Lipids Flashcards
What are lipids soluble in?
Organic solvents, relatively insoluble in water
What are the more frequently measured lipids?
Cholesterol and triglycerides
What are the lipids found in mammals?
Sterols Glycerol esters Fatty acids Sphingosines Terpenes
What are examples of sterols?
Cholesterol Cholesterol esters Bile acids Steroid hormones Vitamin D
What are examples of glycerol esters?
Phospholipids
Monoglycerides
Diglycerides
Triglycerides
What are examples of fatty acids?
Short, medium, and long-chain prostaglandins
What are examples of sphingosines?
Shinomyelin
Glycosphingolipids
What are examples of terpenes?
Vitamins A, E, and K
What are the functions of lipids?
Energy
Structural cell membrane
Substrate for hormones
Second messengers
What are most of cholesterol and all TG associated to?
Lipoproteins
What are lipoproteins classified by?
Their electrophoresis mobility or their density in comparison to water
What is the general composition of lipoproteins?
Outside surface contains phospholipids, cholesterol, and apolopoprotein; core is TGs and cholesterol esters
What does the density of lipoprotein increase with?
The increase of [protein]
Do dogs, cats, and horses habe more HDL or LDL?
HDL
What does a predominance of HDL mean?
Less cholesterol transfer between lipoproteins leading to decreased suscetibility to atherogenesis
What is the lipid to protein ratio of dietary TG?
70:1
What is the lipid to protein ratio of phospholipid and cholesterol ester?
1:1
What do disorders of lipoprotein metabolism involve?
Excess synthesis, defective lipolysis, or defective clearance or cellular uptake of lipoproteins
What catalyzes lipolysis?
LPL
What does intravenous heparin do to lipoprotein metabolism?
Promoted release of LPL from endothelial cells and heptaocyte lipase to plasma
What are lipoprotein remnants cleared from the plasma by?
Hepatocytes
What is critical for lipoprotein metabolism?
Apolipoproteins
What is apolipoprotein A?
Intestine, liver
Associated mostly with HDL
What is apolipoprotein B?
Intestine, liver
Synthesis and secretion of chylomicrons and VLDL; endocytosis of lipoprotein particles from VLDL, IDL, LDL, and chylomicrons remnants
What is apolipoprotein C?
Liver
Mostly in VLDL, HDL, chylomicrons
C-II is a cofactor for LPL
What is apolipoprotein D?
LCAT< HDL
What is apolipoprotein E?
Liver, macrophages
All lipoproteins
What are the major lipases?
LPL
Hepatic lipase