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Functions of liver

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• metabolism 
• immunity 
• storage 
• detox
• synthesis 
• catabolism
• activation 
• transport
• excretion
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Liver metabolic processes

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  • Carbohydrate
  • Lipid
  • Protein
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Liver Carbohydrate metabolic process

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  • stores glucose as glycogen
  • glycogenolysis in fasting
  • gluconeogenesis in fasting
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Liver lipid metabolic process

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  • synthesis of cholesterol

* lipoproteins - VLDL, LDL, HDL

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Liver protein metabolic process

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  • a.a synthesis

* breakdown of a.a to ammonia and then urea for excretion.

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Liver detox ammonia

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  • harmful ammonia to urea.

* major elimination route of nitrogenous waste

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Liver detox drugs

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  • Phase I reactions - CYP450
  • Phase 2 reactions - conjugation with other compounds to become more hydrophyllic
  • Age, nutrition and genetics influence drug metabolism
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Liver Phase 1 detox

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CYP450

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Liver Phase 2 detox

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conjugation w other compounds to become more hydrophyllic eg gluconosyltransferases

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Endocrine activities of liver

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  • modification of some hormones

* major organ for degradation of hormones

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Modification of some hormones

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  • vitD3 to 25-OH vit D3
  • Thyroid hormone - convert T4 to more potent T3
  • Insulin-like growth factors produced by hepatocytes modify action of growth hormone
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Major organ for degradation of hormones

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  • insulin and glucagon
  • oestrogens, glucocorticoids, growth hormone, PTH
  • gastrin and other GI hormones (kidney degrades more of these)
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Storage in Liver

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  • fats
  • glycogen
  • trace elements - Cu,Fe
  • vitamins - A,D,K
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Synthesis in Liver

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  • hormones

* plasma proteins

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Hormone synthesis in liver

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  • insulin-like growth factor

* Thrombopoietin - stimulates platelets

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Plasma protein synthesis in liver

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  • Coagulation factors
  • transport for cholesterol (lipoproteins)
  • transport for steroid and thyroid hormones
  • Angiotensinogen - salt conservation
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Iron transport and metabolism protein synthesis in liver

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Transferrin, heptaglobin, hemopexin, hepcidin

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Acute phase protein synthesis in liver

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Important in inflammation

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Bile acid synthesis in liver

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  • 1º - cholic acid and chenodeocycholic acid

* 2º - deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid

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1º Bile acid synthesis in the liver

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Cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid

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2º Bile acid synthesis in liver

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deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid

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What is bile?

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(Aq) alkaline fluid containing: 
•  Bile salts 
•  Cholesterol
•  Lecithin
•  Bilirubin
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Where bile stored?

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Stored & concentrated in gall bladder

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Bile secreted by?

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liver.

• actively diverted to gallbladder between meals.

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After meal, bile enters?
duodenum
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Bile salts are?
derivatives of cholesterol
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Bile salts - function?
Convert large fat globules into liquid emulsion
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Bile salts once function over
Most reabsorbed into blood.
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Micelle structure
* Cholesterol center - all lipid soluble * Hydrophobic core * Bile salt & lecithin shell -lipid soluble (towards core) & water soluble parts * Hydrophilic shell
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Bile salt structure
* water soluble part | * lipid-soluble part
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Excretion of cholesterol and bilirubin
• through bile secretion
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What is secreted through bile?
* cholesterol * water * electrolytes * bile acids * phospholipids * bilirubin
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What is bilirubin
breakdown product of haem from RBC breakdown
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Where heme breakdown occurs?
• Macrophages of the reticulo-endothelial system
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how bilirubin enter liver ? through which diffusion?
* unconjugated bilirubin transported through blood to liver * taken up via facilitated diffusion by liver * conjugated with glucuronic acid
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conjugated bilirubin actively secreted into?
bile and then intestine
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In intestine, bile?
* glucuronic acid removed by bacteria. | * remaining bilirubin converted to urobilinogen
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urobilinogen from intestine then?
* reabsorbed from gut into portal blood. * some enter enterohepatic urobilinogen cycle * remainder transported by blood to kidney. * converted to yellow urobilin and excreted, giving urine yellow colour
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Why urine yellow?
* bilirubin converted to urobilinogen in intestine * urobilinogen transported to kidney via blood * converted to yellow urobilin and excreted.
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Urobilinogen to feces, how?
* oxidised by intestinal bacteria to | * brown stercobilin
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Liver diseases
* gallstones * cirrhosis * hepatitis * drug toxicity * alcohol related * cancer * cholangitis
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disease where bilirubin cant be metabolised properly
Gilberts disease
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Gilberts disease
Inability to metabolise bilirubin properly
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inherited Cu overload liver disease
Wilsons disease
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Wilsons disease
Cu overload, inherited
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Fe overload, inherited Liver disease
Hemochromatosis
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Hemochromatosis
Fe overload, inherited
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Acute liver disease - classification
* self-limiting * leads to hepatocyte inflammation/damage * Severe can lead to liver failure * usually caused by drugs or viruses
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Chronic liver disease - classification
* Inflammation >6months * leads to permanent damage with structural changes = cirrhosis * common cause = alcohol abuse
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Progression of liver disease
* normal liver * chronic injury * inflammation/fatty liver * early fibrosis 5-50years * disrupt liver architecture * Cirrhosis, portal HYP * hepatocellular carcinoma/liver transplant
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Fatty liver is ?
* reversible | * large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells via steatosis
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Normal liver cell structure
* hepatocyte * hepatic stellate cells * sinusoidal endothelial cell * kupfer cell * sinusoid lumen with normal resistance to blood flow
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Advanced fibrosis liver structure
* Infiltrating lymphocyte * extracellular matrix proteins * apoptotic hepatocyte * activated kupfter cell * sinusoid lumen with increased resistance to blood flow
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normal vs advanced fibrosis liver - Kupffer cell
* normal = | * advanced fibrosis = activated
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normal vs advanced fibrosis liver - sinusoid lumen
* normal = normal resistance to blood flow | * advanced = increased resistance
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Cause - virus & routes
``` Hepatitis A - fecal-oral route B - body fluids, mother to baby C - body fluid D - body fluids E - contaminated food & water G - body fluids ```
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Cause - virus & chronic/acute?
Hepatitis A - acute, generally resolves suddenly, vaccine B - acute to chronic, cirrhosis, cancer, vaccine C - chronic, possibly to cirrhosis, cancer, no vaccine D - w. B, needs hepB to survive E - self limited G - chronic similar to HCV
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Causes - drugs
* overdose paracetamol * statins * antibiotics eg amoxicillin, tetracycline * methotrexate * herbal remedies eg kava kava * high dose vitA * some wild mushrooms
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Hepatic encelopathy and ammonia
* normally ammonia from proteins met in liver. * detox of ammonia cant happen due to portal hypertension * excess ammonia travel to brain. * SE: decrease memory, confusion, decreased consciousness
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Causes - alchol
* most common cause * directly toxic to liver cells * inflammation, lead to fatty liver, to fibrosis * damage occurs >40g/d in men, >20g in women * 1 unit = 9g
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UK alcohol guidelines
<14 units per week • spread over 3 days • no alcohol in pregnancy
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Cholestasis is?
* lack of bile | * due to bile duct & hepatocytes
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bile duct cholestasis how?
* blocked/obstruction so no outflow * gallstones * carcinoma * cholangitis
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Acute Liver disease symptoms
``` GAJAF • generalised malaise • anorexia • Jaundice - later • asymptomatic - could be • fever ```
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Chronic liver disease symptoms
``` • fatigue • weight loss • nausea/vomiting • appetite loss • cachexia • abdominal swelling • right upper ab pain, tenderness • jaundice • bleeding from gums/nose & easy bruising could be specific depending on type of disease eg gall stones ```
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cachexia
wasting of muscle in arms & legs
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Jaundice - what?
• yellowing skin & mucous membrane/sclera
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Sclera
yellowing mucous membrane
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jaundice - causes
* haemolysis (haemolytic jaundice) * heptocellular damage (hepatic jaundice) * cholestasis (obstructive jaundice)
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oesophageal varices is?
* swollen veins is oesophagus * portal HYP pushes blood into surrounding blood vessels. * thin walled veins in oesophagus close to surface * pressure too high = can rupture and bleed * uncontrolled bleeding to shock to death
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ascites
* high pressure inside circulation * low pressure inside peritoneal cavity * pressure imbalance
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Ascites - causes
* portal HYP * low plasma albumin * salt and water retention by kidneys eg secondary hyperaldosteronism
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hepatic encephalopathy
* buildup of substances/ammonia crosses BBB | * can be associated with cirrhosis, acute liver failure, portal systemic bypass of liver
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hepatic encephalopathy precipitated by
* dehydrated * hypovolaemia * GI bleed * CNS drugs * alcohol * increase diet protein * constipation
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hepatic encephalopathy - SE?
* altered mental state, * fetor hepaticus * asterixis * drowsiness * confusion * coma * Wernicke
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Anaemia in cirrhosis
* iron homeostasis * spleen enlarge from portal HYP * alochol toxic to bone marrow * reduce clotting factor synthesis
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bleeding and bruising in cirrhosis
• reduce clotting factor synthesis
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Splenomegaly
enlarging spleen from portal HYP
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circulatory changes in liver cirrhosis
* palmar erythema * spider naevi * finger clubbing
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skin changes in liver cirrhosis
• pruritis
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Blood tests for liver disease
* LFTs * electrolytes * FBC * viral screens * blood clotting
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Diagnosis of liver disease
* Blood tests * medical history * imaging * liver biopsy
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imagine of liver disease
* ultrasound * CT scan * MRI
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AST
* role in gluconeogenesis - catalyses | * found in hepatocytes, other tissues
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ALT
* role in gluconeogenesis | * specific to liver
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ALT & AST levels in liver
* v.high in hepatitis * high in cholestatic jaundice/cirrhosis * AST:ALT >2 alcohol injury. * AST:ALT<1 other liver injuries
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AST:ALT
* >2 alcohol | * <1 other liver injuries

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