Lecture 59 Flashcards
What lipids are found in the diet
Triglycerides
Cholesterol
Phospholipids
What makes up a triglyceride
glycerol + 3 fatty acids
How are lipids provided in a diet
Through oils & animal fats
T/F: Lipids MUST be solubilized in the SI for digestion & absorption
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What does the stomach do to start the digestion process of lipids
Churns & mixes lipids to initiate enzymatic digestion & break lipids into small droplets to increase SA
What enzyme: hydrolyzes ~10% of ingested TAG & generates glycerol + FFAs
Gastric lipase
Why does the stomach slowly empty the chyme into the SI
To allow plenty of time for the pancreatic lipase to digest lipids
What are two steps that need to occur in the stomach for digestion of lipids
Bile salts emulsify the lipids & surround the small lipid droplets to increase SA
Pancreatic enzymes (like lipase w/ colipase, just colipase, cholesterol ester hydrolase, & phospholipase A2) digest different lipids
What does Lipase + colipase do
They bind together so that lipase can digest lipids @ the lipid water inerface
This results in a monoglyceride & 2 Fas
What does cholesterol ester hydrolase do
Hydrolyzes cholesterol ester
Generates free cholesterol + FA & releases glycerol from triglycerides
What dose Phospholipase A2 do & what is it activated by
Activated by trypsin
Hydrolyzes phospholipids & generates lysolecithin + FA
After lipids have been digested in the SI what must they be solubilized in
Micelles cells (by using bile salts) for absorption
What are the steps of absorption of lipids
- Bile salts solubilize products within the SI lumen as micelles cells (where the cone contains the products) except for w/ glycerol
- Micelles diffuse to the brush border membrane of the enterocyte where products diffuse into the cell (bile salts DO NOT diffuse into the enterocyte)
- Products are then re-esterified inside the enterocyte to form the original compounds
- Re-esterified lipids are packaged with apoproteins to form chylomicrons
- The chylomicrons are then packed in secretory vesicles & exocytosed across the basolateral membrane into the lymphatic capillaries
Definition: “Has a colesterol & TG cone w/ phospholipids & apoproteins around the outside”
Chylomicrons
Why are apoproteins added to the outside the outside of re-esterfied lipids
For transport/reabsorption & so the lipi can “move around”
Why do chylomicrons go into lymphatic capillaries and not vascular capillaries
They are too big for vascular capillaries
How do chylomicrons enter the blood
through the thoracic duct
T/F: There has to be a problem @ a SPECIFIC STEP for steatorrhea to occur
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