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Block 3 Lipid Absorption & Transport Flashcards

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What are the major dietary lipids?

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TGs, C, CE (chol esters), PL, FFA

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Where does metabolism of dietary lipids happen?

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Proteolytic digestion in small int lumen
Absorption into enterocytes
Re-synthesis of major lipid classes in enterocytes
Transport in lymph, blood
Utilization by peripheral tissues & storage by adipose tissue

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What kind of degradation happens in stomach, duodenum, and jejunum?

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St: lingual & gastric lipases (infants)
Duo: Emulsification (chemical by bile salts, mechanical by peristalsis)
Jej: Proteolysis (panc enzymes)

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How do TG, PL, CE, and FA change from mouth to stomach to small intestine?

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Highly hydrophobic to stomach (TG limited and <C12, FA limited); in SI, hydrophilic mixed micelles

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What form do TG, PL, CE, and FA take in the small intestine?

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TG: 2-MAG + FA
PL: glycerylphosphorylbase
CE: cholesterol + FA
FA: FA

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What are bile salts?

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Amphipathic molecules that increase SA/V ratio for interaction with lipases

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What are lipases?

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Carboxylesterases acting on long chain acylglycerols, act at lipid/water interface

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What lipases act on exogenous and endogenous lipids?

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Exo: pancreatic (& lingual, stomach, mucosal, some phospholipase)
Endo: lipoprotein, hepatic, hormone-sensitive (& some phospholipase)

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How are TAGs degraded by pancreatic lipase?

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Removes FA of all chains lengths at C1,3. Colipase reduces surface tension to stabilize. Product: MAGs & FAs stabilized by bile salts.

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How are cholesteryl esters degraded by esterase?

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Hydrolyzed by pancreatic cholesteryl ester hydrolase (cholesterol esterase) –> free chol and FA

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How are phospholipids degraded by phospholipase?

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PLA2 from pancreas activated in int lumen by trypsin. Removes FA at C2 -> lysoPL. Lyso-PLase removes FA at C1 -> glycerylphosphorylbase for excretion or degradation/absorption

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Where is the main site of absorption of mixed micelles? What happens to bile salts?

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Brush border membrane of enterocytes; BS remains in gut, extensively reabsorbed in ileum (95%)

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Where are micelles of short and medium chain FFA absorbed?

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They don’t need micelles for absorption

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What is DGAT?

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Diglycerol acyltransferase converts passively diffused 2 FA + monoglyceride -> TG

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How is cholesterol absorbed in enterocyte?

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Taken up by NPC1L1-R, pumped out of cell by ABCG5/G8. *Same transporters for non-chol plant sterols

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What’s the difference in absorption of chol and non-chol sterols & why?

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Chol: 50-60% absorbed
Non: 1-5% absorbed
ABCG5/G8 transporter more efficient with non-chol sterols

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What happens to the cholesterol that isn’t pumped back out through ABCG5/G8?

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Esterified by acyl-coenzyme cholesterol acyl-transferase (ACAT) into cholesteryl esters

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What are the major approaches to reduce cholesterol absorption?

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Increase dietary intake plant sterols (stanols/phytosterols, Benecol) or antagonize NPC1L1 transporter (Ezetimibe/Zetia)

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What is lipid malabsorption?

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Loss of lipids (including lipo-soluble vitamins & essential FAs); steatorrhea; perhaps reduced bile acids synthesis, secretion deficit of panc enzymes, defective enterocytes

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How are TG and CE resynthesized in the enterocyte?

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Acyltransferases specific to chol and TG; use activated LCFFA for esterification (act by fatty acyl CoA synthetase/thiokinase)

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How are SCFA and MCFA secreted from intestinal cells? Cholesterol, FFA, acyglycerols, & partly hydrolyzed PLs?

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SC/MC: bind to albumin, secreted into portal circulation, transported to liver
Other lipids: chylomicrons -> lymph

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What is a lipoprotein?

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Macromolecular complex of different lipids and apolipoproteins; surface Apo & PLs, intermediate free chol, core of TG and CE

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What is transported by chylomicrons, VLDL, LDL, and HDL?

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Ch: exogenous TG
VLDL: endogenous TG
LDL: endo chol (liver to peripheral tissues)
HDL: endo chol (per to liver)

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How does size, density, and lipid/protein ratio change among the 4 classes of LPs?

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Chylos are biggest, least dense, with highest L/P ratio. HDLs are smallest, densest, and lowest L/P ratio.

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How does affinity for LPL, density, and atherogenicity ratio differ among the 4 classes of LDL?
LDL 1 is least dense, with highest affinity for LPL and least atherogenicity. LDL 4 is the opposite.
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What are the functions of apolipoproteins?
Bind and emulsify lipids, ligands for Apo receptors involved in lipid uptake (ApoE,B), cofactors for enzymes involved in lipoprotein metabolism (Apo A-1, C-2)
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What are the following apolipoproteins associated with and what are their functions: B48, B100, C2, C3, E, A1?
B48: chyl for assembly, exocytosis chylos B100: VLDL, IDL, LDL to bind LDL-R C2: chyl, VLDL, IDL, HDL to activate LPL C3: chyl, VLDL, IDL, HDL to inhibit LPL E: chyl, remnant, VLDL, IDL, HDL to bind LDL-R A1: HDL to activate LCAT
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Where are chylomicrons assembled? What happens with a lack of ApoB48?
Lipids in SER, proteins in RER. Assembly in Golgi; secreted in lymph by exocytosis; B48 deficit -> TG accumulation in intestinal cells (congenital abetalipoproteinemia)
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What is MTP (microsomal transfer protein)?
Involved in lipid then TG transfer to ApoB48 and maturation of chylos. Also involved in lipidation of ApoB100 and assembling VLDL in liver.
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How do chylomicrons mature?
While circulating in blood and lymph, they acquire ApoC2 and ApoE from HDLs
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What do ApoC2 and ApoE do?
C2: assists degradation of TG by lipoprotein lipase E: recognized by receptors in liver and help remove partially digested chylos from bloodstream
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What enzyme is responsible for TG hydrolysis in capillaries?
Lipoprotein lipase
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Where is Lp lipase synthesized, and how is it transported?
Synth in adipose, muscle (cardiac), lactating mammary glands; transported on surface of capillary endothelium anchored via heparin sulfate PGs
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How do apoC2 and C3 affect Lp lipase? ApoE?
C2 required for activity, C3 inhibits activity; ApoE assists clearance of chylomicron remnants (lack -> familial type 3 hyperlipoproteinemia)
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What are the products of lipoprotein lipase activity?
Releases 3 FA from TG. Glycerol -> Gly-3-P in liver, FA -> adipose/mm, chylo -> remnants
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How are mm and adipose LPL different?
Isoenzymes; mm (cardiac): low Km, unaltered in fed state, increased/unaltered in fasted/exercise Adipose: high Km, increased in fed state (insulin), no effect in fasted state
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What are the major steps of TG synthesis? Where are they stored?
Generation of glycerol backbone from glucose, activation FFA, synthesis of TG; adipocyte and hepatocyte
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What enzyme is missing in adipose that is present in liver? How is Gly3P made then?
``` Glycerol kinase (gly -> Gly3P) Glucose -> DHAP + NADH -> Gly-3P ```
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How is Gly-3P modified to make TAG?
Gly3P + 2 FACoA -> phosphatidic acid - Pi -> DAG + FACoA -> TAG
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How does fat accumulation differ in fed and post-absorptive states?
In fed state, insulin upregulates adipose LPL on cap endo & GLUT-4. Post-ab: low insulin = lower LPL, downregulated GLUT-4. Most FA bound to albumin for B-ox
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How are VLDL TGs synthesized?
In liver, glycerol kinase converts glycerol to Gly3P; glucose -> DHAP -> Gly-3P -> PA (Gly3P PAT & Acyl-3P AT) -> TG (Pase & DGAT)
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What enzymes are important for final step of CE and TG synthesis in liver?
CE: ACAT TG: DGAT
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What is MTTP?
Microsomal TG transfer protein in liver ER lumen helps assemble VLDL & transfer lipids to ApoB100 while being translocated into ER during translation
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How does VLDL change as it is secreted from liver and cleared from circulation?
Released with ApoB100 and ApoA1, + C2 and E from HDL, exchanges lipids with HDL (cat by CETP). ⅔ cleared by liver, ⅓ hydrolyzed by LPL (becomes IDL)
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What stimulates VLDL synthesis by the liver?
Excessive consumption calories, alcohol, carbs; high concentration FFA reaching liver
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What do LDLs do, and how are they made?
Major delivery route for cholesterol (endocytosis by LDL-R) & major plasma chol carrier (high chol & CE) & atherogenic LP, formed by sequential hydrolysis VLDL by LPL, contains only ApoB100
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Where is HDL produced? ApoA1 and A2?
HDL: liver & intestine (coalescence of individual PL-Apo complexes) A1: liver & intestine A2: liver only
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What are the major potential targets for atherosclerosis therapies?
HDL-assc apo: ApoA1 & E HDL-modifying plasma enzymes & transfer proteins: LCAT, CETP, LPL, hepatic lipase Cellular/cell-surface proteins influencing HDL metabolism: ABCA1, ABCG1, SR-B1
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What is the function of HDL?
Major cholesterol carrier from peripheral tissues back to liver
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What are lipid poor ApoA1 (pre-HDL), nascent (pre-beta) HDL, and mature (alpha) HDL?
Lipid poor: smallest HDL with little PL, no chol Nascent: produced after free chol acquired from per tissues Alpha: following chol esterification by LCAT & exchange of CE for TG with VLDL, LDL (by CETP), can acquire more free chol from per tissues
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What is CETP?
Exchanges CE from HDL for TG from VLDL/LDL (ApoB-containing)
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What is hepatic lipase?
Hydrolyzes TG to convert HDL2 to HDL3 (CE enriched, smaller), which can be cleared by the kidney
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What are desirable LDL/HDL ratio and cholesterol levels in mg/dl?
Low LDL/HDL protective against coronary heart disease, Total/HDL >4.5 risk factor Desired: total chol 60
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What lipid levels indicate diabetic dyslipidemia?
High TG, LDL & low HDL
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What are the goal ApoB levels for highest-risk and high-risk patients with CMR and lipoprotein abnormalities?
Highest: ApoB <80

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