Metabolism - Lecture Thirty-Four Flashcards
Alcohol Metabolism
Fuel (e.g. glucose, fatty acid) ➝ Carbon dioxide + Water
The energy from the bonds of fuel are used to put the phosphate on ATP when furl is broken down
What do the effects of alcohol involve?
The activation of the GABAa receptor
How does alcohol effect the nervous system?
By binding to the GABAa receptor
GABA
Is γ-aminobutyrate, a neurotransmitter transmitter derived from glutamate
GABAa receptor
Is a membrane bound ligand-gated chloride channel
What happens when the GABAa receptor is activated?
It selectively conducts Cl- ions causing an inhibitory effect on neurotransmission by reducing the chance of a successful action potential, the GABAa receptor damps down responses to other stimuli
Agonist sedative examples
Benzodiazepines and barbiturates and alcohol
Elimination of alcohol by alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme
Is steady
Acetaldehyde ➝ Acetate
By aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme
What is required to get CoA to bond with acetate ti form Acetyl CoA?
ATP energy
Consequences of alcohol metabolism
Increase in ATP, and NADH/NAD+
Slows both the citric acid cycle electron transport pyruvate dehydrogenase glycolysis (phosphofructokinase) and fatty acid oxidation
What does fatty acids being esterfied to triacylglycerols cause?
Fatty liver
Increase in NADH/NAD+ causes
Pyruvate ➝ lactate which results in a decrease in pH
Increase in NADH/NAD+ inhibits
Gluconeogenesis, this can cause low blood glucose and coma