Hockerman Dyslipidemia Flashcards
what are the major classes of lipoproteins?
- chylomicrons
- VLDL
- IDL
- LDL
- HDL
what are chylomicrons and what is its size and composition like compared to other lipoproteins?
- involved in transport of dietary lipids from gut to liver and adipose tissue
- they are the biggest
- they are mostly triglycerides
what are VLDLs and what is its size and composition like compared to other lipoproteins?
- secreted by liver into blood as a source of triglycerides
- the second biggest particle
- mae mostly of triglycerides and cholesterol
what are LDLs and what is its size and composition like compared to other lipoproteins?
- main cholesterol form in blood
- third biggest
- mostly cholesterol
what are HDLs and what is its size and composition like compared to other lipoproteins?
- secreted by the liver & acquire cholesterol from peripheral tissues & atheromas (reverse cholesterol transport)
- smallest
- mostly protein and equal balance of phospholipids and cholesterol
what are IDLs?
triglyceride-depleted VLDLs
what are the important apolipoproteins?
- ApoA-1
- ApoB-48
- ApoE
- ApoC2
- ApoB-100
what is ApoA-1 and what does it do? where is it produced?
- In HDL; mediates reverse cholesterol transport
- liver and intestine
what is ApoB-48 and where is it produced?
- chylomicrons and in intestine
what is ApoE and where is it produced?
- LDL ligand; reverse cholesterol transport with HDL
- liver and intestine
what is ApoC2 and what does it do?
- in chylomicrons and VLDL
- binds to lipoprotein lipase to enhance TG hydrolysis
what does the exogenous pathway do for lipid absorption transport?
- fat & cholesterol get absorbed from lumen into intestine
- this forms chylomicrons
- those travel through circulation and get broken down by FFAs
- distributed to tissues
- chylomicron remnants get taken back up into the liver
what does the endogenous pathway do for lipid absorption transport?
- starts in liver and secreted VLDL
- VLDL is broken down by LPL
- this can get distributed to cells and form into LDLs
- VLDL in circulation turn into FFAs
- LDLs in the peripheral tissues get taken back up into the liver via LDL receptor
What are the two factors the play a role in lipid metabolism via absorption and transport?
ApoE and ApoB mediated
What is the central role of the liver in the cholesterol synthesis and distribution?
the liver synthesis of de novo synthesis is the major source of cholesterol into LDLs. This happens in the liver to total body burden
what are the two diseases associated with lipoprotein disorders?
- hyperlipoproteinemia
- hypertriglyceridemia
what is associated with hyperlipiproteinemia?
- atherosclerosis
- premature CAD
- stroke - neurologic disease
what is associated with hypertriglyceridemia?
- pancreatitis
- xanthomas
- increased risk of CHD
How does atherosclerosis occur?
- stress or oxidative damage to endothelium –> infiltration of monocytes into lumen
- causing upregulation of endothelial molecules
- monocytes stick to endothelium
- they move to inima
- turn into macrophages –> leads to foam cells
- oxidized LDL can release cytokines that stimulate the proliferation and hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells into intima forming foam cells
What drugs are in the BAR class?
colestipol (Colestid)
cholestyramine (queastran)