
AST tissue sources
Cardiac tissue
Liver tissue
Skeletal muscle
Small amounts in:
Kidney
pancreas
erythrocytes
ALT tissue sources
Liver
Small amounts in
Pancreas
Heart
Erythrocytes
Kidney
Skeletal muscle
Significantly increased in disorders producing cellular necrosis
Mitochondrial isoenzyme
More present in plasma during hepatocellular injury since it is the one being released
Cytoplasmic isoenzyme
With membrane injury as in viral or chemically induced hepatitis, these enzymes are released and enter the sinusoids, raising plasma AST and ALT activities
Cytoplasmic AST and ALT
Mitochondrial AST is released when ?
Mitochondrial injury, caused by ethanol in alcoholic hepatitis
Increased in hepatobiliary disease
Alkaline phosphatase
AST is limited limited mainly to the evaluation of ? and ?
hepatocellular disorders
skeletal muscle involvement
ALT is confined mainly to the evaluation of ?
confined mainly to the evaluation of hepatic disorders (hepatocellular disorders):
4-8 times ULN
Muscular dystrophy
Inflammatory conditions
disproportionate elevation of AST over ALT, yielding an AST/ALT quotient, also called the ?
DeRitis Ratio, 3-4 : 1 (AST:ALT)
ALP tissue source
Liver
Bone: osteoblasts
Spleen
Placenya
Intestine
Kidney
ACP tissue source
Prostate
Bone: osteoclast
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
RBC
Platelets
useful tumor marker in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for most germ cell tumor
Placental ALP
Increases in ? may occur in patients with intestinal infarction, inflammation, and ulceration and patients undergoing chronic
hemodialysis.
Intestinal ALP
Electrophoresis: usually in the early stages of hepatobiliary conditions
Major liver fraction
Electrophoresis: found in metastatic carcinoma of the liver and hepatobiliary diseases
Fast liver fraction
valuable indicator obstructive liver disease
Fast liver fraction
To remove sialic acid
Neuraminidase
To bind to other isoenzymes
What germ lectin
capable of resolving multiple bands of ALP.
High resolution electrophoresis
cannot completely resolve bone and liver isoenzymes, making them unsuitable for other than qualitative studies.
Standard cellulose acetate and agarose gel electrophoresis
ALP activity is measured before and after heating serum at ?
56C for 10 min