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1
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What are lipids?

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Heterogeneous organic molecules that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.

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What forms can lipids take?

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  • Phospholipids in cell membranes
  • Lipid droplets in adipose tissue
  • Lipoproteins in blood
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What are the biological functions of lipids?

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  • Stored form of energy
  • Structural element of membranes
  • Enzyme cofactors
  • Hormones
  • Vitamins A,D,E,K
  • Signalling molecules
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What are the 5 lipid classes?

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  • Fatty acids
  • Tracylgycerol
  • Phospholipid
  • Glycolipid
  • Steroids
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5
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Describe unsaturated FA.

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  • Contain one or more double bonds that kink the hydrocarbon chain
  • Liquid
  • Low Tm
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Describe saturated FA.

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  • No double bonds
  • Solid
  • High Tm
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What does 18:1 mean in FA nomenclature?

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18 carbons and 1 double bond

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8
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What is the terminal methyl group?

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Omega carbon

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9
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What are the 4 kinds of FA?

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  • Essential FA
  • Good fats
  • Bad fats
  • Really bad fats
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What are essential FA/

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Linoleic and a-linolenic which we must get from plants

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What are good fats?

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  • High in polyunsaturated FA

- Vegetable oils, olive oil, sunflower oil

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What are bad fats?

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  • High in saturated FA

- stearic (beef)

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What are really bad fats?

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  • Trans FA which are a result of hydrogenation of vegetable oils
  • Hard margarine
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What do saturated fats play a huge role in?

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Myelination of nerve fibres and hormone production

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Why must we ingest essential FA?

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Humans are not capable of introducing double bonds beyond carbon 9

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16
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What is arachnoid acid?

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A precursor of eicosanoids which can be synthesised from linoleic acid.

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17
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What is linoleic acid a substrate for?

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Prostaglandins

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18
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What is omega-3 FA derived from?

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Linolenic acid

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What are examples of Omega-3 FA?

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  • Eicosapentaenoic acid

- Docosahexaenoic acid

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What do Omega-3 FA do?

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  • Lowers plasma cholesterol preventing atherosclerosis

- Lowers TAG preventing obesity

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What are Omega-6 FAs?

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  • Derived from linoleic

- Essential but not the same benefits as omega-3

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22
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What are the symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency?

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  • Growth retardation
  • reproductive failure
  • Skin lesions
  • Kidney and liber disorders
  • Subtle neurological and visual problems
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23
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What conditions are linked to essential FA deficiency?

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  • Chronic intestinal diseases
  • Depression
  • ADHD
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24
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What is TAG?

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  • Triacylglycerol/ triglyceride
  • Esters of FAs and glycerol
  • Dietary fuel and insulation
  • Esters are neutral uncharged lipids
  • Water insoluble, TAG coalesce into lipid droplets in adipose tissue
25
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What are phospholipids composed of?

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-Glycerol bonded to 2 FA and a phosphate group

26
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Amphipathic

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Charged phosphate group head of a phospholipid id hydrophilic whereas the hydrophobic tails repel water

27
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What is the main dietary lipid?

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TAG

28
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What are other dietary lipids/

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  • Phospholipids
  • Cholesterol
  • Cholesterol ester
  • Free FA
29
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What is the main site of lipid digestion?

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Small intestine

30
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What are the main mechanisms involved in the digestion of lipids?

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Lipid digestion by pancreatic enzymes (lipases) is promoted by emulsification (dispersion) by bile salts and peristalsis

31
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What do bile salts do?

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  • Act as biological agents to form emulsions
  • Saves lipid coalescing in an aqueous environment
  • Derivatives of cholesterol
32
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How is TAG broken down?

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Most TAG is degraded in the small intestine by pancreatic lipase to monoacylglycerol and 2 FA

33
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What are cholesterol esters digested to?

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Cholesterol and free FA

34
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What are phospholipids hydrolysed to?

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FA and lysophospholipid

35
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What do the products of lipid digestion from?

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Mixed micelles with bile salts

36
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What happens to the mixed micelles?

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They approach the brush border membranes of enterocytes and release lipid products which enter cells by diffusion

37
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What do not require micelles for absorption?

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Short and medium chain FA

38
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What is steatorrhea?

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Excess fat in faeces. Stools float due to excess lipid and have an oily appearance and foul smell

39
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What causes steatorrhea?

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Lipid malabsorption due to defects in bile secretion, pancreatic function or intestinal call uptake

40
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What role does the gallbladder play in lipid absorption?

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It secretes bile. Removal of the gallbladder inhibits digestion and absorption fats

41
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What happens to absorbed FA?

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  • The intestinal cells resynthesize TAG, phospholipids and cholesterol esters for export.
  • They are insoluble so are packaged with apoB-48 into chylomicrons for export.
  • Chylomicrons are released by exocytosis into lymph then blood
42
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What is apoB-48?

A

Solubilising protein

43
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What does lipoprotein lipase do?

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Hydrolyses TAG in chylomicrons to FA and glycerol

44
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Where is lipoprotein lipase found?

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Primarily in capillaries of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue

45
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What happens to the FA TAG is hydrolysed?

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Used for energy or re-esterified to TAG for storage

46
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What happens to chylomicrons depleted of TAG?

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They are call chylomicron remnants and they go to the liver

47
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What does the liver do to glycerol?

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Uses it to produce glycerol-3-phosphate for us in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis

48
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What is TAG stored as in adipose tissue?

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Droplets that constitute depot fat

49
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Why is TAG the most efficient form of storage fuel?

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It is highly reduced and nearly anhydrous

50
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How are FA released from stored TAG?

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By the action of HSL (hormone sensitive lipase)

51
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What activates HSL?

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Phosphorylation in response to epinephrine

52
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What promotes the dephosphorylation and consequent inactivation of lipase?

A

High plasma glucose and insulin

53
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How are free FA transported in the blood?

A

In a complex with serum albumin

54
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What is albumin?

A

The most abundant plasma protein

55
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What are esterified FA in the blood carried in?

A

Lipoproteins

56
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Describe the structure of a lipoprotein.

A
  • Hydrophobic core made of TAG and cholesterol esters

- Hydrophilic surface made of unesterfied cholesterol, phospholipids and apolipoproteins

57
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Liporotein classes according to density.

Least dense to Most dense

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  • Chylomicrons: TAG rich (TAG from intestine to tissues)
  • VLDL: TAG rich (TAG from liver to tissue
  • LDL: cholesterol rich (cholesterol to extrahepatic tissue)
  • HDL: protein/cholesterol rich (transports cholesterol from tissue to liver for elimination)
58
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What does too much LDL lead to?

A
  • Artheroscolosis

- Lipid develops into fatty streaks and plaque within artery

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