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Fatty Acid Metabolism German 9/27/16 Flashcards

1
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What are three sources to obtain lipids and fatty acids?

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  • Diet
  • Adipose storage
  • Synthesis in tissue
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What are the four fates of lipids and fatty acids?

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  • Energy substrates
  • Precursors
  • Structural elements
  • Signaling Molecules
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What are dietary lipids processed and transported as?

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Chylomicrons

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T/F Fatty acids are hydrophobic and stable in water

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True

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What is the first step in processing dietary lipids?

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-Bile salts emulsify fats in the small intestine forming mixed micelles

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In the second step of processing dietary lipids what brakes down triacylglycerols?

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Intestinal lipases

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In the third step of processing and transporting the dietary lipids what takes up the fatty acids and break down products?

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Intestinal mucosa

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In the third step of processing the dietary lipids are taken up by the intestinal mucosa and converted into what?

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Triacylglycerols

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What happens in the fourth step of processing dietary lipids?

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The Triacylglycerols are incorporated with cholesterol and apolipoproteins into chylomicrons

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In the fifth step of processing dietary lipids where do the chylomicrons move?

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From the lymphatic system and bloodstream to the tissues

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11
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While in the capillary what happens to the triacylglycerols found in the chylomicrons?

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Lipoprotein lipase breaks them down to fatty acids and glycerols

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12
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What are the three functions of apolipoproteins?

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  • Lipid binding proteins
  • Combine with lipids to form lipoproteins
  • Diverse functions
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What are the two ways that fatty acids are transported?

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  • Free Fatty acids

- Lipoproteins

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14
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How are free fatty acids transported?

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carried by serum albumin

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What is a phospholipid, cholesterol, and protein membrane-bound vesicles containing triglycerides?

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Lipoproteins

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What are the four classes of lipoproteins?

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  • Chylomicrons
  • Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)
  • Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
  • High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
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17
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Which type of lipoprotein has the highest amount of triacylglycerides in it?

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chylomicrons

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18
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Which type of lipoproteins has the lowest amount of triacylglycerides in it?

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HDL

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19
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What are the two major pathways of lipid transport?

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  • Exogenous

- Endogenous

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What type of lipoprotein is responsible for delivering fatty acids to target tissues?

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VLDL

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21
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What types of lipoproteins are responsible for transporting cholesterol?

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  • LDL

- HDL

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22
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What is responsible for activating lipases?

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Apolipoproteins

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What type of protein do you find in the exogenous pathway?

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Chylomicrons

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24
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What pathway do you find LDL, HDL, and VLDL?

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Endogenous pathway

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T/F

Only 25% of the fatty acids transported are used by the tissues.

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True

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26
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Where is VLDL, HDL, and LDL synthesized?

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Liver

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27
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Where are LDL receptors synthesizes?

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ER

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28
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What is the first step of LDL entering the cell?

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The LDL particle binds to the LDL receptor on the membrane

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What is the second step of LDL entering the cell?

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LDL is internalized in and endosome

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30
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What is the third step of LDL entering the cell?

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-LDL receptors get recycled

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31
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What is the fourth step of LDL entering the cell?

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The LDL endosome fuses with a lysosome

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What is the fifth step of LDL entering the cell?

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The lytic enzymes from the lysosome break down LDL particle

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33
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What is the LDL particle broken down into?

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  • Amino Acids
  • Fatty Acids
  • Cholesterols (lipid droplet)
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34
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When does the triacylglycerol cycle occur?

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During starvation

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35
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What are triacylglycerols broken down into in the triacylglycerol cycle?

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  • Glycerol

- Fatty acid

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36
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What combines with a fatty acid in the liver to form a triacylgycerol?

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Glycerol 3-phosphate

37
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What hormone initiates the release/breakdown of fatty acids?

38
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After glucagon has interacted with its receptor on the adipose tissue what does that eventually activate?

39
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What does PKA phosphorylate in the lipid droplet that creates an opening along the membrane?

40
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What breaks down the adipose triglycerides? (from triaclyglycerol to diacylglycerol)

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ATGL (Adipose Triglyceride Lipase)

41
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What removes the glycerol linker in adipose triglycerides?

A

MGL (Monoglyceride lipase)

42
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Where does the glycerol that is released when the trigacylglycerides are broken down go for energy creation?

A

Glycolysis

43
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Where do the fatty acids from the triacylglycerides go for energy?

A

Form fatty acyl-CoAs used in Beta Oxidation

44
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Where are the fatty acyl-CoAs transported for oxidation?

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Mitochondria

45
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What transports the fatty acyl-CoAs into the mitochondria?

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Acyl-Carnitine/Carnitine Transporter

46
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What are the three stages that fatty oxidation occurs in?

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  • B-oxidation
  • CAC
  • Oxidative Phosphorylation
47
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What do you release per oxidation step in fatty acid B-Oxidation?

A
  • 1 Acetyl CoA
  • 1 NADH
  • 1 FADH2
48
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How many carbons are reduced from the fatty acid per each step of the B-oxidation?

A

2 Carbons are removed

49
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What enzyme from B-oxidation feeds directly into the electron transport chain?

A

Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

50
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Acetyl-CoA produced from B-oxidation enters two places what are they?

A
  • CAC

- Forms Ketone bodies

51
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T/F Lipids can be a precursor for Amino Acid synthesis

52
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What are three important Ketone bodies produced from the Acetyl-CoA?

A
  • Acetoacetate
  • Acetone
  • d-B-hydroxybutyrate
53
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What are ketones used as an energy source for?

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  • Heart
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Kidney
  • Brain
54
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Which two ketone bodies are exported as energy for the heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, and the brain?

A
  • Acetoacetate

- D-B-Hydroxybutyrate

55
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T/F Acetone can be converted back to Acetyl CoA

A

False

It Can NOT

56
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How many carbons does palmitate have?

57
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T/F

Excess Acetyl-CoA can form fatty acids

58
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What hormone activates acetyl-CoA and Fatty acid synthesis?

59
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What is the first step of fatty acid synthesis?

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Transport of Acetyl-CoA into the cytoplasm

60
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What is the second step of fatty acid synthesis?

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Carboxylation of acetyl-CoA into malonyl-CoA

61
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In the third step of fatty acid synthesis what enzyme combines acetyl-CoA and molonyl-CoA to start an acyl chain?

A

Fatty acid synthase

62
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In the fourth step of fatty acid synthesis what does fatty acid synthase do?

A

Adds Malonyl-CoA carbons to create palmitate

63
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Where are fatty acids modified?

64
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What are four things that fatty acids can be modified into in the ER?

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  • Phospholipids
  • Sterols
  • FA elongation
  • FA desaturation
65
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Where does lipid synthesis occur?

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Cytoplasmic space

66
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Where is acetyl-CoA produced?

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Mitochondrial matrix

67
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How does acetyl-CoA get from the mitochondrial matrix to the cytoplasmic space?

A

Citrate Shuttle

68
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What enzyme is responsible for carboxylating acetyl-CoA to from malonyl-CoA?

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Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (ACC)

69
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What vitamin is necessary for ACC?

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Biotin (vitamin b7)

70
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Why is malonyl-CoA necessary?

A

For acyl chain initiation and synthesis

71
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How many types of Fatty Acid synthase are there?

72
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Which type of fatty acid synthase is found in humans?

73
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What is unique about FAS I?

A

It can only produce 16 carbon saturated fatty acids

74
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What are the two essential fatty acids?

A

Linoleate

A-Linolenate

75
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What is responsible for shuttling malonyl CoA to FAS?

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Acyl Carrier Protein

76
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What is essential for the acyl carrier protein?

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Pantothenic acid

77
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What are two ways that NADPH is produced?

A
  • Pentose Phosphate Pathway

- Malic Enzyme

78
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T/F Insulin activates ACC via phosphatase that leads to fatty acid synthesis

79
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T/F ACC activity regulates the balance of FA synthesis and oxidation

80
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What inhibits the Fatty acyl-CoA from being converted into the fatty-acyl carnitine?

A

Malonyl-CoA

81
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What is required for FA synthesis to occur?

A
  • 2 NADPH
  • 1 Acetyl CoA
  • 1 Malonyl CoA
82
Q

What two molecules help form phosphatidic acid?

A
  • Glucose

- Glycerol

83
Q

T/F

FA addition to phosphatidic acid forms phospholipids and triglycerides

84
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T/F Cholesterol is not formed from acetyl-CoA

A

False

it is formed from acetyl CoA

85
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T/F Cholesterol is involved in lipoprotein and hormone formation

86
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If phosphatidic acid has a phosphate removed what does it become?

A

Triacylglycerol

87
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If phosphatidic acid has a phosphate group added what does it become?

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Phospholipids

88
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What does HDL do?

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Brings foam cells back to the liver

89
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What does a low level of HDL allow?

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Plaque formation from foam cells

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