Fatty Acid Metabolism / Ketone Bodies / lipid transport Flashcards
Long-chain fatty degradation requires
Carnitine dependent transport into mitochondrial matric
Inhibitor of carnitine acytransferase
Malonyl-coa
Steps of long chain degradation (and location
- Fatty acid + coa –> Fatty acyl - coa (fatty acid coa synthase) (cytoplasm)
- Carnitine dependent transportof Fatty acyl - coa into mitochondria
- β-oxidation –> Fatty acyl - coa –> Acetyl coa (Acyl CoA dehydrogenase)
- Acetyl coa –> Ketone bodies and TCA cycle
Systemic 1ry Carnitine deficiency - symptoms
- Weakness
- Hypotonia
- Hypoketotic hypoglycemia
Acyl-coa dehydrogenase
Initial enzyme for β-oxidation
FAD to FADH2
Systemic 1ry Carnitine deficiency - pathophysiology
Inherited defect in transport of long chain fatty acids into the mitochondria –> toxic accumulation
Medium-chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency - pathophysiology / mode of inheritance / presentation
AR disorder of fatty acid oxidation –> decreased ability to break down fatty acids into acetyl coa –> accumulation of 8- to 10 - carbon fatty acyl carnites and hypoketotic hypoglycemia
may present in infancy or early childhood with vomiting, lethargy, coma + liver dysfunction –> can leat to sudden death
Mechanism of hypoglycemia in acyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency
Acetyl coa is an +allosteric regulator of pyruvate carboxylase
Ketogenesis fuel and purpose (and location)
N the liver, fatty acids and amino acids are metabolyized to acetoacetate and β hydroxybutyrate (to be used in muscle and brain)
Ketogenesis fuel and purpose (and location)
In the liver, fatty acids and amino acids are metabolyized to acetoacetate and β hydroxybutyrate (to be used in muscle and brain)
Breath with ketones
Smells loke acetone (fruity odor)
types of ketone bodies (and urine test)
types: acetoacetate and β hydroxybutyrate
Urine test does not detect β hydroxybutyrate
Ketogenesis in alcoholism
Excess NADH shunts oxaloacetate to malate . Buildup of acetyl coa which shunts glucose and FFA toward the production of ketone bodies
3 main situations of ketogenesis (why)
- Prolonged starvation (depletion of oxaloacetate for gluconeogenesis)
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (depletion of oxaloacetate for gluconeogenesis)
- Alcoholism (excess NADH shunts oxaloacetate to malate
- -> buildup of acetyl-coa
Ketogenesis in prolonged starvation and diabetic ketogenesis
Oxaloacetate is depleted for gluconeogenesis. Buildup of acetyl coa which shunts glucose and FFA toward the production of ketone bodies
Ketogenesis in the liver - steps and metabolism
FA, aminoacids –> Acetyl-Coa –> HMG-CoA (HMG-CoA synthase) –> Autoacetate –> β-Hydroxybutyrate –> acetone (blood) –> expired by lungs
at extra hepatic tissue: β-Hydroxybutyrat –> acetoacetate –> Acetoacetyl-Coa (through TCA) –> Acetyl - Coa –> TCA
1g carbohydrate, 1g fat, 1g protein
fat –> 4 kca, carbohydrate –> 4 kca, alcohol –> 9Kcal
Metabolic priorities for fasting and starvation
Supply sufficient glucose to the brain and RBC and to preserve protein
energy source at exercise (time)
Ovreal performance: 0-1min declining and after plateau (peak at 0)
ATP: 0-2 sec (peak at 0)
Creatine phosphate: 0-10 sec (peak at 2)
aerobic metabolism: O-… (peak at 50 sec and then plateau)
Anaerobic metabolism: 0-1mon (peak at 25 sec)
Fed state (after a meal regulation) mechanism / regulation
Glycolysis and aerobic respiration
Insulin stimulates storage of lipids, proteins, glycogen
Fasting state (between meals) mechanism / regulation
Major: hepatic glycogenolysis
Minor: hepatic gluconeogenesis, adipose release of FFA
Glucagon, adrenaline stimulate use of fuel reserve
Fasting state (between meals) mechanism is regulated by
Glucagon, adrenaline stimulate use of fuel reserve
Glycogen serve depleted after how long
1 day
RBC cannot use ketones because
They lack mitochondria
Starvation after 3 days
Adipose stores (ketone bodies become the main source) After these are depleted, vital protein degration leading to organ faillure and death
Starvation day 1-3 Blood glucose maintained by
- hepatic gluconeogenesis
- Adipose relase of FFA
- Muscle and liver, which shift fuel use from glucose to FFA
- Hepatic gluconeogenesis from peripheral tissue lactate and alanine, and from adipose tissue glycerol and propionyl coa (from odd-chain FFA)
What does determine survival time at starvation
Amount of excess stores
Cholesterol synthesis rate limiting step is catalyzed by
HMG-CoA reductase
HMG-CoA reductase reaction
HMG-CoA to mevalonate
HMG-CoA regulation
Insulin+
Thyroxine +
Cholesterol -
Glucagon -
LCAT
lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase
2/3 of plasma cholesterol is esterified by
Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT)