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Biochem Flashcards

1
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Appetite, energy expenditure, genotype, digestion, metabolism, availability of food, customs and presence of disease.

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Factors that contribute to the state of nutrition

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Important regulators of food intake

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Leptin, Ghrelin and Insulin

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Circulates, in the body, at levels proportional to body fat.

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Leptin

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Adipose tissue produces

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Adipokines

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Regulate metabolic processes to meet the body’s needs.

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Adipokines

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produces adipokines that regulate metabolic processes to meet the body’s needs.

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Adipose tissue

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AMP and AMP/ATP regulate

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AMP-activated kinase (AMPK)

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Senses cellular energy levels

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AMPK

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9
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regulate AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) that senses cellular energy levels.

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AMP and AMP/ATP

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regulates rate-limiting enzymes in energy-producing and using pathways.

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AMPK

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11
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inhibit energy-utilizing pathways and stimulate energy generating pathways.

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High levels of AMPK activity

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12
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Increased _______ increases appetite

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Ghrelin

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13
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favors accumulation of lipids in the visceral fatty tissue.

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Ghrelin

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14
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Estimated average requirements (EAR) for calories changes with

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Age and sex

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15
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Estimated daily protein requirements vary with

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Age and sex

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16
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The ideal amount of calorie intake in a day is equal to the

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Calorie utilization for that day

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17
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for a nutrient is a value that is adequate for the great majority of individuals

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Recommended daily allowance (RDA)

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18
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Reflects amount that is adequate for half of the population.

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Estimated average requirement (EAR)

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19
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Different nutrients have different

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energy content

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20
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Has the highest energy content per weight.

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Fat

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21
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has a high-energy content.

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Alcohol

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22
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correlated with an increase in the use of high fructose corn syrup.

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Increases in obesity

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23
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made by breaking down cornstarch into glucose using amylase followed by conversion to fructose with glucose isomerase.

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High fructose corn syrup

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24
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There are several potential health issues associated with comsumption of high fructose corn syrup including:

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mercury exposure, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, long-term liver damage, increased risk of diabetes and weight gain and obesity

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Protein-calorie malnutrition causes a number of health problems including:

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decreased protein synthesis and glucose transport, fatty liver, liver necrosis and fibrosis, depression, hypothermia, compromised immune function and would healing, decreased cardiac and renal function, loss of muscle.

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26
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associated with an increased risk for several conditions including: type 2 diabetes, hypertension and stroke, dyslipidemia, gall stones, respiratory disorders, musculoskeletal disorders and several cancers including breast, endometrial, ovarian, gall bladder and colon.

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Obesity

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27
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not essential and provide no benefit to human health.

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Trans fatty acids

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28
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increase levels of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol).

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Saturated fats

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29
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increase levels of LDL and also lower levels of HDL (good cholesterol); thus increasing the risk of coronary heart disease

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Trans fats

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30
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Prime side for drug metabolism

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Liver

-also in plasma kidney, lung, gut wall

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31
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1)Increase in drug hydrophilicity and ability to be excreted (hepatic) 2)Metabolic products are less pharmacologically active than the substrate drug 3)Inactive prodrugs converted to their active forms (hepatic)

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3 potential outcomes of drug metabolism

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32
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can decrease effectiveness of drugs that target DNA.

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An increase in DNA repair activity

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33
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results from an increase in the amount of transporter proteins that can pump many different drugs out of the cell.

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Multidrug resistant

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34
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4 essential processes needed to develop from a single cell into a multicellular organism:

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  • Cell proliferation
  • Cell specialization
  • Cell interaction
  • Cell movement
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35
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Where is Ghrelin produced?

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Stomach

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36
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stimulates the brain giving rise to an increase in appetite

37
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favors the accumulation of lipids in visceral fatty tissue

38
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R groups are on the same side

39
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R groups are on opposite sides

40
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metabolized in LIVER intestine, testis, kidney, skeletal muscle, fat tissue and brain

41
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The vast majority of the cell cycle period

42
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Cell duplicates its contents

43
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Where there is most variability among cell types, why some divide faster than others

44
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Chromosomes duplicated and checked for errors

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Time spent in S and G2

45
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The actual division into daughter cells

46
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How long does Mitosis take

47
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Chomosomes attatched to spindle

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Metaphase checkpoint

48
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Is environment favorable

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G1 checkpoint

49
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Is environment favorable and is DNA replicated

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G2 checkpoint

50
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Normal cellular genes that function in cell proliferation

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Protooncogenes

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Mutated protooncogene

52
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Antiproliferative genes

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Tumor suppressor gene

53
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Dominant: cellular transformation occurs with a mutation by only one allele

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Protooncogene

54
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Recessive: loss of expression of both alleles leads to uncontrolled cell division

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Tumor suppressor gene

55
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Often involved in checkpoint signaling

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Protein Tyrosine Kinases

56
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Enzymes that transfer the gamma (Y) phosphate from ATP to a tyrosine on a target protein

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Check points and PTKs

57
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Target that phosphorylates itself

58
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Phosphorylates another protein

59
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Signals for proliferation

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Growth factors

60
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Several work in concert to stimulate cell division

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Growth factors

61
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Can induce cell growth but not division

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Growth factors

62
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What do growth factors bind to?

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Specific cell receptors

63
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What are growth factors involved in

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Signal transduction pathways

64
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Paradigm of growth factors

65
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Due to PDGF, there is an increase in

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Intracellular calcium ions

66
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PDGF allows reorganization of actin stress fibers to facilitate

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attatchment

67
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Causes DNA synthesis and cell division

68
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Growth factor + growth factor receptor

  • -Receptor oligomerization
  • -Receptor PTK activation
  • -Phophorylation of PTK moiety
  • -Docking sites form
  • -Recruitment of signaling enzymes
  • -Activation
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Following growth factor- notes

69
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Hemopoietic receptors membrane bound

70
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  • Cyclin/ CDK
  • Retinoclastoma protein, Rb
  • p53
  • CDKI
  • E2F
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Regulators of cell cycle

71
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Restriction point

72
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Gatekeeper of restriction point

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Retinoblastoma, Rb

73
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What happens to irreparable damage to cell

74
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Cyclin D1 expression increased

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Breast cancer

75
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Mutational inactivation of Rb genes

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Retinoblastomas

76
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Sequestration of Rb by HPV E7 protein

77
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Deletion of CDK1 genes, p14, p15

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Many cancers

78
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Mutant CDK4 that is resistant to CDK1 gene products, p14, p15

79
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Originates from a single mutant

80
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Cancer causing mutant that is dominant

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Protooncogene

81
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Cancer causing mutant that is recessive

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Tumor suppressor gene

82
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Most common genetic lesion found in human cancer

83
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Type of tumor suppressor genes

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Retinoblastomas

recessive

84
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  • White or red patchs
  • Mouth sore that wont heal
  • Bleeding
  • Loose teeth
  • Painful swallowing
  • Lump in neck
  • Earache
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Signs and symptoms of oral cancer

85
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  • Smoking/tobacco use
  • Heavy alcohol use
  • HPV
  • Chronic irritation
  • Immunosuppressants
  • Poor dental/oral hygiene
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Risk factors for oral cancer

86
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Gluconeogenesis and lack of uptake

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Fasting hyperglycemia

87
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Increases acetyl coA

88
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Accumulate in plasma

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Ketone bodies

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