Block 4 Nishimoto Questions Flashcards
Zellweger Syndrome
Lack of functional peroxisomes; Can’t Oxidize VLCFA’s
Which steps of Mitochondrial Long-Chain FA Metabolism Occurs in Cytosol?
Fatty acyl CoA Synthetase Activates FA to FattyAcylCoA
Which KB packs “extra punch”
Beta-hydroxybutyrate (NADH)
Where is Fatty Acyl CoA Oxidized in Liver?
Mitochondrial Matrix
Where does Succinyl CoA get its CoA for Ketone Oxidation
CAC Cycle or Oxidation of Odd-Chain or Branched-Chain FA’s
Where does Omega-oxidation occur?
ER, forms Dicarboxylic Acids
Where does maturation of Chylomicrons occur?
Blood, pick up ApoE and ApoCII from HDL
Where does final oxidation of Fatty Acyl CoA occur?
Mitochondrial Matrix
Where are OH Groups of Cholesterol in a Lipoprotein
Surface
When is MC AcylCoA Dehydrogenase deficiency noticed?
When glucose levels are low and FA’s cannot be completely oxidized
When is Gluconeogenesis main source of blood glucose
After ~16 hours
When does muscle use blood glucose
High insulin (fed state) or during exercise
When does muscle primarly use Glycogen?
Severe exersize
When does brain start using KB’s?
Roughly day 3 (Starved State); KB levels in blood aren’t high enough until this day.
When do you need extra ATP in Palmitate synthesis?
When starting with just Acetyl CoA (no Malonyl CoA)
When are Malonyl CoA levels elevated?
Fed State; It’s the substrate for FA Synthesis produced by Acetyl CoA Carboxylase
What size FA’s use Carnitine Cycle for Membrane Transport
Long Chain (12-20)
What size FA’s are catabolized in peroxisome?
Very Long Chain (>20)
What provides the omega-methyl group of palmitate in FA synthesis?
Acetyl CoA
What provides the 2 carbon units that are added to the growing Fatty Acyl chain?
Malonyl CoA
What products of lipid digestion do Intestinal epithelial cells absorb?
FA’s and 2-MG’s
What percent of Bile Salts are excreted?
5
What part of intestinal cell produces TG?
sER
What part of intestinal cell produces apoB-48
rER
What part of FA Synthase reacts with Malonyl CoA
Sulfhydryl group of Phosphopantetheinyl residue
What is required to transfer lipid to apoB-48?
MTP
What is required for FA chain to start?
An AcCoA is required to be acceptor of Malonyl Transfer; Must make MalonylCoA from AcCoA
What is produced converting Beta-Hydroxybutyrate to Acetoacetate
NADH + H+
What is necessary to convert Acetoacetate to Beta-hydroxybutyrate
NADH + H+
What is Acetyl CoA from Long-Chain FA Metabolism used for in Liver
KB Synthesis (TCA Cycle in other tissues)
What is a key factor in control of Ketone Synthesis
Availability of FA’s
What happens to remnants of Chylomicron breakdown?
Taken up by liver by receptor-mediated endocytosis; Digested by Lysosomes; Products released into Cytosol
What happens to HMG CoA in Ketone Synthesis
Converted to Acetoacetate, producing one AcetylCoA
What happens to FADH2’s produced in VLCFA oxidation?
Transfer electrons to O2; Produce H2O2
What happens to FA’s once absorbed into intestinal epithelium?
Esterfied to the 2-MG’s to form TG
What happens to Citrate once pumped into Cytosol?
Makes OAA and AcCoA
What happens to Bile Salts no longer needed?
Absorbed in Ileum, Returned to Liver via Entero-hepatic Circulation
What happens to Acetoacyl CoA in Ketone Oxidation?
Cleaved to 2 Acetyl CoA by Thiolase
What happens to 2-MG’s once absorbed into intestinal epithelium?
Esterfied to FA’s to form TG’s
What FA’s under Alpha-Oxidation?
Branched-Chain FA’s
What enzyme activates Fatty Acids
Fatty Acyl CoA Synthetase
What electron carriers are produced during Beta-oxidation?
NADH, FADH2
What donates a CoA to Acetoacetate in Ketone Oxidation?
Succinyl CoA
What does the Final Step in Oxidation of Odd Chain FA’s produce
Propionyl CoA (3 Carbons)
What does the conversion of Proprionyl CoA to Succinyl CoA require?
ATP, Biotin, Vitamin B12
What does Pancreatic Lipase require to work?
Protein Colipase to stabilize and localize lipase near bile salt-TG particle
What does Pancreatic Lipase Colipase need to work?
Bile salts to emulsify TG’s
What does omega-oxidation of FA’s produce?
Dicarboxylic Acids -> May be excreted or conjugated to Glycine or Carnitine
What does muscle use during resting state or mild exersize?
KBs or FA’s (FA’s preferred)
What does Desaturase require
Molecular Oxygen
What does Beta-oxidation of Fatty Acyl CoA generate in mitochondria
NADH, FAD(2H), Acetyl CoA
What do Peroxisomes not produce from Beta-Oxidation?
FAD(2H)
What bond is cleaved in Beta-oxidation?
alpha-beta bond
What activates LPL on capillary walls in adipose and muscle tissue?
ApoCII
Uses for FA’s from Adipose during Basal Fasted State
Liver for ATP and KB’s (which go to muscle, not brain yet); Muscle for AcCoA/TCA
Types of FA’s oxidized in Peroxisomes
VLCFA, Some LCFA’s; Branched-Chain >8
Two products of Glycerol Metabolism in Liver
DHP, Glyceraldehyde-3-P
Two Main Ketone Fuels
Beta-hydroxybutyrate, Acetoacetate
To what part of FA Synthase is Phosphopantheine linked?
Serine residue of Acyl Carrier Protein segment
To what is Alanine from muscle converted?
Pyruvate
T/F: the Liver can use KB’s as fuel if is has to
False, doesn’t have correct enzymes
T/F: One isozyme of Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase can oxidize all FA lengths?
False, several different isozymes
Surface of Lipoproteins
Phospholipids and Proteins on surface, with hydrophilic regions interacting w/ water
Subcellular location of FA Activation
Cytosol (or Mitochondria???) (Fatty Acyl CoA Synthetase)
Subcellular Location of Elongase
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Subcellular Location of Desaturase
ER
Subcellular Location of CPT2
Inner Mitochondrial Membrane
Subcellular Location of CPT1
Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
Steps Unique to VLCFA Oxidation
Oxidized in peroxisomes by beta-oxidation to produce medium/short-chain; Converted to Carnitine dervatives and sent to mitochondria
Source of Pyruvate in FA Synthesis
Glycolysis (Glucose)
Source of Glycerol for Lipogenesis in Fed State?
Glycolysis
Source of Citrate in FA Synthesis
Mitchondria: OAA and AcCoA from Pyruvate; AcCoA + OAA = Citrate
Site of Catabolism and Membrane Transport of Very Long Chain FA’s
Peroxisome; Unknown
Site of Catabolism and Membrane Transport of Short Chain (2-4) FA’s
Mitochondrion; Free Diffusion
Site of Catabolism and Membrane Transport of Medium Chain (4-12) FA’a
Mitochondrion; Diffusion
Site of Catabolism and Membrane Transport of Long Chain (12-20) FA’s
Mitochondrion; Carnitine Cycle
Role of Fatty Acyl Carnitine
Carnatine carries FA into mitochondria (Enzymes required)
Role of CPT1 in Ketone Synthesis Regulation
Converts FA’s to FA-Carnitine (which then is converted to FA-CoA)
Role of Citrate in FA Synthesis
Provides AcCoA and NADPH for FA Synthesis
Regulation of VLCFA Oxidation
Just VLCFA availability
Regulation of Alpha-Oxidation of Branched-Chain FA’s
None
Regulated step of FA Synthesis
Acetyl CoA converted to Malonyl CoA by AcCoA Carboxylase (Needs CO2, ATP, Biotin)
Reducing agent used by Desaturase
NADH
Reducing agent in FA Synthesis vs Beta-Oxidation
NADPH vs NADH, FADH2
Recycling of OAA back to mitochondria makes what?
NADPH
Pyruvate Carboxylase
Pyruvate to OAA
Purpose of Thiolysis in Beta-Oxidation
Cleavage step, produces 1 AcetylCoA and FACoA that is 2 carbons shorter
Purpose of Protein Colipase
Binds to lipase and emulsified fat increasing lipase action
Products of initial beta-oxidation of VLCFA in peroxisomes?
AcetylCoA (Acetyl-Carnitine); SCFA CoA/MCFA CoA (SCFA-carnitine/MCFA-Carnitine)
Products of Beta-Oxidation of Even-Chain FA
Acetyl CoA; FADH2, NADH
Production of Dicarboxylic Acids
Omega-Oxidation of FA’s; May be excreted or conjugated to Glycine or Carnitine
Processing of Propionyl CoA produced from Odd Chain FA Oxidation
Add carbon and form Succinyl CoA
Primary Tissues for FA Synthesis vs Beta-Oxidation
Liver, Fat vs Liver, Muscle
Prevention of newly synthesized FA’s from oxidation
Malonyl CoA (high during FA synthesis) inhibits CPT1, which tranports LCFAs into mitochondria
Preferred substrate of muscle during prolonged exercise
Glucose
Preferred substrate of Cardiac Muscle 2 hours after meal
FA
Positive Regulators of Ketogenesis
(1) High FA’s; (2) High CPTI; (3) Low Malonyl CoA; (4) High ATP; (5) High NADH; (6) Low OAA
Positive regulation of FA Synthesis
Citrate, Insulin
Positive regulation of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase
Citrate, Insulin
Net AcetylCoA’s used to make 1 Acetoacetate
1 (2 initially, but one produced)
Negative Regulators of Ketogenesis
(1) Low FA’s; (2) Low CPTI; (3) High Malonyl CoA; (4) Low ATP; (5) Low NADH; (6) High OAA
Negative regulation of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase
Palmitoyl CoA, Low ATP (High AMP)
Negative regulation of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase
Palmitoyl CoA, Low ATP (High AMP)
Metabolic Changes when reach Starved State
Brain uses KB’s, Muscle doesn’t; Mucles stops breaking down Protein (less Urea in Urine)
Maturation of Chylomicrons
Occurs in blood; Pick up ApoE and ApoCII from HDL
Malonyl CoA
Inhibits CPT1; When FA’s being synthesized, blocks FA oxidation; Intermediate in FA Synthesis
Malic Enzyme
Malate to Pyruvate; Producing CO2 and NADPH
Malate Dehydrogenase
OAA to Malate, using NADH
Major target of Glucagon and effect on cAMP
Liver, Increases cAMP; (Activates Lipase in Adipose?)
Major Component of a Chylomicron
TG
Major apolipoprotein in Chylormicrons
apoB-48
Location of HMG CoA Synthase
Liver Mitochondria