enzyme 4 Flashcards
E.C. 3.1.1.3
LIPASE (LPS)
Responsible for triglyceride metabolism
LIPASE (LPS)
LIPASE (LPS) chemical name
Triacylglycerol Acylhydrolase
o Hydrolyzes glycerol esters of long chain fatty acids
LIPASE (LPS)
o most specific pancreatic marker
lipase
primary tissue in lipase
pancreas
lipase Expresses its full activity in the presence of
bile salts and colipase
substrate for cherry crandall
olive oil
substrate of vogel zieve
olive oil
reference method in titritmetric method
cherry crandall
titration is carried out by
potentiometry
TISSUE SOURCES of lipase
Pancreas (1°source), GIT, leukocytes, adipose cells, colostrum
inhibitors of lipase
heavy metals, quinine & some esterase inhibitors
fatty acid is titrated w/ alkali solution
Titrimetric Methods
emulsion of fats produces milky appearance
Turbidimetric Methods
increases concentration of LPS
o Bacteria
lipase is not inhibited by
fluoride or arsenilate
based on the use of immunochromatography with monoclonal antibodies (meth of deter)
Urinary trypsinogen-2 test strip
substrate for modified cherry crandall
triolein
o incorporate sodium deoxycholate, CaCl2 , co-lipase
Ziogenhean et. al. (Hoffman and Weiss)
DuPont ACA Method substrate
triolein
Fatty acid + chemical reagent
Fluorescein (4-methyl bellifuzone)
o Diffusion of enzyme into buffered agarose gel w/ deoxycholate & olive oil emulsion
Rosital Diffusion Method
trypsin is Solely produced by
pancreatic acinar cells
Cleaves peptide bonds formed between the –COOH group of lysine or arginine with other amino acids
TRYPSIN
Radio-immunoassay : makes use of
1251-labeled lipase
elevation in acute pancreatitis
Perforated peptic ulcer & duodenal ulcer
Intestinal obstruction
Mesenteric Vascular obstruction
acute pancreatitis is not elevated in
mumps
E.C.3.4.21.4
trypsin
o Erlanson & Bergstrom substrate
Tributyrin
fatty acids are extracted using Petroleum ether
Myrtle and Zell method
Pancreas-specific serine protease
TRYPSIN
acute pancreatitis decreases in (henry)
8 to 14 days
acute pancreatitis decreases in (tietz)
7 to 14 days
currently being used for differentiating the cause of acute pancreatitis
Trypsin assays
o more elevated in alcohol-associated pancreatitis
Trypsinogen-2 & trypsin-2-AAT
more elevated in biliary pancreatitis
Trypsinogen-1, AMS & LPS
E.C. 3.4.15.1
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE)
zymogen of trypsin
trypsinogen-1 & trypsinogen-2
activator of trypsin
Enterokinase
trypsin is Inactivated in plasma by
α-1-antitrypsin & α-2-macroglobulin
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) converts
angiotensin I to angiotensin II
o Diagnosis and monitoring sarcoidosis
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE)
A.k.a peptidyl dipeptidase A / Kininase II
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE)
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) activity found in
lungs & endothelial cells
Inactivation of bradykinin, encephalin, tachykinin
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE)
Elevations are more likely in pulmonary involvement
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE)
E.C. 3.1.1.7
True Cholinesterase
E.C. 3.1.1.8
Pseudocholinesterase
Cleaves succinylcholine
Pseudocholinesterase or Acylcholine Acyl hydrolase
muscle relaxant used during surgery
succinylcholine
Can be found in Liver, myocardium & pancreas
Pseudocholinesterase or Acylcholine Acyl hydrolase
Diagnosis of organophosphate insecticide poisoning
cholinesterase
E.C. 3.4.11.1
Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP)
o True Cholinesterase uses
acetylcholine
o Pseudocholinesterase uses
butyrylthiocholine
True Cholinesterase can be found in
o CNS, RBCs, Lung and Spleen
o Released thiocholine reacts with
Ellman’s reagent
True Cholinesterase (E.C. 3.1.1.7) & Pseudocholinesterase (E.C. 3.1.1.8) product is measured
photometrically
major isoenzyme of LAP
liver
o Important in hydrolysis of Oxytocin & Angiotensin II
placental iso
o Increased during 3rd trimester of pregnancy
placental iso
LAP NV in males
19.2 – 48.0 IU/L
- Increased in obstructive liver diseases
LAP
Widely distributed; cell membrane-bound
5’-Nucleotidase
Increased 5’-NT (disease)
o Acute hepatitis
o Ovarian carcinoma
o Rheumatoid arthritis
LAP NV in females
18.0 – 44.4 IU/L
other name of 5’-Nucleotidase
5’-ribonucleoside phosphohydrolase
E.C.3.1.3.5
5’-Nucleotidase
Heme-containing protein that binds O2 with cardiac and skeletal muscle
myoglobin
Myocardial infarction is diagnosed by the presence of 2 out of 3 features
a. Chest pain - prolonged
b. ECG changes
c. Cardiac enzymes
Levels are related to muscle mass and activity
Myoglobin
Reasonable sensitivity but poor specificity for MI dx
Myoglobin
Earliest marker in MI
Myoglobin
Govern excitation-contraction coupling
Troponin
Bind O2 within cardiac and skeletal muscle
Troponin
tropomyosin binding unit
o Troponin T (cTnT)
calcium-binding subunit
o Troponin C (TnC)
inhibitory subunit (binds to actin)
o Troponin I (cTnI)
troponin sub units that are bound to muscle fibers
cTnT and cTnI
cTnT and cTnI are bound to muscle fibers (weeks)
1–2 weeks after MI
“gold standard” for diagnosis of MI
troponin
False positive results in troponin
o Fibrin (incompletely clotted specimen)
o Rheumatoid Factor
troponin specimen of choice
heparinized samples
If both myoglobin and CA – III are increased it cause
skeletal muscle injury
critical element in the dev’t of unstable angina & MI
Thrombus formation
Protein marker found in skeletal muscle
CA – III (CA Isoenzyme III)
CA – III (CA Isoenzyme III) is not found in
cardiac muscle
diagnostic test of choice for recognition of cardiac injury
troponin
Markers for Cardiac Muscle injury existing with Skeletal Muscle injury
Total CK, AST, Myoglobin