Clinical Significance of Enzymes Flashcards
Pertinent findings in Case study
of 51 y.o JK
- overweight
- history of AMI and T2DM
- abdominal discomfort
- body malaise and bilateral throbbing headache
Enzyme that plays a role in energy production; ATP regeneration
Creatine Kinase
storage of high energy Creatine phosphate
Creatine Kinase
In contraction cycle, Creatine Phosphate use the production of ATP with?
relative constant level of muscle ATP
Creatine + ATP =
Creatine Phospate + ADP
Creatine Kinase has highest activity in?
Skeletal muscle, heart muscle and brain tissue
Myocardial Infarction, Muscle dystrophy and Rhabdomyolysis
Creatine Kinase
Creatine Kinase is considered a sensitive indicator of
AMI; Muscular Dystrophy (Duchenne)
CK isoforms
CK-MM (muscle); CK-MB (hybrid); CK-BB (brain)
20% CK activity is
CK-MB
Highest concentration of CK-BB is found
CNS (brain), GIT and uterus during pregnancyn akso urinary bladder, lungs, prostate, colon, stomach, and thyroid
What is the only tissue from which CK-MB enters the serum in significant quantities?
Myocardium
Which is more clinically significant isoform of CK?Why?
CK-MB isoenzyme - elevated levels come from cardiac tissue (CK- MM can also be found in skeletal muscle so less specific)
Percent that is a good indicator if myocardial damage
Greater or equal to 6%
Methods use for measurement in CK? (Clue: E.I.R.I)
Electrophoresis, Ion exchange chroma, radioimmunoassay, immunoinhibition methods
Can detech unsatisfactory separation and allows visualization of Adenylate Kinase
Electrophoresis in CK
Released from RBCs in hemolyzed samples and causes falsely elevated CK or CK MB
Adenylate Kinase
Sources of error in CK
Hemolysis, Light, Bedridden, Athletes
True or false: serum should be stored in a dark place because CK is inactivated by light (leading to falsely decreased values)
True
Total CK in Makes and Females
M: 46 to 171 U/L (0.8 to 2.9 ukat/L)
F: 34 to 145 U/L (0.6 to 2.4 ukat/L)
Catalyzes the interconversion of lactic and pyruvic acids
Lactate dehydrogenase
Lesser amounts of LD are found in
Lung,smooth muscle and brain
Acts as a Hydrogen donor
NAD+ (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
Diseases with highest levels of (total) LDH
Pernicious anemia, hemolytic disorders
Which enzyme can be used as a cardiac biomarker?
LDH
For LDH, AST, CK and Troponin I, which is a reliable cardiac biomarker of choice in AMI?
Troponin I
Which of the isoenzymes in LDH migrates most quickly toward anode in electrophoresis?
LD-1(HHHH)
LD Flipped Pattern
In necrosis and IV hemolysis, serum levels of LD-1 increase (greater than LD-2)
About LD-6
-migrates cathodic to LD-5
-alcoholic dehydrogenase
-patients w/ arteriosclerotic vascular failure
Hepatic clngestion due to cardiovascular disease
LD-5