Exam 2 Flashcards
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•HETEs
•chemotactic agents: act on neutrophils and eosinophils
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)
lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs)
inherited - defective/missing hydrolytic enz fails to degrade GAG
accumulation of GAG = coarse facial features, short stature, enlarged organs (liver, spleen)
Glucokinase Characteristics/Location
In liver: important during high [glucose]: phosphorylated glucose to liver metabolism
In pancreatic islets cells: most important glucose sensing cells in the body :
- glucose metabolismà–> ATP –> Insulin secretion
Irreversible
No G6-P feedback inhibition
Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)
• X-linked defect in ABCD1 that transports VLCFA CoAs into peroxisomes
High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Inexpensive way to sweeten food
- Modified High Fructose Corn Syrup:
- •55-45 fructose/glucose ratio:non-covalent linkage
COX 1 Site, Product, Action
GI Tract –
- PGE2
- Cytoprotection
- Anti-acid
Platelets
- Thromboxane A2
- Initiates Thrombosis
Heinz Bodies
Inclusions in RBC due to Hb damage

Absorption of Monomeric Lipids
NPC1-L1 protein in duodenum and jejunum
prox 2/3 ileum: FA, 2-monoacylglycerol, lysophospholipids
micells NOT absorbed
bile salts
- deconj by gut bac
- absorbed via ileal bile acid txper in distal ileum
- txp to liver
- reconj, recirculated
Ductus Arteriosus
•blood vessel connecting the pulmonary artery to the aorta in the fetus.
It closes 1-2 days after birth
•Indomethacin can be used to hasten the closure of the ductus arteriosus if it remains open after birth
Alprostadil® (PGE1) infusion keeps the ductus arteriosus open (patent) after birth if needed to remain
Sorbitol is a natural….
- laxative and can cause diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, bloating and flatulence.
- Too much sorbitol (from 10 to 50g, or more for adults) can cause gastro-intestinal problems.
Proteoglycan Aggregates
GAG attached to SER on core protein covalently via XYL-GAL-GAL
aggreg via ionic attachement to hyaluronan
bottle brush structure: charge repulsion
•Importance of OAA:
•Precursor for gng
[oaa] = rate lim for TCA
rxn can occur in reverse for malate-asp shuttle of NADH
- malate crossing into mito –> OAA + NADH
Key Enzymes of Eicosanoid Synthesis
- Phospholipase A2: The rate limiting step (inducible)
- Arachidonic acid release from membrane phospholipids
- Suppressed by steroids (glucocorticoids)
- Prostaglandin synthase (cycooxygenase/peroxidase)
- Prostaglandin and Thromboxane synthesis
- COX1 – constitutive
- COX2 – inducible
- Both irreversibly inhibited by aspirin (ASA)
- Both reversibly inhibited by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- COX2 induction suppressed by steroids
- 5-Lipoxygenase
- Leukotriene synthesis
- Inhibited by zileuton
Pancreatic lipase
hydrolyze LCFA at positions 1 and 3
products are 2-monoacylglycerol and 2 LCFA (absorbed in ileum)
pancreatic colipase stab binding of the lipase to substate
- secr as zymogen, activ by trypsin
Allosteric Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism
•Glucose 6-P (Well fed state-(M & L)
–Inhibition of phosphorylase (Lysis)
•Glucose (liver)
–Inhibition of liver phosphorylase (Lysis)
–Glucose “sensor”
•ATP (high energy)(M & L)
–Inhibition of phosphorylase (Lysis)
•AMP(low energy)(Muscle)
–Activation of muscle phosphorylase (b) (Lysis)
•Calcium (Muscle)
–Activation of muscle phosphorylase b kinaseà + glycogenolysis
•Ca++ binds Calmodulin

Importance of CYPs enzymes in Drug metabolism
- Two most significant enzymes for drug metabolism = CYP3A4 and CYP2D6
- CYP3A4 is responsible for over 50% of drug metabolism
- Can convert prodrugàactive form
- e.g. cyclophosphamide (chemo)àactive froms crosslinks DNA
Glycogen
Phosphorylase
cleaves alpha 1,4 using P from non-reducing ends until it reaches 4 gluc units from a branch point - then debrancher acts
•Coenzyme: Pyridoxal Phosphate
(Vit B6 at active site)
•Product is Glucose 1-P
PEP Carboxykinase
(mito & cyto)
Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx)
H2O2à H2O
Need for reduced form of GSH from NADPH and GRed
Thromboxane A2 (TXA2)
- Vasoconstrictor
- Bronchoconstrictor
- Synthesized by platelets, key in platelet aggregation
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex(PDHC) Reaction
- Pyruvate –> Acetyl-CoA +NADH
- Mitochondrial
- Irreversible:
- Acetyl-CoA does not form Pyruvate

•Under low blood sugar (high glucagon), how is glycolysis regulated in the liver?
inhibition of PFK-1 (main regulatory enzyme in glycolysis)
- glucagon –(-)–> F2,6BP–(-)–> PFK-1 —> glycolysis slows = less glucose is metabolized under hypoglycemia
Metabolic phenotype of Cancer cells:
ØHigh rate of glucose uptake and aerobic glycolysis –> Lactate –> exported out of cell
- ØSubmaximal activity of TCA cycle and oxidative metabolism
dec [ATP] (colon ca)
inc Nad+/NADH ratio
- ØPyruvate + H+ + NADH –> Lactate + NAD+
Ø NADP+/NADPH anabolic ratio
ØIncreased glutamine uptake and utilization
Dermatan sulfate
skin, heart valves, blood vessels


















































