Chemistry Flashcards
function of C-peptide
distinguish exogenous from endogenous insulin
↑↑ insulin and C-peptide
insulinoma
gestational DM fasting glucose
> 95
4 criteria for DM
- A1C >6.5%
- fasting glucose >126
- 2-hour post load glucose >200
- random glucose >200 + symptoms
glycolysis reduces glucose in a sample by 5-7% per hour
solution?
separate red cells from plasma within 2 hours
sodium fluoride tube
2 main glucose methodologies
glucose oxidase
hexokinase (reference method)
CSF glucose
60-70% plasma
facilitate absorption and transport of cholesterol
micelles
the more dense the lipoprotein, the (larger/smaller) it is
smaller
“address tags” to tell the lipoprotein where to go in the body
apolipoproteins
lowest density lipoprotein
transports triglycerides from intestines
chylomicrons
lipemic plasma which separates out to a creamy layer
chylomicrons
lipemia plasma which does not separate out
VLDL
Independent, causal risk factor for atherosclerosis
Highly heritable.
lipoprotein (a)
triacyl hydrolase (lipase) + glycerophosphate oxidase
triglycerides methodology
measure HDL in samples which have been…
ultracentrifuged to remove VLDL and LDL
Friedewald formula for calculating LDL
LDL = total cholesterol - (HDL + TG/5)
cannot be used if TG >400
- ↑ waist circumference
- ↑ triglycerides
- ↓ HDL
- ↑ BP
- ↑ blood glucose
metabolic syndrome
UV, visible and infrared spectrum
UV < visible (380-750 nm) < infrared
changes the critical angle of light
solutes/particles in urine
refractometry
SG
Beer’s law
A = abc
A = absorbance
a = absorptivity
b = light path (1 cm)
c = concentration (g/L)
5 parts of a spectrophotometer
- A stable source of radiant energy
- A device that isolates a specific region of the electromagnetic spectrum
- A sample holder
- A photo detector
- A read-out device
fulminate peptic ulcers
large amounts of gastric hypersecretion
non-β-islet-cell tumors of the pancreas
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
2 causes of PUD
- Helicobacter pylori
- NSAIDs
oral lactose tolerance test for lactase deficiency positive
unchanged blood glucose
↑ stool glucose
large amounts of serum proteins pass into the bowel lumen and ultimately into the feces
protein-losing enteropathy
transmural inflammation of the G I tract
unknown etiology
Crohn’s disease
Celiac results from a(n) ………. response to the dietary ingestion of gluten-containing grains such as wheat
inappropriate T-cell-mediated immune
Arise from enterochromaffin cells of the GI tract
well-circumscribed, round, submucosal lesions
carcinoid tumors
Gliadin antibodies (IgA & IgG)
IgA-anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody (TTG)
IgA-endomysial antibody
celiac disease tests
test for PLE
Alpha-1-antitrypsin
protein electrophoresis (↓ albumin)
↑ fasting serum gastrin
Zollinger-Ellison
Whole-body scan after oral selenohomocholyltaurine (SeHCAT)
Measurement of 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one
Bile salt malabsorption
parts of transferrin
apotransferrin-Fe+3 complex
Iron overload without associated tissue injury
hemosiderosis
bronzing
cirrhosis
DM
hereditary hemochromatosis
serum iron + ——- = TIBC
UIBC
heme → ———— → unconjugated bilirubin
biliverdin
uridine diphosphate-glucuronyl transferase (UDPGT)
enzyme used to conjugate bilirubin
reduces conjugated bilirubin to urobilinogen and stercobilinogen
bacterial action
chalky white stool
post-hepatic jaundice
Least serious of the inherited unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and the most common
Gilbert’s syndrome
Children are born with a decreased or absolute lack of UDP-glucuronyl transferase.
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
most common cause of unconjugated bilirubinemia
neonatal jaundice
fatal complication of neonatal jaundice
kernicterus (neurologic damage)
Caused by 6 months to a year of moderate alcohol consumption and results in very few lab abnormalities.
alcoholic steatohepatitis
The Child-Turcotte-Pugh system is the most common.
cirrhosis staging system
Autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism
Kayser-Fleischer rings
Wilson disease
Jendrassik-Grof
diazo reagent
blue-green
bilirubin methodology
Berthelot reaction
Glutamate dehydrogenase
ammonia methodology
The velocity is directly proportional to the substrate concentration.
first-order kinetics
The reaction rate is independent of substrate concentration because all enzyme is saturated
zero-order kinetics
Inhibitor is structurally different than the substrate and binds to an allosteric site on the enzyme molecule.
noncompetitive inhibition
When an inhibitor binds to the E S complex to form an enzyme-substrate inhibiting complex that does not yield product.
uncompetitive inhibition
relative CK index and interpretation
RI = 100(CK-MB)/total CK
<5% —crushing injury
>5% —myocardial injury
2 > 1 > 3 > 4 > 5
LD ratios in healthy person
LD1 and LD2
heart
LD3
lungs
LD4 and LD5
liver and muscle
LD1 > LD2
MI
measure the interconversion of NAD+ to NADH at 340 nm
LD methodology
Wacker
Wroblewski
LaDue
LD methodologies
function of BNP/NTproBNP
detecting congestive heart failure
Measuring blood levels of ———- provides better risk assessment for heart disease than measuring any other biomarker.
hs-CRP
Marked elevations of —— and —— are associated with hepatocellular disease or damage to hepatocytes.
AST
ALT
Marked elevation of —— and ——- is associated with hepatobiliary disease or obstructive liver disease.
ALP
GGT
liver enzyme of little value due to lack of tissue specificity.
AST
De Ritis Ratio & interpretation
AST/ALT
> 1 —alcoholic liver disease
<1 —viral hepatitis
ALT elevation
- hepatobiliary disease
- Paget’s disease/bone disease
Distinguish using GGT; elevated in hepatobiliary disease.
Most sensitive indicator of alcoholic liver disease
GGT
Useful with ALP and GGT results in determining whether ALP elevation is from bone or liver disease.
5’-Nucleotidase (5’-NT, NTP)
increased in acute pancreatitis, obstructive liver disease, acute alcoholism, and other conditions that affect the pancreas
amylase
Maltotetraose reaction
amylase methodology
Important in screening for cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis
trypsin
↑ ACP (acid phosphatase)
benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH) and prostate surgery
phosphatase used in investigating rape
ACP
Ochronosis
Darkening of the tissues of the body because of the excess homogentisic acid (alkaptonuria)
sensitive marker of poor nutritional status such as protein-energy malnutrition (PEM)
Prealbumin/Transthyretin
60% of serum protein
albumin