Ford (Integration of Metabolism) Flashcards
Reductionist Approach: 1st decision
Glucose-6-phosphate
- to glucose-1-phosphate --> glycogen (phosphoglucomutase) - to fructose-6-phosphate --> pyruvate (glucose-6-phosphate isomerase) - pentose phosphate pathway --> ribose-5-phosphate
Reductionist Approach: 2nd decision
Pyruvate
- Acetyl-CoA (pyruvate dehydrogenase) - OAA (pyruvate carboxylase) - Alanine (SGPT) - Lactate (LDH)
Reductionist Approach: 3rd decision
Acetyl-CoA
- Ketone Body Synthesis (acetoacetate, acetone, B-Hydroxybutyrate) - Fatty Acids - TCA Cycle/OxPhos --> CO2 and H2O
Brain: Fuel and Exports
Fuel: Glucose (ketone bodies - starvation)
Export: none
Skeletal Muscle: Fuel and Exports
Resting:
- Fuel: fatty acids
- Exports: none
Exertion
- Fuel: Glucose
- Export: lactate
Heart Muscle: Fuel and Exports
Fuel: Fatty acids
Export: none
Adipose Tissue: Fuel and Exports
Fuel: Fatty acids
Export: Fatty acids, glycerol
Liver: Fuel and Exports
Fuel: glucose, fatty acids, amino acids
Exports: glucose, fatty acids, ketone bodies
Fuel Producers (3)
- Liver –> glucose
- Adipocytes –> fatty acids
- Kidneys –> glucose (starvation only)
Fuel Consumers (3)
- Skeletal Muscle (glycogen –> creatine phosphate –> lactate)
- Brain (glucose –> ketone bodies)
- Heart (fatty acids –> lactate/ketone bodies)
Liver
- stores a days worth of fuel as glycogen (primary fuel FA, not glucose)
FED: inc. rxn rate (glucokinase), FA/TAG synthesis
STARVE: dec. rxn rate (glucokinase), ketone body synthesis
- lacks CoA Transferase - can produce but not use Ketone Bodies
Alcohol consumption and the Liver
- alcohol –> acetate oxidizes 2 NAD to 2 NADH
- dec. NAD = dec. gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, TCA, B-Oxidation
- inc. lactate + ketone bodies (acidosis), TAG (fatty liver disease)
Fed vs Fast vs Starve
Fed: energy production and storage
Fast (>1 hr after meal): preferred metabolic fuel stores released for use
Starve: shift to using fat stores (TAG) and derivatives (ketone bodies)
HDL/LDL/VLDL
- HDL
- high protein content
- liver (empty) –> liver (full
- cholesterol collection
- LDL
- high cholesterol content
- VLDL –> all cells
- cholesterol collection
- VLDL
- high TAG content
- liver –> adipocytes
- TAG transport
AMPK and mTOR
serine/threonine kinases with opposite functions
AMPK: AMP-activated Protein Kinase –> HETEROTRIMERIC
- cell in FED state = AMPK OFF
- activator: inc. AMP, inhibitor: inc. ATP
- activates: enzymes in catabolic (NRG producing) paths
- inhibits: enzymes in anabolic (NRG requiring) paths
mTOR: mammalian target of Rapamycin
- cell in FED state = mTOR ON
- activator: insulin, inhibitor: AMPK
- activates: enzymes in anabolic (NRG requiring) paths
- inhibits: enzymes in catabolic (NRG producing) paths