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Drug inhibiting lipase

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Olestra

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fat soluble vitamins

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A, E, D,K

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water soluble vitamins

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biotin, folic acid (simple diffusion), vitamin B12 (specific transporter)

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channel critical for absorption

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Na/K ATPase pump

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water absorption linked to what?

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Na absorption

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channels for Na absorption

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Na/glucose & galactose or Na/amino acid cotransport, NaCl cotransport, Na/H exchange, passive diffusion

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Chloride absorption

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passive in proximal intestines, more in distal ileum/colon due to less leaky TJs; Cl exchanged for HCO3 of setting acids from bacteria

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K absorption: active or passive?

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passive

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Potassium absorption

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paracellular movement in jejunum; transcellular incolon

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Ca absorption

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Ca and Mg compete for uptake

- Ca enters enterocyte passively down electrochemical gradient in proximal intestines-Ca ATPase pumps Ca out into blood

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Vitamin D

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synthesized in skin/absorbed by intestine

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where is vitamin D is vitamin D metabolism

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  • vitamin D is 25-hydroxylated in liver
  • 25-OH Vit D is 1-hydroxylated in kidney in presence of parathyroid hormone
  • Vit D binds to cytoplasmic receptor, activating transcription/translation
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how does vitamin D relate to Ca

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vitamin D stimulates uptake of Ca by increasing Ca binding proteins and Ca ATPase molecules

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Where is iron absorbed?

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regulated absorption in proximal intestines

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fates of Fe

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-transported across apical membrane as heme or Fe (receptor mediated)
THEN
- binds to apoferritin to form ferritin – stays in cell and lost when cell dies
OR
- binds to transferrin (carrier protein), leaves the cell adn goes into blood

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trend of water permeability through intestines

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paracellular water permeability decreases from proximal to distal in the small intestines
- lowest in colon since trying to solidify waste and needs to link water movement to transcellular ion movement

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Osmotic diarrhea causes

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(due to impaired digestions/defects in absorption)

  • lactase deficiency
  • ileal resection – bile salts not absorbed
  • Celiac disease
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Celiac disease

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  • Sprue; genetic

- with gluten sensitivity –> gliaden-induced destruction of villi

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Vibrio cholerae causes what kind of diarrhea

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Secretory diarrhea– increases cAMP levels in cells and in turn activates CF chloride channel (and thus water) on the luminal surface
- also have paracellular movement of Na into lumen and thus water as well

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Oral rehydration therapy

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antibiotics plus KHCO3 to prevent hypokalemia and metabolic acidosis, glucose (or amino acids) with NaCl to facilitate absorption of electrolytes and water

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biggest risk factor for dehydration

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hypokalemia

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Amylase

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secreted by salivary glands into mouth/stomach; digests starch to create polysaccharides

  • also secreted by pancras into duodenum/jejunum to digest starch into polysaccharides
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lingual lipase

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secreted by serous glands of tongue

  • digests fat into monoglycerides and fatty acids
  • present in mouth ant stomach
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pepsin

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  • secreted by stomach

- digests proteins into polypeptides

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Trypsn
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to breakdown protein/polypeptides into small peptides and amino acids
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chymortypsin
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to break down proteins/polypeptides into small peptides and amino acids
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elastase
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to break down proteins/polypeptides into small peptides and amino acids
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carboxypeptidases
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to break down proteins/polypeptides into small peptides and amino acids
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lipase and colipase
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to digest fat into monoclycerides, fatty acids, and cholesterol
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Phospholiase A2
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to digest fat into monoclycerides, fatty acids, and cholesterol
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Cholesterol ester hydrolase (non-specific lipase)
secreted by pancreas into duodenum/jejunum to digest fat into monoclycerides, fatty acids, and cholesterol
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Bile salts
secreted by liver into duodenum/jejunum to emulsify and dissolve fats
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HCL
secreted by stomach to kill bacteria and denature proteins
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NaHCO3
ubiquitous; buffers pH
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Mucus
ubiquitous; lubrication, protection of mucosal surfaces
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pepsinogen
zymogen released by chief cells into stomach; converted to active pepsin by stomach acid
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typsinogen
secreted into duodenum and activated to trypsin by enterokinase
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largest source of starch in most human diets
amylopectin (plant starch) containing alpha 1,4, and alpha 1,6 linkages
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cellulose
polymer linked by beta 1,4 linkage that can't be digested by intestinal enzymes; major component of dietary fiber
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amylase digestion
catalyzes internal alpha 1,4, bonds to generate maltose, and maltotriose and alpha-limit dextrin - never glucose as product
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2 types of glucose polymers in diet
amylose, amylopectin
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role o fenzymes in brush border
convert small polysaccharides to sugar monomers
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surase-isomaltase (SI)
breaks down 1,6 linkages of alpha-limit dextrin to glucose
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maltase-glucoamylase (MGA)
breaks down maltriose to glucose
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lactase
breaks down lactose to glucose
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sucrase
breaks down sucrose to glucose
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how to transport sugars into cells
intestinal sugar transporters - Na-dependent glucose transport (SGLT1) - Na-independent fructose transporter (GLUT5; GLUT2)
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Na - dependent glucose transporter
(SGLT1)located on apical side of enterocytes and transports glucose, galactose, and Na from intestinal lumen to cytosol
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Na-independentfructose transporter
(GLUT5 and GLUT2) - GLUT5 = apical; transports fructose form luemnt to cytosol - GLUT2 basolateral and transports all 3 monosaccharides (fructose, glucose, galactose) from cytosol to blood
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lactose intolerance
- lactase absent from brush border - unabsorbed lactose draws water into intestinal lumen -- osmotic diarrhea - gut bacteria metabolize lactose to form gases
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Absent SGLT1
Na/Glucose cotransporter; absence auses malabsorption fo glucose/galactose - diarrhea when ingesting dietary sugars due to reduced SI absorption fo Na and fluid; also fluid secretion due to osmotic effects of non-absorbed monosaccharide - potentially fatal neonatal condition of glucose-galactose malabsorption
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treat absent SGLT1 transporter
replace dietary glucose with frucose
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where is protein digestion
begins in stomach with pepsin; completed in SI with gastric, pancreatic, enterocyte brush-border and cytoplasmic peptidases
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2 classes of peptidases
endopeptidases and exopeptidases
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role of secreted endopeptidases
hydrolyze interior peptide bonds
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examples of endopeptidases
Pepsin (aromatic aa) Trypsin - arginine/lysine Chymotrypsin (aromatic aa) Elastase (neutral aliphatic aa)
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secreted exopeptidase role/examples
- hydrolyze one amino acid at a time from C-terminus of proteins/peptides - Carboxypeptidases A - Carboxypeptidases B
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brushborder proteases
- aminopaptidase - Dipaptidyl aminopeptidasel - dipeptidase
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aminopeptidase
exoprotease at brush border removes one aa from N terminus at a time
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dipeptidyl aminopeptidase- removes
brush border enzyme; removes dipeptides from N terminus
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dipeptidase
brush border enzyme; converts dipeptides to amino acids
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amino acid absorption in intestine
via H dependent peptide transporter PEPT1
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fatty acid absorption
short chain fatty acidsdiffuse across apical memrane and re-esterified as triglycerides in smooth ER prior to uptake into chylomicrons that exocytose acros BL membrane
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when is pepsin active
below pH 5
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SI proteases
trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, pro-elastase, pro-carboxypeptidase A, pro-carboxypeptidase B
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Steps of Si protein digestion
- Trypsinogen activated at brush border by enterokinase - trypsin activates all other precursors - trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidase A and B hydrolyze protein to aa and di-tri- and oligopeptides - brush border proteases hydrolyze oligopeptides to amino acids - pancreatic proteases digest themselves and each other
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Protein absorption
by Na-dependent co-transport; di- and tripeptides absorbed (compared to only carbohydrate monomers) - up to 70% protein absorbed this way
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specificities of 4 different amino acid carriers
neutral, basic, acidic, epcial one for proline/glycine
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what happens to protein inside enterocytes
di- and tripeptides hydrolyzed to amino acids by cytoplasmic proteins and exit BL membrane by facilitated diffusion to enter blood capillaries
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cysteinuria
genetic absence/defect of Na-amino acid transporters; same Na-amino acid transporter missing in kidneys - lack capacity for renal or intestinal absorption of cystine, lysine, arginine, and ornithine amino acids, so many excreted - renal defect -- excreted amino acids in urine
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Hartnup disease
genetic absence/defect of neutral amino acid transporter
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Cystic fibrosis
genetic absence/defect of Cl channel called CFTR
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4 mechanisms of protein uptake
- Active transport with Na (amino acids) - secondary active transport with Na (amino acids) - Secondary active transport with H (di/tripeptides) - Diffusion across basolateral side
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steps in triglyceride digestion
- Fat droplets emulsified by bile salts and lecithin to form small particles and increase surface area for digestion - lipase and colipase digest triglycerides into 2-monoglyceride and 2 fatty acids that are then solubilized into bile-salt micelles to move to brush border -- - monoglycerides and fatty acids dissociate and passively absorbed at brush border
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micelle
- cylindrical structure with hydrophobic groups oriented interiorally and hydrophylic groups oriented towards aqueous phase - needed to transport products of fat digestion through water layer near surface of enterocytes
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What happens to fats after crossing apical membrane
- monoglycerides and fatty acids cross apical membrane by passive diffusion - put into chylomicrons that travel to Golgi where they are incorporated into secretory vesicles - secretory vesicles travel to basolateral membrane where contents extruded into interstitial space and taken up into lacteals
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Fat malabsorption-associated disorders
Liver disease (can't make micelles due to bile salt deficiency) Pancreatic insufficiency (and CF) -lack enzymes to digest fat weight loss meds - -inhibit lipase

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