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Use of serum proteins (3)

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  1. Detecting disease
  2. monitor progress of disease
  3. Response to therapy
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Difference between specificity and sensitivity

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Specificity : higher specificity means less false result

Sensitivity : higher sensitivity means detection no matter how low or slight damage is with no false negative results

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In terms of releasing enzymes what is difference between necrotic and inflamed tissue?

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necrotic tissue release all its enzyme contents while inflamed tissue release soluble enzymes due to changes in membrane permeability

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Possible causes for elevated enzyme levels in serum (4)

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`1. Increased cellular turnover (normal or cell necrosis)

  1. Cellular proliferation (neoplasia)
  2. Increased enzyme synthesis (induction)
  3. Obstruction to secretion (pancreatic duct)
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Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) (for diagnosis)

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Liver damage

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Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (for diagnosis)

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Heart and liver damage

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Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (for diagnosis)

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Liver damage

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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (for diagnosis)

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Obstructive liver disorder and bone disease

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Acid phosphatase (for diagnosis)

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Metastatic carcinoma of prostate gland

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Alpha amylase (for diagnosis)

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pancreatitis or obstruction of pancreatic duct

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What is isoenzyme?

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Catalyze same reaction, but differ in primary structure or subunit composition
(eg. glucokinase/hexokinase)

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What is infarction?

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necrosis of tissue / organ due to disruption of its blood supply

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3 criteria for MI Diagnosis

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  1. Severe chest pain
  2. ECG change
  3. Increased in activity of cardiac biomarkers
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3 enzymes for myocardial infarction

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  1. Creatine kinase (CK)
  2. LDH (also occur in liver)
  3. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (nonspecific since it is for both heart and liver)
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3 Isoforms of CK

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  1. CK1 = BB= Brain & lungs
  2. CK2 = MB = Myocardium
  3. CK3 = MM = Myocardium & skeletal muscle
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CK1

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BB = Brain & lung

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CK2

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MB = Myocardium

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CK3

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MM = Myocardium & skeletal muscle

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Which isozyme of CK have most electrophoretic mobility?

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CK1 BB > CK2 BM > CK3 MM(least negatively charged)

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What is difference between use of total CKs and CKMB?

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Total CKs are indicative of the size of infarction whereas the amount of serum CKMB indicates whether MI occurred or not.

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What does increase in infarction size mean?

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it means there is an increased development of cardiac arrhythmia which causes death

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Half life of CKMB

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Which LDH isoform indicate myocardial infarction?

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What happens to LDH level following myocardial infarction?

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sharply increase causing 1,2-flip, but 1,2-flip also found in erythrocytes(anemia, renal damage, hymolysis)

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indicative level of CK-MB / total CK for myocardial infarction
>3%
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Peak of LDH
40-50 Post Myocardial infarction
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Non enzymic cardiac biomarker for myocardial infarction
1. Myoglobin 1-3hours post MI (but not specific to cardiac, its for all muscles) 2. Troponin isoforms
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Advantage and disadvantage of using myoglobin as MI biomarker
ADV : Highly sensitive of MI, if levels do not increase within first 3/6h it indicates no MI DISADV : Not specific, associated with other causes too
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3 isoforms of troponin
Tn T Tn I Tn c
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difference between troponin T and I
I is specific for myocardial tissue, indicative of MI | T is less specific and in can be caused by angina attack
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Earliest indicator of Acute MI (2)
Myoglobin and CK-2
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Long diagnostic tool for MI
Troponin I
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What diseases does liver function test (LFT) differentiate?
acute liver damage, chronic liver damage, cholestatic disease (reduced bile flow)
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Hepatocyte function test measure decrease in capacity to synthesize which substance? (3) and increase in which (1)
1. serum albumin 2. prothrombin 3. fibrinogen 4. serum ammonia (increased)
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Liver disease(hepatocyte integrity) is diagnosed by which enzymes elevated activities ? (3)
Serum aspartate aminotransferase (More sensitive) Serum alanine aminotransferase (More specific) Serum LDH-5
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Role of ALT biochemically (2)
converse rebersibly alanine to pyruvate | also used to form glutamate (urea cycle)
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Role of AST biochemically
Reversibl converrsion of aspartate to OAA
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Ratio of AST:ALT for fatty liver disease (Alcoholic)
AST:ALT >2
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Ratio of AST:ALT for hepatitis and NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease)
High ALT:AST
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What indicates abnormality in biliary excretion function of liver? (3)
1. elevated serum and urine bilirubin 2. serum bile acid 3. membrane bound enzymes such as serum ALP, GGT and serum 5'nucleotidase
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Isozymes of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
1. ALPI - Intestinal 2. ALPL - liver/bone/kidney 3. ALPP - Placental
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How is alkaline phosphatase related to obstructive disorder/
ALPL is specifically synthesized in cells lining hepatic biliary ducts, thus related with obstructive disorders.
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When are there increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP)? (4)
Bone disease Liver (esp obstructive bile disorder) pregnancy or childhood Growth
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Paget's disease
excessive and disorganised resoprtion and bone formation | High plasma ALP indicated
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Biomarkers for liver bile duct obstruction (3)
ALP-L, GGT, Conjugated bilirubin
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How can we differentiate bile disorder from other bone and liver disorders?
For bile, elevated serum level of both ALPL and GGT should be shown. ALPL alone is liver or bone disorder.
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Role of GGT biochemically
A cell surface glycoprotein that cleaves gamma glutamyl amide bond in the cells lining the bile ducts
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What is cholestasis
When substance normally secreted in bile are retained | Bile duct obstruction
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Biomarker for pancreatitis
Alpha amylase activity
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Serum lipase : amylase ratio to diagnose ethanol-induced pancreatitis
ratio >2

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