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Lipid and AA Metabolism Flashcards

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1
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lipid digestion begins…

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minimally in mouth

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2
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once lipids make it to the duodenum…

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bile aids lipids in emulsification to inc lipid SA

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3
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role of pancreas in lipid digestion

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release lipase, colipase, and cholesterol esterase to hydrolyzes lipid on 2-monoacylglycerol, free FA, and cholesterol

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4
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at the end of the ileum

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micelles experience reabsorbtion as the ileum reabsorbs bile salts and any remaining fat is passed onto the colon

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5
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micelles are absorbed by…

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  • brush border of intestinal mucosal cells
  • made into triacylglycerols and cholesteryl esters in mucosa to form chylomicrons
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6
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how do chylomicrons leave the intestines?

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lacteals, re enter bloodstream via the thoracic duct, and empty into subclavian vein

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7
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A fall in insulin levels can activate which lipid management enzymes?

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HSL, hydrolyzes triacylglycerols to form FA and glycerol

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8
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which hormones activate HSL?

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epi, and cortisol

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9
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HSL role

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released glycerol transported to liver

triacylglycerol hydrolization

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10
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LPL role

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  • necessary for the metabolism of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins
  • releases free fatty acids from triacylglycerols
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11
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VLDL role

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transporta triacylglycerols and FA from liver to tissues

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12
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IDL role

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picks up cholesteryl esters from HDL to become LDL
picked up by liver

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13
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LDL

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deliver cholesterol to cells

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HDL

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helps in lipoprotein formation
picks up cholesterol in blood vessels
and delivers it to liver and steroidogenic tissue

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15
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cholesterol derivation

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LDL
HDL
de novo synthesis

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16
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describe de novo synthesis of cholesterol

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  • occurs in liver
  • driven by acety CoA and ATP
  • citrate shuttle carries acetyl CoA from mitochondria to cytoplasm
  • NADPH (pentose phosphate pathway) helps in reduction
  • mevalonic acid synthesis by HMG CoA reductase in SER
17
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cholesterol synthesis regulation

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  • insulin promotes
  • cholesterol net feedback
  • HMG-CoA reductase gene expression regulation
18
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LCAT

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  • cholesterol transport
  • bloodstream
  • activated by HDL
  • adds a FA to cholesterol
  • CETP facilitates transfer of cholesteryl esters to other lipoproteins like IDL to form IDL
19
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where does FA synthesis occur

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  • liver
  • adipose
20
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how does acetyl CoA make it to the cytosol? first step of FA synthesis

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  • produced by PDH and couples with OAA to form citrate TCA
  • citrate can then diffuse across mitochondrial membrane and in cytosol lyase splits them
  • OAA returns to mitochondria to continue shuttling
21
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rate limiting step of FA synthesis

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  • acetyl-CoA carboxylase using biotin and ATP to add CO2 to acetyl coa to form malonyl CoA
  • activated by insulin and citrate
22
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fatty acid synthase

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  • B5 and NADPH required
  • malonyl CoA + acyl carrier protein ~> malonyl-ACP
  • palmitate formed
23
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where does triacylglycerol formation occur

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liver, sent to adipose as VLDL

24
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describe the steps of FA catabolism

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1) activation: FA attached to CoA by FA-CoA synthase
2) entry into mitochondria: large FA chains cannot diffuse and require carnitine shuttle via carnitine acyltransferase I to enter mitochondria
3) β-oxidation

25
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describe β-ox

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  • releases one acetyl CoA (fasting state in liver and ketone synthesis), reduced NAD+ and FAD to NADH and FADH2

1) ox of FA to form double bond
2) hydration of double bond to form a hydroxyl group
3) oxidation of hydroxyl group to form carbonyl
4) splitting of B-ketoacid into shorter acyl or acetyl-CoA
5) even numbered FA forms 2 acetyl CoA, odd forms 1 acetyl Coa and 1 propionyl CoA, and by propionyl-CoA carboxylase makes methylmalonyl-CoA using B7 which then turns into succinyl CoA USING MUTASE AND B12 for TCA
6) in unsat additional isomerase and reductase required

26
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in a fasting state, liver converts acetyl coa from B-ox into…

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ketone bodies
acetoacetate or B-hydroxybutyrate

27
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ketogenesis

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  • mitochondria of liver cells
  • HMG CoA synthase, and then lyase follows and the acetoacetate formed can be reduced to 3-hydroxybutyrate
  • acetone product
28
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ketolysis generally

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transferase activates acetoacetate from blood
oxidized to acetoacetyl-CoA (cannot occur in liver)

29
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ketolysis in brain

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indirectly metabolize FA as ketone bodies after a long time of fasting

ketones metabolized to acetyl CoA and PDH inhibited

glycolysis and glucose uptake inhibited

30
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protein catabolism

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  • proteins digested in small intestine down into aa, peptides
  • passive transport of aa into bloodstream
  • catabolized primarily in muscle and liver
  • transamination
  • glucogenic aa converted to glucose
  • ketogenic form ketones and acetyl coa
  • amino groups feed into urea cycle

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