Lecture 24 Flashcards

1
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Serum total protein

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Careful

A fall in one protein my be masked by an increase in another

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2
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4 causes for elevated enzyme levels in serum

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Increased cellular turnover
Cellular proliferation (neoplasia)
Increased enzyme synthesis (induction)
Obstruction to secretion (pancreatic duct)

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3
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Isoenzymes or isozymes

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Catalyze the same reaction, but differ in their primary structure and/or subunit composition, or quaternary level

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4
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Infarction

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Necrosis of tissue/organ due to disruption of its blood supply
Can be arterial or venous

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5
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Criteria for MI diagnosis (WHO)

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Severe chest pain
ECG change
Increase or present of cardiac biomarkers

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6
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Enzymes for MI

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CK (not in liver)
LDH
AST

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7
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Creatine kinase

3 isoforms

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2 subunits, M for muscle, B for brain
CK-1 BB: brain and lungs, moves furtherest on electrophoresis
CK-2 MB: myocardium
CK-3 MM: myocardium and skeletal muscle

Negatively charged, move to anode

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8
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CK MB

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Specific to heart muscle
Peak at 24h then rapidly fall, last 2-3 days
Detect reinfarction
Indicate whether MI occurred

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9
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Toal CK

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Measure size and intensity of infarction

Peak at 18-30 h, duration 2-5 days

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10
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LDH isoforms and places

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LDH-1: heart and serum
LDH-5: liver and muscle
Also LDH2-4

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11
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LDH 1 serum level increase producing?

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1,2-Flip
But 1 2 isoforms also found in erythrocytes, not specific

LDH peaks 40-50 h post MI

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12
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The percent of CK MB to total CK

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> 3 indicates MI

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13
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Non-enzymatic cardiac biomarkers for MI

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Myoglobin: detected 1-3 h post MI, peak 4-12 h, highly sensitive for MI, but lack specificity

troponin isoforms: highly specific and sensitive

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14
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Troponins 3 regulatory proteins

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Troponin T (TnT):specific to heart
Troponin I (TnI): specific for myocardial tissues
Troponin C (TnC): nonspecific
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15
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TnI

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Rise 3/5 h
Peak 14/18 h
Remain 5-7 days

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16
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TnT

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Less specific than cardiac TnI
Rise 3/5 h
Remain 14-21 days
Angina attacks also cause its release

17
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Liver function tests = LFT includes

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Total bilirubin
Albumin
AST and ALT
ALP = alkaline phosphatase
Gamma GT = gamma-glutamyl transferase
18
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Hepatocyte function tests

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Decrease in capacity to synthesize:
Serum albumin
Prothrombin
Fibrinogen

Measure serum ammonia, elevated ammonia indicates hepatic dysfunction

19
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hepatocyte integrity disease is implicated by elevated enzyme activity of :

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AST: more sensitive, also for MI
ALT: more specific to liver
LDH-5

20
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Fatty liver disease = FLD

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AST:ALT > 2

Caused by alcohol

21
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Hepatitis and NAFLD

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High ALT:AST

22
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ALT

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Cytosolic enzyme converts reversibly alanine to pyruvate

Amino group used to form glutamate (urea cycle)

Liver biomarker

23
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AST

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Cytosolic and mitochondrial isoforms

Reversible conversion of aspartate to OAA

Liver and heart biomarkers

24
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Biliary excretion function diseases are implicated by elevated:

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Serum and urine bilirubin, serum bile acid

Membrane bound enzymes (from damage to bile canaliculus): serum ALP, serum GGT, serum 5’nucleotidase

25
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ALP

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High concentration in osteoblasts, liver, placenta, and intestinal epithelium, increase during pregnancy and childhood

Pathological increase due to liver disease and certain bone diseases

Decrease associates with hypothyroidism

26
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ALP isoforms

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ALPI: intestinal
ALPL: tissue nonspecific: liver, bone, kidney
ALPP: placental

27
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Disease of ALP

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Paget’s disease

Deformities of the skull

28
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Liver bile duct obstructions

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Gallstones, tumors

Biomarkers: ALP-1, GGT, conjugated bilirubin

29
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GGT

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Mainly in liver, less in pancreas and kidney

Cell surface glycoprotein that cleaves gamma-glutamyl amide bond

Biomarker for liver dysfunction and bile duct injury

30
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Acute pancreatitis

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Gallstones

Excessive ethanol consumption

31
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Chronic pancreatitis

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CF
Hypertriglyceridemia: too many TAG in blood
Long-term excessive ethanol consymption

32
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Biomarkers for pancreatitis

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Elevated serum alpha-amylase

Serum lipase: amylase ratio >2: ethanol-induced pancreatitis

33
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Prostate specific antigen (PSA)

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Glycoprotein produced by prostate cells

Elevated PSA indicate prostate cancer

Not specific

34
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Alpha-foetal protein (AFP)

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Synthesized by foetal liver

Low in adults

High AFP indicates hepatocellular carcinoma

Lack specificity

Similar fcn to albumin, replace by albumin in 12 months

35
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Cancer of liver

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Common site for secondary metastases

Jaundice may be first sign of cancer

Liver biopsy performed if w/o blood clotting factors deficiency