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Energy yeild

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  • complete oxidation of FA=9kcal/g

- complete oxidation of proteins or carbs=4kcal/g

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Adipose lipase

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  • constitutive
  • low level release of FA from adipose
  • TAG–>DAG+FA
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Hormone-sensitive lipase

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  • HSL
  • major role in regulated TAG lipolysis
  • release of FA from adipose
  • TAG–>DAG+FA
  • rapid release due to trauma, stroke
  • in response to epinephrine
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Lipoprotein lipase

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-releases fatty acids from TAG in circulating lipoprotein particles to free FA and glycerol

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HSL activation

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  1. phosphorylated and ACTIVATED by cAMP dependent protein kinases
  2. phosphorylation causes HSL binding to perilipin to help it get into droplets and cleave
  3. epinephrine mediated activation
    - Galpha subunit binds to adenylyl cyclase and generates cAMP
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cAMP dependent protein kinases

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  • activate HSL

- inhibit FA synthesis by inhibiting ACC

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Insulin

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  • promotes dephosphorylation of HSL by phosphatases
  • inactivates HSL
  • stops release of FA from TAG
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Adipocytes

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  • lack glycerol kinase

- cant metabolize glycerol released in TAG degradation if all of the FA are released

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Glycerol

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  • released to the blood stream and taken up by the liver
  • phosphorylated in the liver for TAG synthesis OR
  • converted to DHAP for glycolysis or GNG
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Fate of FA

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  • free FA leave adipocytes and bind to serum albumin
  • Taken up by cells and attached to a CoA by thiokinase
  • Fatty acyl CoA is oxidized for energy
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Brain and erythrocytes

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  • do not use FA for energy
  • erythrocytes have no mitochondria
  • Brain: we dont know what they just dont
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FA released facts

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  • 50% of free FA released from adipose TAG are resterified to glycerol 3-P
  • this decreases the plasma free FA level assocaited with type 2 diabetes
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Beta-oxidation of FA

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  • major pathway for obtaining energy from FA
  • occurs in mitochondria
  • FA must be in fatty acyl CoA form
  • successive removal of 2-C fragments
  • fragments are removed from carboxyl end
  • products: acetyl CoA, NADH, FADH2
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Thiokinase

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  • located on the cytosolic side of mitochondrial outer membrane and generates LCFA CoA in the cytosol
  • LCFA CoA cannot directly cross mitochondrial membrane because of CoA
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CAT-I inhibition

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  • inhibited by malonyl CoA
  • prevents LCFA transfer from CoA to Carnitine
  • inhibition prevents mitochondrial import and beta oxidation of LCFA
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Carnitine

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  • obtained from diet of synthesized
  • meat products
  • synthesized: pathway in liver and kidney using lysine and methionine
  • babies dont have a lot because they dont eat meat
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Skeletal muscle and canitine

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-skeletal muscle houses 97% of carnitine in body

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Secondary Carnitine deficiency

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caused by…

  • decreased synthesis by liver disease
  • dietary restrictions
  • hemodialysis(removes carnitine)
  • conditions when carnitine requirements increase(pregant, big changes)
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Primary Carnitine deficiency

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caused by congenital deficiencies in…

  • renal tube re absorption of carnitine
  • carnitine uptake by cells
  • CAT I and II function
  • impaired flow of a metabolite from one cell compartment to another results in pathology
  • Treatment: avoid fasting, eat high carbs, eat low LCFA diet, supplement medium chain FA
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CAT-I genetic defect

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  • decreased LIVER use of LCFA during fast

- severe hypoglycemia, coma, death

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CAT-II genetic defect

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  • HEART AND SKELETAL MUSCLE exhibit symptoms that range from cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, myoglobinemia, after exercisin
  • problem with energy production in muscles
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entry of short and medium chan=in FA to mitochondria

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  • they do not need carnitine of CAT systems
  • once inside matrix, they are activated to CoA by thiokinase
  • not regulated by malonyl CoA
  • human milk is high in short and medium chain
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Acetyl CoA and pyruvate carboxylase

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  • Acetyl CoA is a POSITIVE allosteric effector of pyruvate carboxylase
  • linking FA oxidation to GNG
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Energy yield from Beta-Oxidation

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  • energy yield is high

- degrading 1 palmitoyl CoA to CO2 and H20= net 129 ATP produced

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Greatest flux through B-oxidation pathway
Synthesis of FA: after carb-rich meal | Degredation of FA: starvation
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- causes excretion of both propionate and methylmalonate in urine - heritable methylmalonic acidemia - mutase is missing - cant convert vitamin B12 to coenzyme form
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Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids
unsaturated FA: release less energy than saturated, less highly reduced, fewer reducing equivalents can be produced -require additional enzymes for complete oxidation
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Monounsaturated fatty acids
-required an additional isomerase enzyme
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Polyunsaturated Fatty acids
-require an isomerase and reductase enzyme
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Beta-Oxidation in the peroxisome
- VLCFA 22 carbons or longer are initially oxidized in th peroxisome - the partially oxidized shorter chain can be imported to the matrix by diffusion for further oxidation - DOES NOT GENERATE ATP
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Zellweger syndrome
- peroxisome biogenesis disorder - genetic defects that result in failure to target matrix proteins to the peroxisome - getting it into peroxisome - accumulation of VLCFA in blood and tissues
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X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy
- genetic defects causing the failure to transport VLCFA across peroxisome membrane - digesting it - disconnect in understanding surroundings/environment - cause accumulation of VLCFA in blood and tissues
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Alpha oxidation of FA
- Branched chains, 20 C FA phytanic acid cannot function as a substrate for acetyl CoA dehydrogenase due to methyl group at Beta position - Payanoyl CoA alpha-hydroxylase: hydroxylates the alpha carbon and carbon 1 is released as CO2 - 19C pristanic acid is activated to CoA and undergoes Beta oxidation
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Refsum disease
-peroxisomal phyH deficiency -phytanic acid accumulates in blood and tissues -symptoms are neruologic Treatment: have less branched chained FA in diet
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MCAD deficiency
- Medium chain FA acetyl CoA dehydrogenase - lose like half of beta oxidation energy - one of most common inborn errors in metabolism - MOST common inborn error of FA oxidation - possible cause for SIDS
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Ketone bodies
- acetoacetate - 3-hydroxybuterate: transported in blood to peripheral cells/tissues - Acetone: a dead-end by product - peripheral cells convert ketone bodies into acetyl CoA as substrate for TCA cycle
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Ketone body fuel source
- energy for peripheral cells - soluble in aqueous solution-no lipoprotein or albumin transport required - produced in liver when acetyl CoA levels supersede oxidation capacity - use is proportional to concentration in the body - decrease body demand for glucose
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Hypoketosis
-due to decreased acetyl CoA availability
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Hypoglycemia
-due to increased reliance on glucose for energy
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HMG CoA synthase
- rate limiting step in ketone body synthesis | - only present in liver to significant amounts
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Ketolysys
- 3 hydroxybuterate is oxidized to produce NADH in peripheral tissues - acetoacetate then meets CoA - Acetoacetyl CoA is converted to 2 acetyl CoA - extrahepatic cells having mitochondria can conduct this process, liver cannot use ketone bodies as fuel because it lacks thiophorase
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Ketonemia
-ketone body levels rise in blood
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Ketonuria
-ketons body levels rise in urine
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Diabetes mellitus
- type 1 | - urinary excretion levels rise and blood concentrations rise
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Diabetic ketoacidosis
-fruit smelling breath from acetone -ketonemia causes acidemia because carboxyl group on ketone bodies has pka of 4, each H released lowers blood pH -increased ketone bodies and glucose causes increaed secretion of water Ketoacidosis: decreased blood volume increased H+ concentration causing acidosis(can be caused by fasting)

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