C7 - Integration & Reg. of Metabolism Flashcards
What substrates are critical in connecting the metabolism of CHO, lipids + proteins?
Pyruvate + Acetyl-CoA
What does the energy status of the cell largely determine?
The direction in which mol. flow
What happens if ATP is needed in the cell?
Pyruvate from glycolysis is sent to mitochondria.
Decarboxylated to Acetyl-CoA + oxidised via TCA cycle to prod ATP through oxidative phosphorylation.
What can FA’s be catabolised to in the mitochondria?
Acetyl-CoA then produce ATP via TCA cycle + oxidative phosphorylation.
What happens when CHO + lipids are in short supply?
aa are converted to pyruvate + Acetyl-CoA
What else declines when the energy status of the cell declines?
Why?
Conc of:
- Acetyl-CoA
- Citrate
- ATP
Due to ⬇️ glycolysis, lipolysis + TCA cycle reactions.
What does ⬆️ ADP + AMP in cells indicate?
That ATP has been used up in anabolic reactions therefore more ATP is needed.
What are the metabolic responses to low cellular energy status?
⬆️ glycolysis
⬆️ TCA cycle
⬇️ Gluconeogenesis
⬆️ FA b-oxidation
What are the metabolic responses to abundant cellular energy status?
⬇️ Glycolysis
⬇️ TCA cycle
⬆️ Gluconeogenesis
⬆️ FA synthesis
Low energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬆️ FA b-oxidation?
⬇️ Malonyl-CoA
Low energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬇️ gluconeogenesis?
⬆️ AMP
Low energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬆️ TCA cycle?
⬆️ ADP
⬆️ pyruvate
Low energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬆️ glycolysis?
⬆️ AMP
⬇️ ATP
⬇️ Citrate
⬇️ Acetyl-CoA
Abundant energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬇️ glycolysis?
⬆️ ATP
⬆️ Citrate
Abundant energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬇️ TCA cycle?
⬆️ ATP
Abundant energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬆️ gluconeogenesis?
⬆️ Acetyl-CoA
⬆️ Citrate
Abundant energy cellular status
What is the cellular signal causing ⬆️ FA synthesis?
⬆️ Citrate
⬆️ Malonyl-CoA
What acts as an indicator of the FED state?
Release of insulin by b-cells of the pancreas in response to ⬆️ blood glucose levels.
Which is the 1st tissue to be able to use dietary glucose?
Liver
What can happen to the glucose retained in the liver?
May enter glycolysis or glycogenesis.
What can happen to excess glucose in the liver?
Can be converted to FAs
(Only rly happens when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure).
What can chronic overconsumption of CHO lead to in the liver?
TAG accumulation + ⬆️ secretion of TAG-rich VLDL into circulation.
When does the postabsorptive state evolve into the fasting state?
After 18-48hrs of NO food intake.
What happens in the fasting state?
aa from muscle protein breakdown provides substrates for gluconeogenesis.
Release of FAs from adipose tissue continue to occur during the early fasting state. = Supplying many tissues w. FAs for ATP prod while the glycerol is converted to glucose in liver.
FASTING STATE
What is the shift to gluconeogensis using aa mediated by?
⬆️ secretion of glucagon + cortisol.
What happens to proteins in muscle cells in the fasting state?
Hydrolysed at an accelerated rate to provide aa for gluconeogenesis.
What does the accelerated rate of proteins being hydrolysed in the fasting state result in?
Large daily losses of nitrogen through urine.
Of all aa, which are the only ones that can’t directly contribute to gluconeogensis and why?
Leucine + lysine
Due to being ketogenic.
Which cycle is important in the fasting state?
Alanine-Glucose cycle
What happens in the starvation state?
New + more dramatic metabolic fuel shift occurs to spare body protein:
- Accelerated lipolysis
- ⬆️ use of FAs as fuel in certain tissues
- ⬆️ use of glycerol for gluconeogenesis
- ⬆️ ketone body synthesis + utilisation
What happens in regards to free FAs in the starvation state?
Free FAs are released by adipose tissue to become primary fuel for kidneys, liver, heart + skeletal muscle.